Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program

Potential host sites range from federal agencies (US Fish & Wildlife Service, National Park Service, US Geological Service) to state agencies (MD Dept of Natural Resources, MD Dept of the Environment) to county agencies (Anne Arundel County Dept of Public Works, Frederick County Office of Sustainability, Prince George’s County Public Schools) to large (National Aquarium, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, The Nature Conservancy) and small local nonprofits (Blue Water Baltimore, ShoreRivers, Potomac Conservancy). The type of work Corps Members accomplish falls into six different categories: environmental restoration, environmental education, forestry, sustainable agriculture, energy conservation, and community engagement). A full list of available host sites can be found on our website. 

Deadline is March 14^th  at 4:00pm.

Huge List of Job Announcements!

   SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS: 

   NEW! - Dean of the Grad. School and Assoc. Vice President...
   Wichita State University
   Graduate School and Research and Technology Transfer
   Wichita, KS,    United States
   Date Posted: Jan. 17, 2019

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=118424&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-0e
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   NEW! - Head, Dept. of Horticulture and Landscape Architec...
   Purdue University
   Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
   West Lafayette, IN,    United States
   Date Posted: Jan. 16, 2019

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=118373&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   NEW! - Director of the Utah Water Research Laboratory
   Utah State University
   College of Engineering
   Logan, UT,    United States
   Date Posted: Jan. 15, 2019

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=118348&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   Department Head, Poultry Science and Executive Director
   Auburn University
   Poultry Science
   Auburn, AL,    United States
   Date Posted: Dec. 13, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=117113&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   Dean, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
   University of Wyoming
   College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
   Laramie, WY,    United States
   Date Posted: Nov. 26, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=116203&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-2e
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   Invitation for faculty position applications
   University Of Sharjah
   College of Engineering
   Sharjah,    United Arab Emirates
   Date Posted: Nov. 26, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=116094&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   Head, Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries
   University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture
   Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries
   Knoxville, TN,    United States
   Date Posted: Nov. 15, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=115857&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-8e
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   Dean, College of Engineering
   Tennessee Technological University
   College of Engineering Dean's Office
   Cookeville, TN,    United States
   Date Posted: Oct. 31, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=115048&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   Executive Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
   Indiana University Bloomington
   College of Arts and Sciences
   Bloomington, IN,    United States
   Date Posted: Oct. 30, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=114953&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-0e
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   Executive Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
   University of Nevada, Las Vegas
   Harrah College of Hospitality
   Las Vegas, NV,    United States
   Date Posted: Oct. 26, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=114666&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-0e
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   Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
   Wayne State University
   Civil and Environmental Engineering
   Detroit, MI,    United States
   Date Posted: Oct. 17, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=114142&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-7e
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                      ACADEMIC POSITIONS 
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   NEW! - Faculty Position
   Case Western Reserve University
   Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
   Cleveland, OH,    United States
   Date Posted: Jan. 16, 2019

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=118397&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   NEW! - Assistant / Associate Professor - Plant Genonmics
   Auburn University
   College of Agriculture
   Auburn, AL,    United States
   Date Posted: Jan. 16, 2019

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=118374&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   NEW! - Asst. Prof. - Environmental Engineering/Civil Engr.
   Florida Institute of Technology
   Mechanical & Civil Engineering
   Melbourne, FL,    United States
   Date Posted: Jan. 11, 2019

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=118197&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   NEW! - Assistant Professor of Urban Plant Science
   University of California, Davis
   Plant Sciences
   Davis, CA,    United States
   Date Posted: Jan. 3, 2019

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=117957&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-8e
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   Associate Professor - Bioengineering/Applied Bioscience
   University of Toronto
   Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
   Toronto, ON,    Canada
   Date Posted: Dec. 13, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=116996&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   Asst. Prof. - Bioengineering/Applied Bioscience Chemical ...
   University of Toronto
   Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
   Toronto, ON,    Canada
   Date Posted: Dec. 13, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=116993&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   Multiple Open Rank Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty Positions...
   Syracuse University
   Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
   Syracuse, NY,    United States
   Date Posted: Dec. 6, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=116739&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   ALFA Endowed Eminent Scholar Chair
   Auburn University
   Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
   Auburn, AL,    United States
   Date Posted: Dec. 5, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=116677&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-7e
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   Research Faculty - Ext. Specialist - Potato Variety Devel...
   University of Idaho

