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The 2021 UCOWR/NIWR Annual Water Resources Conference will be held June 8–10, 2021 at the Hyatt Regency in Greenville, SC.
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Director of Inclusion and Diversity Faculty Position, Virginia Tech
The College of Natural Resources and Environment at Virginia Tech (cnre.vt.edu) is seeking applicants for a Director of Inclusion and Diversity with a faculty rank of assistant or associate professor of practice. This is a full-time, 12-month position that is renewable on an annual basis. The position has a start date of January 1, 2020 or as negotiated.
HydroLearn Fellowship – Call for Fellowship Applications!
HydroLearn (www.hydrolearn.org) is an NSF-sponsored project geared toward instructors who are interested in developing and sharing active-learning resources in hydrology and water resources. Fellows are invited to participate in the project and use the HydroLearn online platform to develop and share new course material or customize existing modules.
Fellows will have the opportunity to:
• Implement existing HydroLearn modules in their classroom, collect student data and provide feedback,
• Extend and customize existing modules for their own use,
• Create new modules or contribute their existing material into HydroLearn.
Fellows will receive a $1,000 – $5,000 stipend depending upon the level of involvement and the scope of proposed learning content use and development.
Interested in applying? Read more and apply here.
Student Award Winners Announced
We are pleased to announce the student presentation awards from the 2019 UCOWR/NIWR conference in Snowbird, UT. All recipients received a monetary award. Congratulations!
Student Poster Presentation Award Recipients (awarded at the Awards Luncheon)
1st place: Gina Riggio, University of Arkansas
2nd place: Cole Green-Smith, University of Wyoming
3rd place: Ashani Thilakarathne, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Student Oral Presentation Award Recipients (awarded after the conference)
1st place: Richard Roth, Purdue University
2nd place: Alexander Kendrick, Stanford University
3rd place: Connie Maxwell, New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute
2019 UCOWR Award Recipients Announced!
Congrats to the 2019 UCOWR Award Recipients! Click here to view their bios.
Warren A. Hall Medal Recipient – Dr. Jackson Webster
Early Career Award for Applied Research – Dr. Ashlynn S. Stillwell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Early Career Award for Extension/Outreach/Engagement – Dr. Saleh Taghvaeian, Oklahoma State University
Friends of UCOWR Recipient – Dr. Karletta Chief (Diné), University of Arizona
Education and Public Service Award Recipients – North Central Region Water Network; & University of Minnesota Onsite Sewage Treatment Program (OSTP)
Ph.D. Dissertation Award Recipients – Dr. Nathan Reaver, University of Florida; & Dr. Christopher Chini, Air Force Institute of Technology
JCWRE Papers of the Year: JCWRE 163: 6-30. Native Water Protection Flows Through Self-Determination: Understanding Tribal Water Quality Standards and “Treatment as a State”. Author Sibyl Diver; & JCWRE 164: 80-111. Scientist–Nonscientist Teams Explore Methane Sources in Streams Near Oil/Gas Development. Authors Anna K. Wendt, Todd Sowers, Scott Hynek, Jacob Lemon, Erika Beddings, Guanjie Zheng, Zhenhui Li, Jennifer Z. Williams, and Susan L. Brantley.
UCOWR Board of Directors Election Results
UCOWR would like to congratulate the newly elected Board members for 2019-2020. Thank you to all the Delegates who voted and those that ran for election.
Meet your new Board members:
Kelly Cobourn (re-elected), Virginia Tech
