WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.000 music 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:11.000 My name is Jeff Templeton and I want to welcome you 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:15.000 to a celebration here of geoscience, 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:20.000 of earth science, of geology, now earth and environmental science here at 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:26.000 Western Oregon University, Western Oregon State College, Oregon College of Education. 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:32.000 So it's a great day to be a wolf. And it's a great day to geology wolf. 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:39.000 So from what we can tell we think that geology is 60-years-old 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:46.000 based on when Ray Brodersen began his career at Western in 1962. 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:51.000 And so, in the records I've seen, I see no record of geology 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:55.000 prior to Ray arriving here. And so for that reason 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:59.000 we're celebrating 60 years because it's 2022. 00:00:59.000 --> 00:00:65.000 So, I want to thank everybody for coming to campus and celebrating with us. 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:08.000 As a little overview of the event, 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:12.000 we are now in the welcome reception and lecture here. 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:17.000 And we want to be making our way to Willamette Room in the Werner Center 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:23.000 And we want to be there by 5:30 and it's critical we be there by 5:30 because 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:27.000 our brand new president is going to be there from 5:30 to 6. 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:32.000 So it's really important so we can all meet our new president, right? And show him 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:35.000 our enthusiasm for geology, earth science and earth environmental science. 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:41.000 And then tomorrow morning we will be here again with some building tours, some coffee, 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:48.000 and pastries as well as over at the football stadium with the tailgate prior to the game. 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:54.000 So with that then, we are going to do a little bit of a round robin introductions. 00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:59.000 And I want to introduce my close colleague Steve Taylor who will 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:03.000 do some introductions, so Dr. Taylor. 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:07.000 Hey thanks, you know, we have kinda smaller group here. I'm Dr. Taylor, Steve Taylor. 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:12.000 And I've been at Western, this is my 23rd year at Western. 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:16.000 And I'm a earth and environmental science geology professor 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:18.000 in the earth and environmental science department. 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:24.000 I am the basically the dirt, water and soil person and some computers. 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:27.000 When you put computers with dirt, water and soil it makes a big mess, 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:33.000 That's basically what I do in terms of curriculum and so forth amongst other things, 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:39.000 And we will tell you more about our program. We thought we'd just start introductions. 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:43.000 And just who we are, where we're from, whatever that means to you. 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:44.000 That can mean a lot of things. 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:47.000 I'm gonna say where I'm from, I'm from the Pittsburg area originally, 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:51.000 South Hills of Pittsburg. 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:55.000 And then just a little something about yourself you might like to share. 00:02:56.000 --> 00:02:57.000 About what you do or who you are. 00:02:57.000 --> 00:02:62.000 And what I'll do, since we're recording this and I have a miced 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:04.000 What I'll do is I just need to stand in your proximity. 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:09.000 I'll come around and stand in your proximity and you can work off my microphone. 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:12.000 Which is how we'll do it. So I'll just come around the rooom 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:15.000 everybody introduce yourselves briefly, where you're from. 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:21.000 And you know why you're here, what you do, something about yourself you'd like to share. 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:26.000 I'm Lee. I'm from Salem, Oregon and I blow glass. 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:32.000 Cool, Lee is one of our alumni graduated with an earth science degree several years ago. 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:36.000 I'm Brianna, I graduated from WOU in 2015. 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:40.000 I currently work as a environmental consultant. 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:46.000 And yeah, I'm from all over the Willamette Valley. 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:48.000 Thanks Brianna 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:58.000 My name Rachel Pirot. I'm also a WOU alumni. I graduated in 2006. 00:03:58.000 --> 00:03:63.000 I've been working as a geologist for the last almost 15 years. 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:11.000 And I'm the vice president of the WOU Earth Science Alumni Society. 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:19.000 And I'm from Washington State originally but I've been living in Oregon since 2002. 00:04:19.000 --> 00:04:22.000 Great, Thanks Rachel 00:04:22.000 --> 00:04:26.000 I feel like the pope, I need to come over and..... 00:04:26.000 --> 00:04:35.000 My name is Jack, I was a graduate of OCE in 72. 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:41.000 And my career was teaching science and some vocational education in science. 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:43.000 Great, thanks Jack. 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:46.000 I'm John Purdy. I was born in Salem. 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:50.000 I'm a retired English professor from Western Washington University. 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:52.000 Sweet, Welcome. 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:59.000 Cindy Purdy, graduated from OCE in 1977 in Elementary Education, 00:04:59.000 --> 00:04:63.000 He graduated in 1978. We met here. 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:09.000 And I was an elementary teacher up until 5 years ago. 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:13.000 Great, welcome everybody. Thanks for joining us. 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:18.000 I'll come back around, I guess I'll work my way down the aisle here. 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:23.000 Hi, I'm Beeb Singson, I'm alumni. 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:26.000 I graduated with Brianna in 2015. 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:31.000 And then I loved this place so much that I decided to stick around and I was lucky 00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:36.000 enough to be hired to work in the department. Now I've been dubbed the department roadie. 