Events

A webinar discussion looking at current and upcoming geoscience workforce trends with a deeper dive on the implications in the current employment landscape. We will look at employer needs for skills and competencies, including new skills/competencies that are expected to become more prominent in the coming years.

Speakers: Christopher Keane and Leila Gonzales, American Geosciences Institute.

Join AGI staff to explore new and expanded resources on the redesigned AGI Geoscience Profession website. This session will introduce practical tools faculty, advisors, departments, and program leaders can use to support student learning, career exploration, and understanding of the geoscience profession. The webinar will also introduce new additions to the site, including the AGI Policy App, new collections of visual explainers, and the Geoscience News page, and updates to the geoscience profession data dashboard. We will explore how these resources can be used in advising, coursework, student professional development, and conversations about geoscience careers, workforce trends, policy, and society. The webinar will also show how the redesigned site makes it easier to find resources by audience, subject area, or need.

Building on the themes that arose in the May session, this webinar focuses on translating institutional mission and values into concrete action within the academic landscape. It is not enough to merely know what should be done—faculty and leaders must have the practice, skill, and confidence to take action, especially when facing difficult personalities, conversations, or situations.

Participants will be introduced to practical tools and skills for navigating difficult situations and making challenging decisions, and practice applying them through targeted case studies.

Speaker: C.K. Gunsalus, Author of The College Administrator's Survival Guide, Director of the National Center for Principled Leadership & Research Ethics (NCPRE)

The presentation slides are available here.