Today, we ask six Geology majors about where they would like to see themselves long-term.
![Kayla holding a small, dinosaur fossil head outside on campus.](https://rowanblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/50696197632_f7790e29bb_c.jpg)
“To be a paleontologist and either be a college professor or a museum curator. I want to focus on either paleoneurology or paleopathologies,” says junior Kayla Bagley, a Geology major with a concentration in Paleontology and a transfer from Ocean County College from Jackson, NJ (Ocean County).
![Tara posing in front of the Badwater Basin sign.](https://rowanblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screenshot_20201120-184534_Instagram-Tara-Lonsdorf.jpg)
“I want to be a career academic researcher, professor and science writer. Doing so would combine all of my passions of discovery, community engagement and communication. In this capacity, I hope to publish some high-impact research about our planet’s processes, while also making it a better place for people,” says senior Tara Lonsdorf, a Geology major with GIS minor and Certificate of Undergraduate Studies in Technical and Professional Writing from East Windsor, NJ (Mercer County).
![James smiling for a portrait picture taken outside Wilson Hall.](https://rowanblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/50634733932_2d7c8ec91b_c.jpg)
“I hope that my climate-heavy course load, research and future internship will help me join a career where I can help the environment and help people understand how important our impact on it is while doing something I’m passionate about. I would like to become a climate scientist,” says first-generation college junior James Milward, a Geology major with a Global Climate Change concentration and with a GIS and Geography minor from Pitman, NJ (Gloucester County).
![Matthew smiling and standing in front of a lake while wearing hiking gear.](https://rowanblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Vitale_3-Matthew-Vitale.jpg)
“My long-term professional goal is to be a successful professional geologist working for a government agency or a private business doing some form of hydrology, or general environmental consulting,” says senior Matthew Vitale, a Geology major from Cherry Hill, NJ (Camden County).
![Kyle posing for a portrait photo taken outside on campus.](https://rowanblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/50704055567_786fa56f9c_c.jpg)
“I would like to be a paleontologist and do research,” says senior Kyle Macauley, a Geology major from Jackson, NJ (Ocean County).
![Mairen taking a selfie.](https://rowanblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_20201002_122502473-Mairen-Flanagan.jpg)
“My dream goal is to become a volcanologist and work at an observatory. However, I’m open to a variety of careers, as long as I’m able to maintain a balance between time spent in the field and in the lab,” says junior Mairen Flanagan, a Geology major with a Chemistry minor from Point Pleasant, NJ (Ocean County).
Take a look at Discovery Hall, home to our Geology program, here:
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Story by: Bianca Torres, senior Music Industry major
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