{"id":59660,"date":"2024-06-06T08:11:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T12:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=59660"},"modified":"2024-06-06T08:13:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T12:13:00","slug":"geology-comes-to-life-with-creation-of-utc-rock-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2024\/06\/geology-comes-to-life-with-creation-of-utc-rock-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Geology comes to life with creation of UTC rock garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_59665\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"842\" data-attachment-id=\"59665\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2024\/06\/geology-comes-to-life-with-creation-of-utc-rock-garden\/the-rockery-24-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/The-Rockery-24-639.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,842\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster\/University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6_2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Amy Brock Hon and Samantha Doss-Watson ,undergrad environmental geology major, work Tuesday, June 4, 2024 near Grove Hall to install a border around a rock garden called The Rockery.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1717496253&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;26.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Rockery-24-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Rockery-24-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Amy Brock Hon and Samantha Doss-Watson ,undergrad environmental geology major, work Tuesday, June 4, 2024 near Grove Hall to install a border around a rock garden called The Rockery.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/The-Rockery-24-639-1024x719.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-59665 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/The-Rockery-24-639.jpg\" alt=\"Senior environmental geology major Samantha Doss-Watson, left, and Dr. Amy Brock-Hon install edging around The Rockery\u2014a rock garden located outside of Grote Hall\u2014on Tuesday, June 4. Photo by Angela Foster.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/The-Rockery-24-639.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/The-Rockery-24-639-1024x719.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/The-Rockery-24-639-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/The-Rockery-24-639-800x561.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/The-Rockery-24-639-580x407.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/The-Rockery-24-639-610x428.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senior environmental geology major Samantha Doss-Watson, left, and Dr. Amy Brock-Hon install edging around The Rockery\u2014a rock garden located outside of Grote Hall\u2014on Tuesday, June 4. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rocks are more than just rocks. They are the record of Earth\u2019s history, and \u201cthere\u2019s no way we can understand the future without understanding the past. Rocks hold that information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So said Dr. Amy Brock-Hon\u2014the Robert Lake Wilson Professor of Geology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga\u2014in introducing The Rockery, a rock garden now found on the UTC campus.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the spring term, the UTC Geology Club created The Rockery, located alongside Grote Hall on the path from campus to Mocs Alumni Drive\u2014just a stone\u2019s throw away from the University Center.<\/p>\n<p>The garden features four distinct groups of rocks: igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary as well as a unique collection showcasing local Chattanooga rocks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"59668\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2024\/06\/geology-comes-to-life-with-creation-of-utc-rock-garden\/20240604_101614\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/20240604_101614-scaled-e1717543407923.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1277\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1717496174&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20240604_101614\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/20240604_101614-scaled-e1717543407923-1024x1021.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-59668 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/20240604_101614-scaled-e1717543407923-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/20240604_101614-scaled-e1717543407923-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/20240604_101614-scaled-e1717543407923-1024x1021.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/20240604_101614-scaled-e1717543407923-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/20240604_101614-scaled-e1717543407923-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/20240604_101614-scaled-e1717543407923-800x798.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/20240604_101614-scaled-e1717543407923-580x578.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/20240604_101614-scaled-e1717543407923-610x608.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/20240604_101614-scaled-e1717543407923-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/20240604_101614-scaled-e1717543407923-1536x1532.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/20240604_101614-scaled-e1717543407923-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/20240604_101614-scaled-e1717543407923.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are rocks on display for people to look at and get to see all the unique properties of different kinds of rocks,\u201d Brock-Hon explained. \u201cWe just wanted to share them with the UTC community and whoever wants to walk by and learn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Rockery is designed not just for aesthetic appeal but for educational purposes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goal is that people learn from it,\u201d she continued. \u201cLong-term plans are for the Geology Club to put together information about each rock so we learn about the environment in which it formed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brock-Hon said that the creation of The Rockery has been a long-term vision for the geology department. Predecessors had envisioned such a project\u2014but not the location.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThankfully, our department head (Dr. Gretchen Potts) contacted facilities and said, \u2018Hey, can we do this here?\u2019\u201d Brock-Hon said. \u201cSo now we have a really great space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The transformation of the idea into reality was swift. Rocks that had been stored for over a decade in the geology department were quickly brought out and organized into the garden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is prominent and is a great place for learning on the way to class,\u201d Brock-Hon said.<\/p>\n<p>Brock-Hon credited senior environmental geology major Samantha Doss-Watson and the UTC Geology Club for spearheading the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this has been really cool,\u201d said Doss-Watson, who grew up in Dayton, Tennessee, and attended Rhea County High School. \u201cEveryone loves rocks, honestly, at least to some degree. They\u2019re interesting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we were small kids, we\u2019d see a cool rock and put it in our pocket. So it\u2019s really great to be able to show people these rocks so they can learn from them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doss-Watson started at UTC in 2021 and possesses two associate degrees from Chattanooga State Community College (general studies in 2009; mass communications in 2016). A communications career wasn\u2019t what she thought it would be, so she came to UTC \u201cready to get my bachelor\u2019s degree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before long, she said, \u201cI took a physical geology class and knew, \u2018This is it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly enough, her communications background has come into play at UTC, where she serves as the Geology Club\u2019s public relations officer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI manage our Instagram page and I try to show up for all of our events to take photos and let people know what we\u2019re doing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Doss-Watson\u2019s attention will now turn to promoting The Rockery. Her enthusiasm for the project reflects a broader community interest in her new career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI definitely am enjoying learning and building my skillset in geology,\u201d she said, \u201cso I hope that I\u2019ll be working in that capacity in some way.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Learn More<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/enrollment-management-and-student-affairs\/admissions\/visit\">Visit UTC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/biology-geology-and-environmental-science\">UTC Biology, Geology and Environmental Science<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/biology-geology-and-environmental-science\/geology\">About the Geology program<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/arts-and-sciences\/biology-geology-and-environmental-science\/geology\/prospective-students\">So you want to be a Geology major<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/apply\">How to apply<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"798\" data-attachment-id=\"59666\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2024\/06\/geology-comes-to-life-with-creation-of-utc-rock-garden\/the-rockery-24-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/The-Rockery-24-653.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,798\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster\/University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6_2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Amy Brock Hon and Samantha Doss-Watson ,undergrad environmental geology major, work Tuesday, June 4, 2024 near Grove Hall to install a border around a rock garden called The Rockery.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1717498635&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;66&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Rockery-24-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Rockery-24-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/The-Rockery-24-653-1024x681.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-59666 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/The-Rockery-24-653.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/The-Rockery-24-653.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/The-Rockery-24-653-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/The-Rockery-24-653-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/The-Rockery-24-653-800x532.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/The-Rockery-24-653-580x386.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/06\/The-Rockery-24-653-610x406.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"880\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:9,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/geology-comes-to-life-with-creation-of-utc-rock-garden\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:202990556}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 880px; 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