It is that time of year again for MSSA’s annual Penny Wars! This charity fundraiser will benefit Connections for the Homeless and the Boys & Girls Club Holiday Gift Drive. This year’s theme is Characterization Techniques (Mechanical Testing, VMD, CrystalMaker/VESTA, Spectroscopy, Electron Microscopy, and X-ray Diffraction). We will periodically send updates on the current status of the competition, and the winning team will be announced on December 16th at the end of the Penny Wars.
In-person coin donations are in the MSE office – go check out the cow jar! We will also take donations via Venmo payments to @NU-MSSA (please email us at numssa@gmail.com if you prefer an alternate payment method). Every cent you donate will be counted as a point either positive towards one team or negative against one team.
Scoring Rules:
To indicate your intentions, please use the following format in the description of your Venmo payment: “+Category” or “-Category”, using the following shortened names:
- Mechanical Testing: +Mech/-Mech
- VMD: +VMD/-VMD
- CrystalMaker/VESTA: +CMVESTA/-CMVESTA
- Spectroscopy: +Spec/-Spec
- Electron Microscopy: +EM/-EM
- X-ray Diffraction: +XRD/-XRD
For example, a $1 donation with the description “+EM” would add 100 points to the Electron Microscopy category and a $2 donation with the description “-VMD” would subtract 200 points from the VMD category.
If you want to influence multiple categories, please make separate payments.