It is quite remarkable that we are here and able to be looking forward to our 75th season this summer! What an accomplishment by all those who have taught and attended classes at the Field Station. It is also exciting to note we have new faculty with strong interests in learning the ropes and continuing the educational mission of the program.
Image: the first G429 field trip, 1949.
While we aren’t planning an in-person celebration at the field station, we would like your images and memories to showcase the importance of field work to future students. We are hoping to fill in some of the missing class rosters and any photographs from the 1950s and 1960s. If you would be willing to share any high-resolution scans from your archives, that would be wonderful. They can be emailed to iugfs@indiana.edu along with any notes or comments about the photos that you would like to share.
We also hope you would be willing to share your statements of how the field camp experience impacted your own careers. You can upload your comments on the form below, “Reflections from 75 years in the field.”
We think it is important to share these perspectives with future students looking ahead toward their careers.
The AGI report “Critical workforce skills for bachelor-level geoscientists” lists ‘field skills’ as the most important skill employers are seeking based on analyses of over 3600 job advertisements (Shafer et al., 2023). First-hand accounts and examples like yours go a long way toward making it real to our students and help them see themselves. We look forward to hearing from you, thank you!
The College of Arts