Beta Zeta Chapter of Sigma Gamma Epsilon

Spring Break 2012

2011-11-15T10:45:00.000-08:00

Getting this out there from AUG:

(click to enlarge)

Why become a geologist?

2011-11-09T17:58:00.000-08:00

Video is by UND Geology and Geological Engineering alumnus Ben Huffman.

new secretary

2010-02-16T16:09:00.000-08:00

Greetings BetaZetaites,

This is a short post to let you know, we are still active and moving right along. We will be having a meeting soon and updates will follow as I begin the transition as new secretary to BetaZeta SGE.

-Ted Bibby

Things Discussed at the Meeting Today

2009-10-14T11:27:00.000-07:00

Here is an overview of what went on at the meeting today:

Dues are due to Karew by Friday. They are $15 for returning members and $40 for new members.

We will be publishing the Beta Zeta at the end of this semester. Submissions are due by Friday, Nov 13th. The publication will be handed out the first week in December. Submissions can be sent to ashley.russell@und.nodak.edu and can include anything from research to going-ons in the department to photos and articles.

If you would like a UND Geology polo shirt, please sign up in the office.

We allocated $100 to Karew and Matt for purchasing teaching kits so that we can start doing outreach in the schools. If you want to get more involved with this, email Karew at karew.schumaker@und.nodak.edu

Initiation has been postponed as its coordinator is injured.

SGE/AUG Water Park Night!

2009-10-14T07:29:00.001-07:00

Beta Zeta Chapter and the Association for UND Geologists are all going to the CanadInn tonight (Oct 14) to swim at the water park at 7 pm. Cost is $5 with student ID.

Have an idea for something we can do as a group? Make a comment or send an email to betazetasge@gmail.com.

First Meeting of the Year!

2009-08-31T16:57:00.001-07:00

Hello everyone!

The first SGE meeting of the year will be Wednesday, September 9th at noon in the AUG lounge in the basement of Leonard.

We will be talking about who will be going to GSA, as SGE can help fund transportation.

Hope to see you there!

Ashley

Geology Museum Display Contest!

2009-03-05T15:48:00.000-08:00

SGE is hosting a contest to get some new displays into our museum in the lobby of Leonard.

The prize is $100 for the winning team (up to three people) and they get to see their exhibit up for a whole year.

SGE and Faculty are looking for proposals now. The top four proposals will actually get to build their display, and the top display wins the cash.

Proposals must include:

-An introduction to the goals of the display

-A description or drawing of the display

-What text/photos will be displayed

-What materials are needed, how you will get them, and if there is a cost.

Proposals are due to the geology office by March 27th! Winners will be notified to start building their displays on April 2nd.

Any questions, let us know,

Ashley

The Aftermath of Today's Meeting

2009-02-25T19:14:00.000-08:00

A lot was discussed today:

Spring Newsletter: The newsletter will be published the first week or second week in April. This means submissions are due by April 1st. Submissions can be anything related to the department, stories, interviews, pictures...etc. We are planning on sending them to alumni as well this year.

SEM Sweatpants and Geology T-shirts: SGE will be selling sweatpants for the school of engineering and mines. They will be gray and will have "UND Engineering and Mines" down the leg. We are having a design contest for geology t-shirts this year. Submissions can be emailed to undgeology@gmail.com in .pdf format. They can be back and front and one color.

Museum Display Contest: SGE is also hosting a contest for students to design a display case and win $100. Look for more information to come.

Initiation: Initiation will be potluck style. We are figuring out a date and location.

Spring Banquet: We have the art museum reserved for the banquet. We need to still plan the menu. Joe is working on getting a speaker.

Also, the first spring tour is on March 4th. Volunteers are needed and can sign up in the office.

Stay classy Geology,

Ashley

Updates and Field Camp Scholarships

2009-02-12T16:56:00.000-08:00

SGE met this past Wednesday, and discussed ordering geology t-shirts and having a corresponding design contest, producing SEM sweatpants, field camp scholarships, having a spring semester newsletter, and the display contest.

We will be checking on the costs of t-shirt printing for next meeting.

We will be going to BOSP to get funding for the newsletter.

