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1st Annual Bioeconomy Career Day event on January 15th

Are you a student who is exploring prospective majors and who is interested in future careers in the environment and/or sustainability areas?  If so, please consider attending all or parts of this event; we would love to meet you.

The Bioresource Science and Engineering major in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences is hosting its first annual Bioeconomy Career Day in the HUB room 337(morning) and room 334 (afternoon) on Wednesday January 15th.  Agendas are below.  If you are interested in attending all or parts of the event(s), please register at the pertinent link(s) below:

Career Panel and Company Presentations (9-11:30am in HUB 337):  https://uw.joinhandshake.com/stu/events/1656474

Lunch in HUB 334 (no registration required):  11:30am-1pm

Career Fair (1pm-3pm in HUB 334):  https://uw.joinhandshake.com/stu/events/1656875

Please register as space is limited.  The event is hosted by Ed Draper, the Director of our non-profit organization affiliated with the BSE major (the WPPF).  If you want to learn more about the Bioproducts Industry and learn more about the some of the companies working in this area, please attend!

Agenda for morning event:

HUB 337

9am – 10am – Career Panel with BSE Alumni

  • Ed will start with the questions for the panelist, but hopes you will bring your questions about being new engineers and graduating with a BSE degree.

10am – 11:30am – Company Presentations on Sustainability and Presentation information if available

  • Companies Presenting:
    • Perca – Using earthworms to remove toxins from solids waste
    • Georgia Pacific – Project Juno – Taking landfill waste and extracting recyclables such as paper, glass and plastics for new uses.
    • Lundberg LLC – Tall Oil recovery design
    • AxChem
    • Inland Empire – Using waste (Fly Ash) for a new agricultural product
    • Solenis – Sustainable Chemistry in the Molded Fiber Industry
    • Nippon Dynawave

HUB 334

11:30am – Lunch (Pizza) with companies representatives (Sponsored by AxChem)

Agenda for Afternoon event

HUB 334

1pm – 3pm Career Fair

Questions?

 

Please direct all event questions to Ed Draper – his contact information is at the bottom of this message.

Please direct all questions about the BSE major to me, such as questions about course requirements, placement into the BSE major, or want to talk about whether this is a major that would be a good fit for you.  You can also self-schedule an advising appointment at this link.

Sandra Maddox

Undergraduate Advisor

School of Environmental and Forest Sciences