Rachel Piotraschke
| Major: | Geology with a minor in English |
| Topic: | Intricately map Nevada's Bitter Spring Quadrangle (BSQ) |
| Faculty Mentor: |
- Never thought she would join the sailing team, enjoy theology classes or be a geology major in college
- Received a Bush Foundation Grant to intricately map Nevada's Bitter Spring Quadrangle (BSQ)
- Camped in the Nevada desert for two weeks last summer studying normal and strike-slip faults as part of her research
- Enhances her education at UST within the Aquinas Scholars honors program
What's next for Rachel?
Continue the mapping project in the BSQ. Attend graduate school. Consider a career in environmental consulting.