Announcement
Foundation of the AIPG SILENT AUCTION 2019
Barbara Murphy, CPG
at the Welcome Reception of the AIPG National Annual Meeting at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel in Burlington, Vermont. The silent auction is to raise funds for the benefit of the Foundation and its programs. It is a festive event; a chance to catch up with colleagues, and an opportunity to support the Foundation. Please consider donating an item for the silent auction. Popular items last year included several amazing mineral/rock specimens and fossils, historic or classic geology books (including an 1844 edition geology book) and collector books, polished rock bookends and tumbled stones, handmade wood and stone carved pen, jewelry, antiques, a silver Jefferson Cup, local area food gift baskets, geology-themed coffee mugs and tote bags, stone wine chalices, and some brewery and distillery items. Be creative. This is a great opportunity to pass along some items for others to enjoy. So look around your office and your home for treasures that fellow geologists may appreciate. In 2018 and 2019, the Foundation provided funding of undergraduate and graduate student scholarships, and funding for several career programs/workshops for students and young professionals. We look forward to seeing you in Burlington and your support for the Foundation of the AIPG!
More details about this upcoming event and past silent auctions as well as other Foundation information are available on the AIPG web site, in The Professional Geologist magazine, and on the Foundation of the AIPG web page at
www.aipg.org/foundation.
The Foundation of the American Institute of Professional Geologists is a 501(c) (3) organization. Contributions and Gifts-in-Kind are tax deductible.
UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
Sage Gandolfo, SA-8203 University of Nevada, Reno - Funded by the Nevada Section I began my geological endeavors from
the day I could physically scoop up a hand- ful of dirt and stick it straight in my mouth. My artist parents would yell at me “get that stuff out of your mouth!” but I would
crawl away on my hands and knees and find more neat rocks that needed tasting.
I was born and raised in Reno, Nevada but I like to call
myself a true native Nevadan for having scaled just about every mountain range and valley in the state. My parents are craftsmen as my mother recently retired teaching art and my dad is a professor at my university teaching photography and videography, and whose hobby is being a diesel mechanic. I
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After taking Geology 101, I was hooked and changed my major excitedly.
grew up with a fond adoration for the arts and among painting, pottery, and knitting, my parents took my older brother and
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I camping almost every single weekend of my entire life. And this was no RV hookup camping. This was always rural Nevada somewhere many miles from other people where we rode our dirt bikes up every mountain range, rain or shine. We would often be north of Austin, NV where my family originates from.
I graduated a year early from my high school in 2014 and
started college the same year as a Wildlife Ecology major in hopes that this career would always be outside in the moun- tains with my favorite pinyon pine and juniper trees. After taking Geology 101, I was hooked and changed my major excitedly. I soon became an officer of Mackay Rockhounds geology club, John Mackay club, and Mackay Muckers. I also joined the Society of Economic Geologists student chapter at UNR and traveled to Finland in May 2017, Japan in May 2018, Chile in December-January 2019, and finally Alaska this coming June, 2019.
My first internship was with Friends of Nevada Wilderness
in 2016 where we trekked deep in the Forest Service wilderness areas all over NV. We carried pulaskis, axes, saws, and shovels on our backs and hiked 10-20 miles a day to restore the trails that we all enjoy hiking or using for hunting. Every 10 days we spent in the wilderness we either horse packed our gear in or just packed in on foot. I gained a considerable amount of appreciation for manual labor that summer.
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Chairperson, Foundation of the American Institute of Professional Geologists The Foundation of the American Institute of Professional Geologists will hold a Silent Auction on Sunday, September 15, 2019
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