We of the Foundation engage with you a great deal about field camp because (1) it remains a critical component for students pursuing geoscience and (2) it is an area in which we can provide substantial assistance. The cost of…
Priscilla Martinez learned a lot about both herself and geoscience while attending her virtual field camp course. She gained a newfound appreciation for remote learning and recognized the importance of making field camp accessible to all different types of geology…
Lana Axelsen’s virtual field camp experience felt like the final test of their geology degree before entering the real world. It required them to reach deep into everything they’ve learned over the last four years and then apply it. Now…
All of us at the GSA Foundation sincerely hope that you and your families remain healthy and well during this unprecedented time. In awareness of the current and evolving situation, we also wish to sustain the hope of days ahead…
Continuing our Halloween tradition, the GSA Foundation staff gets into the holiday spirit again this year with “Star Wars”–themed costumes, following up on last year’s “Wizard of Oz” theme. Trick or treat and may the GSA Foundation force be with…
The Geological Society of America Foundation is pleased to announce the creation of the J. David Lowell Field Camp Scholarship Program Endowment, made possible through the generosity of Dr. David Lowell, renowned field-based mineral exploration geologist. The $500,000 contribution establishes…
There are many communities of support in GSA. Recently, you read the stories and inspirations that drive the GSA Foundation’s trustees to give back to their science and the Society as volunteers and donors. Over the next weeks, we look…
Year after year, we hear that one of the enduring qualities about GSA that members value most is the sense of community found within the Society. Lifelong relationships that begin as students—with professors, advisors, field camp, and lab colleagues—continue throughout…
As its name suggests, our Greatest Needs Fund provides critical resources for the programs you respect and value. The special fund ensures that we have flexible support that we can direct where available funds may not be enough to meet…
Camaraderie over happy hour after dusty days in the field, friendships forged under hot desert sun, new personal and professional connections—although these things may not be what lured attendees to GSAF’s first-ever Rendezvous in April, they are the kinds of…