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Mentoring Tomorrow’s Geoscience

Leaders at the 2022 Section Meetings

The Geological Society of America (GSA) GeoCareers Program Students said:
provides mentoring and career pathway events at all meetings. At “The student mentor luncheons were both amazing and very infor-
Section Meetings, students are invited to participate in the Roy J. mative. I had a great experience. Thank you!!”
Shlemon Mentor Program in Applied Geology and the John Mann
Mentors in Applied Hydrogeology Program. These popular events, “Being able to pick at the mentors’ brains and ask as many ques-
supported by the GSA Foundation through gifts from Roy J. Shlemon tions as I could was one of the most valuable experiences to have
and John Mann, are designed to extend the mentoring reach of indi- right before graduation.”
vidual professionals. Together, mentor volunteers and students meet
in a relaxing, informal setting to discuss careers in geology. Mentors said:
In 2022, there were Shlemon and Mann Programs and Career “As a professional, I appreciated the many student mentorship
Exploration Workshops at each of the four Section Meetings. There opportunities and career panels aimed at demonstrating what
were 213 students and 29 mentors who participated in the Shlemon diverse ‘professional geology’ career paths look like.”
Program; 115 students and 21 mentors attended the Mann Program;
and 74 students and 13 mentors for the Career Exploration GSA gratefully acknowledges the following mentors for their
Workshop. As a result of these events, new friendships were made, individual gifts of time and for sharing their insight with students.
and professional contacts were established that will last well into To learn more about these programs, or to be a mentor at a future
the future. Additionally, both mentors and students left the events Section Meeting, please contact Jennifer Nocerino, jnocerino@
expressing feelings of personal and professional growth. geosociety.org.

THE ROY J. SHLEMON MENTOR PROGRAM IN APPLIED GEOLOGY
Helping Mentor Students Since 1996

SOUTH-CENTRAL SECTION NORTHEASTERN SECTION
Susan Eriksson, Eriksson Associates Erika Amir-Lin, Weston & Sampson
Will Ernst, National Association of State Boards of Geology Drew Andrews, Kentucky Geological Survey
Aaron Bierly, DCNR: Bureau of Geological Survey
CORDILLERAN–ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTIONS Teresa Bowers, Gradient
Mairin Balisi, La Brea Tar Pits and Museum David Crotsley, HDR Engineering Inc.
Katharine Dahm, U.S. Geological Survey Mary DiGiacomo-Cohen, U.S. Geological Survey
Carla Eichler, Oklahoma Geological Survey Morgan Disbrow-Monz, Geological Society of America
Rebecca Finger-Higgens, U.S. Geological Survey Will Ernst, Association of State Boards of Geology
Randall Irmis, Natural History Museum of Utah Samantha Stenson, Leidos
Lily Jackson, University of Wyoming
Dallin Laycock, ConocoPhillips Canada NORTH-CENTRAL–SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS
Martin Messmer, Department of the Interior Kenneth Czoer, Applied Science and Engineering LLC
Jessica Preston, Republic Services Erika Danielsen, Ohio Geological Survey
William Schenck, Association of State Boards of Geology Morgan Disbrow-Monz, Geological Society of America
Eugene Szymanski, Utah Geological Survey Grant Elliott, Groff Engineering
Erik Haroldson, Austin Peay State University
Arthur Merschat, U.S. Geological Survey
Jeff Oslund, Anadarko (retired)

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