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Cyan Woodward

Cyan Woodward has been fascinated by geology her whole life. Volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis — “I was interested in learning the mechanisms behind them,” she said.

However, daunted by the math and science, she started as an English major at an Arizona university. After moving to �ֻ�ֱ�� with her family and transferring to UAF, she switched to geoscience. “I was like ‘I can actually do this, because it’s something I really, really love,’” she said. 

Woodward said she remembers being interested in rocks as a child.

“I used to go to Legoland a lot in California and they had these places in the Pirate Cove where you could get rocks,” she said. “I always begged my mom to let me get a bag of rocks and she was like ‘These aren’t even real.’ And I was like ‘I don’t care. I want a bag of rocks.’ I still have them.”

Naturally, Woodward got involved with the Geoscience Club at UAF. She's now the vice president.

“We recently did a bad movie night. We watched ‘Journey to the Center of the Earth’ and pointed out all the geological flaws in it,” she said.

Since Woodward was new to �ֻ�ֱ�� when she came to UAF, most of her friends were back in Arizona. 

“I didn’t know anyone, coming up here,” she recalled. “I lived off campus for a semester. Now I’m on campus because it’s a lot easier to be around for events, and I’ve definitely met a ton of people on campus.”

Woodward also enjoys the rock climbing wall at the Student Recreation Center.

“I feel like rock climbing and geology go hand in hand,” she joked.