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I'm excited to share that I have officially joined the staff at the renowned Penn Dixie site. I've managed to turn my hobby, which has been greatly furthered by knowledge gained from the supportive and generous members of TFF, into a job! I am now an educator at the site and will be travelling to regional schools, museums and events to share the wonders of the site with the general public in addition to working at the site during the spring, summer, and fall! So a giant "thank you!" to all the TFF members who have helped me along in my journey thus far! I look forward to seeing many of you this year at the site and chatting with you all online!

 

-Jay

Jay A. Wollin

Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve

Hamburg, New York, USA

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Congratulations Jay!

I wish you the best of luck in your new journey! I know first hand how wonderful it feels to be able to turn a hobby into a livelihood.

You will do a fantastic job I am sure!

just make sure you leave some time to let TFF know what kinds of things you have been up to!

 

-Blake

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Thank you, Blake! 

 

I'm incredibly happy about it! I'm looking forward to learning more, and of course, continuing to do my part on the forum! Now I have an even better excuse—when the Mrs. asks what I'm doing all day on the forum I can just say it's for work! :P

Jay A. Wollin

Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve

Hamburg, New York, USA

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Wow congratulations!!! 

 

"Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier

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Congratulations on your new job! Hopefully I will make it out there this spring and get a chance to meet you. I have wanted to go there for awhile.

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That's what I keep hearing! I'm only a couple hours drive away. I will just have to pull myself away from my local sites 

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Well done, Jay! ;) 

 

Glad you will be doing something you love! 

Regards,

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Big congrats, Jay! A dream job, for sure. :fistbump:

we'll visit again this spring

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Hi,

 

Congrats Jay, it is a marvelous news.

 

Coco

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+:crab:  Wonderful, Jay! Your news put a big smile on my face. It's awfully satisfying to work at a job you love. Congratulations. One of these days I really will get up to Penn Dixie. I've been saying that for years.

 

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Yay! Its especially sweet to get paid for something you like to do. Congrats--and have fun! Regards, Chris 

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Thank you again everyone! 

 

...I better not hear any excuses now about not coming up and visiting the site, lol!

 

But seriously, for anyone who has been there, you know it's a great time. Your haul will be dictated only by how much you feel like lugging back to your car. For those of you who haven't yet had the opportunity to check it out, I can't recommend it enough if you have any interest in marine invertebrates. In an given day of digging I find at least one, "holy snarge!" specimen that makes me feel like a kid on Christmas morning. 

 

In spring, there is the "Dig With The Experts" event which has been extended to a full weekend event this year. Paleontologist and geologists from around the world will be there with heavy equipment excavating new portions of the site. This is a great time to come and learn about the geology of the site, and also to reap the benefits of other people's heavy equipment, lol.

 

For TFF members, I will also be setting up a group dig within a week or two after the DWTE event, so that any of you who can make it can meet up in person and go nuts! We had a small group event toward the end of last season, that if nothing else, was a ton of fun and friends were made. I will put up another post starting the conversation about those dates very soon.

 

Penn Dixie Dig With The Experts Event:

Sat, May 27, 2017, 9am – Sun, May 28, 2017, 4pm

https://penndixie.org/dig-with-the-experts/

Jay A. Wollin

Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve

Hamburg, New York, USA

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