SSCH Update 2018

GEOS Jobs

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Organizations that have hired Arkansas geoscience graduates:

1. AECOM  ....  Jobs
2. Apache Corporation  ....  Jobs
3. Armor Energy .... Jobs
4. Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality  ....  Jobs
5. Arkansas Geological Survey .... Jobs
6. Arkansas Department of Transportation  ....  Jobs
7. Arkansas Natural Resources Commission
8. Arkansas Parks and Tourism
9. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation  ....  Jobs
10. Beaver Water District  ....  Jobs
11. Bureau of Land Management  ....  Jobs
12. Burns and McDonnell  ....  Jobs
13. Chesapeake Energy  ...  Jobs
14. City of Springdale  ....  Jobs
15. ConocoPhillips  ....  Jobs
16. Core Laboratories  ....  Jobs
17. Décollement Consulting .... Jobs
18. Denbury Resources  ....  Jobs
19. Devon Energy  ....  Jobs
20. EOG Resources .... Jobs
21. ExxonMobil  ....  Jobs
22. Engineering Consulting Services (ECS) .... Jobs
23. EnSafe  ...  Jobs
24. Environmental Defense Fund  ....  Jobs
25. Environmental Services Associates
26. ESRI  ....  Jobs
27. Fayetteville Public Schools  ....  Jobs
28. FTN Associates  ....  Jobs
29. Garver Eng. Planning & Env. Services  ....  Jobs
30. Gulfport Energy .... Jobs
31. Haas Hall Academy  ....  Jobs
32. Halliburton  ....  Jobs
33. Hoss Geosciences .... Jobs
34. Kinder Morgan  ....  Jobs
35. Marathon Oil Corporation  ....  Jobs
36. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management  ....  Jobs
37. Newfield Exploration Company  ....  Jobs
38. Noble Energy  ....  Jobs
39. NOAA National Weather Service  ....  Jobs
40. North Plains Groundwater Conservation District  ....  Jobs
41. NWA Community College  ....  Jobs
42. NWA Regional Planning Commission
43. Paladin Geological Services .... Jobs
44. PGS  ....  Jobs
45. Pure Earth Resources
46. Rogers Public Schools  ....  Jobs
47. Schlumberger  ....  Jobs
48. SCS Engineers  ....  Jobs
49. Shell  ....  Jobs
50. Sierra Club  ....  Jobs
51. Stephens Production Company
52. SWN  ....  Jobs
53. Terra Guidance .... Jobs
54. UNESCO  ....  Jobs
55. USAJOBS .... Jobs portal for all branches of US Government
56. US Army Corps of Engineers  ....  Jobs
57. US Bureau of Reclamation  ....  Jobs
58. US Census Bureau  ....  Jobs
59. USDA Agricultural Research Service  ....  Jobs
60. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service  ....  Jobs
61. US Environmental Protection Agency  ....  Jobs
62. US Fish and Wildlife  ....  Jobs
63. US Forest Service  ....  Jobs
64. US Geological Survey  ....  Jobs
65. US National Park Service  ....  Jobs
66. Vitruvian Exploration .... Jobs

Other potential organizations:
Chevron Corporation  ....  Jobs
Cimarex Energy  ....  Jobs
Environmental Services, Inc  ....  Jobs
Murphy Oil Corporation  ....  Jobs
Range Resources  ....  Jobs
Sabine Oil  ....  Jobs

Scholarship Application Deadlines (non-UA)

Jan 15      Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists 

Feb 01     Shreveport Geological Society
                     ~$1750, JR+, 8 hrs geology classes, full time

Feb 01     Geological Society of America (GSA)

Feb 28     Geophysical Society of Tulsa
                     Field camp scholarship, $2000, 3 apps/yr from UA
                     Apply through Dr. Potra

Mar 01     Tulsa Geological Society 
                     Outstanding Student Award, $1500, 2-3 apps/yr from UA

Mar 01     Society of Exploration Geophysicists
                     ~$3700, Undergrad/grad, above average GPA, 
                     120+ awards, "applied geophysics"

Mar 25     American Association of Petroleum Geologists
                     Weeks Undergraduate Grants
                     $500 to support AAPG student chapter