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:39.000 It's a combat sport. I'm the lab preparer I set all the stuff up 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:43.000 and do whatever else these awesome professors ask of me. 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:44.000 It's fun to be here. 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:50.000 Thanks Beeb. Just talk towards me. 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:55.000 I'm Bill Orr, emeritus Professor of Geology at the University of Oregon. 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:60.000 It means I'm retired and I'm here to honor Ray. 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:01.000 Thanks Bill for coming. 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:08.000 I'm Shelia, I graduated here in 2004, with a degree in geology. 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:11.000 I taught earth science at the high school level. 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:15.000 And now I'm teaching at the community college and Portland State. 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:20.000 Great, Thanks Shelia. 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:25.000 Hi Steve, I'm Matt Buche. I graduated in '09, a earth science major. 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:28.000 I'm currently living in California working as a geologist 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:31.000 down there sort of in the engineering-geology sector. 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:36.000 And I'll be talking a little later about the Earth Science Alumni Society 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:39.000 Thanks Matt. 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:45.000 Hi, my name is Taylor Wisnowski. I'm an alum of 2021. 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:48.000 Just recently moved to Albany two months ago. 00:06:48.000 --> 00:06:52.000 And I'm not a geologist yet, I don't have that kind of job yet. 00:06:53.000 --> 00:06:55.000 Great, well welcome back Taylor. 00:06:55.000 --> 00:06:59.000 I'm Joe Brooks, I'm still a student here in the earth science department, 00:06:59.000 --> 00:06:63.000 And I'll be graduating next year hopefully, well, the end of this year. 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:06.000 I've been fortunate to have a couple internships working with 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:11.000 Dr. Siskowski on wildfire research. And then been working this year 00:07:11.000 --> 00:07:15.000 with Dr. Taylor on some watershed analysis for the local watershed here. 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:18.000 Great, thanks Joe. 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:25.000 Hi, I'm Ashley I'm Joe's wife. I graduated from the University of Oregon awhile ago. 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:30.000 with a degree in archeology and journalism. 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:33.000 Sweet, welcome. 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:36.000 I'm Victoria Scholerman. I'm a 3rd grade teacher. 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:41.000 I am the ex-president of the Alumni Board and I'm here to support. 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:43.000 Oh great, thank you. 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:47.000 My name is Antonia Scholerman. I graduated from WOU in 2021. 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:50.000 I studied history but now I work in Student Engagement on campus. 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:52.000 Oh great, thank you. 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:55.000 As I said my name is Jeff Templeton. (laughs) 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:61.000 And I am here to take the sacrament of Dr. Taylor. 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:08.000 So i've been at Western since 1995, I overlapped with Guy and Ray. 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:12.000 I was very fortunate and when Ray retired in 1997, 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:17.000 I was finishing up my PhD at Oregon State and 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:22.000 then began my tenure track position teaching Ray's classes. 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:26.000 Taught hard rock geology and so forth. So I'be been here ever since. 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:33.000 And love it! I feel very fortunate to be at a wonderful place with wonderful people... 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:35.000 with a great community! 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:37.000 Great, thanks Jeff. 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:41.000 Matt, we have on the schedule. Maybe you could stand up toward the front and 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:44.000 tell us a little bit about the earth science alumni society 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:47.000 and the group that's formed in the last couple years. 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:51.000 Thanks Steve and thanks to everyone for being here. 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:57.000 I want to talk a little bit first before I introduce the alumni society about legacy. 00:08:57.000 --> 00:08:64.000 And even though name of the institution on our diplomas and our majors are different 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:06.000 we're all part of a shared legacy. 00:09:06.000 --> 00:09:13.000 And it's always been true that the legacy of the program is the students, the alumni. 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:19.000 This anniversary celebration is a celebration of that legacy which is you, the alumni. 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:21.000 Let's give ourselves a round of a hand. 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:24.000 applause 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:30.000 So one thing, as I was gathering my thoughts for this moment. 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:34.000 I really like the logo of Western Oregon University and the torch, 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:38.000 the torch of enlightenment and the torch of knowledge. 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:45.000 And the legacy of the program really begins with Dr. Brodersen who lit torch in 1962. 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:51.000 And built the values and the identity of the program. 00:09:51.000 --> 00:09:56.000 And really, I think the university, today. When I think about Western Oregon University, 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:62.000 to me, what comes to mind, is sort of blue collar, hard-working, effort, 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:08.000 being a good person, contributing to society, showing others respect and dignity. 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:13.000 Not necessarily seeking out recognition or doing something for the recognition but 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:16.000 doing it because you enjoy you doing it and doing a good job at it. 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:23.000 So with that when Ray, when he retired in 1997, he passed that torch on 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:29.000 to Dr. Taylor, Dr. Templeton and to Dr. Meyers and they've been carrying that torch since. 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:35.000 And the news with the Earth Science Alumni Society is that's a group of folks. 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:39.000 a group of alumni who decided to pick up that torch and continue to carry it. 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:46.000 So for the last 3 years, this group of alumni has been meeting every 2-3 months regularly. 