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Member Symposium: Preparing for the Future - What Every Student Should Know About Getting a Job or Finding a Career

Tuesday, November 17, 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
200 A (Convention Center)
Organizers:
Janet Hurley
Robert Davis


8:00 AM
0970
Introductions, goal of the session, the benefits of unpaid work to help make you a better candidate and employee
Janet Hurley, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
8:20 AM
0971
Your transcript as your resume: Classes to consider outside of entomology
Allison Taisey, Cornell University ; Jim Fredericks, National Pest Management Association
8:40 AM
0972
Career development survival guide: Keys to success from the interview forward
Mike Culy, Dow AgroSciences
9:00 AM
0973
Outstanding ways to stand out: Certification and other signs of professionalism
Chris Stelzig, Entomological Society of America
9:20 AM
Break
9:40 AM
0974
A career in public health entomology: It's not just vector management
Mustapha Debboun, Harris County Public Health & Environmental Services
10:00 AM
0975
A career in the military as an entomologist - environmental health specialist
Donald Teig, US Air Force
10:20 AM
0976
Urban pest management: It’s not your father’s pest control
Mark D. Sheperdigian, Rose Pest Solutions
10:40 AM
0977
Working in the field: Applied entomology in the agricultural fields of Texas
Blayne Reed, Texas AgriLife Extension
11:00 AM
0978
Opportunities available and preparation for careers in industry
Robert Davis, BASF Corporation
11:20 AM
0979
Entomology in industry: What’s my job today and how do I keep up?
John Greenplate, Monsanto Company
11:40 AM
1956
A magnificent career in research without lifting a test tube or seeing a soybean field
Sally Rockey, Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
12:00 PM
Lunch and Learn - Round table discussions with speakers
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