Don’t know which Area of Concentration to focus on? Which courses you should be taking? Which count as required and which as electives? Navigating through courses for your Environmental Sciences degree can be tough and confusing. Come to ESSA’s Degree Planning event where you can talk to upper year students in Environmental Science and Tara Ivanochko, a program advisor.
When: Sept. 30, 12:30pm-1:30pm
Where: ESSA Club Room, EOSM 208J
Join our Facebook event! Click here
ESSA is looking for year reps and a VP Recreation! Nominations will be open from Sept. 15 (12 am) – Sept. 21 (11:59pm). Email essa.ubc@gmail.com with subject line “ESSA Nominations 2014” and include a <100 word blurb about yourself!
Year reps are responsible for connecting students in their year with ESSA. VP Recreation is responsible for organizing rec events such as intramural sports, storm the wall, hikes ect.
We are also looking for people to join our sustainability committee, which will focus on campus sustainability activities!
Hope to have you on our team!
ESSA Execs
Hello ENSC students!
Ever wonder what your prof is like outside of the classroom? Want to make friends in Environmental Science? All ENSC students and professors of ENSC related courses are welcome to come chat at Koerner’s Pub on Sept. 22 from 7-8:30pm! Get to know one another, network and socialize. There will be free appies for those who get there early!
ESSA Exec
Here’s a poster, for your viewing pleasure:
MEETYOURPROF
Welcome back to another school year, fellow students! ESSA wants to welcome all returning and new ENSC students with free pizza and pop! Stop by the ESSA club room on Sept. 16 at 5pm for some food and friends.
Hope to see you there,
ESSA Execs
To view a PDF version of our newsletter, click here: NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2014
Message from Co-Presidents:
HELLO! Our executive team is very excited for your return this September. We hope to make this year better and more memorable for students like yourself. Please make sure you keep an eye out for ESSA! Here’s a list of important dates you don’t want to miss. Feel free to come and introduce yourself to any of our executive members. We look forward to meeting you!
-Brianne and Jessica
IMPORTANT DATES
September 2- EOAS Imagine Day @ ESB (11-2PM) + Sports Day(2-5PM) + Coppertank
Remember to come by the ESSA booth on Imagine Day to learn about ESSA and how you can get involved. Sign-up to become a member to get free access to all ESSA events! The booth will be inside ESB starting at 11am, then moving out to the field beside ESB/EOSM at 2pm.
From 2-5PM ESSA will be hosting Sports Day in collaboration with all EOAS undergraduate clubs. We welcome you to join us outside the Magma Café to play some games and get to know each other. And don’t forget to stick around afterwards when we will head out for drinks at Coppertank. Everyone is welcome!
September 15- Elections
A great way to get involved with ESSA is to run for a year-rep position. Elections will be starting the third week of September, along with applications for our education outreach and sustainability committee. Join our Facebook group and sign up for our email list to make sure you don’t miss out on more information about this.
September 19- Photo Contest DEADLINE
Show us where your environmental science degree has taken you this summer by submitting any pictures you took to essa.ubc@gmail.com. The person with the most liked photo will win a $25 gift card!
GET INVOLVED
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN REACH US AT ESSA@GMAIL.COM, OR EOS MAIN 208J
The deadlines for ENVR 200, 300 and 400 term projects are fast-approaching. If you think you’d like a second opinion on your project, and if you’re interested in what your peers are working on, be sure to attend ESSA’s Peer Review Event next week on Monday, 5-7PM @ EOSM 121. You bring a copy of your project (limit – about 10 pages), you and your peers will provide excellent peer review, and ESSA will provide refreshments!
Check out our event page on Facebook!
https://www.facebook.com/events/659012624144694/
Take a look at who’s officially coming to the Career Fair! This document contains all the organizations that are coming, names of the representatives from the organization and short biographies on the organization.
ESSA will be hosting a networking workshop for all Environmental Science Students on February 27th, 5pm in the ESSA clubroom (EOSM 208J)! We will have a special guest from UBC’s career services giving a presentation, so save the date!
Hi there!
ESSA will be hosting our annual career fair on March 6th, 2014 from 5-7pm in the Earth Sciences Building. The event is FREE for ESSA members and $5 for non-members.
Come meet scientists working in environmental science related fields and get to know how their degree and experiences have helped them get to where they are today.
This year’s guests include:
AMEC
BC Ministry of Environment
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS)
Dillon Consulting
The Dogwood Initiative
ES Crop Consultant
Hatfield Consultants
Living Oceans Society
Metro Vancouver Parks
School of Population and Public Health
Stantec
TetraTech
Triton Consulting
UBC Education
UBC Risk Management Services
UBC Centre for Student Involvement and Careers (CSIC)
BC Ministry of Environment
Lesperance Mendes Lawyers
Join the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/298908866926932/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular
See you there!
ESSA Execs
| Don’t know how to write a resume? Want to make your resume better? Come join ESSA in our Resume Workshop.Hatinder Hari from Career Services will be doing a short presentation on how to write a resume and will be here to help you.
Bring a hard copy of your resume and cover letter (job description optional)! February 4, 5-6:30pm @EOSM 208J |