THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
SIGMA GAMMA EPSILON - DEPARTMENT OF GEOSCIENCE NEWSLETTER #3
September 9, 2008
DEPARTMENTAL SEMINAR: On Friday, September 12, at 4 PM in room 125 TH, Catherine Yansa, Michigan State University, will present “Late Pleistocene Environmental Changes in the Upper Midwest, USA and Canada.” Coffee and cookies in room 135 TH at 3:30 PM. RGB/PHH
GEOLOGIC ORIENTATION (12:207) –This week’s orientation will be on Wednesday, September 10, 4 PM, in room 136 TH. Leo Clougherty will be giving a tour of the Geoscience Library. CTF
PRESENTATION: Leon Aden, ExxonMobil Exploration Co, has agreed to do a short presentation followed by a Q&A on Wed. evening, Sept 10, from 6-7 pm in room 125 TH. We would encourage all graduate students to attend. JAG
EXXONMOBIL RECRUITMENT – Leon Aden, ExxonMobil, will be interviewing students interested in petroleum geosciences-related careers in those areas associated with Exploration, Production and Research. Leon Aden will be conducting the interviews on Wednesday, Sept. 10th, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm in room 121D.
· Candidates for Regular Employment: Graduate students receiving a MS or PhD degree in geology or geophysics. Preference will be given to those candidates who complete their degree and will report to work during 2008 or 2009.
· Candidates for Internships: Graduate students who will be completing their MS or PhD degree program within a year after their internship and ability to work approximately three months.
· Applicants are required to fill out an online application and post a copy of their resume on their website, preferably by Wednesday, Sept. 3rd. The ExxonMobil website is www.exxonmobil.com/apply. . If our school is not listed, you can submit to the "Other-Geoscience" job which you can find by searching for the word "Geoscience."
· There is an interview sign-up sheet in the main office. Interviews will be 30-45 minutes in length. gg
SGE meeting this Tuesday (the 9th) at 7 pm in room 135 (the mineralogy lab room). We're going to finish discussing the theme for this year's haunted house and get officers elected. If you're interested in joining SGE and can't make the meeting, e-mail me and we'll get something figured out so you can help out and be a member. For all you new kids, SGE is an honor society for geology students. We have two big projects we do each year, both are coming up quickly. First, there is a picnic we put on for the alumni on the last Saturday in September out at the reservoir in Coralville. The second (and most fun), is the haunted house we put on for kids in the community. This year it's going to be the week before. For this we decorate Trowbridge and have different rooms with geology themed fun going on. Overall SGE is a small time commitment. Being a member of SGE looks good on grad school resumes, gets the undergrads involved with the faculty and grad students, and helps keep the department strong and active. Tawny Bailey
Volunteer guides for Devonian Fossil Gorge: Volunteers are needed to work weekends at Devonian Fossil Gorge, helping visitors enjoy their experience by answering questions, pointing out fossils and explaining what they are and why they're there. A $20 stipend is available for each volunteer day or you can sign up for credit with a Geoscience Internship. Please email tiffany-adrain@uiowa.edu more information. TSA
Volunteers are needed for an outreach event at Wildcat Den State Park Heritage Day, Sept. 20th, 9.30am-4pm. Help kids identify fossils at the Fossil Hunt Sandpit! Transport provided if necessary. Contact Tiffany Adrain (tiffany-adrain@uiowa.edu). TSA
Job vacancy - Paleontology Repository - Virtual Field School web developer: Duties include assisting with the development of an on-line interactive virtual field school based on the Repository’s collections of specimens and photographs from 30 years of field trips to Florida and the Caribbean; Fall semester biweekly undergraduate appointment. 20 hrs/wk, $9/hr. Please contact Tiffany Adrain (tiffany-adrain@uiowa.edu) for more details. TSA
69th Annual Tri-State Geological Field Conference, October 17-19, 2008, University of Northern Iowa. The trip will focus on Middle and Upper Devonian stratigraphy in northern Iowa with emphasis on the Lithograph City Formation. The evening banquet will feature a presentation on lithographic printing by Dr. Robert Glasgow, Professor of Print at the University of Iowa. The 2008 TRI-STATE geological field conference will be held from Friday evening through mid-day Sunday, October 17-19, 2008. Dr. John Groves, an alumnus from our department, is one of the coordinators of this field conference. Note that the deadline for pre-registration is October 3, 2008. For more information, please see Georgie in the main office. PHH
POMERZNTZ CAREER CENTER: The University of Iowa Career Center is ready to assist you with your career. Please contact their office regarding the following:
· Mock Interviews (Sept. 9 through Oct. 1)
· Jobs, internships, list of employers
· On-Campus Interviews
· Diversity Event – “Getting Together to Get Ahead”, Monday, Sept. 22
· Fall Job & Internship Fair, Tuesday, September 23, 11 am – 4 pm
For more information, please contact the Career Center Office at www.careers.uiowa.edu or 335-1023. gg
ASSISTANTSHIP/FELLOWSHIP/GRANTS/SCHOLARSHIP/EMPLOYMENT/OPPORTUNITIES/
SYMPOSIUMS:
· IOWA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY – STUDENT LOGGING POSITION: The Iowa Geological Survey is in need of hiring a graduate geology student or a senior undergraduate student to log water well samples in conjunction with a federal contract. The work involves using a binocular microscope to create strip logs of both unconsolidated and bedrock well samples. All work is at the IGS Sample Repository Facility located on the U of I Oakdale Campus. Funding is available for up to 20 hours per week. Inexperienced worker will start at $8.00 per hour. Training will be provided. This is an excellent skill for any geologist to acquire. See Robert McKay at the IGS, Room 340D TH (335-1588).
· Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) Brunton Award – AWG promotes the future of field mapping and data acquisition for the upcoming generation of women geoscientists. This award is to a female geosciences student at the senior level or beginning of their graduate studies who has a summer intern, excelled at field camp or performed field data collection that will lead to a senior or graduate thesis. Applications due October 31. For more information visit: www.awg.org/eas/brunton.html.