AGI member organization SEPM (The Society for Sedimentary Geology) is seeking a new Student Councilor. The first SEPM Student Councilor Dawn Jobe’s term will end in May, 2015 and SEPM is looking for her replacement on the Council.

The Student Councilor position is filled from a pool of applicants and have a 2-year term (2015-2017).  Any student member that fills the requirements is invited to send in an application.  Requirements are that the student must be in a graduate geoscience degree program and of course a SEPM member in good standing.  The application should include a resume and a short (~300 words) statement about why they are applying to be the SEPM Student Councilor.  The SEPM Nominating Committee will select the student councilor from the applicants.

The general responsibilities of the Student Councilor are to represent to Council the input from SEPM student members and geoscience students in general.  He or she will also chair a Student Committee whose main charge is to discuss student issues and make recommendations to SEPM Council. The Student Councilor will receive travel support to attend SEPM Council meetings, usually held at the AAPG ACE in the spring and the GSA Annual Meeting in the fall.

Please send questions and applications to Howard Harper, SEPM Executive Director (hharper@sepm.org) applications are due by September 5, 2014.

- M. Moses