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Local Professionals conduct Mock Interviews for Professional Development Seminar

Professional Development Seminar: Mock Interviews

Last week, local environmental professionals conducted mock interviews with EPM students to help them prepare for the real thing. Continuing EPM students are now interviewing for summer internships while expected graduates are well into their job search. Each interviewer took a group of four students and took turns interviewing them over the span of an hour.

EPM students host EProM

EPM students Amanda DeMarco, Emily Zakowski, Sarah Farnsworth and Sophie Nazeri have worked hard over the last eight months to organize the last EPM social event of the year-- EProM!

Student Spotlight- Nick Taylor

Nick is from Oakland, CA. He completed his BS in Biology from UC Merced. While he was there, he began working for the National Park Service, where he will be completing his practicum.

EPM students meeting members of the External Advisory Committee

EPM welcomes External Advisory Committee

On March 13th, EPM welcomed the members of the External Advisory Committee (EAC) to campus to meet with program faculty, staff and students. The EAC is a group of professionals from various environmental institutions who advise the program on professional development training and new opportunities to connect to the environmental community.

You can view bios of our External Advisory Committee here.

Faculty Spotlight- Fran Moore

Faculty Spotlight Fran Moore Fran is an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Science and Policy department at UC Davis. She's been teaching at Davis for about three years. Fran studies climate change impacts, primarily from an economic perspective. She grew up in London, but moved to the US for college when she was 18. You'll be teaching the Policy Clinic next quarter.

Environmental Policy & Management student Chi-Has

Student Spotlight- Chi-Hai Kalita

January's student spotlight features 1st year student Chi-Hai Kalita. Chi-Hai earned her BS in Biology and Environmental Studies from the George Washington University. After graduating, she spent two years collecting fisheries data for the National Marine Fisheries Service in Alaska which inspired her decision to pursue a degree in resource management.

Dr. Keith Taylor, UC Cooperative Extension

Professional Development Seminar- Guest speaker Dr. Keith Taylor

Professional Development Seminar guest speaker, Dr. Keith Taylor is the Assistant Economic Development Specialist in Cooperative Extension, University of California.

EPM faculty Eric Post elected to AAAS

Congratulations to EPM executive committee and faculty member Eric Post for his election to the American Association for the Advancement of Science for his work on the impact of climate change on wildlife conservation and ecosystem function.

AEP at UCD student officers and AEP Superior Chapter guests

EPM students launch AEP chapter at UC Davis

EPM student Tiffany Hoang led the launch of an Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP) student chapter at UC Davis. The AEP at UCD chapter welcomed Janet Dallas and Patrick Angell, both AEP Superior California Chapter board members, for an informational session held at 3rd and U cafe.

Aston Tennefoss, Environmental Policy & Management alumni's Practicum Report

Aston Tennefoss' Practicum Project with the Office of the Delta Watermaster

Aston Tennefoss is a graduate of the Master of Science in Environmental Policy and Management program. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington. He has worked in business and information technology consulting for nearly a decade. An avid rower, he is Board President of River City Rowing Club.

This post was written by Aston about his practicum experience.

Environmental Policy & Management students at the pumpkin patch.

EPM's Pumpkin Social

EPM's first social event of the year!

Amanda DeMarco and Emily Zakowski, co-presidents in charge of organizing social events for students, faculty and staff related to the EPM program organized the first event of the 2018-2019 school year. Students met at Cool Patch Pumpkins to make their way through the corn maze & pick pumpkins!

EPM student, Emily Zakowski, at the Global Climate Action Summit.

Emily Zakowski’s Experience as a Delegate at the Global Climate Action Summit

In mid-September, the Global Climate Action Summit took place in San Francisco, CA, originally home to the Ohlone people. Several speakers at the Summit and its affiliate events, including CA Senator Ben Allen, recognized and honored the land on which I, along with climate leaders from around the world, gathered for the week to discuss and make commitments to climate change solutions.

Indigenous people and other marginalized groups were not only recognized at the Summit, but their voices were amplified in the urgent call for climate action.

Mark Schwartz photo, academic adviser for the Environmental Policy & Management program

Faculty Spotlight- Mark Schwartz

Faculty Spotlight Mark Schwartz Mark earned his MS from the University of Minnesota in 1985, his PhD from Florida State University in Biology in 1990 and has been working at UC Davis since 1994. Mark is a plant ecologist by training but believes that conservation scientist is what would describe him best at this time in his career. We asked Mark some questions so that students can get to know him a bit better. Tell us about your research?

I work on three areas of research.

Tiffany Hoang, current Environmental Policy & Management student

Student Spotlight- Tiffany Hoang

Student Spotlight Tiffany Hoang Tiffany Hoang is a student in the UC Davis M.S. Environmental Policy and Management Program, expected class of 2019, specializing in city in regional planning. She holds a B.S.

Emily, a student in the Master of Science in Environmental Policy and Management program at the University of California, Davis

Student Spotlight- Emily Zakowski

Student spotlight for Emily Zakowski, a student in the EPM program in the expected class of 2019.