GC students, faculty study on-campus pond

Students and faculty from Gordon College, along with Beta Club members from Mary Persons High School, recently participated in a program for Service-STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) Scholarship, focused on environmental science. Activities involved catching and tagging fish and turtles from the pond on the Gordon College campus, training and performing chemical analysis of the pond, and learning about the mathematics of population growth. The program was coordinated by Andy Osborne, associate professor of chemistry. Participants included, from left, Jason Evans, senior pre-physical therapy major, Griffin ; Christie Jackson, senior biology major, Thomaston; Wen Liu, senior psychology major, Griffin; Jackson Martin, nursing major, Barnesville; Jennie Thaeter, senior biology major, Barnesville; John George, assistant professor of mathematics; Stefan Olsson, Mary Persons High School senior; Emily Olsson, Mary Persons High School freshman; Amanda Duffus, assistant professor of biology.