Corporate Engagement with GeoFORCE
January 12, 2024
GeoFORCE Texas is committed to providing students with an incredible four-year high school experience and support through college, into their early career. This initiative relies heavily on the support of our sponsoring companies. As we approach the 20th summer of GeoFORCE this year, we ask sponsors to connect with us and find ways to remain invested in our alumni!
2023 was a groundbreaking year for corporate engagement and set the bar very high for aspiring companies. Chevron created a summer internship specifically for GeoFORCE students. This internship allows alumni of GeoFORCE to experience Chevron as a geotechnologist, gain invaluable mentorship from senior employees, and reflect on their own future career paths. Brandon Garcia, a GeoFORCE alumnus studying at The Jackson School of Geosciences, was the inaugural Chevron internship recipient in 2022. In summer 2023, Brandon was welcomed back by the Chevron team and joined by Priscilla Paez, who later that summer was offered a full-time position with the company. We are thrilled to share that Enrique Morales, a current Jackson School of Geosciences student, was selected as the summer 2024 intern.
Since 2020, SLB has organized and executed engaging workshops for GeoFORCE alumni to build their professional techniques as they enter the workforce. Topics range from networking and mentorship, to sharpening interview skills and building a professional brand. Navigating the professional sphere can be intimidating, which is why we would like to thank SLB BOLD for investing in the next generation of leadership by helping to develop our alumni!
Alumni now working at companies have been integral in cultivating a relationship between their employers and the GeoFORCE program. Roux Associates and ExxonMobil made a effort to organize events on campus to recruit alumni of GeoFORCE recently. In the last year, ExxonMobil hired two alumni of GeoFORCE: Katherine Garcia, recent graduate of the UT Austin’s Energy and Earth Resources Master’s program, and Nicole Gonzales who completed a Master’s degree from the Jackson School of Geosciences.
Our GeoFORCE Longhorn group, which is an organization for the GeoFORCE alumni currently at UT, is hosting professional development events this semester and is looking for sponsors or representatives to come speak at these seminars. If you are interested in speaking to alumni or propose an idea for an opportunity, please reach out!