   Aberdeen, ID,    United States
   Date Posted: Dec. 4, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=116540&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-2e
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   Multiple Tenure-Track Faculty Positions (Assistant Profes...
   University of Alabama
   Civil, Construction, & Environmental Engineering
   Tuscaloosa, AL,    United States
   Date Posted: Nov. 29, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=116364&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   Associate Professor or Full Professor
   University of New Orleans
   Civil and Environmental Engineering
   New Orleans, LA,    United States
   Date Posted: Nov. 16, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=115930&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   Asst. Professor in Agricultural and/or Public Communications
   University of Kentucky
   81130:Community & Leadership Development
   Lexington, KY,    United States
   Date Posted: Nov. 16, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=115900&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   Civil & Environmental Engr. & Construction, Assistant/Ass...
   University of Nevada, Las Vegas
   Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering
   Las Vegas, NV,    United States
   Date Posted: Nov. 15, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=115859&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   Tenure-Track Faculty Position
   McGill University
   Department of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics
   Montreal, QC,    Canada
   Date Posted: Nov. 14, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=115794&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   Tenure track and Non-tenure track positions
   Temple University
   Civil and Environmental Engineering
   Philadelphia, PA,    United States
   Date Posted: Nov. 14, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=115753&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   Soil Scientist
   Texas A&M University, Kingsville
   Agriculture, Agribusiness, and Environmental Science
   Kingsville, TX,    United States
   Date Posted: Nov. 14, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=115722&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   Extension Faculty - 4-H Youth Development
   University of Idaho

   Moscow, ID,    United States
   Date Posted: Nov. 8, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=115496&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   Tenure-Track Faculty Positions
   University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
   Department of Mechanical Engineering
   Minneapolis, MN,    United States
   Date Posted: Nov. 6, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=115416&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   Environmental Sustainability Assistant/Associate Professor
   University of South Florida, Tampa
   Civil and Environmental Engineering
   Tampa, FL,    United States
   Date Posted: Nov. 6, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=115349&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   Open Rank Faculty Pos. in the Dept. of Earth and Environm...
   Columbia University in the City of New York
   Earth and Environmental Engineering
   New York, NY,    United States
   Date Posted: Oct. 24, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=114531&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   Lecturer-in Discipline
   Columbia University in the City of New York
   Earth and Environmental Engineering
   New York, NY,    United States
   Date Posted: Oct. 24, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=114529&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor
   University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
   Civil and Environmental Engineering
   Ann Arbor, MI,    United States
   Date Posted: Oct. 24, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=114527&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   Assistant/Associate Professor/Extension and Research Agro...
   University of Georgia
   Crop & Soil Sciences
   Tifton, GA,    United States
   Date Posted: Oct. 24, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=114511&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology
   Auburn University
   Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
   Auburn, AL,    United States
   Date Posted: Oct. 19, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=114314&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-7e
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   Full-Time Tenure-Track Faculty Positions
   California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
   Civil Engineering
   Pomona, CA,    United States
   Date Posted: Oct. 19, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=114294&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-7e
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   Asst. Prof. in Agricultural Production and/or Agricultura...
   University of Kentucky
   81040:AGR ECONOMICS
   Lexington, KY,    United States
   Date Posted: Oct. 18, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=114236&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-7e
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   Assistant/Associate Professor: Molecular Plant Breeder/ P...
   Sultan Qaboos University
   Crop Sciences
   Muscat,    Oman
   Date Posted: Oct. 18, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=114195&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-7e
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   Assistant Professor, Environmental Engineering
   University of Arizona
   Chemical and Environmental Engineering
   Tucson, AZ,    United States
   Date Posted: Oct. 18, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=114166&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-7e
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   Three Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in Civil and Environ...
   University of Vermont
   Civil and Environmental Engineering
   Burlington, VT,    United States
   Date Posted: Oct. 15, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=113989&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-7e
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   Open Rank Faculty Positions - Dept. of Civil and Environm...
   University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
   Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
   Urbana, IL,    United States
   Date Posted: Oct. 15, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=113963&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-7e
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   Asst. Prof. of Civil and Environmental Engr. (Continuing ...
   Villanova University
   Engineering
   Villanova, PA,    United States
   Date Posted: Oct. 15, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=113955&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-7e
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                   POST-DOCTORAL POSITIONS 
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   NEW! - Postdoctoral Associate - ARC
   Florida International University
   Division of Research
   Miami, FL,    United States
   Date Posted: Jan. 17, 2019

