Alumni News

The Graduates of Earth and Mineral Sciences (GEMS), the college’s alumni society, recently celebrated its 30th anniversary with a comedy roast at the State Theatre in State College.

The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences has announced the appointment of five new members to the Graduates of Earth and Mineral Sciences (GEMS) board of directors, effective July 1.

Jennifer Hesterman, alumna and retired colonel in the U.S. Air Force, will deliver the commencement address for the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ spring 2024 baccalaureate degree commencement ceremony.

The 2024 Richard E. Tressler Lecture in Materials will be held at 3:05 p.m. Thursday, March 14, in 111 Wartik Laboratory. Robert J. Kumpf, managing director at Deloitte, will deliver the lecture, “The long history and bright future of applied materials science.”

Penn State alum Beth Stump boarded a helicopter in Louisiana that buzzed across the Gulf of Mexico and landed on an oil drilling platform in the middle of the sea. There was no turning back — She was now a geoscientist.

 If you train your eyes on the vast rock outcroppings of the Rocky Mountains, you can see the remnants of our planet’s history. 

Jamil Bey, who graduated with both his master’s degree and doctorate in geography from Penn State, has been awarded the President's Medal by the Geological Society of America (GSA) for 2023. 

Since 2017, Ana de la Fuente Duran has had her eyes fixed on one goal: Becoming a materials scientist.

 The documentary film, “ESSC made EESI,” will have its premiere screening on Monday, Nov. 6. The documentary details the history of the Penn State Environmental Systems Science Institute (EESI), which began in 1986 as the Earth System Science Center (ESSC).

The student committee of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Sustainability Council will host an alumni panel discussion, “Be the Change,” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 14, in 112 Walker Building on the University Park campus.