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Alice Mary Martin - UH Hilo Spring 2021 Commencement Celebration Graduate

Congratulations on your hard-earned accomplishments and to all of our graduates!

  • Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics
  • Bachelor of Science in Geology
  • Subject Certificate in STEM Research Honors
  • Graduated with honors.

Alice is pictured wearing a grey lab coat and her face mask while standing in the geology lab. It's covered up but she is smiling under her mask.

Alice is pictured in in a mask, safety goggles, and an oversized lab coat while using the trim saw in the geology lab.

There is a table with snacks, chips, and fruit. With a determined look on her face, Alice is reaching across the table to grab some grapes.

Alice Martin (in a blue shirt and jeans) and UH Hilo alumna Audria Dennen (in a white shirt and jeans) are standing in front of a poster they helped create and present with fellow UH Hilo geology students for the 2019 Geological Society of America's annual meeting. Both ladies have big smiles and look very excited to be there. Alice and UH Hilo alumna Audria Dennen with the poster they presented with fellow UH Hilo geology students at the 2019 Geological Society of America's annual meeting.

I would like to thank the Academy for this great honor. And my family, my friends, my peers, and my professors. I could not have done it without you. To Bob and Ann, you two are amazing. Truly. You made this all possible for me and it will forever mean the world to me. To my parents, my sisters, and my niece, knowing you have been there for me even from far away has been such a huge comfort and motivation. Thank you for listening to me talk about rocks and math even when you don't know what I am saying. I love you all.

A lesson from sediment entrainment and transport:
For sediment of all sizes, from clay sized up to boulder sized, the energy required to initially lift and entrain the sediment is greater than the energy required to keep the sediment in transport. It takes more energy to start the process than it does to keep it going. This is true for a lot of things in life, not just for rocks.

Best wishes!

P.S., What a long, strange trip it's been.

Alice is wearing a backpack, highlighter yellow shirt, those pants that zip off around the knees and turn into shorts (the zipped off parts are detached and bunched around her ankles like leg warmers). A sweater, hat, water bottles, compass, and clipboard are attached to her backpack and belt. She is standing on a rock and examining the erosional remains of a tuff cone and surrounding basalt flows. Alice examining the erosional remains of a tuff cone and surrounding basalt flows as part of the Field Methods course.

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The list of degree candidates are tentative and based upon the successful completion of work undertaken. Degree conferral can only be verified by receipt of a diploma or official transcript noting degree completion; inclusion in the Commencement Program or participation in the Commencement Ceremony does not imply degree conferral. The official registry for conferral of degrees is with the UH Hilo Registrar.