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Joint SGS/SGA Monthly Technical Luncheon
Our next luncheon will be a Joint SGS/SGA Monthly Technical Luncheon at Le Pavillon in the Denechaud Ballroom, Thursday February 9th at 11:30am, 833 Poydras Street. Guests of honor are the Geophysical Auxillary. Click here for a map and directions. Sponsor: TBD
Dr. Brian Lock, Professor of Geology at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, will present The Eagle Ford 'Shale' - Outcrop Studies Related to the Oil and Gas Potential of a Major Unconventional Reservoir. Click here for the abstract and speaker bio.
Please either sign up to attend via the Paypal button below, alternately RSVP by email or Tel: (504) 728-7027 to Hao Zhou by CoB Monday, February 6th. In addition, please let Hao know if you would prefer a vegetarian meal.
Socials
Fall Social - October 20th - Rock 'n Bowl
SGS folks, it is that time of the year again!
Hope you enjoyed the SGS Fall Social Party and Membership Drive at Rock 'n Bowl Thursday Oct. 20th. It offered a chance to forget geophysics and mingle with your SGS buddies, and show off your hidden bowling talent.
Education
More details will appear here when we have an upcoming event...
Core Element Inaugural Fundraiser - "Strike For STEM"
Core Element - The Greater New Orleans Initiative will held its inaugural fundraiser "Strike For STEM" at Mid-City Lanes Rock 'n' Bowl Saturday, November 5, 2011. This event brought together professionals in education, technology and business for a fun night of bowling, music, food and competition. SGS supported this effort as one of The Big Lebowski sponsors.
Core Element is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting quality teaching in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) within six parishes in the New Orleans area. They do so by using proven inquiry-based teaching techniques and access to nationally recognized instructors. They routinely hold training events for local teachers and also give support to their classrooms by providing students and techers with educational kits and materials. Lauched locally in 2006 by Shell, New Orleans Public Schools Science and Math representatives and the Smithsonian Institute, Core Element has already proven they can make a difference in our participating schools by increasing student achievement. They are currently organized to reach out to 56,000 K-12 students in the region.
They asked area businesses with a stake in the future of science, technology, engineering and mathematics education in the greater New Orleans area to assist in an endeavor to raise funds to maintain the quality of the experience offered to teachers.
Donations to Core Element are tax deductible.
Scholarships
SGS Scholarships are made possible by corporate donations and member sponsorship of our Golf Tournament Fundraiser held in the Spring. The SGS thanks you all for your continued support.
Congratulations to the Bill Blair Scholarship Award 2011 Recipients:
Allison Simms (Cabrini High School) - daughter of Gerry Simms, Emily Keegan (Mount Carmel Academy), daughter of the late Terry Keegan and Hillary Hafner (Patrick F. Taylor Science and Technology Academy) - daughter of Bob Hafner.
Congratulations to the University Earth Science Award 2011 Recipients:
LSU: Erin Walden, UNO: Graham Ganssle.
In addition to and independent of the SGS Scholarship, our parent society SEG also runs a Scholarship Program. If you have any questions in regard to the SEG Scholarship please e-mail scholarships@seg.org.
Golf Tournament
The 2011 SGS Golf Tournament was held at Tchefuncta Country Club Thursday March 31st, 2011. Check out the photographs in April's Reflections (courtesy of Arthur Christensen) or click here to see some Earth Scientists enjoying the outdoors, camaraderie and, as always, good times whilst raising funds to support our Scholarships. The funds raised are allocated by the Scholarship Committee to High School and University Students and awarded at our luncheon in May.
A big thank you as always to all our sponsors.
Membership
Our membership runs from June 1st one year to May 31st the next. The current membership form can be downloaded here: 2011-2012 Membership Application Form. If you played in the Golf Tournament last year you are a member through May 2012. If you didn't then you will need to send in or bring your $25 with next year's application form filled out to one of our events.
SGS membership renewal requests will be emailed by 2011-2012 SGS Secretary Patricia Yu to individuals with expired memberships in August. If you do not receive one, then your membership is up-to-date.
Check your membership status. Last updated October 5th, 2009.
Reflections
If you missed last months edition download the January 2012 Reflections here. February's edition will be available shortly. Archive editions of Reflections can be found here.
Contact our editor, Emily Chapp, with submissions for the newsletter and/or to place an advertisement.
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Local Jobs
Maybe a little late in posting this however, there are currently some geoscience openings at Shell in New Orleans with a deadline to apply of August 8th, 2011. More details can be found at the following link: Shell Jobs Website.
Local job announcements can also be posted in the Reflections newsletter. Contact 2011-2012 SGS Editor, Emily Chapp [chapp@chevron.com] to post in the Reflections newsletter, starting with the next edition coming up in September.