Field camp scholarships are now open to those going to field camp this summer. Applications can be found under "documents" on this site. There will be two $250 scholarships awarded. Applications will be due on April 1st.

-Ashley

Online survey results

2009-01-22T08:52:00.000-08:00

Before break we had online nominations for officers and an online survey to get feedback about some questions, since we didn't have time for another meeting. Click here to read the official survey results.

Also, elections were held yesterday. The new officers are:

President: Matt Burton-Kelly
Vice President: Chase Christenson
Treasurer: Karew Shumaker
Secretary: Ashley Russell

-MBK

SGE Meeting

2008-09-09T09:26:00.000-07:00

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

2008-07-23T08:54:00.000-07:00

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

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

2008-07-23T08:27:00.000-07:00

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.

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

2008-04-22T12:12:00.000-07:00

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

2008-03-20T07:42:00.000-07:00

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

2008-03-20T07:31:00.001-07:00

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

2008-03-11T14:50:00.000-07:00

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

2008-02-29T07:40:00.000-08:00

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

2008-02-28T07:31:00.000-08:00

-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

2008-02-24T09:45:00.000-08:00

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

2008-02-21T13:23:00.000-08:00

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?

2008-02-14T09:33:00.000-08:00

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

2008-02-08T13:19:00.001-08:00

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...

2008-02-05T08:47:00.001-08:00

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

2008-02-04T10:54:00.000-08:00

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

2008-01-29T10:08:00.000-08:00

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

2008-01-29T06:15:00.000-08:00

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

2008-01-28T09:17:00.000-08:00

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

Front:

Back:

Welcome Back!

2008-01-10T12:46:00.000-08:00

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.

PDF library in action

2007-10-19T10:13:00.000-07:00

With thanks to Associate Member (and Staff Advisor) Darin Buri, we now have a computer in the Sigma Gamma Epsilon office on which we can store the PDF library! It's much faster than the old machine.

Dump your PDFs in the folder on the desktop (preferably renamed and organized according to the style in the Readme file), and scoop up some references that you didn't have before. This is a long-term project that we hope people will use, both by contributing PDFs they have scanned, and by using the references we already have.

UPDATE 28 November: We now have 596 files in the PDF library!

North Dakota Academy of Science

2007-10-17T12:41:00.000-07:00

2008 North Dakota Academy of Science Annual Meeting (#100!)
Thursday, April 24th at UND - Present your senior project or research, and you don't have to travel!

If you are interested in presenting but aren't sure, talk to any of the current SGE members--we can help. This is an excellent way to get your foot in the door at a professional society, meet some people, and show off your hard work.

Becoming a member is $10 for students and required to present.

More details can be found at http://www.ndacadsci.org/

Minutes 10 October 2007

2007-10-16T09:58:00.000-07:00

Important: Next meeting is tomorrow, October 17th at noon.

These aren't a full set of minutes, but here are the things that were discussed at the last meeting:

In attendance: Matt Belobraydic (P), Lucas Buckingham (VP), Tanya Justham (T), Matt Burton-Kelly (S), Marron Bingle (student member), Ryan Whittaker (student member) and Joseph Hartman (faculty advisor).

Matt Belobraydic presented the idea of a geoscience-oriented job workshop to the group. This has already been presented and approved with recommendations from the Geology and Geological Engineering faculty. We need to give them an outline of what we are planning. This workshop would be put on before the next career fair on a weekend or evening, depending on what works for students and alumni/UND staff presenters.

Feedback: What area of the geosciences would you like this workshop to focus on?

Committee to contact: Job Workshop committee, headed by Matt Belobraydic.

"The Beta Zeta" newsletter. Submissions need to be in so we have enough time to be able to distribute on November 1st and December 1st. The latter should be funded by BOSP, so we can have four full pages of text and color photographs and artwork. Submit writing and photos to Matt Belobraydic.

Feedback: Who is are target audience for this newsletter? Is it just for us, is it for recruiting outside the department, inside the department?

Committee: Newsletter committee, headed by Matt Belobraydic.

