Membership Benefits

Membership in Sigma Gamma Epsilon tells a prospective employer or a colleague that you are at least a "B" average student and that in the eyes of your peers you are professionally motivated. Members serve their departments in a number of ways such as organizing field trips and other events, helping raise funds by assisting in the making and selling of rock bags to students of general geology, assisting with projects like our roadside clean up program, tutoring, arranging displays, etc. Many chapters have money-raising activities to obtain funds to use for scholarships or awards or to purchase items needed for student use which the department cannot afford. Membership also includes subscription to a professional journal, The Compass. Members of Sigma Gamma Epsilon are encouraged to submit articles to this highly respected journal, as it provides the opportunity to share your research with the society. As an associated society of the Geological Society of America, Sigma Gamma Epsilon members are entitled to GSA-member rates for registration at national and regional meetings and for purchase of GSA publications.
 

Requirements

Any person in any branch of the Earth Sciences who has completed at least 12 semester hours in Earth Science courses and has maintained a minimum 3.0 G.P.A. in all Earth Science courses together with an overall G.P.A. of 2.67 in all college courses is qualified for membership. If you qualify and wish to apply, you need only inform any officer of the chapter who will propose you for membership at a regular meeting. A majority vote is required by the chapter members on your application to approve it. The vote is taken to assure that in the eyes of the members you have demonstrated your interest in the profession by participation in your department's activities.
 

Fees and Dues

A one-time initiation fee of $20.00 is charged. This initiation fee is placed in a fund used to defray the costs of the National Convention. Once you are initiated you are always a member of the Society; however, while you are a student you pay annual National Dues of $15.00, plus any local chapter dues. A portion of these annual dues pays for the publication of the four issues of The Compass that you will receive each year. The Compass contains student papers and articles by practicing earth scientists in addition to news and notes about the Society. No page or plate charges are assessed students who publish in The Compass. After leaving school, you may become an Active Alumni Member and continue to receive The Compass by payment of $15.00 per year to the National Office, or a single fee of $175.00 for a lifetime membership including a Compass subscription.
 

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