ALUMNI BANQUET - FEBRUARY 22, 2008

SAN DlEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ANNUAL BANQUET - FEBRUARY 22, 2008

sponsored by
SDSU GEOLOGY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
(aka "FRIENDS OF THE DEPARTMENT")

This year's banquet will be held at the San Diego Natural History Museum in Balboa Park in San Diego. The Friday evening event begins with a social hour at 6pm and dinner at 7pm. The meal will be followed by a program including a department update and recognition of retiring professors, Dr. Clive Dorman and Dr. Gary Peterson. The evening will also include a presentation to and by Dr. Gary L. Peterson, this year's recipient of the Baylor Brooks Honored Alumni Award.

The Mexican buffet dinner will likely include quesadillas, flautas, chipslsalsa, beans, rice, tortillas, fajitas, carnitas, guacamole, salsa and all the accompaniments to build awesome tacos and burritos! Water, soft drinks, wine and beer are included with this year's banquet fee.

As a fund-raiser to partially fund students' banquet meals and other Alumni Association activities, we will have a silent auction that will be set up at the beginning of the evening and will conclude after the evening's program. If you have any items to donate to the auction, please bring them We sincerely appreciate your donations!

The San Diego Natural History Museum is located in Balboa Park. Directions are available at http://www.sdnhm.org/. Use the north entrance. For banquet reservations, please complete the attached form. For more info, contact Sue, sdsuneoalum@att.net

CURRENT SDSU GEO-STUDENTS - At least 50 percent of your banquet fee will be reimbursed IF you make a reservation AND show up at the banquet!!! And, remember, SDSU geo-alumni may be your future employers (and are a great bunch of people to know! You're gonna be one of them!)

Reservation Form

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$$$ REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL DONATIONS $$$
"FRIENDS OF THE DEPARTMENT"

(aka SDSU Geoloav Alumni Association)

The Friends of the Department (your SDSU Geology Alumni Association) is active year-round, currently does not solicit dues from the alumni on the mailing list, and (because our checking account balance is low) requests your assistance in funding our annual activities such as:

• Help fund student meal costs at the annual banquet
• Assist with expenses for our honored alumnus of the year
• Maintain a plaque in the department with nameplates of our honored alumni
• Prepare, distribute and email info regarding our events
• Maintain and update email group list
• Provide scholarship funds to SDSU geology department students
• Buy and donate equipment needed by the department

Your donation is sincerely appreciated and may be submitted with your banquet reservation form.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!