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:51.000 And the mission and the focus of the group is to support the program. 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:56.000 And support the success of the students in their careers in geo-sciences. 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:60.000 And so, I would like to acknowledge, recognize that group 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:03.000 by introducing them to you, those folks are here. 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:06.000 Rachel Pirot, who you met earlier, 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:09.000 And Brianna Young. 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:13.000 The others who couldn't make it, Dane Wagner, Kyle Warren, 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:18.000 Jeff Kent, Ryan Stanley, Nicole Niskonsen. 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:23.000 So that group represents the alumni members of this steering committee for the society. 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:26.000 Our advisory members are Dr. Taylor, Dr. Templeton 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:30.000 and as well as Dr. Scott Burns from Portland State. 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:35.000 So what have we been up to? This group, recent news for this group... 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:42.000 we've been supporting, pursuing our mission. For example, the University 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:48.000 came to us and was interested in a proposal for the National Science Foundation 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:53.000 for sort of Stem careers and connecting students with a profession.. 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:57.000 Giving student who haven't had the opportunities, those opportunities. 00:11:57.000 --> 00:11:59.000 Which is all perfect for the mission. 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:03.000 Which all fits really well with the university and our mission. 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:07.000 And the mission of the program. For example, with that proposal 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:12.000 Rachel Pirot, who works at Weyerhaeuser, she sought out and received a letter 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:16.000 of support from Weyerhaeuser for this proposal. 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:19.000 That goes along ways for the people who review those types of grants. 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:24.000 So, that was very powerful. That was something Rachel did for that effort. 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:27.000 One other thing you'll hear some news about is we're currently scoping 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:32.000 and developing a proposal for a ground water monitoring lab on campus 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:35.000 consisting of three water monitoring well. 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:40.000 We want to help student connect the classroom with the field. 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:45.000 It would be on campus. And Brianna and others 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:48.000 who are out there drilling those wells as a profession 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:52.000 will be overseeing that project. 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:56.000 And will be recording that installation and that process so that students can then 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:60.000 benefit from that as it will turn into its own program of curriculum. 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:04.000 Those are a few of the exciting things that we're doing 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:09.000 to help out and meet our mission. 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:12.000 I just want to say thank you again for being here. 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:15.000 And you are the legacy of this program and 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:20.000 we really appreciate that. And we hope to continue 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:28.000 to enjoy this shared legacy. Thank you. (applause) 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:31.000 Well thank you very much Matt. And thank you very much Steve. 00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:35.000 And thank you, all of you for your introductions. 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:42.000 And we didn't get you name? Mark. Hey Mark. 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:46.000 I have to come and stand next to you, then you can introduce yourself. 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:49.000 I'm Mark Munson. Mark Munson. Yep, graduated in '95. 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:51.000 Outstanding, welcome. 00:13:51.000 --> 00:13:57.000 As all of you know here, we have a great location in Western Oregon. 00:13:57.000 --> 00:13:61.000 We have fabulous geology accessible to us. 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:05.000 And the tagline of the University has recently been changed to 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:12.000 great education, sweet location which matches this map that I'be been using 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:20.000 for years to attract students to WOU in Preview Day slideshows and so forth. 00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:31.000 So what I want to do here very briefly is just give you a little introduction and overview 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:34.000 of the Earth and Environmental Science Program we have here at Western. 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:39.000 I want to talk a little bit about of emphasis and how we try to focus on students 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:43.000 and being thinking about how we prepare students for careers 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:46.000 in Earth and Environmental Science fields, 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:54.000 dating back to our legacy of Ray and Guy from the late '60s into the 1990s. 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:59.000 So presently, there are four tenure track faculty. Myself, 00:14:59.000 --> 00:14:64.000 Steve Taylor and two of our colleagues, Jeff Myers and David Szpakowski. 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:07.000 Also, we have fur non-tenure track faculty members. 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:13.000 And of course, our amazing lab preparator, Beeb Singson, who you've met. 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:16.000 So our mission is three-fold. 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:23.000 We're a liberal arts institution so we focus 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:23.000 on liberal arts education in geoscience. 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:28.000 And one of our goals in introductory course is to develop and informed citizenry. 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:32.000 And of course education is a strong legacy here at WOU. 00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:36.000 And we've alway had strong connections with the College of Education. 00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:39.000 And then finally, when we get into our major 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:44.000 preparing out students for careers as geosciences, as educators. 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:53.000 We focus on skill development, ranging from observation, quantitative, technology. 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:59.000 And. of course, skills that are very important for the workplace in terms of communication. 