[Geoldept] AGI Graduating Student Survey

[Bernard Housen]

Hi geostudents,
If you are graduating this year (including after summer field courses), with a BA, BS or MS degree from our department, I encourage you to complete this survey for the American Geosciences Institute. This survey is designed to provide the profession, and our own department, with important information about your career plans and your educational experiences. These reports are valuable for our own planning purposes, and they are also useful for the department to use to advocate for resources.

The web link, and "secret code token" you need to access and complete the survey are below, in bold.

Thanks

Bernie Housen

Dear Graduating Student,
Congratulations on completing your geosciences degree!  The American Geosciences Institute is asking for your help.  For those of you that are unfamiliar with AGI, it is a nonprofit federation of 50 different geoscientific and professional associations that represents the majority of the geosciences community.  We provide information to geoscientists, as well as serve as a voice for shared interests of the geosciences community.
AGI is conducting a research study looking at the immediate career plans for students graduating with a geoscience degree, as well as the students' education, research, and internship experiences leading up to graduation.  This will be the first major study or its kind for geoscience majors.  With job availability recently becoming a major issue in this country, many with the geoscience community have been wondering about how recently graduating students are faring in the job market, and this survey will begin to answer that question.
For this study, AGI would appreciate your time and attention to AGI's National Geoscience Student Exit Survey.  We would like to better understand your background, experiences in the geosciences, and immediate path after graduation.  Your responses will be included with your peers across the United States in order to get a regional and national understanding of the recent geoscience graduate.  We want to emphasize that your participation in the survey is completely voluntary and will not affect your future in the workforce.  We will not share any personal information you decide to provide without your explicit permission.

To access the survey:
Survey:  http://bit.ly/1nJ4k49
Token: prdb4

AGI really appreciates your consideration to participate in this research study.  If you have any questions or would like more information, please feel free to contact Carolyn Wilson by email: cwilson at americangeosciences.org<mailto:cwilson at americangeosciences.org> or my phone: (703) 379-2480.
Sincerely,
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Carolyn Wilson
Geoscience Workforce Data Analyst
American Geosciences Institute


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Dr. Bernard Housen, PhD, LG
Professor and Chair, Geology Department
Western Washington University
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