{"id":11893,"date":"2019-10-23T13:07:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T17:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=11893"},"modified":"2019-10-23T13:07:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T17:07:14","slug":"coastal-careers-workshop-nov-18-honors-margaret-davidson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/coastal-careers-workshop-nov-18-honors-margaret-davidson\/","title":{"rendered":"Coastal Careers Workshop Nov. 18 Honors Margaret Davidson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated Oct. 24, 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

University students and early to mid-career professionals are invited to register for a Nov. 18 workshop \u2014 one day ahead of the <\/span>North Carolina Coastal Conference <\/span><\/a>in Wilmington.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Coastal Society<\/span><\/a> is partnering with <\/span>North Carolina Sea Grant<\/span><\/a> to host the next <\/span>Margaret A. Davidson Coastal Career Development Program<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Margaret Davidson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cMargaret was a coastal icon who mentored and befriended many of today\u2019s coastal leaders,\u201d notes Tom Bigford, of the society\u2019s board of directors. \u201cThe Coastal Society is proud to honor her legacy through a series of regional career development workshops around our nation\u2019s coasts to benefit students and early- to mid-career coastal professionals, as well as the next generation of coastal practitioners.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

North Carolina Sea Grant Executive Director Susan White, who collaborated with Davidson on many NOAA efforts, agrees. \u201cMargaret would both motivate and challenge everyone she met,\u201d White explains. \u201cThus, we are pleased to have these inspiring sessions ahead of our Coastal Conference, so that students can immediately put lessons into practice.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to her more than two decades at NOAA, Davidson had been a long-time director of South Carolina Sea Grant. To honor Davidson after her death in 2017, colleagues developed the workshop series.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Wilmington program features a morning of keynote talks on career options, employment prospects and important career opportunities in North Carolina, the region and around the nation. The afternoon will offer a series of smaller group discussions about skills needed to succeed, such as: leadership, networking, finding mentors and building resumes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Participants will have the opportunity to meet with prospective mentors, an enduring benefit. In addition to White, presenters include Suzette Kimball<\/a>, past director of the U.S. Geological Survey and a current member of the North Carolina Sea Grant Advisory Board.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other speakers represent:\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n