Apr 01     GSA South-Central Section Travel Grants
                    $500, undergrad, S-CS member presenting at S-CS meeting

Apr 01     American Geophysical Union (AGU)
                    GSSI Student Grant -- near surface, radar

Apr 15      American Geophysical Union
                 Horton (Hydrology) Research Grant
                     $10,000, three awards per year, PhD candidate
                 Dewan Young Scientist Scholarship (atm or space pays)
                     $1000, 3.4 GPA, AGU member, grad student, 

Apr 15      Ft. Smith Geological Society
                    $1500, apply through Dr. Potra

Apr 30      National Association of Black Geoscientists
                    2.5 GPA, US Citizen, Geoscience major

May 01     American Association of Petroleum Geologists
                     Military Veterans Scholarship (US only)

Dec 01     American Association of Petroleum Geologists
                     Grants-in-Aid, many opportunities

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AAG      - American Association of Geographers

AASHE  - Assoc. for the Adv. of Sustainability in Higher Ed.

ASEES  - Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies

SWAAG - Southwest Division of the American Association of Geographers

GEOS Student Diversity update 2018

Gender breakdown of total Geoscience enrollment at the University of Arkansas. The last several years show a strong growth curve leading to the current composition of 33% female students. This trend is supported by an active student chapter of the Association of Women in Geosciences.

We have more work to do in recruiting and retaining underrepresented (UR) students to Geoscience. But progress has been steady over the last decade to achieve 16.5% UR students in our department. While the numbers shown here represent all UR groups except gender, an important factor is our close association with the National Association of Black Geoscientists.

GeoVision Campaign

Dear Geology/Geography alumni,

In this holiday season, we hope you and yours are well and prosperous.

I write to you about a new initiative from the GEOS Department External Advisory Board. This is the group that started in 2006 and transformed our department to include a PhD program, endowed chair, and over $1M in PhD Fellowship support.

Over the years, our alumni have given generously to endow Foundation accounts that bear familiar names to some of us: Kern Jackson, Walt Manger, Doy Zachry, and others. Endowed Foundation accounts have the funds invested and generate annual spending income. Taken together, our endowed Foundation accounts generate enough funds to 1) support Geology Field Camp scholarships for all UA undergraduate Geology majors who take this required course,  2) support two PhD students, and 3) award scholarships to our 12 Geology MS teaching assistants to make their annual income competitive with peer institutions.

While previous and continuing Donors have changed the lives of hundreds of Geoscience students, these contributions usually place restrictions on Foundation gifts that reflect the Donor’s passions. But, taken cumulatively, these restrictions leave parts of our student body stranded without opportunity for scholarship support, including our six MS Geography teaching assistants, a large group of MS students who are not teaching assistants, and undergraduates who are high-performing and/or in financial need. These are the students who need our help.

To address this issue, the Board has initiated the GeoVision campaign to build an endowed Foundation account for unrestricted student support. This has unanimous support of the Board members and Geosciences faculty. Both groups have already contributed to GeoVision so the account is up and running. This means that any size contribution -- $20, $50, etc. – can go to the endowed account to build up resources for all our students.

In 2019, I will be traveling to spread the word about GeoVision, but we wanted to get this opportunity in front of our alumni before the end of 2018. If you choose to support our fabulous Geoscience students in this way, a contribution can be made by check to the address below (write  GeoVision in the subject line). Credit card options are also available, please call for details.

Melody Kouchehbagh

UA Fulbright College Development

1 University of Arkansas, 525 Old Main

Fayetteville, AR 72701

479-575-2732

melodyk@uark.edu

A GeoVision donation is tax-deductible, qualifies for employer Gift Matching programs, and will grow in the years ahead as an endowed account, allowing the Geosciences department to better support all of our students.

Thank you in advance for considering this request and happy holidays.

Chris Liner

Prof. Christopher L. Liner 

Department of Geosciences Chairman

Storm Endowed Chair of Petroleum Geology

University of Arkansas

LinkedIn response to this alumni note (12/7/2018)

GEOS Course Notes Spring 2019

GEOS Course Notes Fall 2018