University of Houston Students Join HGS
Several HGS leaders met with about 30 undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Houston Geoscience Department on March 13, 2009, just before the students left town for Spring Break and a geology field trip to Big Bend, Texas. The meeting was organized by U of H Geosociety President Matt Loocke (pictured above in red plaid jacket, geosocietyatuh@gmail.com) and HGS Past President Linda Sternbach.
HGS members Dave Meaux (in jeans at right, BP) and Christina Higginbotham (in doorway at back, Brown and Caldwell) talked to the students about careers in the oil and environmental business. Meaux is a former U of H student who studied with department chairman Jack Casey. He is also active in the HGS/U of H Sheriff Lecture poster awards. Linda Sternbach showed the students the features of the HGS website in a computer demonstration. Dr. Bill Dupre, Dr. Bob Sheriff and several other faculty members attended the lunch.
As a happy result of the meeting, the following 13 students submitted associate member applications: Jarratt Kelso, Andy Kerekgyaro, Verena Benner, Daniel Beuchmann, Deqiang Wang, Curis Calva, Li Yangyang, Arindaur Chakrabouty, Megan Cook, Iain Paterson, Lindsay Dumas, Katura Brady, Omar Montes.
Pictured above from left are Felipe Lozano and Megan Casillas, two U of H graduate students who won Best Poster awards at the HGS U of H Sheriff Lecture in 2008. Dave Meaux (at right) was on the awards committee.