Our location in Indianapolis allow you to complete research or internships with government and industry leaders. There are a variety of career opportunities in environmental sciences, earth sciences, and geology.
Students with bachelor’s degrees are prepared for entry level positions in local, state, federal government, consulting, private labs and research firms, or land trusts. Students who complete graduate degrees take on management roles in government organizations or do research at universities, government agencies, and think tanks.
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women geoscientists are important because we have another perspective in a field dominated by men women being scientists is just another way for us to bring our perspective to the field everyone should be able to be a geoscientist if they want to we are breaking down barriers that have not been broken [Music] before I'll meet GS scientists who work on Research that's related to um medicine or water quality or what's found in rocks and I also get to travel a bit for research which is always amazing actually I didn't have a a model and I think if I become a women scientist maybe some girls will uh realize it is not very difficult uh to be a woman scientist one day at the site when I was working in the pit um The W was just about to faill and I was able to evacuate the people who were working in the pit about 20 people and because of me 20 people did not die that is my greatest achievement as a geot technical engineer and I'm very proud of that I learned of in Goro Goro Valley's volcanoes and I learned how that um composition changed within the landscape and how it affected people being being able to look at a cutout and understand each layer on its own was really a beautiful thing that made me feel competent and like I could contribute to both myself and the people around me I work for the Department of Environmental Management and I am a technical Environmental Specialist what I actually do at work is uh help write policy and uh make rules when we get statutes I worked for Environ forensics it's an environmental consulting firm in Indianapolis I'm a project manager every day is something different it's a challenge I solve complex environmental problems [Music]