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OUR GOAL: Raise funds to support the Geoscience Educational Opportunity-Research Experience (GEO-REx), a summer experience that introduces geoscience to high school students.
WHY: The Boone Pickens School of Geology (BPSoG) aims to prepare students who effectively contribute towards the future of energy and preserving our environment, in line with OSU's land grant mission, pillars, and core values. The GEO-REx program is an opportunity to introduce high school students to the geosciences, including research, careers, and the relevance to sustainability, energy, and environmental topics. The GEO-REx program is a crucial component of the BPSoG outreach effort to develop and encourage the next generation of geoscientists.
The GEO-REx Program: The GEO-REx program provides opportunities for student participants to engage in field trips and workshops designed to target different aspects of the geosciences, including geophysics, energy, water resources, environmental studies, and more, led by BPSoG faculty and assisting graduate students. The students will also participate in a research project mentored by BPSoG faculty and graduate students, including collecting samples, utilizing cutting-edge lab equipment and analytical software programs, and obtaining their own data. These research experiences will then be presented at the end of GEO-REx to their families, friends, and donors. Additionally, student participants have the option to continue their research project throughout the school year, submitting results to their local science fair, or just listing the project on their college applications. The GEO-REx program is specifically created as an opportunity available to any high school student in Oklahoma, though we accept students from other states as well.
SUPPORT OUR GOAL: Previous GEO-REx offerings have had maximum student enrollment, including out-of-state high school students, and overall we continue to receive very positive feedback from participants and their parents. The funds raised will go towards supporting the continuation of the GEO-REx program, ensuring student participants can attend at minimal cost. The funds raised will cover room and board in an OSU dorm building, meals, research and materials, and swag costs for approximately 20 student attendees.
THANK YOU: Thank you for your generosity in supporting GEO-REx. We are excited to have your support, and are looking forward to another successful GEO-REx program in 2025. Thank you for your support - go Pokes!
Dr. Halihan and GEO-REx students at the Lightning Lake Research Facility.
GEO-REx students work on a geophysical survey outside the NRC.
Dr. Wei Ren and a GEO-REx student work on a geochemistry project.
Dr. Daniel A. Laó Dávila and GEO-REx students using QGIS. 
Dr. Jim Puckette working with GEO-REx students.
A pair of GEO-REx students present results of their research project.
Your donation will go towards one meal for one GEO-REx student for one day. Donors of this level will be grouped in to a "Thank You All Donors" sign posted in the Sue and Michael Gaskins Synergy Room (NRC 301) for the duration of GEO-REx.
Your donation will go towards purchasing swag (such as Write in the Rain notebooks, hand lens, etc.) for two GEO-REx students. Donors of this level will be grouped in to a "Thank You All Donors" sign posted in the Sue and Michael Gaskins Synergy Room (NRC 301) for the duration of GEO-REx.
Your donation will go towards securing one dorm room for one GEO-REx student for the entire GEO-REx program. Donors of this level will be grouped in to a "Thank You All Donors" sign posted in the Sue and Michael Gaskins Synergy Room (NRC 301) for the duration of GEO-REx.
Your donation will go towards securing one dorm room for two GEO-REx students (two dorm rooms total) for the entire GEO-REx program. Donors of this level will be grouped in to a "Thank You All Donors" sign posted in the Sue and Michael Gaskins Synergy Room (NRC 301) for the duration of GEO-REx.
Your donation will go towards securing one dorm room for four GEO-REx students (four dorm rooms total) for the entire GEO-REx program. Donors of this level will have their names individually listed in a "Thank You All Donors" sign posted in the Sue and Michael Gaskins Synergy Room (NRC 301) for the duration of GEO-REx.
Your donation will go towards securing one dorm room for four GEO-REx students (four dorm rooms total) for the entire GEO-REx program (~$800 total). The remaining $200 will go towards purchasing research supplies needed for the GEO-REx students to complete their research projects. Donors of this level will have their names individually listed in a "Thank You All Donors" sign posted in the Sue and Michael Gaskins Synergy Room (NRC 301) for the duration of GEO-REx.
Your donation will go towards securing one dorm room for all GEO-REx students (twenty dorm rooms total) for the entire GEO-REx program (~$4000 total). The remaining $1000 will go towards purchasing research supplies needed for the GEO-REx students to complete their research projects. Donors of this level will have their names individually listed in a "Thank You All Donors" sign posted in the Sue and Michael Gaskins Synergy Room (NRC 301) for the duration of GEO-REx.