SGE Meeting

Our first meeting of the semester will be on Thursday, Sept. 11th at 11:30 am in Leonard Hall 7. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Ryan Whittaker

W. A. Tarr Award Recipients

These are from the plaque hanging outside the GGE office. MBK.

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Presented to the graduating senior in earth sciences for outstanding scholarship, leadership, and character.

1953 - Jon L. Rau
1954 - Charles H. Waldren
1955 - Alan M. Cvancara
1956 - Edwin W. Flewitt
1957 - Jay T. Garske
1958 - John E. Utgaard
1959 - Ronald L. Erickson
1960 - Lee S. Clayton
1961 - Rodney M. Feldmann
1962 - Gary G. Thompson
1964 - Frances J. Schulte
1965 - John O. Helgeson
1966 - Harlan K. Friestad
1967 - Rodney D. Norby
1968 - Ronald G. Brown
1969 - Palmer K. Bailey
1970 - Craig R. Schmit
1971 - James A. Orth
1972 - Richard E. Halle
1973 - Lee Nusich
1974 - Nena Salomon
1975 - Philip T. Farquharson
1976 - Joel Degenstein
1977 - Terrance O. Traynor
1978 - Mary Jo Klosterman
1979 - Edward C. Murphy
1980 - Linda J. Johnson
1981 - Kirk A. Marchell
1982 - Marvin E. Rugh
1983 - Barry J. Wilson
1984 - Kyel R. Hodenfield
1985 - Bryan C. Johnsrud
1986 - Michael J. Skibicki
1987 - Gary A. Remple
1988 - Kenneth A. Larson
1989 - Camilla M. Pederson
1990 - James A. Sorenson
1991 - Erik W. Harvey
1992 - Jeff K. Snyder
1993 - John B. Ellingson
1994 - Paul Myerchin
1995 - Robert Sickler
1996 - Robert A. Burrows
2008 - Chase Christenson

F. D. Holland, Jr. Service Award Recipients

There doesn't seem to be any record of the past recipients on the web, so I'm copying names from the plaque in the SGE office. MBK.

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F. D. Holland, Jr. Service Award
Presented in Recognition of Service
Beta Zeta Chapter
of
Sigma Gamma Epsilon

1971 - J. Mark Erickson
1972 - Mary Scott
1973 - Frank P. Caramanica
1974 - Terrance May
1975 - Robert Rossow
1976 - Joanne Groenewold
1977 - Don Halvorson
1978 - Mark Steiner
1979 - Palmer Bailey
1980 - Edward Murphy
1981 - Diane Catt and Rick Webster
1982 - Fred Lobdell
1983 - Barry Wilson
1984 - David Kleesattel
1985 - Christine Roob and R. Al Larsen
1986 - Bill Boettger
1987 - Doug Anderson
1988 - Jeff Maletzke
1989 - Larry Quandt
1990 - Tim Kroeger
1991 - Mike Sonderman
1992 - J. P. "Jumpy" Kay
1993 - Tim Gerlach
1994 - Jon Ellingson
1995 - Sherry Sampson
1996 - David B. Rush
2007 - Tanya Justham
2008 - Matthew Burton-Kelly

Last Meeting of the 2007-2008 School Year

Hi everyone, sorry this is such short notice, but we are having a meeting on Wednesday the 23rd at noon. Please pass on the word if you see this.

Other Stuff

If you have any good pictures from field season last summer, field trips, or otherwise semi-geology related activities could you please give some to Marron Bingle so she can put together a slide show for the spring banquet.

We are trying to think of something we can do as an initiation/ SGE get-together later this spring. Please post a short comment if anything comes to mind.

The next issue of the Beta Zeta is in the works and we are looking for some material (abstracts, conferences attended, general earth science thoughts, upcoming summer field work, internships, etc.). If you would like to submit something, email it to betazetasge@gmail.com

T-shirt Sales

T-shirt sales are going on right now. SGE is selling Geology and Geological Engineering t-shirts in a variety of colors, designs, and shirt styles. Represent the department and look good doing it.

Order forms can be found in the office or here and are due April 1st.

Shirt Design Final Call

Pick which one of these is the best. In my opinion (MBK), GGE is better than spelling out the department name. We're going to take one and run with it (in addition to Dexter's Favorite) and have order forms out in the next few days whether you vote or not!

SGE Field Camp Scholarship

SGE is awarding two 250 dollar scholarships to students attending geology field camp this summer. To be considered please fill out the application and return it by April 15th at 5:00 pm.

Application link (download - fill out - return)

Highlights from the 2/27/08 meeting

-The next edition of the Beta Zeta will be coming out shortly after spring break so be on the lookout for that.

-No one is scheduled for the third Thursday lecture in March yet so if you know of anyone that might be interested or could be persuaded to give a talk please invite them to do so. We do have a talk scheduled for April's third Thursday lecture - more to come on that later.

-We have made some decisions on t-shirt designs so in the short future there will be an order for that you will fill out if you want one - more details to come.

-We need to do more recruiting

-Within the next few days an application form for 2 $250 field school scholarships will be posted here on the Blog.

Meeting

Hi all,

I just wanted to let you know that there will be a meeting this week on Wednesday the 27th at noon, room 7 in the basement of Leonard Hall.

Hope to see you there!

