As current and former “residents” of Weeks Hall, geoscience students and alumni have a lot in common. The Board of Visitors’ Alumni Mentor Program can match grad and undergrad students with geoscience alumni. These alumni volunteer to assist with friendly and knowledgeable career advice, either by phone, email, or in person.
If you have questions about the Alumni Mentor Program please contact Tom Holley at: tkholley@UH.EDU
Testimonial:
“As a graduate student that has returned to school after a few years in the ‘real world,’ working for the National Park Service and teaching physical geography at UW-Platteville, I think that I can say definitively that one of the greatest strengths of Madison’s department is the love and commitment shown to it by its graduates. The professors and the research are of course topnotch, but I think what sets apart UW-Madison’s program from so many others are the extra opportunities that are provided to students as a result of the generosity of the alumni. The mentoring event is just a small, but important, example of that. I understand that it has been an annual or semi-annual tradition for a few years now and I hope that it continues as it gives students, I think, insights into industry and other ‘real-world’ opportunities that are generally not available from professors. I fear that you and the others who so graciously traveled to Madison, in part for this event, might not think that your efforts are appreciated by the department’s students, as we as a whole I think are too quiet at times, so I wanted to reassure you that I for one really value the mentoring event and hope that it continues in the future. “ – Dept. of Geoscience Graduate Student, 2010
| Mentors | |
| Tom Holley, BOV Mentor Coordinator Director, Petroleum Engineering Program University of Houston PhD 1982, Physics Email Tom: tkholley@uh.edu |
Ken Bradbury Wisconsin Geological & Natural History Survey PhD 1982 Email Ken: krbradbu@wisc.edu |
| Paul LaPointe Golder Associates, Inc. MS 1976, PhD 1980 (Mining Engineering) Email Paul: Paul_Lapointe@golder.com |
Tim Lee Dundee Securities, Toronto MS 1999 Email Tim: tleegold@gmail.com |
| M. Carol McCartney Wisconsin Geological & Natural History Survey MS 1975, PhD 1979 Email Carol: mmccartney@wisc.edu |
Bill Morgan Geoscience Fellow, ConocoPhillips BS 1975, MS 1977 Email Bill: w.a.morgan@conocophillips.com |
| Brooke Norsted The Geology Museum MS 2003 Email Brooke: brooke@geology.wisc.edu |
Kuwanna Dyer Pietras SUNY Binghamton MS 2005 Email Kuwanna: dyerpiet@binghamton.edu |
| Ben Peotter Ayres Associates Environmental Services BS 1999 Email Ben: PeotterB@ayresassociates.com |
Jamie Robertson Salt Creek Petroleum MS 1972, PhD 1975 Email Jamie: jdrrannoch@sbcglobal.net |
| Mark Solien Exxon Mobil BS 1970, MS 1976 Email Mark: masolien@gmail.com |
Bill Fitchen Zubair Project, Oxy Support Services LLC BS 1987, MA, PhD Email Bill: William_Fitchen@oxy.com |