Nature & Nurture | Giving

Explorers Travel to West Virginia for Fossil Field Trip

As part of the Nicholas School’s annual recognition program for its Explorers Gift Club ($1,000+ donors), the Annual Fund and Alumni Affairs staff organized a special adventure Oct. 21-23 to examine the formation and evolution of the Appalachian Mountains.

Led by Bruce H. Corliss, professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences, the group traveled to West Virginia in search of 475-million-year-old trilobites. They also visited the Lost World Caverns to experience spectacular stalagmites and stalactites. The group ended their excursion at Gibson’s of the Greenbrier, a fossil and rock shop that offers the finest in natural fossil art.