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Undergraduate Clubs

SGE Honor Society- Sigma Gamma Epsilon (SGE)

Graduate Clubs

General Department

Provides general department support for students, faculty, and research and teaching program areas; including student awards, instructional enhancement, and equipment upgrades; as well as support for alumni and outreach initiatives such as colloquia, public seminars/lectures, and community outreach events.

EPSS Chair’s Discretionary Fund

Special Programs

Provides support for the acquisition, display, and curation of the UCLA Meteorite Collection.

Meteorite Collection Fund

Supports teaching and research in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI).

UCLA SETI Group Fund

Student Support

Supports the careers of outstanding graduate students in Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences. Fellowships will honor the career of Professor Kivelson and her dedication to mentoring students in the sciences, including underrepresented students.

Margaret Kivelson Graduate Fellowship

Supports course-related fieldwork, including travel expenses, for students and their faculty/staff advisors in the Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences.

EPSS Student Fieldwork Fund

Provides support for summer field research, based on academic performance. The fund was established to honor Clarence A. Hall, Professor Emeritus.

Clarence A. Hall Summer Field Scholarship

Conferred for scholastic excellence to summer field students. This fund was established in memory of EPSS Professor Emeritus Clem Nelson.

Clem Nelson Summer Field Award

Provides support for undergraduate research based on student excellence. This fund was established in honor of Professor Emeritus Donald Carlisle and his wife Gloria Galvez-Carlisle.

Don Carlisle Undergraduate Research Endowed Fund

Supports a graduate student specializing in petrology, tectonics, and/or geochemistry and was endowed by Emeritus Professor W. Gary Ernst and his colleagues and former students.

W. Gary Ernst Graduate Student Support Fund

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The UCLA Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences allows students to submit questions to the Department’s Undergraduate Counselor electronically, and stores the correspondence for future review. Students may submit questions via the MyUCLA Message Center.

The MyUCLA Message Center is the best way to communicate with our advising staff.

The MyUCLA Message Center has replaced e-mail as the electronic means of communication for the EPSS Undergraduate Counseling Office.

If you have a UCLA logon ID/you are a current UCLA student, please submit your inquiry here.

I am a current UCLA student

If you do not have a UCLA logon ID, please submit your inquiry here.

I am not a UCLA student

Steps to submit an inquiry

Please sign in to the MyUCLA Message Center by using your UCLA Logon.
Click on Need Help, then submit your question to the Academic Counseling Unit called “Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences.”

Please try to give the counselor at least 5 business days to respond to your message before sending a follow up request.

The Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences Undergraduate Counselor typically checks messages on the MyUCLA Message Center on Mondays – Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. PST.

Directions to the Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences Department in the Geology Building

Closest Entrance: On the east side of campus is the Westholme Entrance (enter from Hilgard Avenue)
Google Maps: Building entrance and Parking structure entrance
EPSS Office: 3806 Geology Building (3rd floor)