Wednesday, November 5, 2025
1-credit GEOH Winter courses
GEOH is offering two new skill-building courses open to all majors! These are one credit, but great career preparation courses.
Upcoming Science Policy Career Panel (Nov 7)
The Science Policy Group is a student-led organization on campus. They are hosting a series of career-focused events exploring the intersection of science, technology, and public policy.
For an upcoming career panel on Friday, November 7, they have invited Think Tank professionals to discuss their journeys as STEM experts in policy.
Here are the event details:
Event Details
Date: Friday, November 7
Time: 2:30–4:30 PM
Location: 3301 Thurgood Marshall Hall (Reading Room)
Event Description:
The Science Policy Group at UMD is excited to continue our 2025–2026 Career Panel Series with a Think Tank–themed panel! Join us on November 7th from 2:30–4:30 PM in Thurgood Marshall Hall to hear from experts working at leading think tanks. Learn how STEM training can translate into impactful policy work, and enjoy a brief networking reception with our panelists and attendees.
RSVP Link: https://forms.gle/
Confirmed Speakers:
Dr. Jennifer Buss, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
Dr. Hailey Gibbs, Center for American Progress
Harry Huntley, Environmental Policy Innovation Center
Udall Undergraduate Scholarship - Environment
Udall Undergraduate Scholarship - Environment
Are you a sophomore or junior strongly committed to making a difference in environmental issues through your studies, community service, and career plans? Do you have an outstanding record of activism, leadership, and research on environmental issues? Do you have an excellent record of undergraduate studies, internships and/or research related to the environment?
Learn about the Udall Undergraduate Scholarship Environment program, which focuses on conservation, environmental stewardship, and environmental policy. The program seeks to identify future environmental leaders in fields including public policy, engineering, science, education, urban planning and renewal, business, health, justice, and economics.
In early August Udall Scholars take part in a five-day conference in Tucson, Arizona where they meet with other Scholars, elected officials and environmental leaders. Scholars also gain access to a network of environmental policy professionals through the Udall Alumni listserv. Students from all majors are eligible.
Virtual Information Sessions:
Interested but unable to attend? Please contact us at scholarships@umd.edu.
Award amount: The Udall Scholarship provides up to $7,000 for tuition, room and board, or other educational expenses.
Duration: The Udall
UMD campus deadline: Monday, January 18, 2026 – This is to be considered for campus nomination.
Who can apply: U.S. citizens, nationals and permanent residents - sophomores, juniors - GPA of 3.5 or higher recommended - all majors
IMPORTANT: All UMD candidates for Udall Scholarships must be nominated by the University.
Mammalian Community Response to Tropical Storm Helene
PhD Assistantship - Mammalian Community Response to Tropical Storm Helene
Clemson University (State) | https://www.clemson.edu/cafls/
Details
Application Deadline:11/14/2025
Published:10/30/2025
Starting Date:after 1/5/2026
Hours per Week:at least 28
Salary:starting at $35,000 per year
Education Required:Masters
Experience Required:at least 2 years
Location:258 Lehotsky Hall (Clemson, South Carolina) 
Tags:Graduate Opportunities
Description
We are searching for a PhD student to investigate the response mammalian communities to Tropical Storm Helene in western North Carolina. Tropical Storm Helene caused widespread flooding, landslides, and destruction across the southern Appalachian region in September 2024. These impacts caused long-term and potentially permanent changes to terrestrial and aquatic habitat distribution, ecosystem structure, and function. Field evaluations and monitoring are required to understand how baseline ecological conditions changed following these large-scale, geological changes in terrestrial and aquatic habitats.
This specific position is expected to lead field evaluations aimed at understanding the post-disaster status of mammalian species of conservation concern in Nantahala and Pisgah National Forest. The exact species this position focuses on are negotiable, but the list of potential focal taxa include 10 at-risk bat species, Appalachian woodrat, Appalachian cottontail, Carolina northern flying squirrels, and southern water shrew. Importantly, the work of the student will not only help generate a basic understand of distribution and status of these species, but build a detailed understanding of their ecology to guide ongoing forest restoration efforts.
The selected PhD student will join a cohort of graduate students being hired at Clemson University across the fields of forestry, wildlife, fisheries, and fire ecology as part of a large multi-disciplinary, multi-year project. In addition to being able to join this exciting team, the student will have the opportunity to build skills in experimental design, project management and collaborating with multiple federal, state, and non-governmental organizations working to help recovery and restore this ecosystem.
Applicants are required to have a MS in wildlife ecology or a related field, previous experience studying the ecology of small mammals in a field setting and have a valid US driver’s license. Top applicants will have a clear passion for at-risk small mammals and past experience in acoustic and other types of non-invasive monitoring for small mammals. Past evidence of strong scientific writing and basic statistics is highly desired. Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, contact information for 3 references, unofficial transcripts, and a scientific writing sample as a single PDF titled “LastName_PhDapplication” to djachow@clemson.edu. Applications will start being reviewed by November 5, and no applications will be accepted after November 14, 2025. The selected student would ideally start at Clemson in January 2026, although a slightly delayed start in negotiable.
The selected student will be awarded a 4-year graduate assistantship (starting at $35,000/year, health benefits, along with tuition waiver) to attend Clemson University. Grant support covers all field and travel costs for the student, including a large field crew to assist with data collection. The student will be advised by Dr. David Jachowski within the Department of Forestry and Wildlife Conservation. Clemson University is the largest public land grant university in the state of South Carolina and nationally recognized as an R1 (“very high research activity”) institution. Clemson is a small town located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and along the shores of Lake Hartwell. Campus is surrounded by the 17,500-acre Clemson Experimental Forest, providing abundant opportunities for recreation, research and education.
Contact
David Jachowski
djachow@clemson.edu (preferred contact method)
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