Beth Rinard:
CLASS OF 1989
Leander High SchoolClass of 1989
Leander, TX
Beth's Story
After high school I got a bachelor's and master's degree in Geology from Baylor, then started teaching at Tarleton State University in Stephenville. I still teach geology there. I was deathly afraid of public speaking in high school. Now I do it for a living. Go figure.
I earned my PhD in Geological Sciences in 2004 from SMU. My personal area of interest/study is volcanic seismology. I know Tony Martinez would be shocked to know how much I used that math I was so crummy at back in the day.
I've never been married and I don't have any kids. Not qui...Expand for more
te what I imagined for myself at this age. But I've done a lot of neat things. I do my research on the volcano Kilauea (in Hawaii), so I travel there an average of once a year.
I love to travel, so I try to take at least one major trip each year. My trips usually have something to do with volcanoes or scuba diving. Both, if I'm lucky. I've been to Jamaica, Bonaire (just north of Venezuela), Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Iceland, Cozumel, mainland Ecuador, and the Galapagos Islands. And of course Hawaii. The Big Island feels like my second home.
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