00:15:59.000 --> 00:15:64.000 But we also try to engage our students and ourselves in scholarship. 00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:09.000 My colleague Dr. Taylor will talk more about that in a few moments. 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:12.000 But as faculty we try to stay engaged. 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:16.000 We're leaders on campus. We have served as division chairs as 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:21.000 departments heads, as committee chairs, and so on and so forth. 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:25.000 We're engaged in grant writing as Matt just talked about a recent grant. 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:29.000 And giving presentations at professional meetings, as well as, 00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:36.000 engaging our students in research. Basically every year since 2004 I think it has been, 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:40.000 our students have presented at the annual Academic Excellence Showcase. 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:47.000 Here's Matt presenting his poster way back when. I think it was 1985 actually. 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:49.000 It was right after Nevada del Ruiz erupted. Right? Wasn't it? 00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:52.000 I don't recognize that guy. I don't either. (laughter) 00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:52.000 And there's Ryan Stanley studing some minerals there being 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:56.000 And there's Ryan Stanley studying some minerals 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:59.000 under thin section there being tortured by myself. 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:05.000 We also like to have some fun. But we're also thinking about career opportunities. 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:09.000 So students from our program, as I said, education is a key pathway. 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:11.000 Graduate school is also a pathway. 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:17.000 But the most important pathway is into professional careers a geoscientists. 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:23.000 And we take this very seriously here in terms of trying to prepare students. 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:27.000 One of the things is we need to make sure to prepare our students to sit through the 00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:31.000 Fundamentals of Geology Exam so they can get on the pathway for 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:35.000 professional licensure. That's really important in the State of Oregon 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:40.000 because to be a practicing geologists you need to have a license. 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:44.000 And so here at WOU, our students get this 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:48.000 first step in the pathway toward licensure. 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:51.000 And a number of the people that you've meet here today are 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:55.000 licsended geologists in the State of Oregon. 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:61.000 So finally, community. And one of the things through maybe torture, 00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:06.000 but ultimately, we build community with class projects, 00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:12.000 being forced to give a presentation and write a paper that's due in like a week. 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:16.000 And so you're spending all night in the lab looking at thin sections. 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:22.000 Plus, getting students out in the field. As well as, getting them professional meetings here. 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:25.000 And so we really have strived to build that community. 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:29.000 And it's awesome to see that community still alive here. 00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:38.000 So with that, I am going to shift gears to Steve Taylor. 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:43.000 Thanks Jeff. I thought I'd just tag along, tag team here, tag onto Jeff. 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:46.000 Just to tell you a little bit about some of our scholarship initiatives that 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:49.000 we're doing right now with both our faculty and our students. 00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:52.000 Of course, our student tag along with us as undergraduates. 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:55.000 You know, we're an undergraduate focused program. 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:59.000 So our scholarship becomes their scholarship because it's integrated 00:18:59.000 --> 00:18:63.000 into our coursework, our curriculum, internship opportunities and so forth, 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:08.000 as they progress through their undergraduate degrees in Earth and Environmental Science. 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:11.000 So I just wanted to provide a little update for our faculty, where we're at. 00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:16.000 Some of you haven't been here for awhile, even some of our recent alumni 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:19.000 may not know all the activities that we have going on. 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:24.000 Starting with Dr. Templeton. He is our igneous, petrologist, volcanologist, 00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:28.000 geochemist. Of course, we each have kind of a role that we play in our curriculum. 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:33.000 And he is our hard-rock geologist, as we say, in the profession. 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:37.000 And he has a number of projects he's been working on. 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:41.000 One is at Newberry Volcano. He was looking at the older tepee draw top. 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:45.000 One of the older tops that's exposed on the east flags of Newberry. 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:47.000 And he's been working on that for a number of years 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:51.000 looking at some of the geochemistry, the eruptive history and 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:55.000 the implications therein. Some of the other work he's been doing, 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:58.000 Jeff's been very active of our general education program. 00:19:58.000 --> 00:19:60.000 He's been the chair of the general education committee. 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:04.000 He was very influential in the transformation of our new gen-ed program. 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:09.000 He has been involved with a number of education related, science education related 00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:12.000 projects and publications and presentations 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:17.000 related to science education. In particular with respect to his expertise 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:21.000 as a petrologist and some innovative teaching strategies in those courses. 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:25.000 He's also, more recently, and I've been tagging along with him in the field 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:27.000 past couple of summers every once in awhile. 