SEG/Chevron Student Leadership Symposium
The SEG/Chevron Student Leadership Symposium (SLS) offers travel grants to students who are currently active officers of an SEG Student Chapter. Students receiving the SLS travel grant award will participate in a two-day focused leadership program and have the opportunity to engage in the many activities available at SEG's Annual Meeting.
The 2013 SLS will be held 21-22 September at the 2013 SEG Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas, USA.
What is the SEG/Chevron Student Leadership Symposium?
This focused program of leadership skills development will include an address by the SEG President, best practice presentations from selected Student Chapters, professional leadership coaching, an organized team building activity, and a Strategic Problem Solving Session with the SEG Executive Committee. The Leadership Symposium is one and a half days in duration. Fifty student leaders representative of SEG's worldwide network of Student Chapter will be selected to attend. Participants will also advance their technical knowledge by partaking in all that the SEG Annual Meeting has to offer.
The 2013 SLS will be held 21-22 September at the 2013 SEG Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas, USA.
"The SLS program made me believe in the quality of teamwork. I learned how to become a collaborative leader; setting direction, providing vision, and empowering others to achieve their goals."
–Christine Elizabeth Kaharmen
Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
Application process
Applications are now open!
Application deadline for the 2013 program in Houston: 1 May 2013
All applicants must apply online: 2013 SLS application
Required applicant eligibility
- The applicant must be an active and current SEG Student Chapter Officer.
- The applicant must be nominated by his/her fellow Student Chapter Officer(s).
- The applicant must be pursuing a degree in Geosciences.
- The applicant must have above average grades.
- The applicant must be a non-graduated student when the SLS takes place.
- The applicant must not have participated in a previous SLS.
Required applicant documentation
All applicants will be required to submit the following documentation:
- recommendation letter in support of your application from your faculty advisor or a professor with whom you are academically acquainted
- official academic transcript from your university
- the last three years of your academic transcript (Graduate students will need to provide their undergraduate transcript)
Please e-mail all documents to travelgrants@seg.org or mail them to:
SLS
SEG Student Affairs
P.O. Box 702740
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74170-2740
E-mail: sls@seg.org
Fax: +1.918.497.5568
Send us an e-mail for more information about applicant requirements and guidelines.
