2008-2009 Academic Year

Monday, January 26, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Dr. Daniel Cox
Director-O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory
Oregon State University
"Should I Stay or Should I Go?  The role of vertical evacuation in reducing tsunami disasters"

Saturday, February 21, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Dr. Aaron Velasco
University of Texas at El Paso
“Can a Large Earthquake in Another Country Cause One in Your Backyard?”
An IRIS/SSA Distinguished Lecturer
IRIS Website

Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Dr. Scott Burns
Portland State University
"Lessons Learned from Landslides in Oregon"

Special Lecture Opportunity with Scott Burns
Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 1:00 pm
At The Oregon Coast Culinary Institute (OCCI)
"The Mystique of Terroir in Oregon Wines: the relationship between geology, soils, climate and wine"
Requested donation for the Terroir Talk is $5

Friday, May 29, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Dr. Hubert Staudigel
Scripps Institutions of Oceanography
“Microbes and Volcanoes: A Tale from the Seafloor”
An Ocean Leadership Distinguished Lecturer

All lectures in the series are free and open to the public. They take place in the Hales Center for the Performing Arts on the Coos Bay campus of Southwestern Oregon Community College.

These popular community events would not be possible without generous sponsorship support. The current contributors to the geology lecture series include:

• Oregon Resources Corporation
• Southwestern Oregon Community College Foundation
• Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS)
• Seismological Society of America (SSA)
• Consortium for Ocean Leadership
• 2008-2009 Ocean Leadership Distinguished Lecturer Series

2007-2008 Academic Year