SIPERG would like to give a big congratulations to Dr. Wanamaker’s student, Juan Carlos Romero Gelvez, who successfully defended his master’s thesis in July and has earned his master of science in geology degree. The title of Juan’s thesis is “A 50 kyr Rainfall Record Derived from Colombian Stalagmites: Insights on Intertropical Convergence Zone Dynamics and the Role of Ocean Circulation.” We are thrilled that Juan is staying on at Iowa State University and SIPERG to work on his PhD.