UTEP AAPG Student Chapter Meeting Minutes

November 16, 2015

UTEP Geology Building Reading Room
Call to Order:
By President Matt Hiebing at 2:00 PM MST
Meeting adjourned at 2:10 PM
Officers present:
President Matt Hiebing
Vice President Allison Mast
Treasurer Eric Bergersen
Secretary Evey Gannaway
Members present: 16
Agenda:
Imperial Barrel Award
o Anyone interested in participating should contact Matt Hiebing, Eric
Bergersen, or Dr. Gail Arnold
o If more people are interested than can participate on a single team, there will
either be 2 teams or participants will vote on a single competition team
o Team applications are due December 15, 2015, so contact us ASAP!
Speaker Series: Brian Brister will visit campus on April 7, 2016 to give his talk
titled The Geology of CO2 for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)
Please let us know if you would be interested in an AAPG chapter t-shirt/polo
AAPG Southwest Section is offering a free reservoir characterization short course
o Fundamentals of Reservoir Characterization and Modeling
o January 11-12, 2016 (Monday & Tuesday) in Abilene, TX
o Visit this link for the registration form http://www.swsaapg.org/files/125/
Scholarship/grant opportunities and deadlines
o West Texas Geological Society (graduate and undergraduate): TBA
o AAPG Southwest Section (graduate and undergraduate): February 3, 2016
o AAPG Grants-in-Aid (graduate only): February 15, 2016
o AAPG L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant: May 15, 2016
o Visit the scholarship page on our AAPG chapter website for more
information and links to these and other funding opportunities as deadlines
are posted (http://utepaapg.weebly.com/grants-and-scholarships.html)
AWG is collecting donations for the Center Against Sexual and Family Violence
o Donations are being collected in the Geology Building Main Office or follow
this link to contribute: https://www.gofundme.com/8ea3cmjw
Respectfully submitted,
Evey Gannaway
UTEP AAPG Student Chapter

Secretary