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=118437&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   NEW! - Post-Doctoral Associate
   Florida International University
   Division of Research
   Miami, FL,    United States
   Date Posted: Jan. 17, 2019

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=118436&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   NEW! - Post-Doctoral Associate, Hydrology/Water Resources
   Florida International University
   Division of Research
   Miami, FL,    United States
   Date Posted: Jan. 17, 2019

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=118435&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   NEW! - PhD position in sustainable global food supply
   Aalto University School of Engineering
   Department of Built Environment
   Helsinki,    Finland
   Date Posted: Jan. 2, 2019

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=117884&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   NEW! - 2 Postdoctoral Researchers in sustainable global f...
   Aalto University School of Engineering
   Department of Built Environment
   Helsinki,    Finland
   Date Posted: Jan. 2, 2019

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=117879&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   Postdoctoral Fellow I
   Utah State University
   Utah Water Research Laboratory
   Logan, UT,    United States
   Date Posted: Nov. 8, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=115521&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-6e
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   Postdoctoral Fellow
   Tulane University
   School of Science and Engineering
   New Orleans, LA,    United States
   Date Posted: Oct. 18, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=114253&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-7e
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   Postdoctoral Fellow
   Tulane University
   School of Science and Engineering
   New Orleans, LA,    United States
   Date Posted: Oct. 18, 2018

   https://www.AcademicKeys.com/r?job=114251&o=1306937&t=AG190118m-7e

Paid Summer Internships for Latinx Students and Recent Graduates

Throughout the past 5 years, the Hispanic Access Foundation has offered enriching internship experiences for Latinx upcoming professionals who are passionate about public land conservation and heritage preservation. 

This year, they are happy to announce a new platform encompassing all of their professional opportunities, My Access to a Network of Opportunities (MANO) Project.  

The Hispanic Access Foundation is currently recruiting for summer positions with the National Park Service - Latino Heritage Internship Program (LHIP), Fish and Wildlife Service, US Forest Service, Bureau of Reclamations, and the National Credit Union Administration. 

For more information regarding all programs and internship positions, please visit their website: http://www.manoproject.org/internships  

NewDay USA Leadership Awards

In collaboration with NewDay USA, the Ed Snider Center is presenting the 2019 NewDay USA Student Leadership Award and is currently looking for students whose work fits into one of the following three categories:

INNOVATION - The NewDay USA Student Leader for Innovation has helped an organization meet its goals for growth and change, and has an optimistic vision for the future.

ENTERPRISE - The NewDay USA Student Leader for Enterprise champions collaboration and creates positive outcomes for all the members of a team.

RESILIENCE - The NewDay USA Student Leader for Resilience embodies integrity and a growth mindset.

The NewDay USA Student Leadership Award committee will select four finalists for each of the above categories. Each category will have one winner who will receive a check in the amount of $1,200 USD. The remaining three finalists of each category will receive a check in the amount of $300USD each. Finalists along with their families and friends will be honored at a banquet in March of 2019.

Sophomores, juniors and seniors enrolled in any major at the University of Maryland and who have a minimum GPA of 3.0 are eligible for the award.

The deadline to apply is February 15, 2019. Finalists will be notified by March 1, 2019.

More information can be found at: https://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/centers-excellence/snider-center-enterprise-markets/initiatives-programs/newday-award.

