NREL/ESS Spring 2025 Events
This webpage will be updated weekly with information about NREL/ESS Spring 2025 events. Latest update: March 11, 2025.
This spring at CSU, we’re excited to offer a great variety of seminars and workshops featuring graduate students, research scientists, guest speakers, and hands-on learning opportunities.
Scroll down to explore the full available schedule, including links to recordings of any past seminars as they become available.
Full Schedule
| Date | Topic/Title | Presenter(s) | Affiliation | Location | Links |
| January 22 12:00-1:00 p.m. | NREL Early Career Training: Pre-Award Management and Proposal Submission | David Edwards- Bova and Laurie Richards | NREL | NESB B218, Swift Conference Room or here on Teams. |
| January 23 9:00-11:00 a.m. | ESS Coffee Hour | ESS | MSNR Room 402 | |
| January 24 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Melody R. Zarria Samanamud PhD Defense Seminar | Graduate Degree Program in Ecology (GDPE) | MSNR Room 345 | |
| January 28 5:00-6:00 p.m. | Career Tips, Tricks, and Opportunities | Minoritized Genders in Natural Resources (MGNR) | MSNR Room 345 | |
| February 5 12:00-1:00 p.m. | NREL Early Career Training: Travel and Purchasing Procedure | NREL | NESB B218, Swift Conference Room or here on Teams. | |
| February 5 10:45 a.m. | Let’s Talk: Salary | WCNR Career Center, MGNR | MSNR Room 345 | |
| February 5 7:00-3:00 p.m. | Higher Education’s Path to Sustainability and Resilience | National Academies | Register online here. | |
| February 5 4:00-5:00 p.m. | Networking Workshop | Warner College Career Services | MSNR Room 142 | |
| February 10 10:30-1:00 p.m. | All Campus Career Fair | Career Center | LSC Grand Ballrooms | |
| February 11-12 10:00-2:00 p.m. | Warner Careers Internship Fair | Warner Atrium | ||
| February 11 4:00-5:00 p.m. | Networking Workshop | Warner College Career Services | MSNR Room 142 | |
| February 12 4:00-5:00 p.m. | Networking Workshop | Warner College Career Services | MSNR Room 142 | |
| February 13 9:00-12:30 p.m. | Water Workforce Career Fair | Colorado Water Center | CSU Spur, Hydro Building Register here. | |
| February 14 1:00-3:00 p.m. | WCNR Town Hall Meeting: Federal Research Funding | Meg Suter | WCNR | MSNR Room 345 or online here. |
| February 17 1:00-2:15 p.m. | Lightning Talk: Intersections of Water Governance, Policy, & Environmental Change | Tamee Albrecht, Steven Conrad, Frances Davenport, Jacob Petersen- Perlman | Colorado Water Center | MSNR Room 402 or online here. |
| February 19 12:00-1:00 p.m. | NREL Early Career Training: How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper | William Romme | NREL | NESB B218, Swift Conference Room or here on Zoom. |
| February 19 5:00-7:00 p.m. | Warner College Networking Mixer | Warner Atrium Register here. | ||
| February 20 9:00-11:00 a.m. | ESS Coffee Hour | ESS | MSNR Room 142 | |
| February 26 3:00-3:50 p.m. | Soil and Crop Sciences Seminar | Lauren Gifford | Soil Carbon Solutions Center (SCSC) | Nutrien Room 135 |
| February 26 4:00-5:00 p.m. | Forest and Rangeland Stewardship Seminar | Julian Resasco | Forest and Rangeland Stewardship (FRS) | MSNR Room 345 |
| February 26 5:00-7:30 p.m. | Night of Sustainability Careers | Career Center | LSC Never No Summer Ballroom Register here. | |
| February 27 1:00-3:00 p.m. | WCNR Town Hall Meeting: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion | WCNR | MSNR Room 345 or online here. | |
| March 3 3:00-5:00 p.m. | WCNR Town Hall Meeting: Graduate Student Forum | WCNR | MSNR Room 345 or online here. | |
| March 4 5:00-7:00 p.m. | Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series: A Watershed Moment | Evelyn Brister, Robert Frodeman, Stewart Breck | WCNR | University Center for the Arts, Organ Recital Hall |
| March 5 12:00-1:00 p.m. | Just Social-Ecological Transformations in Latin America: Conserving Wildlife and Human Cultures | Alejandra Echeverri Ochoa | WCNR | MSNR Room 345 |
| March 5 5:00-7:30 p.m. | Film Screening: Hold Our Ground | Jaime Jacobsen, Lauren Gifford, Megan Machmuller | WCNR, SCSC | LSC Lory Theatre RSVP here. |
| March 6 11:30-1:00 p.m. | AMP-PSM Open House | WCNR | NESB B218, Swift Conference Room | |
| March 10 10:00-10:45 a.m. | NREL Monday Munchies | NREL | NESB Lobby | |
| March 12 3:00-3:50 p.m. | Soil and Crop Sciences Seminar | Pete Kleinman | SCSC, USDA-ARS | Nutrien Room 135 |
| March 13 9:00-11:00 a.m. | ESS Coffee Hour | ESS | MSNR Room 142 | |
| March 13 | The Past and Future of Groundwater in the West | WCNR, CSU Water Center | LSC Never No Summer Ballroom Register here. | |
| March 26 3:00-3:50 p.m. | Soil and Crop Sciences Seminar | Devin O’Connor | SCSC | Nutrien Room 135 |
| March 27 5:30-7:30 p.m. | Sustainability Community Roundtable | ASCSU | LSC Longs Peak Room | |
| March 31 4:00-6:00 p.m. | Can We Eat Our Way out of the Climate Crisis? | Mark Easter, John Calderazzo | NREL, SoGES | Iris and Michael Smith Alumni Center Event Hall |
| April 9 3:00-3:50 p.m. | Soil and Crop Sciences Seminar | Camille Stevens- Rumann | SCSC | Nutrien Room 135 |
| April 10 9:00-11:00 a.m. | ESS Coffee Hour | ESS | MSNR Room 142 | |
| April 30 3:00-3:50 p.m. | Soil and Crop Sciences Seminar | Carlos Messina | SCSC, University of Florida | Nutrien Room 135 |
| May 8 9:00-11:00 a.m. | ESS Coffee Hour | ESS | MSNR Room 142 |
