Session: Geoscience Careers for New Geoscience Graduates (Southeastern Section - 66th Annual Meeting

Session No. 15

Friday, 31 March 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Roanoke Room (Omni Richmond Hotel)

T3. Geoscience Careers for New Geoscience Graduates

Ronald J. Wallace and Michael D. Lawless, Advocates

Paper #

Start Time

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

15-1

8:05 AM

PREPARING OUR WORKFORCE (POW): THINKING DIFFERENTLY ABOUT GEOSCIENCE CAREERS

HOULTON, Heather R., American Geosciences Institute, 4220 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22302 and LAWLESS, Michael D., Draper Aden Associates, 2206 S. Main Street, Blacksburg, VA 24060, mlawless@daa.com, mlawless@daa.com

15-2

8:25 AM

GEOLOGIC LICENSURE: HOW THIS WILL IMPACT YOUR CAREER IN GEOSCIENCES

KATH, Randy, University of West Georgia, 1601 Maple Street, Carrollton, GA 30118 and HENTHORNE, Robert, Immediate Past President (ASBOG), 14400 Ferguson Road, Valley Falls, KS 66088, rlkath@comcast.net, rlkath@comcast.net

15-3

8:45 AM

GEOSCIENCE CAREERS FOR NEW GEOSCIENCE GRADUATES

ANDERSON, J. Meade R., Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, 629 East Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219, J.Meade.Anderson@deq.virginia.gov, J.Meade.Anderson@deq.virginia.gov

9:05 AM

Discussion

15-4

9:20 AM

GEOLOGY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH STATE AGENCIES

WALLACE, Ronald J., Georgia Department of Natural Resources, 3650 Garrards Crossing, Roswell, GA 30075, ronald.wallace@dnr.state.ga.us, ronald.wallace@dnr.state.ga.us

15-5

9:40 AM

THE ROLE OF GEOLOGY IN TODAYS SOCIETY

PENNINGTON, Dennis, Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association, 12 morris road, ambler, PA 19002, pennden15@gmail.com, pennden15@gmail.com

10:00 AM

Break

15-6

10:20 AM

TRANSITIONING FROM STUDENT LIFE TO THE WORKING WORLD

MASON-DEESE, Will, Draper Aden Associates, 2206 South Main Street, Blacksburg, VA 24060, wmason-deese@daa.com, wmason-deese@daa.com

15-7

10:40 AM