Our program featured speaker this month is Jessica Hull. Her program is titled: Life from the Ordovician to the Devonian. In summary, we find a lot of fossils in Ohio from the Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian eras, but what was life really like back then? This presentation will go over some of the impressive organisms you could find as well as their habitats and even extinction events.
TIME: 8 pm
DATE: Friday, January 23,
2026
PLACE: Founder’s Room
Geier Collections and
Research Center
760 West 5th Street
SIMULCAST: via Zoom
- Link included in the paid members PDF version of The Bulletin
Zoom Changes: As we announced at the November meeting, we will no longer send a separate Zoom link email. The Zoom meeting link will be included at the end of the Dues-paying member's emailed PDF bulletin for each month. Not a member? Here's how to join.
Location Change: Because of ongoing parking issues at UC, we are moving our meeting location to the Geier Collections and Research Center, 760 West 5th Street. As we move forward we will determine if this change will be permanent until space becomes available at the new collections building on Dana Avenue. We could also move back to UC if the parking situation improves. There will be parking in the lot at the Geier and on the street. All parking is close on level ground. Thanks much to the efforts of Professor Dave Meyer, Dr. Brenda Hunda and Dr. Glenn Storrs for making this happen.
We are still working out details with Geier and more information will follow next week prior to the meeting so you can plan ahead. If we can’t pull everything together in time, the meeting will revert to 100% Zoom.
Just to be clear, the collections will not be open to viewing during or after the meeting.
Here are the directions to the our meeting room at the Geier Collections and Research Center.
Weather Contingencies: Dangerous and challenging weather conditions can occur at any time during the winter. Such conditions can negatively impact our meetings. If potentially dangerous weather conditions occur that might create safety concerns for travel to our meeting or if the Geier closes, our meeting will revert to 100% Zoom. How will you know if this happens? We will place a notice on Channel 19 stating that the meeting will be via Zoom. In case that does not work, you will need to check our website http://drydredgers.org or our Facebook Group page https://www.facebook.com/groups/drydredgers or our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/drydredgers.org. We will also send out an email notice to paying members. We will have notices on each of these. In any case, if you are concerned about the road conditions, stay home and join the meeting on Zoom.
Beginner's Class
There will be no beginner's class at the January meeting.
The Saturday field trip for Jan 24, 2026 has been canceled due to illness and the incoming storm. It will be rescheduled at another date.
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