CGC-AAPG Welcome New Students!

Welcome to Curtin University Sarawak Campus to new students! If you have decided to read geology in Curtin, i-Geology is here to help you. Curtin Geology Club and Curtin Sarawak American Association of Petroleum Geologist (AAPG) Student Chapter are the geology clubs to promote the interests of the field in Curtin Sarawak.

CGC has been in Curtin for quite some times and AAPG is a new student chapter which is still in the establishment process. 

CGC and AAPG are two separate geological clubs but both have i-Geology as its blog. We really hope new students coming to Curtin to study Geology will participate in all of our activities. As in AAPG, there will be an Introduction Session with one of our members for new students. The date and time will be informed later on. For any enquiries please contact Glaiza Marie Gagno through her Facebook.

i-Geology

Hello!

Curtin Geology Club (CGC) would like to introduce you the new i-Geology blog which will be our medium of promoting Geology to our members and the rest of the world. As ambitious as this might sound and as humble as this blog might be, we really need your cooperations to play your parts in this blog.

What is i-Geology?

i-Geology is the blog of Curtin Sarawak's Geology Club. Focusing on the geological activities of its members, this blog provides a medium for these future geologists in showcasing the beauty of geology to the rest of the world particularly to aspiring young students interested in the science of the Earth.

From the top of Kinabalu Mt. to the cliffs of Tusan Beach of Miri, i-Geology gives you in detailed informations from student's perspectives.

Programs 

We want to provide a medium for Curtin's future geologists to share their experiences  be it from their field trips or geology classes to the rest of the students and perhaps, to the rest of the world.

It will be the best way for seniors to share their experiences with the juniors. We are also planning to do some email interviews with the seniors who have graduated from Curtin University to share their experiences. 

Apart from that, we are planning to involve lecturers with the blog. We will offer them the opportunities to put their thoughts, articles and updates on researches that they are currently doing. 

We would like to offer these positions to the members of Curtin Geology Club:

1. Chief Editor- This person in-charge will be put to deal directly with CGC President, Mr. Muhammad Syafiq bin Suhaimi
2. Bloggers- We need as many as possible so that there will be lots of interesting experiences and ideas that can be compiled under one roof. Representatives from each batch is highly welcomed.
3. Designer- As logic as this might sound, you must be able to make this blog look better than the current design, otherwise do not apply.
4. Photographers- We need a photographer for each activity of CGC's.  There is no need to mention what do you need to become a photographer but this task is quite simple. 

ALL OF THE POSITIONS, ESPECIALLY BLOGGERS ARE HIGHLY WELCOMED TO BE FILLED. PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT CGC PRESIDENT DIRECTLY THROUGH HIS FACEBOOK AT MAHARAJA SYAFIQ.

Earth Science, anyone?

My own starting point, for what it is worth, was a school science book that I had when I was in Standard Five. The book was a standard issue school textbook – unloved, dull, plain- but near the front it had an illustration that just captivated me: a cutaway diagram showing the Earth’s interior as it would if you cut into the planet with a knife and withdrew a wedge representing a quarter of its bulk. Gradually my attention did turn into a more scholarly manner to the scientific import of the drawing and the realization that the Earth consisted of discrete layers, ending in the centre with a glowing iron and nickel, which was as hot as the surface of the Sun. Thinking with real wonder, I asked myself: How do they know that? I could not work out what spaces thousands of miles below us, that no eyes had ever seen and no X-ray could penetrate, could look like and be made of. That was how I engaged myself with Earth science.


Source: The Chukai Insider