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
Email etiquette
- Subject (heading), body, closing statement, signature
- Brief, Precise, and Concise