I think personally that studying geology
helps us interpret the world around us
A great gift in itself is just being out
there and outdoors and really
appreciating what's around you.
The geology major at Colorado State University
is a major that has four
concentrations. We allow students to
study either traditional geology or
focus on environmental geology
geophysics or hydrogeology. It's
important to have an informed citizenry
about Earth and its processes as we move
into a future with seven billion plus
people who are continuing to use
resources at an accelerating rate.
My name is Omar Alejandro Gomez
and I'm a environmental geology student.
I like have a passion for outdoors so I
started fly fishing. What I like about
fly-fishing is you really notice the
beauty. There's a lot of different rock
types near you and that you can learn a
lot from them just even standing there
fishing. CSU is a fabulous place to study
geology because our backyard is filled
with a museum that represents billions
of years of Earth history.
Another reason to study geology really
comes from the community that we have in
our department. The culture is one of
collaboration and a laid-back atmosphere
where the students really get to know
each other and they get to know the
faculty.
Even though we are dedicated to our
studies you just have a good time as
well.
It is nice just being able to have
people like that within the major. It's
not just like you, you're just classmates,
like, you're more than that.
