School of Earth, Environment and Sustainability

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Explore and study Earth

Connect yourself to Earth’s sciences: social, physical or natural.

Survey the past and present. Use technology to build, plan and aid public needs. 

Grow through expert faculty, field trips and engaging research.

Your field awaits.

Undergraduate programs

Select a major that matches your career goals.

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Certificates

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Consider adding a minor.

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Minors
Complement or strengthen your major with a touch of science.

Research and outreach

We can help you network, grow and discover.

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Protect and restore water quality in the region. Take part in projects and research.
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You’ve found something. What is it?
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Build experience for your future in planning. Help plan and develop community projects.

The SEES Spring 2025 seminar schedule

All SEES seminars are free and open to the public. The Monday seminars are presented in Blunt Hall 345 and begin at 2:30 p.m. unless noted otherwise. 

 February 24: Derek Spurgeon, MSU alumnus-M.S. 2022, B.S. 2017 Geology. Missouri Geololgical Survey, "Why we map: using LiDAR and modern geologic principles to create high detail geologic maps" 

March 3: Dr. Wolfgang Alders, postdoctoral research in New York will present, "Settlement Dynamics in a Rapidly Urbanizing Modern Landscape: Insights on Swahili Urbanism from Satellite Remote Sensing and Field Survey in Zansibar, Tanzania," a ZOOM presentation.

March 31: Dr. Melissa A. Scruggs, Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, Wichita State University will present,  "What's inside of Earth's largest volcano? Using mineral chemistry and phase-equilibria modeling to understand compositions and storage conditions of Mauna Loa magmas."

April 7: Dr. William Jackson, Assistant Professor, University of Memphis Department of Earth Sciences will present:  "Heavy minerals of the Cretaceous Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain"

April 28: Mr. Matt McKay, Associate Professor, MSU School of Earth, Environment and Sustainability, will make a presentation on the cool tech stuff SEES has to offer our students.

 

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