UMD Study Abroad Fair

When:  Wednesday, Feb. 6th

Time:   2-5 pm

Where:  Stamp Student Union, Grand Ballroom

AGNR has several summer courses, here is one you will love:

The Department of Nutrition and Food Science is once again offering a summer study abroad 3-credit course on the Mediterranean diet and culture involving 2 days at UMD and a 2-week travel to Greece. The course will include field trips/service learning and class time. We will spend 3 days in Athens and the rest of the time in Nafplion, Peloponnese area. Activities will include cooking classes, field trips to cheese, yogurt and wine making factories, to olive tree groves and olive oil processing and preservation. Hiking trips will be led in the surrounding areas to learn about Greek mythology and the exploration of wild herbs and their use in cooking. This course will satisfy the NFSC restricted elective and elective in other departments.

(https://globalmaryland.umd.edu/offices/education-abroad/program/11523) 

Other AGNR summer courses will be in England, Costa Rica, and Brazil.     You can find out about all these and all UMD and non-UMD programs at:

https://globalmaryland.umd.edu/offices/education-abroad

A few tips:

Scholarship application deadline is Feb. 15th.   Ask the Education Abroad office for details.

Check on whether a study abroad course provides UMD credit, or transfer credit.  Credit for Internships, for example, may not be granted.

Talk to your department adviser and Education Abroad adviser on how a course will fit with your studies.

2019 American Institute of Professional Geologists Scholarship Program

To assist students with college education costs and to promote student participation in the American Institute of 
Professional Geologists (AIPG). Up to ten scholarships will be awarded to declared undergraduate geological sciences  majors who are at least sophomores. Details for applying for these scholarships are provided below.

Scholarship Awards

Scholarship awards in the amount of $1,000.00 each will be made to eligible students attending a college or university in 
the U.S. Scholarships are intended to be used to support tuition and/or room and board.

Eligibility Requirements

Any student who is majoring in geology (or earth science), is at least a sophomore, and is attending a four-year 
accredited college or university in the U.S. can apply. Also, the student must be either a student member of AIPG or must  have applied for student membership at the time the application for the scholarship is submitted.
Each student who is awarded a scholarship agrees, by accepting the scholarship, to prepare a 600 to 800 word article for  publication in The Professional Geologist. The subject of the article must be related to a timely professional issue.

Application Process

* Submit a cover letter introducing yourself and tell us what you have done outside of the class room such as research  projects, officer in club, or outside activities within the community. Address your career goals in near term and longer term. Provide your academic objectives: If you are attending a two-year institute do you plan to continue to a four-year  institute and complete a degree? If you attend a four-year institute do you plan to attend graduate school?

* Submit an essay on "Why I Want to be a Geologist."

* Submit a copy of your transcript (unofficial) and documentation that you are a current student. Requisite standards to apply are a minimum GPA of 2.8 (on a 4 point scale) and a minimum of 12 semester credits of geology/geoscience courses with a 3.0 GPA in these courses completed at time of application.

* Submit a letter of recommendation from a geology/geoscience professor that provides an emphasis on your performance and activities in the classroom, in the department, and your character in how you work and help other students. The application packet should be submitted to:

American Institute of Professional Geologists
Attn: Education Committee Chr.
1333 W. 120th Ave., Suite 211
Westminster, Colorado 80234-2710

Questions regarding the application process can be directed to Dorothy Combs by telephone (303) 412-6205 or e-mail: aipg@aipg.org.

Application Deadline and Award Date

Applications must be received by February 1st.  Awarded the month of May.

Basis of Awards 

Awards will be based on the cover letter, recommendation, transcript and the content and creativity of the essay as  judged by the Education Committee. The decisions of the Education Committee are final.

Miscellaneous

Application requirements for student membership to AIPG: Student must be currently enrolled in a geological science degree program (as defined by the American Geosciences Institute).

AIPG student membership is available online or applications can be obtained from:

American Institute of Professional Geologists
1333 W. 120th Ave., Suite 211, Westminster, Colorado 80234-2710 
 (Application forms are also available on the AIPG website http://www.aipg.org) Join Online! Student Membership is Free!