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You Make The Road

Conclusion

Getting Involved = Good Resume

Start thinking about your academic career now!

  • Use social media to explore your interests
  • Get involved
  • Build resume
  • Search for internships
  • Build network

"Writing is the most disciplined form of thinking" (Murray, 1984)

  • Critical skill that must be developed

University Groups:

  • UTEP Sustainability
  • SEEDS
  • SACNAS
  • First Year Incoming Scholars (FYI Scholars)
  • Movimiento Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlan (M.E.Ch.A.)
  • Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance (FMLA)

Local Organizations:

  • El Paso Master Gardeners
  • Velo Paso
  • El Paso Permaculture Group
  • La Semilla FC
  • Café Mayapan

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

  • Clean it up!
  • Be careful with posts
  • Potential employers

LinkedIn "World's Largest Professional Network"

  • Social business card
  • Resume
  • Background
  • Education
  • Email spam

Getting Ready for Internships

Volunteering on Campus

  • Labs in the Biology, Chemistry, Geology, & Physics

Informational Interviews

  • Point is to learn something
  • Do your research and have questions prepared

Useful Websites:

  • REU opportunities- http://goo.gl/D3zfjF
  • SEEDS- http://goo.gl/TLu9m0
  • USAJobs (EPA and USFS)- http://goo.gl/CsJkCN
  • Texas Parks and Wildlife- http://goo.gl/GLDEDL
  • Conservation Corps- http://goo.gl/Kzd1qM

Professional Writing

Explore your Interests with Social Media

Keywords

#SWclimate

#renewableenergy

#waterconservation

#drought

#greenbuilding

#litterati

People

@TheScienceGuy

@neiltyson

@TucsonPeck

News Sources

@Grist

@ClimateDesk

@thinkprogress

Organizations

@EPA

@nature_org

@ESA_org

@NSF

@EPPermaculture

@eco_elpaso

@LaSemillaFC

Clear, concise writing is an important and vital skill in the sciences.

  • Lab reports, synthesizing data, technical documents, informational text, websites, blogs, senior thesis, proposals, graduate school etc.
  • Constantly improve

University Writing Center

  • Library 227

Email etiquette

  • Subject (heading), body, closing statement, signature
  • Brief, Precise, and Concise

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