Environment Virginia announces 2008 College Career Night!

Reported in the Wall Street Journal Online, a MonsterTRAK.com poll on green employment has found that “80% of young professionals are interested in securing a job that has a positive impact on the environment” (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119492843191791132.html). Whether students applied to their majors with the environment in mind, or have become interested in the growth of “green” over the past couple of years, many organizations are focused on the environment these days, and are looking for the talent to achieve eco-friendly goals.

To help connect these organizations with this talent, the Virginia Military Institute Research Laboratories is pleased to announce it will host a Career Night April 2, 2008 in conjunction with the 19th Annual Environment Virginia Symposium at the Virginia Military Institute! We are excited to organize this inaugural event for Environment Virginia, and hope to have participation from students at your school. Environment Virginia is currently inviting sponsors and exhibitors to commit to the conference this year. Previous supporters of the conference include several state agencies, major state and regional businesses, engineering firms, law firms, and not-for-profit organizations. The conference houses 84 exhibit booths during the three-day conference, where several professionals conduct business and network. A list of last year’s sponsors and exhibitors can be found below. This event has been asked for by several organizations associated with the event, so support for your students will be of high importance!

We have set aside time specifically for students to visit exhibit booths before the Wednesday evening Environment Virginia Banquet, and students will be invited to stay to enjoy one of the conference’s Keynote Speakers, dinner, and the Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards afterwards. We do ask that students register for the conference if they are attending this event. The registration fee for students for the conference are extremely low, only $25, compared to regular registration fees. With registration to the conference, your students will be able to attend any of the conference speakers and workshops over the three-day conference as well, in addition to the Career Night. We will have staff to check in pre-registered students at the door of the conference hall, and to register students who have not done so beforehand online. There will also be online kiosks at the conference that the student may register at.

We hope your best and brightest environmental sciences, engineering, business, public health, and agriculture students will join us for this event!

2007 Hosts, Sponsors, and Exhibitors

2007 Hosts: Virginia Departments of Environmental Quality; Conservation and Recreation; and Health, United States Army Corps of Engineers (Norfolk District), Virginia Environmental Endowment, Virginia Military Institute Research Laboratories, Inc.

2007 Supporting Organizations: Virginia Departments of Forestry; Historic Resources; Game and Inland Fisheries; and the Marine Resources Commission 

2007 Sponsors:

Benefactors - Honeywell, Norfolk Southern Corporation, O'Brien and Gere, Philip Morris USA, Smithfield Foods, Virginia Manufacturer's Association Outreach, Waste Management of Virginia Inc.

Contributors - Appalachian Power, Commonwealth Onsite Solutions, Coors Brewing Company, DEQ Brownfields, Dominion, E.I. duPont deNemours, Earth Tech, Inc., Environmental Services & Consulting, LLC, Froehling and Robertson, Georgia-Pacific, Hunton and Williams LLP, International Paper, Lees Carpets, Luck Stone Corporation, Merck and Company, Inc., Nature Works, Inc., Northrop Grumman Newport News, ProChem Analytical Inc., Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Friends – McGuire Woods LLP, WoodsRogers, MeadWestvaco, SFCS, Inc

2007 Exhibitors also included:

A&L Eastern Laboratories, Inc.

Advance Technologies/Supreme Comp

Air Water & Soil Laboratories

American Waste Mgmnt Services

AMJ Equipment Corporation

Analytical Lab Services, Inc.

Canaan Valley Institute

Capitol Greenroofs, LLC

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Clough Harbour & Associates LLP

Conservation Management Inst.

Conservation Partners, LLC

Delta Environmental Products

Earth Vector Systems, LLC

ECOR Solutions, Inc.

ECS Mid-Atlantic, LLC

EI

Encompass Environmental Supply

Envirocast Corporation

Environmental Alliance, Inc.

ERM

Filterra

Flomec, Inc.

Foundation for Virginia's Natural Resources

Gannett Fleming, Inc.

H.W. Lochner, Inc.

HDR Engineering, Inc.

KCI Technologies

Lee Hartman & Sons, Inc.

Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.

Meadowview Biological Research Station

Microbac Laboratories, Inc.

Pace Analytical Services, Inc.

Pine Environmental Services

Potesta & Associates, Inc.

Potomac Environmental, Inc.

Primary Laboratories

PSI, Inc.

Rain for Rent

REIC Laboratories

Rinker Design Associates P.C.

SCS Engineers

Severn Trent Laboratories

Siemens Water Technologies

Simon & Associates, Inc.

Soil Solutions Inc.

Southeast RCAP

Trigon Engineering Consultants

Univar USA, Inc. – ChemCare

Universal Laboratories

US Army Environmental Command

Veolia Environmental Services

Veolia ES Technical Solutions

Virginia Waste Industries Association

Virginia Recycling Association

Virginia Sustainable Building Network

Virginia Turfgrass Council