{"id":27,"date":"2011-12-28T07:48:10","date_gmt":"2011-12-28T12:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/extinctsouthafrica\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2012-06-03T11:59:39","modified_gmt":"2012-06-03T15:59:39","slug":"mduduzis-biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/extinctsouthafrica\/mduduzis-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/extinctsouthafrica\/files\/2011\/12\/335138_2805316618223_1417873819_3946354_1304659353_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/extinctsouthafrica\/files\/2011\/12\/335138_2805316618223_1417873819_3946354_1304659353_o-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/extinctsouthafrica\/files\/2011\/12\/335138_2805316618223_1417873819_3946354_1304659353_o-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/extinctsouthafrica\/files\/2011\/12\/335138_2805316618223_1417873819_3946354_1304659353_o-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/extinctsouthafrica\/files\/2011\/12\/335138_2805316618223_1417873819_3946354_1304659353_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My name is Mduduzi Langwenya, nicknamed Dan, from Swaziland. I am currently sophomore at Colby College, where I am doing a double major in Geoscience and Economics. I enjoy outdoors activities. The Jan Plan Geology field study in South Africa is a unique opportunity to study the home region, and further hone my field research skills.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/extinctsouthafrica\/files\/2011\/12\/2-300x2181.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/extinctsouthafrica\/files\/2011\/12\/2-300x2181.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My name is Tara Chizinski.\u00a0I am originally from Pearl River, New York, and currently\u00a0 a sophomore majoring in Geology at Colby, with minors in math and environmental science. I am extremely excited to spend JanPlan working on Geology in South Africa, getting to spend time in a new country, and gaining experience with field work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/extinctsouthafrica\/files\/2011\/12\/P1118644.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/extinctsouthafrica\/files\/2011\/12\/P1118644-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My name is Kody Spencer. I am also a sophomore at Colby and a major in Geology. I am from Ascutney, VT, and a member of Colby&#8217;s cross country ski team. I am excited to join this project to see a new country and learn more about the important Permian-Triassic time boundary.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_176\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/extinctsouthafrica\/files\/2011\/12\/FieldCrew_2012_Blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-176\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/extinctsouthafrica\/files\/2011\/12\/FieldCrew_2012_Blog-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"January 2012 Field Crew\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/extinctsouthafrica\/files\/2011\/12\/FieldCrew_2012_Blog-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/extinctsouthafrica\/files\/2011\/12\/FieldCrew_2012_Blog.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We&#039;re all together again for the first time<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The January 2012 field crew is a distinguished group and consists of, standing left to right, Dr. Sandra Kamo (Jack Satterly Laboratory, University of Toronto, Canada), Dr. Johann Neveling (Council for Geoscience, Pretoria), Dr. Robert Gastaldo (Whipple-Coddington Professor, Colby College), Mduduzi (Dan) Langwenya &#8217;14 (Colby), Dr. Rose Prevec (Albany Museum, Rhodes University), Dr. John Geissman (University of Texas &#8212; Dallas; President of the Geological Society of America), and Kody Spencer &#8217;14 (Colby), and kneeling are Tara Chizinski &#8217;14 (Colby) and Valerie Nxumalo (Council for Geoscience, Pretoria).\u00a0 Hester and J.P. at <a title=\"Ganora Farm, Nieu  Bethesda\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ganora.co.za\/\">Ganora Farm<\/a>, Nieu Bethesda, are our hosts, friends, and away from home family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Mduduzi Langwenya, nicknamed Dan, from Swaziland. I am currently sophomore at Colby College, where I am doing a double major in Geoscience and Economics. I enjoy outdoors activities. 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