Addie (Partrick) Hergert ’09 – The National Park Service hires many geology majors as ranger interpreters. As a Hartwick geology major, Addie did a summer internship at Glacier National Park. Upon graduation, she was hired at Glacier, then transferred to Grand Canyon, and now to Mt. Rainier National Park, WA.

Nicole Mehr ’17 – Nicole prepared for her career by choosing the environmental track of the geology major, by completing environmental summer internships and by doing a groundwater geochemistry senior research project. She went on to get an MS in hydrology from the Oregon State University. Now she works as a staff hydrogeologist with Pacific Groundwater Group in Seattle, WA.

Sam Nowak ’17 – Humans still need many Earth resources to live, including mineral resources. Even the “green economy” needs crucial mineral resources in order to develop. Sam focused his senior thesis research on ore mineralization in rocks from Minnesota. Upon graduation, he was hired to locate and extract zinc minerals from a long-established mine in northern New York as a geologist with Titan Mining Corporation at Empire State Mine.

Skylar Kortright ’17 – There are several pathways to working in environmental regulation and compliance. Skylar’s strong Hartwick geology background and focus on sedimentary deposits made her a natural for work in the oil-gas industry or in oil-gas regulation and compliance work as well. Now she works as Mineral Resources Specialist with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC).

Lydon Schultz ’13 & Kelly Sprague ’17 –  The geosciences are a great pathway into environmental law. Unlike the majority of law school applicants from non-science programs, geoscience students have demonstrated that they can handle highly technical and analytical information in this specific field. Lydon graduated from Hartwick’s geology program and went directly to Vermont Law School. He is now Assistant Attorney General for the State of Florida! After a stint doing sustainable farming, Kelly is currently studying Environmental Law at Albany Law School.

Dave Chapman ’05 – Like many of our majors working in the Northeast, Dave found work in several private firms doing geotechnical investigations and environmental assessment. These geologists are involved in air, groundwater and soil sampling/analysis and impact reports. He is a Maine Licensed Geologist who now works in the public sector as Project Manager for the Maine Department of Environmental Protection in Portland, ME.

Brian Terbush ’11 – Brian prepared for his dream job by participating in our Hawaii J Term course and our short field course trip to the Cascade volcanoes, a summer geophysics field internship with the IRIS Consortium, and an MS degree in volcanic geophysics at Boise State University. His interests and expertise led him into communication and education work as the Earthquake/Volcano Program Coordinator in Washington State Emergency Management Division.

Liz Klonowski ’17 – Humans still need energy resources and, at least for the near future, that includes petroleum. Liz focused her interests in sedimentary geology at Hartwick. After an MS degree in sedimentology and a corporate internship, she is now exploring the world of oil exploration as an operations geologist for ExxonMobil in Houston, Texas.

Will French ’09 – Will worked on energy-related geoscience as his senior thesis research at Hartwick. After graduation, he used his knowledge of hydrology, Earth systems and engineering to refurbish an old hydro-electric powerplant in New Hampshire and is now Owner-Operator of SFR Hydro Kingston, New Hampshire.

Caitlin Pointer ’14 – Well-trained Earth Science teachers are in high demand right now. One can get provisional certification directly out of Hartwick through our Earth Science Education track. However, Cait took her broad-based geoscience knowledge from Hartwick directly into the MAT program at Binghamton University, to secure a full-time position as an Earth Science teacher in the Vestal School District.

Matthew Daignault ’08 – Matt’s solid training in mineralogy and petrographic microscopy from Hartwick paved the way for a career analyzing construction materials for hazardous asbestiform minerals. His talents are so in demand, that he was tasked with setting up a brand new asbestos lab in Springdale, Ohio, that he now manages for SanAir Technologies Laboratory, Inc.

Lexy Fowler ’09 – Lexy co-developed senior research that satisfied her interests in paleontology and environmental science, and published her results! After a MS degree at the University of Connecticut and a research stint at the National Museum of Natural History, she developed a start-up company BlueDotWriting.com to help instructors, researchers, and companies with STEM content development, lesson plans, science writing and manuscript editing.