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In 1999, the book won the Pulitzer for best nonfiction entry. — and a friend of Van Schmus. Moores recommended that McPhee interview Van Schmus as a source in the Midwest. mchee spent a weekend in March 1994 observing Van Schmus at a geology camp for undergraduate students in Colorado. McPhee also visited Van Schmus in his research lab at the University of Kansas that fall, allowing him to view different perspectives on the subject. Van Schmus said McPhee's book was a mixture of people and geology. It unearths not only rocks but also the opinions and personalities of those studying the rocks, he said. "McPhee has taken three or four people and worked through their eves, in effect." Van Schmus said. He said watching a great writer in the midst of the writing process was what he enjoyed most. Van Schmus said that McPhee was the laymen's representative of geological study. "There were still facets of geology that were new to him, but he has a very inquisitive mind and that helps." he said. Adrian Berry, Lawrence senior, and former mineralogy student of Van Schmus, said his former professor was competent and capable of performing the job well. Since being featured in the book, Van Schmus has been promoted within the geology department from associate chairman to chairman after the former chairman resigned. "He just really knows his stuff more than anything," he said. Grad students get teaching, professional development tips By Karen Lucas Special to the Kansan University of Kansas graduate students in history dined Saturday on a campus workshop buffet that served up tips on teaching, career opportunities and publishing. About a dozen students attended the second annual Teaching and Professional Development Workshop at the Dole Human Development Center. The department of history, the Center for Teaching Excellence and the History Graduate Student Organization sponsored the workshop. "We wanted to address topics that weren't covered in our regular course work," said Richard Hughes, workshop organizer and vice president of the History Graduate Student Organization. Lyne Holt, principal analyst for the Kansas Legislative Research Department, and Virgil Dean, editor at the Kansas State Historical Society, offered a session on non academic job opportunities. Holt said she used skills at her jot that she had learned as a graduate student, such as writing well and synthesizing ideas. director of the Writing Center. Eric Juhnke, Lawrence graduate student, said it was good to learn about other employment possibilities because the academic job market was tight for graduate students in history. 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