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:32.000 He's been working on some older volcanics about 4 million years old 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:35.000 down towards Bald Mountain, south of La Pine. 00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:39.000 Some older, an older caldera complex kind of a cousin of Newberry. 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:43.000 It's to the south. And he's taking a look at that and trying to 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:48.000 get a handle on, I call it the scrappy top. What's the name of that formation again? 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:52.000 Oh, the pearl top. The pearl top, I call it the scrappy top. 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:55.000 Because in a lot places it's really scrappy at how it outcrops. 00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:59.000 But the pearl top and working that out, working out the basics of the 00:20:59.000 --> 00:20:64.000 physical cystography with the longer term goal of looking at 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:07.000 the geochemistry and maybe the eruptive history of that area. 00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:12.000 That's kind of Jeff's gig and he's supervised a number of students over the years, related 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:17.000 to his area of discipline with respect to igneous petrology, volcanology and so forth. 00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:19.000 and 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:22.000 We've had a number of student presentations as well. 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:29.000 I believe Brianna has worked on some related work to that area. 00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:33.000 Our newest faculty member is David Szpakowski. He's in his 3rd year. 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:37.000 I have a Covid unconformity in my memory. 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:41.000 He's in his 3rd year and David is our GIS remote sensing person. 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:47.000 He finished his PhD at Texas State University San Marcos in the geography program. 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:50.000 And he comes to us with remote sensing background. 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:55.000 His dissertation specialty was fire risk assessment in the Tetons. 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:59.000 And then, of course, he's been working on that area of study here. 00:21:59.000 --> 00:21:63.000 He's brought that work with him from his dissertation work. But also, 00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:08.000 more importantly, he's jumped right in. He's active, been working on 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:12.000 Labor Day fires 2020. Very good place to be if you're a fire risk person. Right? 00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:15.000 Because we've had fire risk and climate change going on. 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:19.000 So he's been working on that. He's also been involved with Bryan Dutton and myself. 00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:25.000 on an invasive plant distribution along the Ash Creek drainage 00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:27.000 which is right to the north of campus. 00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:31.000 And we're using some drone technology there to do some remote sensing with plants, 00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:36.000 identification work with Bryan Dutton, some of the biology plant systematics students. 00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:39.000 And Joe's been working with us as a student assistant on that. 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:45.000 Joe's also been working with David on some of the fire assessment, as well. 00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:51.000 And so Joe's been involved with GIS remote sensing and has his drone license. 00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:54.000 So David's brought that drone technology. Very exciting. 00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:60.000 And then he's also been working with Gareth Hopkins down in biology on, 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:05.000 working on turtle populations out on Minto Brown Island. 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:08.000 It's local, looking at invasive species. 00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:13.000 And so David's doing some work with Gareth, as well, in biology. 00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:16.000 And then myself, I've been up to a wide variety of things. 00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:20.000 Mainly, continuing I'm kind of the dirt and water person so 00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:23.000 doing watershed analysis on our local watershed, as well as, 00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:28.000 some of the work I had done for my dissertation back in the Appalachian Region 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:32.000 where I done my dissertation work. And so I've been looking at some LiDar-Based 00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:35.000 Hydrologic models for some of the watersheds and trying to tease out 00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:40.000 the influences of archeology. More recently, as Jeff eluded to, 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:44.000 And also Matt. We just recently submitted an NSF proposal this past summer. 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:48.000 We worked with some writing consultants that the University has hired. 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:54.000 And we're looking at basically trying figure out ways to attract 00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:57.000 under-represented minorities to the profession. 00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:60.000 And it's a program in NSF called Geo Pathways. 00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:04.000 And it's very much aligned with the type of institution WOU is. 00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:07.000 We have some changes coming on. We're working towards 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:12.000 hispanic serving institution status. So this was a perfect opportunity for us 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:15.000 in earth science and geoscience to put together a strategy 00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:20.000 on how we might go about working with under-represented population, 00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:23.000 attracting them to the STEM sciences and then more importantly, 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:26.000 connecting them with careers as geoscientists. 00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:30.000 And so we had some help from some of our colleagues that Matt was discussing. 00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:33.000 So that's in review right now. You know, fingers crossed. 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:35.000 But we got lots of good ideas out of that writing process. 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:38.000 That will be a work in progress for the next couple of years. 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:42.000 Whether it's funded or not, we have a number of action items that we could pursue. 00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:47.000 Dr. Myers, who isn't here today, he's our paleontologist, paleo botanist. 00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:51.000 And he has been working on a wide variety of, looking both at 00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:57.000 mainly in Oregon and California. 