Field Camp Scholarships

**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

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

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

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.

Minutes for the meeting last Wednesday can be found here.

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

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