Department of Geology

There's verve here at Maryland in Geology and it's growing stronger every day. We're recruiting world-class faculty and talented students. Our prolific research teams are making discoveries in traditional Geology and exploring new frontiers in rapidly emerging fields. We have one of the best Geochemistry Programs in the world. And we're all working together to become one of the top Geology Departments in the nation.

But, to reach this goal, we need your help.

In this tight economy, the support of alumni and friends like you is key to our success. Whether you support us yourself or put us in contact with someone who can, your contribution is sincerely appreciated. Your tax-deductible donation will help us strengthen our program with faculty and student recruitment tools, state-of-the-art facilities, an enhanced fieldwork program for our undergraduates and innovative outreach programs.

If you would like to make a gift to the University of Maryland Department of Geology, please contact:

Dr. Roberta Rudnick
Professor and Chair
Department of Geology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
(301) 405-4080
rudnick AT umd.edu 		or Suzanne Martin
Program Coordinator
Department of Geology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
(301) 405-9891
smarti AT umd.edu

Gifts to the Department of Geology can be made by check, or online using a credit card (General Geology Fund or the Mike Brown Fund).

Contributions to the Department of Geology by check should be made out to the University of Maryland College Park Foundation with "Geology" in the memo.

To ensure that Geology is the receiver of your gift to the University of Maryland, please be careful when completing the Online Gift Form. On line two, please scroll down to "Other: Specify the gift designation in the following field", and on the third line in response to the question "Specify "Other" Fund or School/College" insert "Geology". If you do not change these items, Geology will not receive your gift (Online Gift Form)

If you would like to donate to a specific fund, make an annotation on the check with information about one of the following funds. If contributing online, on line 3 after entering Geology, enter the name of the fund.

  • Fernow Field fund - provides grants to support undergraduates attending summer field camp
  • Stifel Undergraduate Research fund - provides grants to support research in the capstone Senior Thesis program for undergraduates
  • Hutton general fund - supports the department's prize and scholarship programs for undergraduate and graduate students, and semester field trips