Initiation. We now have two years worth of members that need to be initiated. This should be an excuse for a party or other get-together with appropriate initiation rites. Nothing has yet been done on this.

Feedback: What should we do for initiation? Should we do it traditionally, or make up our own rites of passage into SGE? Where will this happen?

Committee: Initiation committee, headed by Lucas Buckingham.

Treasurer's Report:

BOSP should go through, giving us the ability to print 300 copies of a 4-page full-color newsletter once a month for the rest of the year.
SAC funding for travel of some members to GSA in Denver was less than anticipated.
The scholarship fund has been rolled into a CD, which will make the organization more money per year than before.

Feedback: What other fundraising ideas do we have? More importantly, what do we want to spend the money on that we already have?

Contact: Tanya Justham.

Winter Banquet. Need a venue, need something fun to do. Various ideas have been tossed around, some of them super-secret.

Feedback: What should we do for a winter banquet? How can we make it fun?

Committee: Winter Banquet committee, headed by Marron Bingle.

Undergraduate recruitment. We are sorely lacking in undergraduate members at the moment, which means that elections in December are likely to be problematic. Therefore, we need to start hassling more people inside and outside the department to join up with Beta Zeta chapter. To be elected officer, you need to be a member and intend to be around for at least a year after you are elected. Some members volunteered to focus on certain areas of recruitment.

Feedback: How do we recruit more members?

Committee: Headed by the execs right now, but could be organized by a member as well.

Questions and comments can be asked anytime of the executive committee by emailing betazetasge@gmail.com.

[posted by MBK]

Fall Banquet

2007-09-27T10:11:00.000-07:00

Everyone should remember that tonight is the Fall Banquet. Be there or be square. 5:30 at the Ramada Inn.

Geology PDF Library

2007-09-27T10:08:00.000-07:00

I'm working on a sideline project to build a PDF library for UND Geology students. We all have PDFs laying around that we've bothered to scan, or to ILL, and in order to reduce the scanning/waiting time and effort, it makes sense for us to dump our PDFs in one place. This would not be accesible online (copyright issues), but would be a central computer.

If you would like to contribute or help out, please let me know.

Matt BK

September Newsletter

2007-09-21T06:44:00.000-07:00

The first issue of The Beta Zeta is out and about. You can download it here.

Upcoming Events

2007-09-14T09:46:00.000-07:00

Regular Meeting Number 8:
Wed, Sep 19th, Noon, AUG Lounge (Leonard Hall 7)

Department Picnic:
Wed, Sep 19th, 5 pm, Lincoln Drive Park

Department MeetNGreet:
Thu, Sep 20th, Noon, Leonard Hall Lobby

Third Thursday Lecture:
Thu, Sep 20th, 6:30 pm, Leonard Hall
Terry Bailey: "From Log-Slipping to 3D Workstations: The Changing Times in the Oil Industry"
UND GGE Alumnus, EERC

Sigma Gamma Epsilon Office

2007-09-14T09:40:00.000-07:00

In case people didn't know, we have an office located in Room 42, Leonard hall. Feel free to use it if you need a quiet place to work, or for holding committee meetings.

Here's a photo of the AUG lounge too:

Notes for next week

2007-09-12T15:07:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, here are some things to think about for the Beta Zeta meeting next week, Wednesday at Noon.
-Beta Zeta Executive Committee

In this email:
* Dues
* SAC funding for travel to GSA
* Call for submissions to The Compass
* Call for submissions to the newsletter
* Call for committee chairs
* Travel to Sigma Gamma Epsilon National meeting
* Research posters

******Dues******
Current members of Beta Zeta Chapter of SIgma Gamma Epsilon need to pay DUES for the next year! Pay dues to Matt Burton-Kelly. There are NO local dues, just national dues.

New members: $40 (includes initiation fees)
Old members: $15

******SAC funding for travel to GSA******
We're going to try to get SAC funding for travel to GSA in October. If you are interested in going to GSA, show up to the planning meeting THIS FRIDAY (Sep 14th) at NOON in the AUG lounge.

******Call for submissions to The Compass******
We're going to try to submit an issue of The Compass by the end of the calendar year. The way it generally works is to get a bunch of papers and submit them together, so then they can be published together with our name (Beta Zeta Chapter) on the issue.

