Bioenvironmental Science

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Bioenvironmental Science

• Career Opportunities and Other Assorted Pertinent
  Information You Cant Live Without!

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So you dont want a desk job!
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Percentages of BESC Students and Where They Go to
Work

• 25 Go to some sort of professional school
• 25 Go into an environmental consulting field
  with a private company- (large or small).
• 25 Go into some sort of governmental job.

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• 25 Walk the stage, receive their diploma, and
  I NEVER hear from them again!!!!!!

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The Prefix BIO

• In Bioenvironmental Science is there on
  purpose!!!!!!

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Professional Schools

• Medical School
• Nursing School
• Dental School
• Vet School
• PA (Physician Asst) School
• Pharmacy School

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LAW SCHOOL

• tu Law School
• Notre Dame
• South Texas School of Law
• Texas Tech
• Lewis and Clark - Oregon
• St. Marys Law School - San Antonio

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Former President George Bush, BESC grads Cheryl
Brady 00, and Kami Jones 99 at the Bush School
of Public Service.
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Grad Schools in various disciplines

• Bush School of Public Service Texas AM
• TAMU Rangeland Ecology
• TAMU Toxicology
• TAMU Plant Pathology
• TAMU Nutrition Science
• University of California Davis
• Rice
• UTSA
• U of H Clear Lake
• Washington State University

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Environmental Consulting

• Large Companies
• Burns and McDonnell
• Baker Petrolite
• Coastal Products and Chemicals
• Dupont
• Shell Oil
• CH2MHill
• URS Corporation
• Metco

• Small Companies
• GZA Environmental
• Westward Environmental Inc.
• Geo Search
• Onyx Environmental
• Ecology and Environment Inc.
• Lynntech

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Dr. Charles Kenerley Instructor BESC 402
Ramsey Muallem BESC 01
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Governmental Jobs

• City of Austin
• Port of Houston
• Lower Colorado River Authority
• EPA
• Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ
  formerly TNRCC)
• U.S. Navy
• Edwards Underground Water District

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How Do I Get These Jobs?

• INTERNSHIPS
• BESC RESOURCE ROOM
• CAREER FAIRS
• CO-OPS

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How Do I Get These Jobs?

• TAMU Career Center
• PHONEBOOK !
• ONLINE SEARCH
• NAEP (TAMU Student Chapter of the National
  Association of Environmental Professionals)

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INTERNSHIPS
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BESC former student Lisa James during her
Congressional internship with Pete Sessions
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CO-OPS
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Former BESC student Cari Bing 01 with George
Foreman during her Co-Op with General Electric
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NON-TRADITIONAL JOBS
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WHAT ARE SOME OF THE JOBS FORMER STUDENTS ARE
DOING?

• Photographer
• Navy Seal
• Air Force Pilot
• Hunting/Fishing Guide
• Transportation Researcher
• Dentist

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• Distance Education Coordinator
• Surveyor
• Customer Relations Manager
• High School Teacher
• GIS Coordinator
• Cytogenetics Technician
• Dental Hygienist

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USEFUL INFORMATION

• TCEQ web address- www.tceq.state.tx.us
• TDA web address- www.agr.state.tx.us
• Department web address- www.plantpathology.tamu.e
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