During the final year of my Master’s, from 2022 – 2023, I chose to become the graduate advisor of SUNY ESF’s student chapter of The Wildlife Society (TWS). Previously I had served as...Read More
Up until mid-2021, much of my work and experience had been both volunteer- and research-based. I had mostly worked either independently or as an assistant (an exception being my time as president of a...Read More
My first semester of graduate school was marked by many major life changes, not least by a move from Tucson, Arizona to Syracuse, New York. Combined with starting my Master’s program virtually due t...Read More
Many universities have a club or organization for graduate students dedicated to organizing events, workshops, seminars, and fun activities, providing funds for research or travel to professional deve...Read More
Let me just start by saying this: getting into graduate school in the natural resources profession is very different from other areas of study. My brother, who is a software engineer and holds both a ...Read More
The advice laid out here to build a strong CV in natural resources is adapted from a lecture by Dr. John Koprowski, a former professor at my undergraduate institution. You may find some things here th...Read More
Without a doubt one of the best decisions I made my sophomore year (fall 2017) was to join the University of Arizona Student Chapters of the American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society. Beside...Read More
Obviously since I’m still a student, there’s no way I’ll be able to hit on every important point regarding building a career in the field of natural resources. I still have much to learn too and...Read More
Due to my high performance in the field botany lab (RNR 230) I took in the fall of 2016, the professor offered me the position of preceptor for the following fall semester in 2017. A preceptor is an u...Read More