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Tektonikos: Student Donors Giving Back to GSA

The GSA Foundation ( GSAF) is privileged to work with a broad
range of partners to generate resources toward a single mission:
providing funds in support of the goals and programs of GSA.
Over the past months, we have highlighted many of the volun-
teers and staff who dedicate their time, experience, and resources
to support students—the future of our science. However, one of
the Foundation’s most dynamic and enthusiastic groups of con-
tributors to GSA is student members themselves. In recognition
of the generous financial support of this group, the GSAF is
proud to announce the formation of our student giving circle:
Tektonikos: Building the Future.
Tektonikos recogniz es the impressive commitment to philan-
thropic support that GSA’s student members demonstrate and
provides a way to encourage and recogniz e student desire to
begin giving back to GSA. Students are an important part of our
community; in 2017 alone, students accounted for nearly 32% of
GSA’s membership. Philanthropically, GSAF received 1,122 Cliff Cullen, assistant director of individual giving, hands student donor
Gavin Davidson of SUNY Cortland a bandana.
gifts—nearly 16% of the total number of donations received in
2017—from our student members. The name Tektonikos, voted
upon by hundreds of students at each Section Meeting in 2018,
comes from the Greek root meaning “ to build up,” which reflects
this student commitment to the future of GSA.
Joining Tektonikos is simple: Students become members when
they give US$ 50 in a year, which some choose to fulfill through
recurring monthly gifts of just US$ 5—roughly the cost of a cup
of coffee. GSAF also provides special perks to Tektonikos mem-
bers. In addition to a specially designed bandana available only
to student donors, we will be revealing other benefits as the year
progresses. Keep an eye on our News and Events page ( https://
gsafweb.org/news-events) for more information. We also encour-
age current student donors to visit our booth at the Annual
Meeting for a special thank you.

Are you a student member committed to investing in the future
of the geosciences? If you are interested in being part of the
Tektonikos student giving circle, you can make a one-time or GSA student members voting at the GSAF booth during a Section Meeting.
recurring gift at https://gsafweb.org/donate. If you would like to
learn ways you can share the message with your friends and
colleagues, please contact Clifton Cullen at + 1-303-357-1007 or
ccullen@ geosociety.org.

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