Anything you want to submit that is research related would be acceptable, including senior research and revised term papers. Questions? See Matt Burton-Kelly ( matthew.burton.kelly@und.nodak.edu).

The deadline is set for Wednesday, November 21st. This is right before Thanksgiving break.

******Call for newsletter submissions******
If you did anything over the past year, we want to hear about it! We're working on a newsletter for the students, which will also be distributed to intro classes and labs in order to increase interest and participation in AUG and SGE.

We have the ability to do full-color photos as well as text, so anything is acceptable, even abstracts with diagrams.
Please submit what you have ASAP to Matt Belobraydic ( matthew.belobraydic@und.nodak.edu).

******Call for committee chairs******
The following committees are to be formed. If you would like to chair or serve on a committee, please talk to Matt Belobraydic. Remember, the execs can't do everything!

1. Newsletter. To produce a multipage (monthly?) newsletter that covers student activities, departmental happenings, and upcoming AUG and SGE events.

2. T-Shirts. To deal with all things t-shirt, including design, sales, ordering and distribution.

3. Winter Banquet. To organize the Winter Banquet, including food, drinks, venue, promotion etc.

******Sigma Gamma Epsilon National Meeting******
The Sigma Gamma Epsilon National meeting will be held in Iowa from October 19th-21st. We would like to send at least one delegate to represent the newly revitalized Beta Zeta chapter. If you are interested in this, please talk to one of the executive committee members.

******Research Posters******
Thanks to Dr. Hartman, we will soon have bulletin board strips in the basement (dungeon) hallway of Leonard to hang our research posters up on. If you've got one to show off, hang it up! Also, if you have recently done an oral presentation rather than a poster, you can print your slides (or a selection of them) off on poster paper and have it covered by GGE. For more information, talk to Joe Hartman ( joseph_hartman@und.edu).

Vote on Options for the Scholarship Investment Account

2007-09-12T14:55:00.001-07:00

On September 5th, SGE members voted on the future of the invested $11,500 to fund the scholarships given each year by SGE to field school attendees. The four options for the money included:

    1) leave it in the current moneymarket account at 2.6% interest
    2) switch it to a six month CD for 3.75% interest, then revote in March
    3) switch it to a 12 month CD for 4.25% interest, then revote in a year
    4) pull it out of the school completely and invest it ourselves, but we lose our tax-exempt status.

SGE voted to place the invested money in a 6 month CD with an interest rate of 3.75%. The transfer of funds should be finalized by 14 September, and the organization will have to revote on the placement of the money at the end of February or early March.

Tanya

First Fall 2007 Meeting

2007-08-11T11:11:00.001-07:00

Welcome back to campus! Beta Zeta Chapter is still going strong, and we have a lot of things to plan for the coming year. Don't miss the first meeting!

Wednesday, August 22 at Noon in the AUG lounge (Leonard Hall room 7).

Remember, it's never too late to join and get involved!

Regular Meeting #6 Minutes

2007-04-18T08:29:00.000-07:00

Beta Zeta Chapter, Sigma Gamma Epsilon
Regular Meeting #6
11 April, 2007

Officers:
Lucas Buckingham (Vice President)
Tanya Justham (Secretary-Treasurer)
Matt Burton-Kelly (Secretary-Editor)

Members:
Marron Bingle
Andrew Bongard
Chase Christensen
Abby Franklund
Emil Opitz

Nonmembers:
Joseph Hartman (faculty)
Ashley Ignatius
Ryan Klapperich

Meeting to order by Lucas. Food provided by Tanya.

Emil says we can spell out University of North Dakota
Joe says no.

SHIRTS
Bigger letters
Gray shirt
Order form with mockups for banquet
Vote: Shirt approved with modifications.-->Matt BK

SPRING AWARDS BANQUET SLIDESHOW
Marron needs more photos by THIS FRIDAY.
Scenery and people pictures.

TOURS
Tours: Chase doing 2pm Wed

MOVIE NIGHT
$100 for movie night food.-->Tanya

SCHOLARSHIPS
Abby heading scholarship committee--Andy and Lucas as well, meeting at Noon on Monday.

