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Student Advisory Council Member Benefits Include: Thanks to These
Annual Report • Student and early career Outgoing Officers
(Sept. 2019–July 2020) professional members qualify and Councilors
for reduced membership fees
GSA is dedicated to remaining relevant and reduced Division dues. All GSA Officers and Councilors are
and responsive to its large student member- highlighted in the July GSA Today.
ship and to providing leadership opportuni-
ties that will ensure future career success. COVID-19, SAC is hard at work making
GSA’s Student Advisory Council (SAC) is informational material to help GSA students
composed of student representatives serving prepare virtual presentations for GSA 2020
on behalf of Divisions, Sections, and most Connects Online. This summer and fall,
GSA Committees. SAC gives voice to stu- SAC and the On To the Future students have
dent issues and concerns in a consequential cosponsored virtual community hours each
way and is empowered with a direct line of month to discuss how geosciences and GSA
communication with GSA Council. can become more inclusive and diverse. This
FY20 chair, Alexandra Nagurney fall, SAC is helping present a GeoCareers Marjorie A. Chan
(Virginia Tech), reports that SAC has been webinar on ‘Demystifying the Graduate
busy working on a number of different initia- School Application Process’ and continuing
tives over the past year. “After our annual to work to support GSA students.”
business meeting in at the 2019 Annual Students interested in serving on the SAC
Meeting in Phoenix, SAC members dis- should contact their Division or Section and
cussed how we can better communicate with express an interest in being selected as a stu-
the GSA student population. As a result, we dent representative. A simple email to the
created a Twitter account (@GSA_SAC) that chair, secretary, or other officer will suffice.
has allowed us to communicate with the To apply as a student representative on a
broader GSA student community. While our GSA Committee, complete the nomination Mark Little
plans to have more of a presence at Section form at https://www.geosociety.org/gsa/
Meetings were unfortunately derailed due to about/leadership/gsa/about/sac.aspx.

Membership Demographics
Member Type
Membership as of 31 December 2019 = 20,590
Membership as of 31 December 2019 – 20,590
Affiliate
2% Honorary Fellow
<1%
K-12 Teacher F. Edwin (Ed) Harvey
2%

Student
28% Professional
56% Graduate Student 37%
40% Undergraduate Student
4% No Data

Robbie Gries

Early Career
Professional
12%
Senior
19%
Did You Know?
• Individuals in non-high income countries/territories qualify for reduced membership dues.
• The GSA/GSA Foundation Membership Assistance Program and Fund enables those
who cannot afford the cost of membership—or who experience difficulty in transferring Allie Nagurney
funds from their country to the USA— to become members.

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