{"id":1561,"date":"2024-10-10T16:38:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T16:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-geology\/?page_id=1561"},"modified":"2025-03-06T15:27:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T15:27:34","slug":"celebrating-2024-graduating-seniors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/celebrating-2024-graduating-seniors\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 2024 Graduating Seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Eunice Choi<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/04\/Eunice-Choi-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/04\/Eunice-Choi-768x1024.jpg 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/04\/Eunice-Choi-225x300.jpg 225w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/04\/Eunice-Choi-1152x1536.jpg 1152w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/04\/Eunice-Choi.jpg 1202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hello \ud83d\ude42 I\u2019m Eunice Choi and I\u2019m from Los Angeles, California. I\u2019m a geology major with dual minors in biology and studio art. I, like a lot of people, did not expect to get into geology but it wasn\u2019t until I took Alan\u2019s Geohazards class did I get interested in the field. Pursuing the major was a great decision as I found myself having so much fun in the classes and getting to know all the awesome people in the department.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My capstone is an extension of a similar project I did in Ray\u2019s Paleobiology class and involves a combination of my major and minors; I created an original scientific illustration of the once-living fossil community in Rockford, Iowa. Through this project, I spent so much time with brachiopods that I\u2019m considering getting a brachiopod tattoo at some point.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019m currently planning on taking a gap year to apply to grad schools and figure out the next steps in life. I\u2019m so grateful for all the amazing opportunities and experiences I\u2019ve had in this department, and I\u2019ll treasure the wonderful memories &lt;3\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Caitlin Compton<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2011 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Caitlin-Compton-24-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Caitlin-Compton-24-683x1024.jpg 683w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Caitlin-Compton-24-200x300.jpg 200w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Caitlin-Compton-24-768x1152.jpg 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Caitlin-Compton-24-1024x1536.jpg 1024w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Caitlin-Compton-24-1365x2048.jpg 1365w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Caitlin-Compton-24-scaled.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Mikayla Giehler<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2019 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Mikayla-Giehler-24-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Mikayla-Giehler-24-768x1024.jpg 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Mikayla-Giehler-24-225x300.jpg 225w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Mikayla-Giehler-24-1152x1536.jpg 1152w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Mikayla-Giehler-24-1536x2048.jpg 1536w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Mikayla-Giehler-24-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Sarah Henderson<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2021 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Sarah-Henderson-24-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Sarah-Henderson-24-768x1024.jpg 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Sarah-Henderson-24-225x300.jpg 225w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Sarah-Henderson-24-1152x1536.jpg 1152w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Sarah-Henderson-24-1536x2048.jpg 1536w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Sarah-Henderson-24-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Maggie Morgan<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/04\/Maggie-Morgan2-829x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Maggie Morgan\" width=\"600\" height=\"741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/04\/Maggie-Morgan2-829x1024.jpg 829w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/04\/Maggie-Morgan2-243x300.jpg 243w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/04\/Maggie-Morgan2-768x948.jpg 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/04\/Maggie-Morgan2.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hi! My name is Maggie Morgan (she\/hers) and I am a geology major and biology minor from Madison, WI. I never planned on being a geology major, and only first took a geology class because I didn\u2019t get into the more packed environmental science classes. But after taking the geology intro classes I ended up loving the professors, students, and amazing fun trips we\u2019ve gone on throughout my time in the department. The department and major really helped me explore outside of the Twin Cities, and even to Chile during study away!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After graduation, I am planning on heading to Montana for the summer to work for a fisheries research group and help do stream and lake surveys. Before going back to school in a couple of years, I hope to explore more fields of hydrology and snow science after becoming more interested in seasonal snow through my capstone project. But who knows what I\u2019ll do, we\u2019ll have to see! Overall, geology is the best and I\u2019m so grateful for my time spent with everyone in the department these four years \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Holiday O&#8217;Bryan<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2015 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Holiday-O_Bryan-24-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Holiday-O_Bryan-24-768x1024.jpg 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Holiday-O_Bryan-24-225x300.jpg 225w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Holiday-O_Bryan-24-1152x1536.jpg 1152w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Holiday-O_Bryan-24-1536x2048.jpg 1536w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/geology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/597\/2024\/10\/Copy-of-Holiday-O_Bryan-24-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eunice Choi Hello \ud83d\ude42 I\u2019m Eunice Choi and I\u2019m from Los Angeles, California. I\u2019m a geology major with dual minors in biology and studio art. I, like a lot of people, did not expect to get into geology but it wasn\u2019t until I took Alan\u2019s Geohazards class did I get interested in the field. 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