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GeoSci Students and Faculty Thank Donors

"Donations are the single most important source of funding for many of the Department activities that allow us to attract so many excellent graduate and undergraduate students to our program," said Chair Sam Mukasa.

"Being on fellowship has made an enormous difference in my life and in the quality of my studying," said one Fellow. "For the first time I could concentrate just on my research as a graduate student, and on reviewing for prelims next year."

Our Geological Sciences students and faculty would like to thank the following donors:

Shell Oil Company

• Softrock field trip to Texas and New Mexico, May 2009 (See the blog: http://umgeotexas2009.blogspot.com/)
• GeoClub field trips, including the latest one planned for September 2009 to the Wallace Stone Quarry in Bayport, Michigan (on Saginaw Bay)
• Camp Davis tuition scholarships for 3 undergraduate students
• Graduate student recruiting support
• Graduate fellowships supporting students with stipend and tuition awards
  Recent Shell Graduate Fellows include: Jessica Malone, Nora Lewandowski, Emile Moacdieh, and Valerie Syverson

BP

• Camp Davis tuition scholarships for 3 undergraduate students
• Technical meeting presentation fund for graduate students
• Graduate fellowships supporting students with stipend and tuition awards
  Recent BP Graduate Fellows include: Jennifer Coton, Meghan Wagner, and Lydia Staish
• High school outreach graduate fellowship, awarded in 2009 to Lauren Miller

Chevron

• Graduate fellowships supporting students with stipend and tuition awards
  Recent Chevron Graduate Fellows include: Boris Avdeev and Jingjie Niu

ExxonMobil

• Annual gift to the Landes Fund in support of graduate student research