00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:57.000 ancient and more modern plant distributions, 00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:63.000 He also does, has been doing some consulting work, as well, 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:07.000 paleontological students for resource development. 00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:12.000 As so he remains active and is active in his area. 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:17.000 And then, that is kind of what we have and our students tag along with that. 00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:20.000 So with that said, that's kind of an update of where we are. 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:23.000 Our scholarship, our activities and of course our student are integrated with that 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:28.000 both as research assistants and in their course work as we dovetail 00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:31.000 these activities into our classes and our class curriculum. 00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:36.000 With that said, we'll kind of get to the later part of why we're here 00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:39.000 is to think about the legacy of earth science 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:43.000 and the roots really do go back to Papa Ray, Ray Brodersen. 00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:46.000 And Bill Orr is here, he's going to tell us a few stories about Ray 00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:49.000 and some of his perspective back in time. 00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:55.000 And then, we'll also, later on we're moving from here 00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:58.000 over to the Willamette Room. We also have a really nice photo montage. 00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:61.000 I went through all of Ray's slide collection the last couple days. 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:04.000 And we have a very nice photo montage of some of the history of Ray, 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:08.000 his students and his family in Dory, his family and kids. It's very sweet. 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:11.000 But we'll kind of be pursuing that the rest of the evening. 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:14.000 But Scott Burns, Scott is a very good colleague. 00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:18.000 We're just on a field trip with him about a month ago, whenever it was. 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:22.000 But Scott's a big support of the WOU Earth Science program. 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:25.000 Rachel is one of his master's students. 00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:29.000 Of course, Sheila is connected with PSU. 00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:33.000 We've had a number of other students that have gone to PSU. 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:38.000 PSU is a very good master's program, a good stepping stone from here 00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:41.000 into graduate school. So we've had a number of students go up there. 00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:45.000 So anyhow. Scott's very familiar and he also has worked with Ray. 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:48.000 So Scott couldn't be here. He's traveling this weekend. 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:52.000 He sends his best. I'll just give you the synopsis...words from Scott. 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:54.000 Scott always, of course, has lots of words. 00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:57.000 Congratulations to the Earth and Environmental Science program at WOU. 00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:59.000 This is a significant milestone! 00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:62.000 You all have been producing quality geologists for so many years, 00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:04.000 and your graduates are found throughout our profession, 00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:07.000 not only here in Oregon but across the U.S. 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:10.000 I especially want to thank my good friends who have been teaching quality courses 00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:13.000 for years in Monmouth and have been creating field based 00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:16.000 courses that prepare the students for the real world. 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:20.000 I would really like to thank my good friend, Dr. Ray Brodersen (and his wife Dory), 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:24.000 for the many years of great teaching and also his commitment to registration of 00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:28.000 geologist in Oregon (he managed the state geology exam for years! 00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:32.000 I had to pass his test to get registered in the early 1990's!). 00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:36.000 I would be here to celebrate but I'm giving a talk today at Stanford. 00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:39.000 Again, congratulations to all! 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:43.000 Scott's a big supporter. He's also been working with the Alumni Society. 00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:48.000 He's very active as an engineering geologist and he's a professor emeritus at PSU. 00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:53.000 And he's been working with our alumni group, as well. He serves as a mentor to that group. 00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:56.000 So I want to thank Scott for that. 00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:58.000 With that said, a little bit about Ray. 00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:64.000 Ray did his applied baccalaureate degree at Fresno State in California. 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:09.000 And finished his PhD at the University of California Berkeley in 1962. 00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:12.000 His area of expertise, early on, in his research is 00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:16.000 The Petrology, Structure and Age Relationships 00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:19.000 of quartz manzonite in the central Sierra Nevada California. 00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:21.000 Jeff just went down in the archives in the basement, 00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:26.000 found his dissertation on the shelf and kind of pulled out some information. 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:33.000 Ray's basically an igneous petrologist and geologist at heart. 00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:40.000 He worked at OCE and WOSC from 1962 to 1997 when he retired. 00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:42.000 He's been in the emeritus society since then. 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:47.000 Ray used to come around quite often. Not too much but just enough to check in on us. 00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:51.000 Occasionally, he'd stop in early on, in the early days when I was working here. 00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:54.000 We haven't seen his as much over the years. I haven't seen him for a couple of years. 00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:57.000 We had a little grand re-opening for the remodel of the building. 