SPRING AWARDS BANQUET
Don't need to buy extra tickets for last-minute people. Definitely round up by 5 people.

Ashley suggests seeing if high school classes AP want to come to banquet.

Lucas doing mocktails--he is going to pick them, fruit and ice.

Vote to let Joe do the program. Will add dedication for room 1.

Joe will take care of A/V for EERC.

Lucas will hand out tickets to people and keep track of who has what.

NEW BUSINESS
Name tags. Write your own. Who is in charge of this? Joe talk to Connie.

Membership Requirements

2007-04-10T11:48:00.000-07:00

It was pointed out that neither our constitution nor our requirements for membership are anywhere to be found on this website, so here they are:

Beta Zeta Chapter constitution

Requirements for membership in the Beta Zeta Chapter of Sigma Gamma Epsilon:

A. Persons fulfilling the following conditions shall be eligible for active membership:

1. be currently registered at the University of North Dakota and majoring or specializing in Geology, Geological Engineering, or any other branch of the Earth Sciences;

2. have completed twelve (12) semester hours in the above fields of specialization. In special, individual cases, upon recommendation of the Membership Committee, the Chapter may vote, by a three-fourths majority of active members present and voting, to reduce the hours requirement of this section to ten (10) semester hours;

3. have status of at least sophomore;

4. have satisfied the following scholastic requirements;

a. In conformity with the objects of the Society, the general average required for admission to Sigma Gamma Epsilon shall be based upon a minimum overall average of 2.67 (based on the 4.00 system) but, in exceptional cases, the Chapter may elect to consider only the last two semesters of the last three quarters in computing this grade. A 3.00 grade point (based upon the 4.00 system) shall be the minimum requirement for all courses in the Earth Sciences. Graduate students who are in good standing with regular status, and who meet the above hourly requirements shall be eligible for membership, regardless of their grade point average.

b. Graduate students not on Approved Status must fulfill the requirements of undergraduate candidates listed above.

5. have demonstrated continued interest and enthusiasm for the Earth Sciences.

6. Associate, honorary, active alumni, and life members shall be admitted to the Chapter in accordance with Article II of the National Constitution. Such members shall not have the power of vote in Chapter affairs.

**Updated by MBK with new credit requirements.

Executive meeting notes

2007-04-04T11:12:00.001-07:00

REMINDER: The next regular meeting will be next Wednesday, April 11th at noon in Leonard 110.

The weekly executive meeting was short and sweet. Here are some things that came out of it:

1. We have scheduled a movie night for next Wednesday at around 8. It should be happening in Leonard 100. Bring any geology movies you have and we'll vote on what to watch.
--To help out with this, contact Matt BK in Leonard 40 or matthew.burton.kelly@und.nodak.edu.
--Food $ will have to be voted on at the next regular meeting.

2. Marron needs as many photos as possible of geology students and study areas for the Spring Awards Banquet slideshow. If you have anything you want to send, her email address is marron.bingle@und.nodak.edu, or visit her office in Leonard 6.

3. Matt BK made up a t-shirt design at CafePress. The demo shirt should be here by next week. The online store (and design) is located at http://www.cafepress.com/betazeta.
--We will need to vote on this design at the next regular meeting.

4. More tickets need to be sold for the Spring Awards Banquet. If you have not bought your tickets, BUY THEM NOW. The more people who attend this event, the more fun it will be.

5. Other discussion:
--Are we going to hold a 'mixer' to attract new members? Where and when will this be? Discuss at regular meeting.
--There was some confusion as to who is eligible to apply for field camp scholarships. The answers can be found below.

Field Camp Scholarships

2007-03-28T11:07:00.000-07:00

**Important: If you downloaded the scholarship form before 1 pm on April 2nd, you need to re-download the complete form at the same link below.**

Beta Zeta Chapter will be giving out 2 $250 scholarships for field camp this year. Scholarship recipients will be announced at the Geology and Geological Engineering Spring Banquet (Friday, April 20th).

To apply, you must be attending geology field camp within the next year.

