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Corporations and Geologists in Industry:

An Important Role with GSA

GSA and the GSA Foundation have long partnered with corpora- membership worked collaboratively leading up to the 2019 Annual
tions in both support and programmatic involvement. While contrib- Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, to incorporate career webinars
uted funds are vital to the existence of many programs, so is the and onsite components into a well-rounded program for students and
hands-on, engaged participation of companies and their employees. early career attendees. Six representatives from Chesapeake attended
We appreciate that our partners are highly committed to the next the meeting as part of GeoCareers, including a human resources rep-
generation of geoscience talent. Chesapeake Energy Corporation is resentative with whom students found great advantage in talking.
one of those—supporting programs through both funding and inter- We are pleased that JP will continue in his role as GeoCareers com-
action with GSA students through committed employees who volun- mittee chair for 2020; we value his enthusiasm and support for the
teer their time and share their experience directly. During GSA’s 2018 program rooted in his first-hand experience. In each year of participa-
Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, tion, Chesapeake reviewed more than 100 graduate students at GSA
Chesapeake was present not only as an exhibitor and sponsor of the and interviewed about 20 people. Four out of 24 total interns over the
GeoCareers program, but also with employees actively engaged in the past two years (summer hires for 2019 and 2020) have come from
meeting overall, attending posters, technical sessions, and events. GSA, and of those four, three represented students from schools new
JP Dube, geoscience manager, found great benefit in all the ways that to the company. One of their 2019 interns from GSA is returning for a
the company was involved: “I think that sometimes petroleum geosci- second internship this coming summer.
entists forget that GSA is their society too. By encouraging and sup- This partnership represents a depth and breadth of collaboration
porting attendance to the GSA Annual Meeting and Exposition, between GSA and corporations that reaches far beyond a one-time
Chesapeake has been able to take advantage of a strong technical pro- financial contribution to a program. We value the support of our part-
gram rooted in fundamentals, network with partners and stakeholders ners and the devoted time of their employees to GSA students and
in geoscience, and supplement our college recruiting efforts with an efforts. Together, we can maximize the collective ability to foster cur-
improved level of quality and diversity.” rent and future leaders in the geoscience community. We strive to
JP believed their involvement to be so beneficial that he accepted engage business and industry as a positive force to advance science,
an invitation from GSA’s then-president Robbie Gries to chair an ad stewardship, and service, joining with corporations to have a mean-
hoc committee for the 2019 GeoCareers program. With a strong focus ingful impact. If you want to learn how you or your employer can join
on engaging companies more deeply with GSA, JP and other repre- these efforts, please contact Debbie Marcinkowski at +1-303-357-1047
sentatives from various industry sectors, academia, and student or dmarcinkowski@geosociety.org.

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