00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:59.000 Suit's been a couple of years since I've seen him. 00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:65.000 He is a legend in the state and very much connected 00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:08.000 to our alumni, to a lot of future preparation, he and Guy Ruth, 00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:12.000 Helen Woods, who was in the College of Education back in time, 00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:14.000 And Adele Sschepige later on, many of our colleagues. 00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:17.000 that go back to the College of Education day. 00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:22.000 Ray was also, I've heard lots stories, this is of course, before I arrived here. 00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:27.000 Ray was dean for a while. He had kind of an interim dean appointment. 00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:33.000 And so he made huge, he and Dory made huge contributions to the community 00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:36.000 and to the university, along with the other generation of professors that were here 00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:39.000 at his time, at the time he was here. 00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:44.000 And of course, our foundation - I was mentioning to Beeb the other day 00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:48.000 as we were pulling off field trip slides - ah these look like our field trips. 00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:51.000 We didn't invent this. We're just keepers of the flame. 00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:55.000 And so, we didn't invent the game. We're just are part of the game. 00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:58.000 And we are the keepers of the flame and, of course, Ray & Guy. 00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:61.000 The other faculty on campus keep WOU alive all those years. 00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:04.000 And then we, we're lucky enough to inherit that. 00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:08.000 With that said, we have Bill Orr here, as he mentioned. 00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:13.000 Bill, I'm going to have to stand next to you a little bit so we can pick you up on my mic. 00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:18.000 And Bill, as he mentioned, he is a professor emeritus from UofO, 00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:24.000 A legend in his own right in Oregon geology. In fact, wrote the book on Oregon geology. 00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:27.000 And also a very good friend and colleague. 00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:31.000 I've been involved with Bill over the year with the state board of geologist examiners. 00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:35.000 And just in general, he's a great colleague. I want to thank him for being here. 00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:39.000 But Bill knows Ray and they go back in time. 00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:44.000 He was gonna, he offered to tell us a few words about Ray, whatever he has to offer. 00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:47.000 I'll just stand right next to you, like I'm your buddy. 00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:51.000 Thank you Steve. Take a look at the tie. 00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:57.000 The tie means that Ray and Dory are tie worthy. 00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:60.000 None of you are tie worthy. (laughter) 00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:04.000 The last time, I swear the last time I wore this tie 00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:08.000 Abraham Lincoln was president. No it's true, I don't wear a tie at all. 00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:15.000 A couple of remarks, I'm here basically to honor Ray and Dory. 00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:22.000 And I came to Oregon as a young assistant professor, little over 50 years ago. 00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:23.000 That's a half a century. 00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:28.000 Fifty years ago and my mentor was Dr. Baldwin, Ewart Baldwin, 00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:31.000 who has written the original book, Geology of Oregon. 00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:36.000 And one of the things that Ewart did was he took me on the grand tour. 00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:40.000 We went to Oregon State and he introduced me around. 00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:43.000 Like showing off a new baby, or something like that. 00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:46.000 He went here, we talked to Ray. 00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:52.000 We probably went up to Oregon State, here, we went to PSU. 00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:57.000 And then finally to DOGAMI, to the state part. He introduced me around. 00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:60.000 And in each place he'd say something. 00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:04.000 It was always something nice about the people we were meeting. 00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:06.000 Later as we drove away in the car, 00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:10.000 he was talking about Ray and he said, 00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:15.000 Ray is not afraid of administration, like I am. 00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:19.000 And he's good at it. And he said Ray's strength 00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:23.000 he's the best speaker. And I said you mean the best lecturer? 00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:27.000 No, he's the best speaker in the whole state. 00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:31.000 And I looked at Ewart, are you serious? Have you heard me lecture? 00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:35.000 And he said... no, he can sell anything. 00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:39.000 After I had a chance to know Ray a little better and 00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:43.000 I'd seen him in action in the Oregon Academy of Sciences as 00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:47.000 a master of ceremonies there. I was impressed. Very impressed by that. 00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:52.000 In any way, Ewart had a lot of respect for Ray. 00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:55.000 Let's see, what else? 00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:63.000 You cannot state enough about his starting registration for geologist. 00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:06.000 That was a big thing. That was a very big thing. 00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:09.000 I'm glad to see that mentioned in his vitae. 00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:18.000 Ray and I went, Ray and Dory and I, we went on a river trip over in Idaho. 00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:26.000 It was years ago. And he had about dozens students. And I had a half dozen. 00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:32.000 And in each place we did this kind of Mutt and Jeff routine where I was Mutt, okay? 00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:36.000 Anyways, doing this routine...Rowan & Martin, do they get that? 00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:37.000 Maybe, probably not. 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:43.000 Anyway, he did work in anything hard rock or structure or tectonics, he did that. 00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:47.000 If it was, I do paleontology, they're sediments or fossils, 00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:51.000 that's what I would do. And we stopped at this one location 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:57.000 And there was, you could see, there was basalt layer above us. 00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:61.000 And down below, the river was cut into some metamoporhics. 