Shirt Options

Our screenprinter has given us these prices for shirts with a one color design, printed front and back. All prices are prior to our markups, of course:

t-shirt                    $7.00
pocket t-shirt            $10.00
long sleeve t             $12.00 
sweatshirt                $20.00
hoodie (zip or pullover)  $25.00
polo                      $15.00 to $25.00 depending on quality

All options come in sizes small to 2XL. Color options vary, so we will have to narrow down the color choices later when everyone has had the chance to look at the catalogue. We also need to decided whether to do a flat-rate markup or a percentage of the cost. These prices still apply even if we decide to use more than one design.

What T-Shirt Design do you want?

I'm opening this thread for people to vote on a design, so that we can hit the ground running on getting them made after the meeting later this month. All designs are subject to tweaking, but we need to know where to start.

Vote for one of the following (please put your name in the post so we make sure to count everyone):

1. Same design last year
2. Leonard Hall design
3. Globe mapped trophy
4. Dexter's favorite
5. Science it works, B$&@**@!
6. Grit and Mud
7. Other (you must supply a design if you vote this way)

All designs should be pictured below.
Please choose one so we can get them made soon.

Thanks,
Matt B.

UPDATE *** UPDATE *** UPDATE *** UPDATE *** UPDATE *** UPDATE *** UPDATE
February 19, 2008

Current Voting Tally
(Votes counted based on member interest with multiple votes per member)

Same design last year 1
Leonard Hall design 1
Globe mapped trophy 0
Dexter's favorite 3
Science it works, B$&@**@! 2
Grit and Mud 7

We have not heard from everyone yet, so please get the word out to vote.

Matt B.

Another Design

I've fallen way behind on designs, but here's one I put together from what Matt Belobraydic wanted to see:



I rather like it.

Humor continued...

Here is a possibility



I don't totally understand it but here is the description

Science: We finally figured out that you could separate fact from superstition by a completely radical method: observation. You can try things, measure them, and see how they work! Bitches.

The graph is data from the COBE mission, which looked at the background microwave glow of the universe and found that it fit perfectly with the idea that the universe used to be really hot everywhere. This strongly reinforced the Big Bang theory and was one of the most dramatic examples of an experiment agreeing with a theory in history -- the data points fit perfectly, with error bars too small to draw on the graph. It's one of the most triumphant scientific results in history.

... and the two men that predicted and observed the blackbody nature and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation were awarded the 2006 nobel prize in physics! go science!

T-shirts of the day: humor

I'll put both of these up today, mainly because they aren't really serious. Let me know what you think anyway and we can still play around with ideas.

1. (with thanks to Tanya's husband Colin). This would be on the back of the shirt, with the department logo on the front pocket.


2. This photograph has been in the AUG lounge for what seems like a very long time. I was thinking the photo itself on the front of the shirt and the message on the back with UND Geology and Geological Engineering. If you can't read it, it says "We have globe-mapped the trophy, we will keep you informed."

T-Shirt Design of the Day - Tuesday

This one is based off of one of the old postcards we have laying around. It's a little rough, but this would be the general idea.

SGE Beta Zeta Meeting 1/25/08 - Minutes

These are more meeting highlights than official minutes but here we go...

-Meet once a month on every 4th Wednesday – the next meeting will be February 27th.

-We are now on Facebook, our “group” is Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Beta Zeta Chapter. Please add yourself to the group if you are on Facebook.

-T-Shirt designs will soon be posted on the SGE blog http://betazetasge.blogspot.com/ and we would like feedback from members on which design to go with.

-There will be 4 awards given by SGE – 2 scholarships, 1 TAR award, and 1 service award.

-An issue of Beta Zeta will be released in March – we are requesting articles from folks – anything will do. Please email them to Matt Belobraydic by Feb. 18th.

-Recruit new members, lab TA’s may be useful in this regard – get your students interested.

-We need to get our chapter’s status to nationals – every executive should have stuff to Matt Belobraydic by Friday February 1st.

-Will Gosnold is advertising a summer internship involving seismology research in North Dakota – see him or the bulletin board for more details.

-Woman’s leadership opportunity June 5th – 9th.

-The spring banquet will be held at the ND Art Museum on campus Thursday, May 1st at 6pm.

-The North Dakota Academy of Science is holding a meeting here in Grand Forks April 24th – abstracts are due February. 29th - for more information see http://www.ndacadsci.org/

T-Shirt design of the day - Last Year

This is the shirt design we used last year. We sold 54 shirts and made $142 by selling them to the whole department. We've had interest in selling shirts again, so rather than doing the same design I figure we can improve upon this one or create a new one. I'll try to do a design a day this week and post them up here so people can comment on them.
--Matt BK

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Welcome Back!

Update (1/18/08): The first meeting of the semester will be held January 25th at 12:00 instead of the 23th.

I hope everyone had a good break and I wish you the best for the spring semester. In December we held elections for new officers and the results are as follows:

• President - Matt Belobraydic
• Vice President - Ryan Whittaker
• Secretary-Treasurer - Ashley Ignatius
• Secretary-Editor - Justin Braaten
• Chapter Advisor - Dr. Joe Hartman
• Staff Advisor - Darin Buri

The first meeting of the semester will be held January 23rd at 12:00. Executives will also be meeting January 16th at 12:00.

Lastly, I would like to inform/ remind you that the Graduate School 2008 Scholarly Forum is taking place February 11th and 12th at the Memorial Union. The deadline to submit an abstract has passed but even if you are not presenting I encourage you to check out this event and see what your colleagues around campus are up to.

Update (1/18/08): The first meeting of the semester will be held January 25th at 12:00 instead of the 23th.