Five Texas A&M University Department of Geology and Geophysics graduate students, Sidney Dangtran, Nick Dusak, Leah Evans, Molly McCreary, and Eric Peavey, were recently awarded the Warren L. and Florence W. Calvert Memorial Scholarship from the Houston Geological Society.

The Warren L. and Florence W. Calvert Memorial Scholarship Fund was started in 1974 with a donation from the Calvert family and awarded its first scholarship in 1978. The stated purpose of the fund is “to assist worthy and needy geological students to pursue graduate studies in some branch of Economic Geology leading to a master’s or doctor’s degree at any accredited university of his choice”.

“The awards give the students great pride in that it signifies that they are doing research that others, besides themselves, think is significant,” said Dr. Art Donovan. “The funds are greatly appreciated in allowing the students to focus on their research and allowing them to get finished with their graduate work in a timely manner.”

Graduate students Molly McCreary and Nick Dusak, also received the 2020 Earth Science Scholarship Awards from the Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists (SIPES) Foundation. The SIPES Foundation selected six outstanding earth science and engineering students to receive scholarship awards this year.

Molly McCreary received the Stephen E. Collins Memorial Scholarship. Nick Dusak received a scholarship from the SIPES Fort Worth, Texas Chapter.

“To be the recipient of a scholarship is a tremendous honor. I’m beyond grateful that the scholarship committees of the SIPES and HGS scholarships believed in my work, but I’m also thankful to my advisors and professors who set me up for success,” McCreary said.

The Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists is a national organization of more than 900 self-employed geologists, geophysicists and engineers engaged primarily in domestic energy exploration and development. Since its founding in 1981, the SIPES Foundation has awarded scholarships to 254 promising earth science and engineering students. The SIPES Foundation also conducts educational seminars, contributes funding to earth science publications and continuing education programs, and maintains a library of earth science films.

By Ali Snell