Stories about "Dyk Eusden"
Blown ashore on the Maine coast, Bates geology students were blown away by their magical visits with artist Ashley Bryan
Thursday, February 10, 2022 2:23 pm
Whike kayaking the Maine coast in May 2014, geology professor Dyk Eusden '80 and his students were blown off course — and into the welcoming an magical world of artist Ashley Bryan, who died last week at age 98.
Cheers for the Chairs: Dykstra Eusden ’80 appointed to Whitehouse Professorship
Wednesday, May 2, 2018 11:56 am
Eusden is an intrepid field scientist who brings his students into the world so they can see, discover, learn from, and record geologic history.
John Creasy, who ushered in the thriving modern era for geology at Bates, dies at age 71
Monday, June 26, 2017 2:01 pm
“We were in awe of him, but his intensity was contagious. There was so much respect for him: I wanted to work my butt off to impress John, to achieve for John.”
Picture story: Short Term geology trek out West finds getting there is half the reward
Friday, July 22, 2016 10:42 am
Jake Atwood ’19 saw pictures of what his first Short Term might look like. He thought, “This is exactly what I came to Bates to do.”
New film features stunning White Mountain views — and Bates geologist Dyk Eusden, too
Friday, March 21, 2014 8:59 am
Eusden enters the film as an expert who links the experiential with the geological.
Video: Bates professors say what course they’re excited to teach (2010)
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 3:09 pm
As the Hathorn bells call the campus to Convocation on Sept. 7,…
Fabled AESOP trips build first-year solidarity
Tuesday, August 28, 2007 11:20 am
Annual Entering Student Outdoor Program (AESOP) sends small groups of students hiking, camping, climbing, kayaking and canoeing across northern New England with the aim of helping the newbies make personal connections before classes start. This year's 80 leaders, working in pairs, will bring more than 250 first-years to destinations from Isle au Haut to Baxter State Park to Vermont's Long Trail.
'Fantastic' Short Term arrives
Wednesday, April 24, 2002 8:20 am
Students and faculty loved Short Term. What began as an extension of the Bates ethos of hard work became an unexpected, and at that time rare, opportunity for faculty to try out new courses and teaching strategies. During three five-day kayaking and camping excursions to Maine's isolated coastal islands, Eusden and his students will map the varying bedrock geology around Casco Bay, Penobscot Bay, and Mount Desert Island.