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
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.
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
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
Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources Interships
Texas Parks and Wildlife Internships Info and Postings
Chicagoland Environmental Network
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Internships
Iowa Dept. of Transportation Internships
Careers in Sustainability , more about graduate degrees than jobs
ISU's Natural Resource Ecology and Management Job Board
Environmental Defense Fund - Green Jobs Hub
Oregon State University's Suggestions
Professional Links
Iowa Department of Natural Resources - Conservation Law Enforcement