The National Honor Society for the Earth Sciences
Visit us at GSA Combined Sections Meeting, March 8 – 11, Renasant Convention Center, Memphis, Tennessee
Stop by the SGE Booth #217 in the Exhibit Hall. We welcome past, current, and future SGE members!
Visit us at GSA Northeast Section Meeting, March 22 – 24, Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford, Connecticut
Upcoming Deadlines
Advisors: Please check our Awards Page for changes to the James C. Walters Quality Chapter Award and Chapter Service Award Applications. There is a new form for the Service Project information.
Academic Regalia for graduation. Please submit your orders for Honor Cord sets or Honor Stoles with 10 business days lead time so we may process the order. Regalia orders for more than one graduate will be shipped to the chapter advisor. Please look on the SGE products page
March 8-11 2026 GSA Combined Sections Meeting Memphis, Tennessee Visit our booth number 217.
March 15, 2026 Deadline for submission of Spring 2026 Chapter Members Form If you are still in the process of initiating new Members, please do submit the form as you are able.
March 22-24 2026 GSA Northeast Section Meeting Hartford, Connecticut Visit our booth.
April 1, 2026 Deadline for submission of 2026 Tarr Award Applications (found at www.SGEearth.org > Awards > W A Tarr Award Application). If your chapter has not yet finalized the award process, please DO submit an application. We ask at least 7 business days before the date of presentation.
May 31, 2026 Submit applications for Chapter Awards: Please submit applications for James C. Walters Quality Chapter Award and Chapter Service Award by this date. Look for information on the Awards page
October 11-14, 2026 GSA Connects Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado Make plans to visit the SGE Booth, and to submit an abstract to the 38th Annual Undergraduate Student Poster Session
November 1, 2026 Deadline for submission of Fall 2026 Chapter Members Form (found at www.SGEearth.org > Officer Resources > Member Form). Be sure to include returning Life Members even if you only initiate new members in the Spring. This is a prerequisite for applying for the Quality Chapter Award. NOTE: we are happy to take your member form whenever you initiate new members.
March 15, 2027 Deadline for submission of Spring 2027 Chapter Members Form If you are still in the process of initiating new Members, please do submit the form as you are able.
Is My Chapter Active? (list of current and recently active chapters.)
(Active status required for W. A. Tarr award)
Spring 2026 Letter from the National President
Spring 2026 Letter from the National Secretary-Treasurer
Welcome to our newest chapters:
Iota Zeta
Iota Epsilon
Iota Delta
The National Council of Sigma Gamma Epsilon welcomes our newest chapter Iota Zeta at Yale University
We are pleased to announce the successful petition of students at Yale University, to become the 219th Chapter of SGE – Iota Zeta! The Iota Zeta chapter will be installed during Fall 2025 with the initiation of Student Charter Members. Welcome!
Want to start a chapter at your school? All you need to do is ask! (submit a petition). Interested schools should check the information on our About Us and FAQ pages.
Submit a manuscript to The Compass
We are glad to announce that The Compass is accepting manuscripts for upcoming issues.
Look for the newest issue here Volume 94, Issue 3
We look forward to your manuscript submissions. For many professionals, The Compass was their first publication venue.
SGE OUTSTANDING RESEARCH AWARDS 2025
Geological Society of America CONNECTS 2025
37th Annual Undergraduate Research Exhibition
San Antonio, TX | October 20, 2025
Austin A. Sartin Award
The 2025 Austin A. Sartin Award was awarded to Isabella Rueda, a member of Delta Xi Chapter at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Isabella was the presenting co-author on a poster that reported on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and photogrammetric techniques to quantitatively assess the damage zones surrounding the tip of fault planes.
Charles J. Mankin Award
The 2005 Charles J. Mankin Award was awarded to Mysti Stotts, a member of Theta Omega Chapter at Tennessee Tech in Cookeville, Tennessee. Mysti was the presenting co-author that reported on a petrographic and stable isotope study of Late Mississippian paleosols in the Pennington Formation of Kentucky and Tennessee.
Spring 2026 Letter from the National President
Spring 2026 Letter from the National Secretary-Treasurer
46th SGE Biennial Convention
Selmer, TN
(click on heading to visit the Convention Page)
September 16-18, 2022
L. S. Potter Photo
Hosted by Eta alpha Chapter, University of Tennessee, Martin September 16 through 18. Delegates, national officers, alternates, and guests converged to conduct The Society’s business.
We visited a “type section” for the world famous Coon Creek Formation lagerstätte, a ~72 million year old fossil deposit that serves as Tennessee’s link to the Age of Dinosaurs. Over 400 species of perfectly preserved fossil clams, snails, crabs, lobsters, swimming reptiles such as mosasaurs, turtles, fish, plesiosaurs, and even plant fossils are readily collected by visitors on the site.
L. S. Potter photo
After a rustic banquet dinner our featured speaker, Dr. Roy Van Arsdale, presented “The Geologic History of the Mississippi River.” This was followed by presentations of honors and awards. Our evening culminated in a star party hosed by Dr. Lionel Crews, an Astronomy Professor at the University of Tennessee. During the festivities, student artists produced a “lasting” imprint of the Society’s presence at Coon Creek.
Please visit our Convention Highlights page!
Please address remaining convention questions and correspondence to Lee Potter, potter@sgeearth.org 319-505-3391
Website modifications
Welcome to our remodeled website here at SGEearth.org!
We are working hard to fully transition to this domain. Some of your old links may not work.
If you find a link on this site that does not function properly, please contact the Webmaster at admin@SGEearth.org.
Please watch the site as we continue to evolve!
Our mailing address has changed. Please contact Lee Potter, admin@SGEearth.org with questions or concerns.