Tag: Juniors
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Report for the Junior’s Study Group Meeting February 2026
The meeting began with the Juniors Chair handing out the tradeable earth science specimens. Then he introduced the speaker, Finn Lutz. Finn is a senior at Oak Park River Forest High School. He talked about the display that he brought, which was his Eagle Scout project for ESCONI. The project began years ago with a…
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From Warehouse to Stardom!
From Warehouse to Stardom!by Katherine Howard and Jim BiglerMany years ago, Rusty Grenier, a member of ESCONI, built a Styracosaurus sculpture with his father. After his father died, Rusty donated the sculpture to ESCONI. It was stored at the ESCONI warehouse with care…its future undecided. In March 2025, Katherine Howard and Jim Bigler, both beaming…
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ESCONI Events for June 2025
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, June 13th ESCONI General Meeting – 8:00 PM via Zoom – Topic: “New discoveries in Inner Space Cavernreveal the animals of Ice Age Texas” by John A. Moretti of the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin Zoom link…
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Dinopalooza Dino Derby at the Field Museum on June 7th, 2025
This Saturday, June 7th, 2025 is Dinopalooza at the Field Museum. Find out more on the Dinopalooza webpage. Dinopalooza is back and bigger than ever! Come celebrate SUE at this Museum-wide dinosaur extravaganza featuring Field scientists sharing their work, paleoart crafts, face painting, special tours, and so much more! This year the Field Museum is…
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ESCONI Events for May 2025
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, May 3rd ESCONI Mineralogy Study Group – 7:30 PM – Topic: “Herkimer Diamond Mines” by Elizabeth Thielen In-person at College of DuPage: Technical Education Center (TEC) Building – Room 1038B (Map). Fri, May 9th ESCONI General Meeting – 8:00 PM via Zoom – Topic: “Combining…
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ESCONI Events for April 2025
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, Apr 5th ESCONI Mineralogy Study Group – 7:30 PM – Topic: “Fluorescent Minerals” by Dave Carlson In-person at College of DuPage: Technical Education Center (TEC) Building – Room 1038B (Map). Fri, Apr 11th ESCONI General Meeting – 8:00 PM via Zoom – Topic: “The Geology…
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ESCONI Events for February 2025
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, Feb 8th ESCONI Junior Meeting – 6:30 PM (starts at 7:00 PM) at College of DuPage Room TEC ED 1038A – Topic: “Ground Water Movement” Specifics of this meeting are available from Scott Galloway, 630-670-2591, gallowayscottf@gmail.com. The meeting will be in person at…
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ESCONI Events for January 2025
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, Jan 4th ESCONI Mineralogy Study Group – 7:30 PM – Topic: “Kentucky Agate” by Matt Bentley, a geologist for the State of Kentucky Zoom link Fri, Jan 10th ESCONI General Meeting – 8:00 PM via Zoom – Topic: “Early Jurassic Extinction Events in…
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ESCONI Board Members for 2025
PRESIDENT: Chris Berg 1ST. VICE PRESIDENT: Katherine Howard 2ND. VICE PRESIDENT: Keith Robitschek RECORDING SECRETARY: Valerie Anderson TREASURER: Andrew Jansen PUBLICITY: Elizabeth Magnus-Gentry LIBRARIAN: Andrew Jansen CURATOR: Chris Cozart HISTORIAN: Richard Holm Assistant Field Trip Chairman: Connor Puritz Assistant Field Trip Chairman: Jeremy Zimmerman EDITOR: Don Cronauer CIRCULATION: Rose Jansen PAST PRESIDENT: Phil Anderson MEMBERSHIP: Rose Jansen SHOW…
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ESCONI Events for December 2024
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, Dec 7th ESCONI Holiday Party – 12:00 noon Warren’s Ale House, 51 Town Square, Wheaton, IL Fri, Dec 13th ESCONI General Meeting – 8:00 PM via Zoom – Topic: “Dinosaur Dinner: How Geochemistry Can Show Us the Diets of Extinct Animals” by Liam…
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ESCONI Events for November 2024
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, Nov 2nd ESCONI Mineralogy Study Group – Cancelled! Fri, Nov 8th ESCONI General Meeting – 8:00 PM via Zoom – Topic: “From Muldraugh to Museum: The unexpected journey of Amphoracrinus tenax“ by Gretel Monreal Zoom link Sat, Nov 9th ESCONI Junior Meeting –…
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ESCONI Events for October 2024
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, Oct 5th ESCONI Mineralogy Study Group – 7:30 PM at College of DuPage Room TEC 1038B – Topic “Geodes from Around the World” by Dave Carlson More details soon! Fri, Oct 11th ESCONI General Meeting – 8:00 PM via Zoom – Topic: “Hoyo…
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ESCONI Events for September 2024
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, Sep 7th ESCONI Field Trip to Braceville, IL for Mazon Creek Fossils Details can be found here. Sat, Sep 8th ESCONI Field Trip to Braceville, IL for Mazon Creek Fossils Details can be found here. Fri, Sep 13th ESCONI General Meeting – 8:00…
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ESCONI Events July/August 2024
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, August 10th ESCONI Field Trip to Hamilton, IL for Railroad Creek Geodes Details can be found here. ESCONI General Meeting – no meeting ESCONI Junior Meeting – no meeting ESCONI Paleontology Study Group – no meeting. See you in September…
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ESCONI Events June 2024
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, June 1st ESCONI Field Trip to Napolean, IN for Ordovician and Silurian Fossils Details can be found here. Fri, June 14th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM – Topic: “A fossil primate called Ekgmowechashala” by Kathleen Rust, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Kansas…
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ESCONI Events May 2024
