GEMS Committees

Event Committee
The mission of the event committee is to establish programs and events that would provide assistance to students, alumni, and departments in expanding networks and creating, promoting, and supporting programming and life-long education for and between all parties. A major initiative that we are responsible for is the GEMS Seminar series. In the Seminar series, we strive to bring speakers to the University Park campus who can demonstrate how our majors link to Business and Society. The purpose of the GEMS Seminar Series is to showcase the individual departments within the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and promote general awareness of the unique disciplines found within the College. By doing so, the symposium is meant to recruit students from outside the College as well as provide options for those thinking of changing majors within the College; promote interaction and networking between alumni, professionals, faculty, and students; and underscore the importance of the business aspect of the discipline to society.
CHAIRMAN: Jose Cowen

2004 GEMS Seminar Series
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
"It's a Materials World: The Value of Materials in Business and Society"

Outreach Committee
The Outreach Committee is charged with helping alumni reach out to potential, current, and other past Penn State students. We are working on compiling a resource kit that will give EMS volunteers information to assist them when talking about the College and the opportunities available to students here.
CHAIRMAN: Tony Hutchinson

Resource Committee
The Resource Committee is responsible for a large part of the administrative and officially required functions of the Board of Directors. This committee has accountability for maintaining contact with the entire Earth and Mineral Sciences alumni body, sustaining board membership, and selection of the GEMS Alumni Achievement Award recipients.
CHAIRMAN: Robert Landis

Student/Faculty Interaction Committee
The Student/Faculty Interaction Committee is responsible for developing and promoting enhanced relations among the alumni, students and faculty of EMS. The committee takes a direct interest in the undergraduate and graduate student council as well as the Irvin Hall Interest House students and works to create programming to help facilitate mentoring, networking, and educational opportunities between all parties.
CHAIRMAN: Ruth Ann Wood