Mark Howe

The International Boundary and Water Commission: Serving the Nation and Society in Minority, Veteran and Disability Recruitment in Water Management, Engineering and Environmental Issues for Today and Tomorrow. part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Broadening Access to the Earth and Environmental Sciences:Essays
Mark Howe, Environmental Management Division, US State Dept, International Boundary and Water Commission The United States Section, International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) have helped to promote ...

Supporting Minority Students at US State Dept, International Boundary and Water Commission part of Integrate:Program Design:Increase Diversity:Supporting Minority Students
The USIBWC supports hiring individuals whose skill sets match our focus of work along the U.S.- Mexico border. We actively recruit on USAJOBS and with outreach to universities and our own staff. We hire many individuals with disabilities, veterans and minorities to keep a diverse pool of talent and cultures. We hire many Engineers for water, environmental and in house business operations and those in other critical skills. As part of this hiring I work with many students outside of work to help them in processing paperwork, education and teaching. My work is in the environmental field at the USIBWC but I also work with others at UTEP as I am developing a textbook on teaching the visually disabled geology. Our recruitment of those who are minorities, veterans and the disabled has increased over the last several years as we actively approach those with the skill sets to help in securing a Federal job.