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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Major
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Certificates

Already have a major?

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. 

January 27: Leslie Forrester, Executive Director of the Springfield Regional Arts Council will present "Arts and the Economy"

February 3: DeAndre Martin, Planning, NE Oklahoma City Renaissance, (NEOKCR) Ethical, place-based economic development, a non-profit organization 

February 10: Dr. Onema Adojoh, Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Sciences, Northwest Missouri State University, Natural Sciences

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 a seminar on satellite imagery to investigate ancient urbanism in Africa, a ZOOM presentation.

March 10: 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.

March 31: Dr. Melissa A. Scruggs, Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, Wichita State University, will make a presentation on mineralogy, petrology and volcanology

 

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