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Giving to the Department of Geoscience

Giving On-Line

You may direct your gift to some specific department funds via the web.

The fund links below marked with * will take you to The University of Wisconsin Foundation. A new window will open for each fund you click. The Foundation is the official fund-raising and gift-receiving organization for the University of Wisconsin-Madison where several Geoscience Department funds reside.

With the UW Foundation's secure server, the data you enter, including your credit card information, will be safely submitted to their gift processing department. Thank you.

Giving via U.S. Mail

For giving to non-Foundation funds or if you prefer to send any gift via U.S. Mail, a printable mail-in form for fund gifts can be found here (opens a PDF).

Please mail to: The Department of Geoscience, 1215 W. Dayton St., Madison WI 53706. Thank you.
Fund
Your gift will support
*Geoscience Unrestricted Fund A variety of departmental activities in support of research and instruction.
*Student Field Experiences Fund Student expenses associated with field courses. Full description...
*Museum Field Experiences Fund Expenses associated with museum field trips.
*James J. and Dorothy T. Hanks Memorial Fund An annual "Best Geophysics Student" award.
*Sharon Meinholz Graduate Student Fund Graduate student expenses when presenting research at national meetings.
*C.K. Leith Fund Instruction in structural geology. Description.
*Lloyd C. Pray and J. Campbell Craddock Fund Graduate students in sedimentary geology or structural geology.
*Cline/Pray/Dott Sedimentary Geology Field Fund Field research in sedimentary geology.
*Paleontology Research Fund Research and instruction in paleontology.
*E.N. Cameron Scholarship Fund Students in economic geology, mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry.
*Sturges W. “Bull” Bailey Memorial Scholarship Fund Graduate students in mineralogy and petrology.
*George P. Woollard/Sigmund I. Hammer Memorial Fund Research and instruction in geophysics.
*Hydrogeology Research Fund Research and instruction in hydrogeology.
*Robert M. and Ramona A. Sneider Geology Museum Fund Upgrading and enhancing Geology Museum exhibits.
Library Fund Purchase of books and journals for the Geology and Geophysics Library as determined by the librarian.
Charles R. Van Hise Fellowship Fund An award to an outstanding graduate student.
Petrology Research Fund Research and instruction in petrology.
McClintock Geophysical Research Fund Geophysical research.
Quaternary Research Fund Research and instruction in Quaternary geology.
Mack C. Lake Scholarship Fund An annual award to an outstanding undergraduate student, usually a senior.
*Geology Museum Fund The programs of the Geology Museum as determined by the director of the museum.
*L.R. Laudon Scholarship Fund Students in geology, especially those who share Lowell Laudon’s lifelong interest in stratigraphy and paleontology.
*Tyler/Berg Teaching Assistant Fund Annual awards in recognition of outstanding achievement as a teaching assistant.
*Lectures Fund The department speakers program.
*Geoscience Building Fund Improved facilities for undergraduate and graduate education and research.
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This page was created 11-21-02 by M.D. and most recently modified 07-13-09. For comments or corrections please email.