The 2023 AIPG-TX West Texas Field Trip Deemed a Success by All Participants
The happy geologists shown in the above photo have indicated that the AIPG-TX West Texas Field Trip was a success all around. The field trip was under the able leadership provided by Bruce Darling, Ph.D., P.G., C.P.G., Michael Jacobs, MS, P.G., and Phil Goodell, Ph.D., UTEP Dept. of Geological Sciences, supported by Bruce Handley, P.G., C.P.G., the Health & Safety Manager for the trip. The weather was outstanding; the accommodations were fine; the food was as expected; and the guidebook materials that were distributed will be consolidated into a publication by AIPG in the next few months.
Henry Wise, P.G., C.P.G., President of the AIPG Texas Section provided general oversight for the field trip (here).
All accounts are that the field trip was not only a practical success, it was also deemed by the AIPG-TX Treasurer, Boyd Handley, P.G., JD, C.P.G., as a financial success. Therefore, there will scholarships awarded in early 2024 (the AIPG-TX Shoemaker Scholarship (for Texas Graduate Students) and the Foss Scholarship (for Texas Undergraduate Students). Students should apply in January, 2024 or before (more).
Planning has begun for the 2025 West Texas Field Trip.