00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:06.000 And so, you can image there was a big unconformity between those. 00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:09.000 And we got out and I said, what am I going to do here? 00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:13.000 In any case, Ray just looked around for a minute. 00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:15.000 Then he walked over and put his hand on the contact, ok, between the basalt. 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:18.000 Then he walked over and put his hand on the contact, ok, between the basalt. 00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:23.000 I have seen basalt and some palaeozoic unit that that thing is going over. 00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:26.000 And he uncorked a two minute talk. 00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:31.000 There's nothing more abstract than an unconformity. 00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:35.000 It's hard to conceive what's happening in an unconformity. 00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:39.000 But he uncorked a two minute talk that I could not believe it. 00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:42.000 He summarized what an unconformity was. 00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:48.000 And believe me a collie dog would have been able to understand that. (laughter) 00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:51.000 I can't say enough things about Ray. Thanks for the opportunity. 00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:59.000 Thanks Bill, thanks Bill. We really appreciate that. (applause) 00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:64.000 I do have one Ray story. Of course, he retired before I got here. 00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:08.000 And, of course, I'd always interact with him. He'd walk through and check the office. 00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:11.000 Check in on us once in a while, if he need something, he'd be looking for something. 00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:13.000 He was running field trips for quite awhile. 00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:19.000 He was involved with Eleanor House. He was running river trips early in his retirement. 00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:24.000 But my story about Ray though is, even though I didn't work with him directly. 00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:28.000 I was in Fossil, Oregon for a Memorial Day weekend. 00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:31.000 Way back, I don't know, 15-20 years ago. 00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:34.000 It was Memorial Day weekend. I don't know if you've ever been to Fossil 00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:38.000 Memorial Day weekend? But that is the home of the biker rodeo where all they Harley 00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:43.000 Harlen motorcycle enthusiasts, which is a pleasant way to put that, have a rodeo. 00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:48.000 A Motorcycle rodeo, like all the things you do at a rodeo, on motorcycles. 00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:52.000 And so that's a very interesting time in Fossil, Oregon. If you've ever been there. 00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:56.000 And there's not a lot in Fossil. There's a little mercantile 00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:59.000 And then, there's of course, the Shamrock watering hole. 00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:61.000 The Shamrock, the Shammy we used to call it. 00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:05.000 And I was sitting in the Shamrock on a holiday weekend, 00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:11.000 late in the afternoon, Memorial Day. And I was sitting there to get an icy, cold beverage. 00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:13.000 And there are a lot of bikers and people around. 00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:17.000 It was a holiday weekend and there were motorcycles up and down the street in Fossil. 00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:21.000 Which, you know, is like one street long by two streets wide kind of place. 00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:27.000 And I'm sitting there next to somebody, strike up a little tavern conversation. 00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:32.000 Oh what do you do? I'm a geology professor at Western Oregon University. 00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:36.000 And that just started it. Oh, I went to Western. 00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:41.000 You know Ray Brodersen, Ray Broderson? And the stories just went on about Ray 00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:46.000 and field trip and my Dad, you know, my mother is a teacher. 00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:48.000 And this whole story goes on and ensues. 00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:52.000 And that's when, oh we were out in Baker City, this whole story, 00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:55.000 And that's when I realized Ray is everywhere. 00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:59.000 I mean he was just in the woodwork in this state. 00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:62.000 So well respected and so just notable. 00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:07.000 And always known, as Bill mentioned, always associated with stellar field trips 00:37:07.000 --> 00:37:11.000 and stellar presentations. And just being an excellent teacher. 00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:13.000 And so that's kind of my Ray story. 00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:16.000 You never know where you're going to run into the ghost of Ray, 00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:21.000 even at the Shamrock during the biker rodeo weekend, Memorial Day weekend 00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:24.000 in Fossil, Oregon which is not a place you'd expect to hear about Ray. 00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:28.000 Cool, that's my Ray story. Jeff, what do we have left? 00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:38.000 Well, as Steve indicated, we've put together an amazing montage of slides. 00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:42.000 So Ray was an avid photographer. 00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:48.000 And he had these slides very, incredibly well organized. 00:37:48.000 --> 00:37:52.000 And then have subsequently put them in archiva-gradel photos sleeves 00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:58.000 and have them stored now. He's got an amazing, amazing slideshow 00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:61.000 that will be through the happy hour and the dinner. 00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:06.000 And I want to thank Bill so much for sharing and taking time 00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:11.000 to come here and honor Ray as you did. 00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:12.000 I greatly appreciate that. 00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:17.000 So give yourselves another round of applause. (applause) 00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:18.000 Thank you guys very much. 00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:24.000 And with that we will conclude this portion of the festivities.