Important Dates for Majors
Research Timeline
Research in Geology: A Primer (PDF v.2013)
Browse through the deadlines, dates, awards, and other great resources for Geology Majors.
2025-26 Important Dates For Majors
| Majors' Due Dates 2025-26 | ||
| Due Date | Block | Description |
| 2025 | ||
| Oct 27 | Block 3 Second Mon |
Senior Research proposals due - final draft |
| November | Block 4 | Keck announces summer projects and application process. |
| 2026 | ||
| Jan 19 | Block 5 First Mon |
Draft of first sections of research paper due to advisor (i.e., introduction, study area, previous work, and methods). Draft must include initial version of all figures for these sections. |
| Mar 11 | Block 6 Fourth Wed |
Draft of entire research paper due to advisor. |
| Apr 3 | Block 7 Second Fri |
Complete revised draft of research paper due to advisor and 2nd reader. |
| May 15 | Block 8 Fourth Fri |
Copies of thesis due for printing, and final version of senior projects due. |
| May/June | End of Block 8 | Buster Scholarship Applications accepted from rising Juniors and Seniors. |
| Geology Department Events 2025-26 | ||
| Date | Block | Event |
| 2025 | ||
| Sep 5 | Block 1 Second Fri |
Majors' Meeting + Cookout |
| Oct 2-5 | Block 2 | Homecoming |
| Oct 3 | Block 2 Second Fri |
Department Open House for Alumni |
| Oct 19-22 | Block 3 | GSA at San Antonio, TX |
| Dec 14 | Block 4 | Winter Commencement |
| Dec 15-19 | Block 4 | AGU at New Orleans, LA |
| 2026 | ||
| Jan 23 | Block 5 First Fri |
Majors' Meeting |
| Mar 7 | Block 6 Third Sat |
Geo Day - Geology Department Research Symposium + Cookout |
| Mar 9 | Block 6 Fourth Mon |
Paraprofessional Applications Due |
| Mar-Apr | Block 7 (post Spring Break) | Witter Internships Applications Due |
| May 16 | Block 8 | Baccalaureate and Geology Department Senior Reception |
| May 17 | Block 8 | Commencement |
| May 17-20 | Block 8 | Regional GSA at Albuquerque, NM |
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Geology News
CC Awarded with a Research College and University (RCU) Designation
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the American Council on Education (ACE) have recognized Colorado College with a Research College and University (RCU) Designation. The RCU designation highlights research contributions from institutions historically not recognized for their research activity. Unlike the traditional R1 and R2 classifications, RCU status acknowledges colleges and universities that invest significantly in research, even if they do not offer many or any doctoral degrees. CC is one of 36 undergraduate liberal arts colleges awarded this designation.
Read the full story here!
Image: Dr. Michelle Gevedon helping undergraduate student researcher, Anders Swanson '25, core garnet minerals for isotopic analyses.
Geology Students Intern at the American Museum of Natural History!
Elizabeth Spradlin ’27, Corra Lewis ’27, and Makena R. Hatch ’26 stand in the Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda.
Makena R. Hatch ’26, Elizabeth Spradlin ’27, Corra Lewis ’27, and Mac Schwartz ’27 were participants in the Noblett-Witter Family Internship Program. These four CC students spent their summer in the heart of New York City, interning at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), where they experienced a hands-on, professional geology environment.
Read the full story by Julia Fennell on The Peak.
GeoMAP Antarctica, the initial comprehensive digital database that consolidates all existing geological information of Antarctica
Christine Siddoway and her colleagues developed a ground-breaking geospatial resource for Antarctic Research!
Christine Siddoway has long worked on the bedrock geology of Antarctica, involving CC Geology majors and collaborating with international colleagues. Lately, this work culminated in the publication of Antarctic GeoMAP in Nature Data Science. The groundbreaking geospatial resource is the first interactive, queriable, online GIS for the Antarctic continent. GeoMAP serves geologists, glaciologists, climate scientists, and biologists whose work examines the interrelationships between the ice sheet and the bedrock. More than 20 CC geology majors participated in the decade of work leading up to the GeoMap release. Four CC alums are co-authors, with Sam Elkind ’16 having a leading role. Coauthors Elkind and Lexie Millikin ’17 had Witter Family Fund internships that were important to the success of the international collaboration on the Antarctic dataset.