The Division's October 2020 (v11 n2) Newsletter is posted on the MGPV website under “Resources”, bringing you up to date since the beginning of the year.
Highlights include a message from the Chair, details about the two 2020 Division awardees, 3 MGPV, 15 Lipman, and 1 Carmichael student grant awardees, Contributors, MGPV Division updates (meetings, membership, finances, 2020 election results), and various announcements about awards, research & travel grant opportunities, and meetings from the Division and the Adhering Associated Societies.
[1] The 2020 MGPV Distinguished Career Award recipient is Cathy J. Busby, University of California- Davis. The 2020 MGPV Early Career Award recipient is Sebastien Biass, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Given the virtual format of the 2020 meeting, nominators for our 2020 Early Career and Distinguished Geological Career Awardees chose to postpone sessions planned in their honor until the 2021 meeting in Portland, WA.
[2] There are 69 topical technical sessions at GSA 2020 Connects Online Meeting sponsored by the MGPV Division and its Associated Societies.
[3] The Division business meeting is on Wednesday October 28 at 12-1:15 pm EDT. Links to the meeting (using GOTO Meeting) will be posted here on the MGPV webpage. It is free, but will require that you register. There will be a brief update about the Division, and an opportunity to ask questions or make comments.
[4] The Division’s in-coming officers and appointed posts for 2021 are: Rosemary Hickey-Vargas (Past Chair); Rosemary Capo (Chair); Dennis L. Newell (1st Vice-Chair); Amanda Clarke (2nd Vice-Chair); J. Alexander Speer (Secretary-Treasurer); Lindsey Hernandez and Chioma J. Onwumelu (MGPV Student Representatives).
[5] Remember to renew your membership in the Division when you renew your GSA membership for 2021! You can also make a contribution to MGPV either with your renewal, or at anytime and join the other contributors recognized in the newsletter.