GSOC Beverly Vogt PSU Graduate Student Fund

Fund will provides financial support to PSU graduate Geoscience students to assist them in completing their degree programs. Applications will open again in Winter 2023.

To honor former President Beverly Vogt and create a legacy for her work and that of the society, the GSOC Board of Directors created the Beverly Vogt PSU Graduate Student Fund. The Board formed a new committee to make recommendations as to the administration of this fund. The Vogt committee arranges for PSU grad students to present their projects and proposals, not only related to scholarships, but also in the interest of strengthening the 70-year+ relationship between GSOC and the PSU Geology Department.

All donations are passed on to current PSU students through support of summer field camp, honorariums for presentations to GSOC, and larger grant awards. Grant awards are made on June 1st from donations collected the previous year.

Bev and her partner in life and geology “Bart” Bartels led a rejuvenation of our club in the 1990s and 2000s. For many of us who remember Bev’s gentle leadership, Bart’s fascinating seminars, and the outstanding field trips they led together, they were very much the heart of the club.

Bev moved to Oregon in 1972, and that very year she joined GSOC. She also went back to school, earning her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in geology from Portland State University. Bev’s master’s thesis under advisor Marvin Beeson is Vogt, B.F., 1981, “The stratigraphy and structure of the Columbia River Basalt Group in the Bull Run Watershed, Oregon.” Bev worked for the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries from 1977 until 1997 as a geologist, editor, publications manager, and outreach person.

Thank you for supporting our future Geoscientists!