Western Michigan University’s Tom Howe has spent 15 years connecting hydrogeology students with working drillers and real-world field experience.

Tom Howe’s unconventional path from a Michigan fruit farm to WMU helped shape an educator who has trained more than 500 students while strengthening ties between geoscience and the drilling trades.​Tom Howe’s unconventional path from a Michigan fruit farm to WMU helped shape an educator who has trained more than 500 students while strengthening ties between geoscience and the drilling trades.