Download Field Camp Scholarship Application
Due date: Friday, April 13th, 2007.
Return applications to Matt Belobraydic, c/o Leonard Hall office.

In the future, Beta Zeta Chapter hopes to increase the number, amount and type of scholarships. In the past, we have been able to supply funding for field camp, travel (for academic conferences, etc.) and research. If you wish to help us meet these goals, please consider becoming a member of the Beta Zeta Chapter of Sigma Gamma Epsilon.

Added April 4th, 2007 - Field Camp Clarification email:

Beta Zeta Chapter of SGE is giving out two (2) $250 scholarships for field camp. In the interest of making everything clear about the Field Camp scholarships, we'd like to clarify a few things:

1. These scholarships are open to ALL students in the Geosciences. If you are planning on going to field camp this summer, YOU SHOULD APPLY!

2. We will accept applications from graduate students, but we'd rather give money to UNDERGRADUATES. If you are an undergraduate, YOU SHOULD APPLY!

3. You DO NOT have to be a member of Sigma Gamma Epsilon (or AUG, for that matter) to apply. We do these things because we have the money, and sending you to field camp promotes the earth sciences. That is what the organization is about.

4. If you have any doubt about your eligibility, APPLY ANYWAY!

Scholarship application forms can be downloaded at the Beta Zeta website, http://betazetasge.blogspot.com (make sure you download the "Field Camp Scholarship" application).

Applications are due Friday, April 13th. Hand them into the Leonard Hall office (room 101).

If you have ANY questions, please reply to this email. If your question happens to be, "Am I eligible to apply?", we can tell you right now that the answer is YES.

Have a wonderful day,
Beta Zeta Execs

Meeting Feb. 28th at Noon

2007-02-22T10:18:00.000-08:00

There will be a regular meeting next Wednesday (February 28th) at Noon in room 110.

Please read the minutes from last meeting before next Wednesday. Please raise issues before the minutes are approved.

If you aren't a member, consider becoming one this semester! Contact one of the Executive committee or email betazetasge@gmail.com. We're not collecting local dues, so you only have to pay the National office $25 initiation plus $8 in dues for the Spring semester.

Beta Zeta photo archive

2007-02-16T11:20:00.000-08:00

I finally got around to scanning these group photos from the Beta Zeta office. Many of them don't have names (or dates!) so any help from alumni would be appreciated.

Click on each image for the full-size version.

FRONT ROW: (L. to R.) Anton Alkofer, Dale Lalim, Larry Froelich, Arland Grunseth, Roger Reede, Jack Kume, Roger Schmid.
BACK ROW: (L. to R.) Jerry Davidson, James Chmelik, Lee Clayton, Jan Biers, J. Gene Halvorson, Ronald Erickson, Jesse Bednar, Charles Gessner, Morris McCollum, Robert Peterson, Barrett Williams.

Beta Zeta Chapter, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, 1960-61
December 1960
Back row: (L. to r.) Harold C. Ziebarth, President; Robert K. Norris; Dr. F. D. Holland, Jr., Faculty Advisor; Gary Thompson; Charles I Frye; John W. Bonneville; Orin J. Anderson, Secretary Treasurer; Larry Froelich.
Front row: (L. to r.) Albert D. Pernichels; Samuel J. Tuthill; Rodney M. Feldmann, Vice-president-Historian; John L. Merrell, Corresponding Secretary - Editor; Charles E. Larson; Kent A. Madenwald; Frederick V. Ballard.

Next meeting: CHANGED

2007-02-05T20:32:00.000-08:00

Minutes from the last meeting can be found here.

The next meeting will be held on ~~Tuesday, February 13th, at 4:30 p.m.~~ WEDNESDAY, February 14th at NOON. If this time does not work for you, PLEASE contact one of the executive committee members or email betazetasge@gmail.com.

Next meeting: 30 January.

2007-01-21T17:43:00.000-08:00

Minutes for the meeting last Wednesday can be found here.

Next Executive Committee meeting: Tue, 23 January.
Next Regular Meeting: Tue, 30 January.

Post #1

2007-01-21T14:42:00.001-08:00

A post to prove that this Blog is up and operational.