Dear friends of GeoFORCE,
Thanks to your generous support, we have gotten much closer to our goal! We have 14 days left to reach it. This week we have a number of UT Austin student groups supporting our cause by hosting fundraising events and spreading awareness of the Math and Science Institute.
If you are in the Austin area, please join us this Thursday, 4/26 at Pease Park at 5 pm for an evening of fun and prizes! A $10 donation nets you a fajita plate, 2 beverages, and a raffle ticket. Donations can be made on site with cash or Venmo. The event is hosted by the Graduate Student Executive Committee and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
Again, thank you for your commitment to preparing burgeoning geoscientists and engineers for college. Please share our project with all your colleagues, friends and family: https://hornraiser.utexas.edu/GeoFORCEcollege.
Best,
Dana & the GeoFORCE team
Hi GeoFORCE champions!
Thank you so much for your commitment to increasing diversity in STEM by supporting our Math and Science Institute. We made a lot of progress last week, and now we really have to keep it going. We have less than two weeks left to hit our goal, and we are asking you to help us get there. Please share the project by email and on your social media. Here are some templates for you to consider tailoring.
Social media
Dear friends and family,
Please join me in preparing GeoFORCE high school students to succeed in calculus and chemistry in college by contributing to the fund for a GeoFORCE Math and Science Institute at the University of Texas at Austin. You can give at https://hornraiser.utexas.edu/GeoFORCEcollege, the official UT crowdsource fundraising platform.
From my personal experience, I know that preparing students for Calculus and Chemistry is important because _________________________________. This August, twenty GeoFORCE students who are starting college in the Fall and majoring in the geosciences or engineering will participate in a 5-day residential intensive "bootcamp" style course focused on calculus and chemistry.
Go to https://hornraiser.utexas.edu/GeoFORCEcollege to donate to the GeoFORCE Math and Science Institute and browse other HornRaiser projects. We have until April 25 to reach our goal!
Every donation counts! Also, every share, forwarded email and post counts just as equally to help us spread the word! We thank you in advance for your support and appreciate your dedication to increasing diversity in the geosciences and STEM!
Sincerely,
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I know we can reach our goal with the support of our GeoFORCE family!
Thank you again,
Dana
Dear GeoFORCE supporters,
Thank you SO much to those who have given, and to those who have shared our project with friends and family! We're on our way to reaching our goal of preparing students for college, and we need your energy, shares and support to get us there!
The UT Austin 40 Hours for the 40 Acres (40 for 40) kicks off this Wednesday 4/4 at 6 am and goes until Thursday 4/5 at 10 pm. Making a gift to our project during the 40 for 40 gives us a chance to receive an additional award from the HornRaiser team!
Stay tuned for more updates and thank you again!
Dana & the GeoFORCE team
Your donation will pay for a day of room and board for one student scholar. We will thank you a with a special shout out on social media.
Your donation will help to pay the salary of an undergraduate peer learning assistant (PLA). Peer instruction and mentorship can improve student success in transitioning to college. We will thank you with a special shout out on social media and plot the equation of a line in your honor.
Your donation will help provide transportation to and from UT Austin for GeoFORCE scholars. We will send you a shout out on social media, balance a chemical reaction in your honor and send you a signed group photo of students at the Institute.
Your donation will help fund the salary for a graduate teaching assistant for the Institute. You will receive a social media shout out and a classic GeoFORCE t-shirt signed by the student scholars.
Your donation will cover a portion of the instructor fee. We are partnering with UT faculty experts in chemistry and math education to prepare our scholars for college. You will receive a classic GeoFORCE t-shirt signed by the students and a thank you video message.
Your donation will cover the cost of room and board for all 20 scholars at the Institute. We will shout your name from the UT Tower, and you will be invited to visit the students at the Institute and join us on an outing in Austin.