HONORS AND AWARDS
geologists and help cultivate their professional advancement through AIPG. Trust me, this will be time well spent and be very rewarding.
Subsequent to becoming a CPG, I started attending the AIPG Florida Section meetings where I met CPG Richard Fountain, Florida Section President, who immediately involved me with the Section by asking me to be Program Chair. Then in 1990 at the AIPG National meeting in Long Beach, CA, I as talking with Richard Fountain and CPG Russell Slayback (both future AIPG National Presidents) who encouraged me to run for the AIPG Advisory Board. I was elected and thus began my involvement with AIPG on a national level. Again, my professional
career development was being guided by two of the finest men and geologists I have ever known.
My involvement with AIPG over the last almost four decades has enabled me to travel to many interesting locations and interact with many outstanding geologists who have become good friends and colleagues. My personal and professional network that has developed during this time, quite frankly, is extraordinary and it has occurred primarily through AIPG. Over the years, I have worked on many AIPG committees and projects and learned so much about our profession, and I thank AIPG for providing me these opportunities. There is still much to do, and I look forward to my continued involvement in AIPG.
JOHN STEWART JOHN STEWART MEMOR A EARL CAREER PROFESSIONAL
Kelsi Ustipak ECP-0292
Minnesota Section
The John Stewart Memorial Early Career Professional Award was established by the Executive Committee in 2019 in posthumous honor of John Stewart, who graciously gave his time and experience to AIPG and in encouraging geologists in their early ca- reers and professional growth. This award is to honor an Early Career Professional member who has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to the geologic profession and AIPG at the section and/or national level, and in particular, to mentoring and aiding in the advancement of Early Career Professional members in their early ca- reers and within AIPG.
I want to extend my appreciation to AIPG National for pre- senting me with the John Stewart Early Career Professional Award. Thank you to Shanna Schmitt for the nomination and her wonderful mentorship and friendship over the past five years. I also want to thank my supervisor, Michelle Waters, and the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Office of Environmental Stewardship for supporting my journey to the AIPG Annual Meeting in Marquette, Michigan. In honor of John Stewart, who also cared deeply about mentorship, I’d like to share a bit about my view of mentorship.
To me, mentorship feels like having enough of a foothold to help the next person find their footing. My capacity for men- torship has evolved with my growth as a student, job-seeker, and professional. At times, I mentored several people through formal programs, career webinars, or at social events; at oth- er times, I’ve gone months without engaging in the commu- nity. There is good news for anyone else who feels like they don’t have advice worth giving: there’s always something you can do to help, it doesn’t have to be big, and it’s okay to be
imperfect. Whenever you take time to listen to the worries, fears, and concerns of another person, you make a difference to them. Sometimes mentorship is listening when a peer wor- ries they won’t land a job. Sometimes mentorship means in- troducing myself to a new person and showing them the ropes at a social event. Sometimes mentorship is recognizing and caring for the well being of the whole person, not just the pro- fessional geoscientist part of that person.
I’d like to invite everyone to approach mentorship with em- pathy and understanding for the struggles so many of us have faced. In a post-pandemic world, think about how your advice and career experience have evolved or stayed the same. As mentors, we also need to listen to the lived experiences of our newest geoscientists and acknowledge how much harder net- working and finding entry-level opportunities is compared to the pre-pandemic world. I believe that by being open, honest, and patient with everyone who needs help finding their foot- ing, we can continue to grow this community one relationship at a time.
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