Mills presented the findings of her students, including a Tyrannosaurus rex bone, to SEMO's Board of Governors on Friday, Sept. 19. Two faculty members and 14 students majoring in programs including wildlife biology, anthropology, historic preservation, actuarial science, geographical information systems (GIS) and aviation, traveled to Jordan, Montana, for the dig. The trip allows students to earn course credits and "gain firsthand experience in discovery, excavation and fossil preparation." “Students actually get to be paleontologists for a week,” Mills said in a news release. “I was elated already, but when the paleontologists identified it as T. rex bone — I can hardly explain it.