Cordilleran Section - 117th Annual Meeting - 2021

Session No. 18
Friday, 14 May 2021: 8:30 AM-12:30 PM
UNR Centers for Transformative Monitoring Programs (CTEMPS) Room (Online)

T23. Professional Pathways within the Geosciences

UNR Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences

 

Jennifer Wilson, Diamond Tachera, Brytne Okuhata and Jennifer Wong-Ala, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:35 AM
AN INTRODUCTION TO CONSULTING GEOLOGY
WILSON, Jennifer, Six Rivers Geosciences, P.O. Box 69, Samoa, CA 95564
8:55 AM
THE UNIFIED SOIL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE A CAREER AS A PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGIST
PENDLETON, Matthew, EKI Environment & Water, Inc., 2355 Main Street, Suite 210, Irvine, CA 90803
 
9:15 AM
Discussion
9:25 AM
TITLE: UP AND DOWN CALIFORNIA - ONE GEOLOGIST'S PATH TO AN AWESOME CAREER
PRIDMORE, Cynthia L., California Geological Survey, Department of Conservation, 801 K Street, MS 12-31, Sacramento, CA 95814
9:45 AM
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY TOOLS-OF-THE-TRADE: INSIGHTS FROM AN EARLY CAREER PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGIST
PENDLETON, Matthew, EKI Environment & Water, Inc., 2355 Main Street, Suite 210, Irvine, CA 90803
 
10:05 AM
Discussion
 
10:15 AM
Break
10:30 AM
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS: SWINOMISH INDIGENOUS SCIENCE PROGRAM FOR TRIBAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO LEARN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP FROM A SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
MITCHELL, Todd1, WILLUP, Jennifer1, DAN Jr., Dean1, MITCHELL, Karen Rittenhouse2, CASPER, Nicole J.1 and STEWART, Shannon Buckham1, (1)Department of Environmental Protection, Swinomish Tribe, 11430 Moorage Way, LaConner, WA 98257, (2)Land Management Department, Swinomish Tribe, 11430 Moorage Way, LaConner, WA 98257
10:50 AM
UTILIZING HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS TO IDENTIFY KEY WATER RESOURCES IN HAWAI‘I
MCKENZIE, Trista1, SMITH, Thomas Piʻilani2, TACHERA, Diamond1, OKUHATA, Brytne1, BARDE-CABUSSON, Stephanie3, GIBSON, Veronica4 and EASON, Deborah1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, SOEST, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, (2)Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96815, (3)Hawaiʻi Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, SOEST, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, (4)School of Life Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822; University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822
 
11:10 AM
Discussion
Handouts
  • GSA_Cordilleran2021_Smith_Kath.pptx (1.3 MB)
  • 11:40 AM
    50 YEARS OF PROTECTING THE PUBLIC: UNDERSTANDING KEY CONCEPTS IN CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY LICENSE LAWS AND REGULATIONS
    RACCA, Laurie, California Department of Consumer Affairs, Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists, 2535 Capitol Oaks Drive, Suite 300, Sacramento, CA 95833
    12:00 PM
    LICENSURE OPPORTUNITIES IN ENGINEERING GEOLOGY
    ECKRICH, Gresham, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
     
    12:20 PM
    Discussion
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