Heather Guy ’18, of the United Kingdom, who graduated from Appalachian State in 2018 with a Master of Arts in geography, wanted to stay in research but longed to be doing fieldwork in remote locations. Appalachian provided that opportunity. In this video, watch as an alumna of Appalachian’s geography master's program, explains how studying ice core samples can help reconstruct past weather patterns, informing both researchers and citizens of changes in store.

Prior to enrolling in Appalachian’s geography graduate program, Heather Guy’s work experience involved computer modelling — an activity that kept her in front of a computer screen all day. As a graduate research assistant with Appalachian’s Department of Geography and Planning, Guy served as a team member on multiple fieldwork campaigns to the remote high Andes in Peru and Bolivia, which she said improved her fieldwork skills and “gave me the experience that I needed to apply for similar jobs in the future.”

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