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, May 4th ESCONI Field Trip Braceville, IL for Mazon Creek Fossils – Full! Details can be found here. Sun, May 5th ESCONI Field Trip Braceville, IL for Mazon Creek Fossils – Full! Details can be found here. Fri, May 10th ESCONI General Meeting…
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ESCONI Events April 2024
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Apr 12th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM – Topic: “Ice age mammals from the frozen North” by Yukon Paleontologist Grant Zazula Zoom link Sat, Apr 13th ESCONI Junior Meeting – 6:30 PM at College of DuPage – Topic: Mazon Creek fauna (animals) Specifics…
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ESCONI Board Members for 2024
PRESIDENT: Phil Anderson 1ST. VICE PRESIDENT: Katherine Howard 2ND. VICE PRESIDENT: Irene Broede RECORDING SECRETARY: Valerie Anderson TREASURER: Andrew Jansen PUBLICITY: Chris Berg LIBRARIAN: Andrew Jansen CURATOR: Chris Cozart HISTORIAN: Richard Holm Assistant Field Trip Chairman: Dave Carlson Assistant Field Trip Chairman: John Catalani EDITOR: Don Cronauer CIRCULATION: Rose Jansen PAST PRESIDENT: Keith Robitschek MEMBERSHIP: Rose Jansen SHOW CHAIRMAN: Dave Carlson…
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ESCONI Events February 2024
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Feb 9th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM – Topic: “Photographing Rock Art in Illinois and Missouri: A visual journey into the sacred, the unknown, andthe creation of the universe” by Mike Chervinko, author of Prehistoric and Natural Wonders ofSouthern Illinois Zoom link Sat,…
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ESCONI January 2024 Junior Meeting – CANCELED
DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS, COLLEGE OF DUPAGE IS CLOSED TODAY; THEREFORE, THE JUNIORS MEETING FOR TONIGHT, JANUARY 13, IS CANCELLED. THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE FEBRUARY 10, 2024. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE.
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ESCONI Events January 2024
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Jan 12th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM – Topic: “The Age of Fishes” by Matt Friedman, Professor/Director Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Zoom link Sat, Jan 13th ESCONI Junior Meeting – 6:30 PM at College of…
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ESCONI Events December 2023
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Dec 2nd ESCONI Holiday Lunch 12:00 PM – Warren’s Ale House in Wheaton, IL See Details Fri, Dec 8th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM – Topic: “Ancient Forest Pests: Plant-Insect Interactions in the Fossil Record” by Michael Donovan, Collections Manager, Paleobotany, Field Museum…
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ESCONI Events November 2023
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Nov 10th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM – Topic: “Finding Fossil Mammals in Canada’s High Arctic and Alaska” by Jaelyn Eberle, Director, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History and Curator of Fossil Vertebrates at the University of Colorado Zoom link Sat, Nov…
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ESCONI Events October 2023
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Oct 13th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM – Topic: “Microfossils to Mosasaurs: a Journey Through the University of Iowa Paleontology Repository” by Tiffany Adrain, University of Iowa Paleontology Repository Collections Manager Zoom link Sat, Oct 14th ESCONI Junior Meeting – 6:30 PM at…
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ESCONI Events September 2023
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Sep 8th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM – Topic: “Tropical rainforests – A 300-million-year-old history” by Fabiany Herrera, the Assistant Curator of Paleobotany at the Field Museum Zoom link Sat, Sep 9th ESCONI Junior Meeting – 6:30 PM at College of DuPage –…
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ESCONI Events June 2023
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, June 9th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM – Topic: “Using geophysics to capture Earth burps and other processes during flow through karst conduits” by Andrew Luhmann, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Wheaton College Zoom link Sat, June 10th ESCONI Junior Meeting –…
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ESCONI Events May 2023
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, May 6th ESCONI Field Trip to Braceville, IL for Mazon Creek Fossils. ***Trip Full*** Details are here. Sun, May 7th ESCONI Field Trip to Braceville, IL for Mazon Creek Fossils. ***Trip Full*** Details are here. Fri, May 12th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM –…
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ESCONI Events April 2023
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, Apr 8th ESCONI General Meeting 1:00 PM – Topic: “Beasts Before Us; the Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolutions” by Dr. Elsa Panciroli of the National Museum of Scotland. Note: this is an afternoon meeting due to the location of the speaker. …
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ESCONI Events March 2023
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, Mar 18th 2023 ESCONI Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show – 10 AM to 5 PM at the DuPage County Fairgrounds Details are here! Sun, Mar 19th 2023 ESCONI Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show – 10 AM to 4 PM at the DuPage County…
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ESCONI Events February 2023
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Feb 10th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM Zoom – Topic: “Baby Dinosaurs of the Arctic: Discovery and Research of a Dinosaur Nursery North of the Arctic Circle” by Dr. P. Druckenmiller. Zoom link Sat, Feb 11th ESCONI Junior Meeting – 7:00 PM at…
