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Students Learn About Scientific Careers by Job Shadowing at National Wetlands Research Center
On the basis of the students' interests, USGS contractor Susan Horton (with IAP World Services, Inc.) designed schedules that allowed each student to spend time with biologists, geographers, and computer scientists in order to gain a realistic perspective of these careers. The scientists, both USGS employees and IAP World Services contractors, talked honestly with the students, sharing their life stories, educational choices, career paths, and, most importantly, the passion they feel for their work. In the words of 8th-grader Katie May from Edgar Martin Middle School: "I just wanted to thank you for letting me job-shadow at the Wetlands Center. It was a great opportunity for me, and I enjoyed it. I think that my favorite part was working with the amphibians that you have there. It gave me a kind of hands-on experience with handling animals. I hope that you keep doing job shadowing at the Wetlands Center because I know that anyone else who would come to job-shadow would have a blast. Tell the rest of the scientists that I visited thank you for showing me what it is really like to do their jobs. Once again, thank you for letting me come and job-shadow. I will never forget it." Staff assisting with computer-science job shadowing included Chris Cretini (USGS), Adrienne Garber, Dayna Price, and Joey Richard (contractors) and Kevin Suir and Liz Hollerman (student interns). Those assisting in the biological sciences included Lori Randall, Ches Vervaeke, John McCoy, and Jacoby Carter (USGS) and Samantha Hill, Amy Bunch, Sergio Merino, Melissa Collins, Carrie Jobe, Kim Zeno, and Will Hedge (contractors). Also, scientists Joy Merino, Patty Rosel, and Nikki Vollmer of the National Marine Fisheries Service generously spent time sharing their research with students interested in marine biology.
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in this issue:
Beam Time at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Tar Balls Washed Onto California Beaches USGS Scientists Judge Science Fairs Job Shadowing at National Wetlands Research Center Florida Shelf Mapping Workshop Identifies State Priorities New Research Oceanographer Joins Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team New Research Geologist Joins Western Coastal and Marine Geology Team Four New Postdoctoral Fellows Will Research Coastal and Marine Topics
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