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Environmental Career Readiness @ UNI - Dr. Heinzel  

Opportunity - University of Northern Iowa Sustainability Certificate  

2024 Class Bus  

UNI Career Services- 1.NACE Career Readiness, 2. Job Search Tips , 3. The Science of You ,

2024 Coursework 1. Environmental Career Plan and   2. Environmental Career Encyclopedia       

 

2024 Class Presentations 

Week 1 - Day 1 Class slides 

Week 2 - Wed. Dr. C.E. Heinzel UNI Earth and Environmental Sci. Professor,  Friday - Jesus Lizarraga and Josh Bulten - UNI Student Success Strategies - More 1/26 - Katie Milne'22 - UNI Student Success, Katie's slides

Week 3 - Career Development  and Project, Wednesday  1/31 Matt Nuese - UNI Career Services, Friday Resume and Digital presence Student engagement      

Week 4 - Graduate School Week, Wednesday Feb. 7 Adam Hammes Sustainability in Business,  Friday Feb. 9  Jason Cox UNI Graduate School  

Week 5 - Environmental Career Fields, Wednesday Feb. 14 Carmen Finken Green Iowa AmeriCorp, Friday Feb. 16 Tyler Dursky, Impact 7G Environmental Consulting        

Week 6 -  Monday Feb. 19 No class, Wed. Feb. 21  NRCS Jenna Curran and Shaffer Ridgeway (In Class Only), Friday Feb. 23 Faith Luce Black Hawk Creek Watershed Coordinator and Hunter Filloon, Middle Cedar Technician (In Class Only)  

Week 7 - Environmental Careers in the Lab, Wed. Feb. 28, Jim Weimer,   Black Hawk County Resource Management Technician Director,  March 1 Jonathan Launspach - General Dynamics Information Technology,    Enviro. Career Encylopedia Due - Feb. 29/March 1   

Week 8 - Environmental Careers in the Lab 2,  Mon. March 4 Adam Campbell L IDAR Consultant,  Wednesday March 6, Gordon Krueger, UNI Environmental Safety Coordinator & Radiation Safety Officer, Friday March 8 In the lab Environmental Career Plan Check in Due March 8.

Week 9 = Spring Break - Enjoy 

Week 10 -  In class communication work

 Week 11 - Critical Systems thinking, March 29  David and Sue Gossman presentation 

 Week 12 - Professionalism, April 5   Dean Peterson presentation , Big Rock Exploration   

Week 13 - Leadership and productive habits, April 8 EuroFins: Emily Mathews and Connor Calhoun; April 10 Darrin Siefken  

Week 14 - Josh Balk, Iowa DNR - Dry Run Creek, Tetiana Shalapska, Bruker XRF Scientist 

Week 15 -  Jessicia Ragsdale Iowa DNR Water,   Lynn Koch - Iowa DNR Officer , No class April 26, trip to the One Sustainable Iowa Conference     

Week 16/17 - Student Career Presentations: Monday = Jake Campbell, Shateah Wetering, Charlotte Collins, Zan Ceyner Olivia Merksick.  Wednesday = Jackie Tyler, Luke Ochsne, Max Crees, Sophia Thompson, Taylor Fundermann. Friday = Jack Dawson, Jace Bell, Keelan Hunter, Jack Buser, Connor Harms, Anna Carmen. Finals week Monday 5/6 = Brody Patterson, Serena Brokaw, Ashleigh Pape, Madisyn Abbas, Marcos Antunez, Garret Rinken, Hannah Huffman, Ben Lync, Jason Rhinehart, Waren Graeve.            

2022 Student  Work Examples 

Encyclopedia  examples:  Example 1 , Example 2 

Portfolio example:   Example 1 , Example 2 

5/2: Nathan Reinke, Conner Bohlen , Kannon Leuenberger , Jack Ramler , Evals#1 5/4 Holly Melick , Max Schneider , Kendall Lienemann , Gejwan Hayes and Wade Mitchell , Evaluation #2 5/6 Lelu Rogers , Ethan Meyer , Starr Claussen , Katelyn Boege and Keaton Kruse , Evaluations #3

16 - Monday May 9 (10 to Noon) - Portfolio Presentations Alina Burch , Annalee Bartels , Noah Duker , Hunter Seiffert , Conner Miracle , Ramsey McGrew , Sage Cappi , Tania Valle

 

Job and or internship opportunities

Environmental Science Internship Starter Page

Iowa Department of Natural Resources (Deadline Variable opportunities could end today best apply early if you are interested, deadlines range from Jan. to April depending on the job)

Iowa DNR Pollution Prevention (P2) Internship Program

NSF REU Programs for the Earth Science

Minnesota Department of Natural Resoruces

Illinois Department of Natural Resources (Variable deadlines)

USA Jobs.gov (Variable deadlines, we will learn how to navigate this website in our class, if you want go ahead and create a profile that would be great:-)

Iowa MyCountyParks.com , Naturalist opportunties

Heartland Region, Naturalist opportunities in WI, MN, IA

Wyoming Dinosaur Center Intership

Green Iowa AmeriCorps

Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources Interships

Texas Parks and Wildlife Internships Info and Postings

Chicagoland Environmental Network

EcoJobs

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Internships

Iowa Dept. of Transportation Internships

 Careers in Sustainability , more about graduate degrees than jobs

 Conservation Job Board

ISU's Natural Resource Ecology and Management Job Board 

 Environmental Web Directory 

Green Jobs Network 

Environmental Career.com   

Environmental Defense Fund - Green Jobs Hub 

Oregon State University's Suggestions

Professional Links

Iowa Department of Natural Resources - Conservation Law Enforcement

Iowa Geological Survey

United States Geological Survey