Wednesday, December 8, 2021 3:00 PM EST | 1 hour
Series: AGI Webinars
This webinar provides information for geoscientists interested in the AAAS Congressional Science Fellowship Program. The fellowship represents a unique opportunity to make practical contributions of geoscientific knowledge on issues relating to the environment, resources, natural hazards, and federal science policy.
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 1:00 PM EST | 1 hour
Series: AGI Webinars
What comes to mind when you think of national parks? Geysers? Canyons? Family vacations? If you’re like most of us, those are the images that you most often associate with parks. But how about research opportunities?
Thursday, April 2, 2020 1:00 PM EDT | 2 hours
Series: AGI Webinars
This webinar will cover what it takes to succeed while working for yourself. Topics include why consultants get hired, the pros and cons of consulting, and whether or not you might be a good fit. The webinar will delve into the risks of consulting and how to minimize them...financing and promoting your business, the most critical element in making a "go" of it, how much to charge for your work,...
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: AGI Webinars
This webinar provides insight into the technical writing skills that are needed by geoscience students pursuing careers in the environmental consulting industry. Speakers discuss skills that are developed during undergraduate or graduate academic training, types of written products that are developed by geoscientists in the environmental consulting industry, training and professional development...
Tuesday, June 4, 2019 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: AGI Webinars
This webinar provides insight into the professional and technical writing skills that are needed by geoscience students pursuing careers in state government agencies. Speakers will discuss skills that are developed during students’ undergraduate and graduate academic training, types of written products that are developed by geoscientists in state agencies, training and professional development...
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour 30 mins
Series: AGI Webinars
This webinar is designed to be the first in a series of state specific geology licensure webinars building on the topic overview provided in the Professional Geologist Licensure Requirements and the ASBOG National Geology License Examinations webinar. This webinar will focus on the qualification requirements to get a Professional Geologist (PG) license in California and upcoming changes that...
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 1:00 PM EST | 1 hour 30 minutes
Series: AGI Webinars
The purpose of professional licensing is to ensure a minimum level of competency for practitioners in a given field in order to protect the public. Having a license to practice geology is a requirement in the majority of United States, Canada and several other countries. In contrast to other professions, a disconnect has developed between applied geologists and academia. Professional licensing...
Thursday, April 26, 2018 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour
Series: AGI Webinars
This webinar will provide an overview of the writing skills that geoscience students develop during their undergraduate and graduate academic training, the skills and tools that are needed for non-academic careers, and advice for students on how to acquire the needed writing skills as they prepare for and pursue their career path. This is the first of a series of webinars on developing writing...
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 1:00 PM EDT | 1 hour 30 min
Series: AGI Webinars
This webinar will provide an insight into the federal grant proposal opportunities available for geoscience students pursuing careers within academia. Speakers from four federal agencies will discuss the nuances of each of their individual programs as well as provide some advice on how to submit successful applications. This webinar will introduce a variety of federal fellowship programs, examine...
Friday, February 20, 2015 | 46 mins
Series: AGU/AGI Heads and Chairs
In this webinar, Dave Mogk (Montana State University) and John Geissman (University of Texas at Dallas) discuss the current state of Geoethics guidelines and how to incorporate the concept into the undergraduate geoscience curriculum.