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***December 4, 2019 Update: Since we announced our matching opportunity on October 3rd, we have received $625 in additional donations through the GSA Foundation!***
***October 2019 Update: Thanks to a generous past Dwornik Award winner, every dollar you contribute to the Dwornik Award Fund though the end of 2019 will be matched (up to $5,000 total) to help us attain our goal! ****
The Dwornik Award started in 1991 with a generous endowment by Stephen E. Dwornik, to encourage U.S. students to become involved with NASA and planetary science. The Planetary Geology Division (PGD) of the Geological Society of America (GSA) manages the Dwornik Award, which has grown to be the planetary community's most competitive student award. The awards recognize outstanding student presentations (in both poster and oral categories) at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) each year.
Over the years, the Dwornik Award has become increasingly competitive with record number of students (125+) participating each year. The PGD, as stewards of this endowment, strive to ensure the award keeps pace with the growing number of students in the planetary field, as well as inflation. The Dwornik Award began as a way to support and recognize outstanding graduate students, and was expanded in 2013 to include undergraduate students.
The PGD, under consultation with the GSA Foundation, aims to raise $15,000 to secure the future of the Dwornik fund, and make it self-sustaining. The current award structure is $1,500 in monetary awards and 8 plaques (annually), and the PGD would eventually like to increase the value of the award. Our fundraising campaign will go through the 2019 GSA annual meeting.
The success of this award is largely due to an enormous volunteer effort by the planetary community, and most of us have participated either as students, judges, and (or) advisers. We hope as a community we can work to preserve this prestigious way of recognizing and supporting our outstanding students.
More on Stephen E. Dwornik (1926-2012): Dwornik was an Army veteran receiving the Army’s Bronze Star and went on to work for the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Laboratories. He moved into planetary geology work at NASA, which included being project manager for the Surveyor Program. After NASA, Dwornik worked at Ball Aerospace and was particularly proud of his work to help create a planetary Braille map and he spent much of his time volunteering as a speaker for ElderHostel courses.
We thank you in advance for your consideration and support! Your donation is fully tax deductible.
Sincerely,
Sharon Wilson, Emily Martin, Debra Needham, Nick Lang, & Brad Thomson
GSA Planetary Geology Division Officers
Some fine print: Contributors will get an auto-response receipt from GoFundMe when they make their gift. Please note that if you opt for the % contribution to cover admin fees, this does NOT cover the 2.9% + $.30 that GoFundMe subtracts from your gift for credit transaction fees. Instead, this is a "tip" to GoFundMe to help them operate without charging to run a campaign.
Image credits: PGD design by Sam Cartwright; Photo of Stephen E. Dwornik from the Washington Post.
***October 2019 Update: Thanks to a generous past Dwornik Award winner, every dollar you contribute to the Dwornik Award Fund though the end of 2019 will be matched (up to $5,000 total) to help us attain our goal! ****
The Dwornik Award started in 1991 with a generous endowment by Stephen E. Dwornik, to encourage U.S. students to become involved with NASA and planetary science. The Planetary Geology Division (PGD) of the Geological Society of America (GSA) manages the Dwornik Award, which has grown to be the planetary community's most competitive student award. The awards recognize outstanding student presentations (in both poster and oral categories) at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) each year.
Over the years, the Dwornik Award has become increasingly competitive with record number of students (125+) participating each year. The PGD, as stewards of this endowment, strive to ensure the award keeps pace with the growing number of students in the planetary field, as well as inflation. The Dwornik Award began as a way to support and recognize outstanding graduate students, and was expanded in 2013 to include undergraduate students.
The PGD, under consultation with the GSA Foundation, aims to raise $15,000 to secure the future of the Dwornik fund, and make it self-sustaining. The current award structure is $1,500 in monetary awards and 8 plaques (annually), and the PGD would eventually like to increase the value of the award. Our fundraising campaign will go through the 2019 GSA annual meeting.
The success of this award is largely due to an enormous volunteer effort by the planetary community, and most of us have participated either as students, judges, and (or) advisers. We hope as a community we can work to preserve this prestigious way of recognizing and supporting our outstanding students.
More on Stephen E. Dwornik (1926-2012): Dwornik was an Army veteran receiving the Army’s Bronze Star and went on to work for the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Laboratories. He moved into planetary geology work at NASA, which included being project manager for the Surveyor Program. After NASA, Dwornik worked at Ball Aerospace and was particularly proud of his work to help create a planetary Braille map and he spent much of his time volunteering as a speaker for ElderHostel courses.
We thank you in advance for your consideration and support! Your donation is fully tax deductible.
Sincerely,
Sharon Wilson, Emily Martin, Debra Needham, Nick Lang, & Brad Thomson
GSA Planetary Geology Division Officers
Some fine print: Contributors will get an auto-response receipt from GoFundMe when they make their gift. Please note that if you opt for the % contribution to cover admin fees, this does NOT cover the 2.9% + $.30 that GoFundMe subtracts from your gift for credit transaction fees. Instead, this is a "tip" to GoFundMe to help them operate without charging to run a campaign.
Image credits: PGD design by Sam Cartwright; Photo of Stephen E. Dwornik from the Washington Post.
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