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Tag: Geoscience

EWU Alumna Helps Launch Novelis STEM Scholarship

July 7, 2026

Megan Durfey, Delaney Putnam and Jocelyn Cracroft of Novalis, pictured left to right, with Professor Melissa Graham, MESA director in 2025.

The Novelis Aluminum STEM Scholarship provides five annual scholarships for students in chemistry, engineering and MESA programs.

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Geosciences Student Gains Ground Through Hands-On Learning

June 23, 2026

Jerusha Hampson headshot

From PFAS research and mineral analysis to teaching and community outreach, Jerusha Hampson is applying her geosciences education to real-world environmental challenges.

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EWU Alumna Inspires Students

June 23, 2025

Alumna teaching students how to test compounds.

Delaney Putnam, a 2022 graduate who now works as a chemist for Novelis, returned to campus to lead an engaging experiential lab for geochemistry students.

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Geosciences Students Join West Plains PFAS Testing Effort

February 12, 2025

Student researchers testing a well on a rural property.

The Eastern Washington University team is quantifying PFAS contamination levels and connecting affected households with clean water sources.

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Student Geologist Wins Excellence Award

January 16, 2025

Geosciences student stands atop a rocky hillside.

Kevin Taylor did outstanding work mapping faults and folds for a field camp capstone.

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Erin Toulou Receives Inaugural Clawson-Youngs Environmental Studies Award

November 21, 2022

Two geoscience professors standing with a student award winner

Toulou, a junior at EWU, is modeling West Plains groundwater flows to track possible contamination by chemicals similar to those found in fire-fighting foam at Fairchild Air Force Base is receiving the inaugural Clawson-Youngs Environmental Studies Award.

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