GeoTidings: IUP Geoscience Program

09/09/2026

Congrautlations Danielle! You continue to make us proud.

👏 We are incredibly proud of our Lion, Mrs. Danielle Miller, for being named a recipient of the prestigious 2026 Yale Educator Award!

🏅The Yale Educator Recognition Program honors outstanding teachers and counselors from around the world who inspire their students to perform at high levels and achieve excellence. Yale’s incoming students nominate the high school educators who had a meaningful impact on their lives, and each nomination is individually reviewed by a committee of Yale admissions officers.

🚀 Mrs. Miller was selected from 307 nominees representing 39 states and 20 countries, with only 50 teachers and 17 counselors receiving this distinguished honor!

💙 Mrs. Miller is proof that the influence of an exceptional educator continues long after a student leaves the classroom and graduates from Lake Nona High School.

🎉 Congratulations, Mrs. Miller, and thank you for inspiring our students, representing Lake Nona High School with PRIDE and leaving a lasting legacy!

⭐️ They Follow. We Lead. Legacy in Action.

🦁💙🩶

05/10/2026

Now that the semester has concluded, I found time to clean up the 52nd Geoscience Day Recording. You can find it on our the IUP AGES Department YouTube channel along with the past 6 years of presentations if you are feeling nostalgic.

52nd Annual IUP Geoscience Day

05/10/2026

I spy Hovan, Nick Deardorff and Tim Cejka celebrating the 2026 graduates. We always think of all of our alumni on commencement day - we knew you when!

05/07/2026

Congrats Grant on completing your student teaching this semester. Way to contribute to the fundraising effort!

IJHS Builders Club had another successful fundraiser for Four Diamonds, the organization that pays for research and treatment for childhood cancers at Penn State Children's Hospital. Through teacher jeans days, and "Stick It to Cancer", Builders Club raised another $354, taking them OVER their $3000 goal for the year!

Pictured are two student teachers that volunteered as tributes to be taped to the wall for charity. Miss Bodnar (Mrs. Beer's student teacher) and Mr. Baker (Ms. Adams' student teacher) stuck it to cancer on their last day at the Junior High! Thank you to everyone involved this year.

04/27/2026

Well done to all of our students who participated and won awards at the 2026 IUP Scholars Forum

The Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department had 40 student presentations at the twenty-first annual IUP Scholars Forum on April 8, 2026. They gave both oral and poster presentations, and one applied archaeology graduate student participated in the Three-Minute Thesis Competition Final...

04/24/2026

It is time for Geoscience Day! The 52nd Annual Geoscience Day starts in 5 minutes!

Senior geology majors present their research at the annual Geoscience Day.

04/03/2026

Hey Geoscience Alums! Our students are gearing up for Geoscience Day. The calendar is ticking down so fast!

We hope you will join us Friday April 24th for the 52nd Geoscience Day! If you can't be there in person, you are welcome to join our live feed on YouTube -- link will be posted here the morning of.

02/24/2026

Great job Heather!

02/13/2026

It is with a heavy heart we pass on the news of the passing of Connie Sutton.

Connie was a dedicated faculty member in our department and gave so much to our students. She also gave countless planetarium shows for local groups and classes. She made such an impact on our department and will be missed. Our heart goes out to all of her friends and family.

Connie J. (Evans) Sutton, 80, of Indiana, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. She was born in Portage on March 23, 1945, to H. Leroy and Virginia Faye (Bowser)

01/24/2026

Congrats to our PASSHE colleague on this well deserved award. Thanks for all you have done for GSA and the study of geology here in Pennsylvania.