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For a fourth year Cogstone is hosting an Ethnographic collections internship for California State University, Long Beach students this summer with CSULB professor Cindi Alvitre. They found some interesting items such as a full length python skin!!

Congratulations to Kira Klonel, the 2024 Sherri Gust Memorial Scholarship Recipient!

Kira has been interested in archaeology as far back as she can remember. She grew up in Los Angeles where she was able to visit a number of wonderful museums and was exposed to fossils of all ages including a cast of Lucy. Her museum visits as a child were the catalyst to her curiosity about anthropology, which led to a later, more formal, interest in both physical and cultural anthropology. This summer she is looking forward to attending a field school in Spain focusing on paleoanthropology. Next year she plans to start working on her thesis and will be conducting research with Oldowan lithic assemblages. After graduate school, Kira is aiming for a career in paleoanthropology and human evolution.

https://cogstone.com/sherri-gust-memorial-scholarship-2024/

If you work with and are a professional, please take a 30 minute on Advancing FAIR+CARE Practices in . Your input is extremely valuable for understanding current practices!

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Cogstone’s President Desiree Martinez is one of four Co-Directors spearheading this research through a Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant!

Come join the Cogstone team as a Project Manager/Principal Investigator!

Job Information: Project Manager I/Principal Investigator I Job Reports to Principal Archaeologist Summary Responsible for managing the archaeological projects that have been assigned from creation to completion. This includes overseeing background research, fieldwork and lab work, and producing final archaeological reports that comply with legal, regulatory, pr...

We've brought back Archaeodoodles this year, and we're looking for both adults and youth to illustrate words like LiDAR, midden, citadel, and others from our archaeological glossary!

If you or someone you know wants to draw one of these words, contest logistics and submission links are here: https://ow.ly/3tmx50PLCja

Cogstone’s President Desiree Martinez will be on a panel titled, “Challenging Community Displacement: Placemaking, Placekeeping, and Belonging” TODAY September 27, 2023 at 3:00 pm at the California Land Recycling Conference, September 26-28, 2023 in Carson, CA.

Hosted by U.S. EPA, California DTSC, and the Center for Creative Land Recycling, CALRC is California’s premiere event for equitable/resilient land reuse. Learn about grants and funding opportunities, the latest policy and technical information, and be inspired by stories of success from visionaries who have leveraged idled/contaminated properties to create meaningful change and lasting benefits for their communities.

Register today!

2023 California Land Recycling Conference: People, Partnerships, Progress California Land Recycling Conference 2023: September 26-28, 2023 | Carson Event Center

Cogstone's President Desiree Martinez will be part of an exciting project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ (IMLS) National Leadership Grants for Libraries program. "Advancing FAIR+CARE Practices in Cultural Heritage" is a 3-year project co-directed by Sarah Whitcher Kansa (AAI/Open Context), Neha Gupta (University of British Columbia), Desireé Martinez (Cogstone Resource Management), and Chris Nicholson (Digital Antiquity / tDAR).

IMLS Grant Supports FAIR+CARE Cultural Heritage Network - The Alexandria Archive Institute This week, the AAI/Open Context and colleagues are launching a new project with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ (IMLS) National Leadership Grants for Libraries program. Advancing FAIR+CARE Practices in Cultural Heritage is a 3-year project co-directed by Sarah Whitcher K...

Congratulations to Grace Eriksen, the 2023 Sherri Gust Memorial Scholarship Recipient!

As a child, Grace was always outside, covered in dirt, carrying shovels and pretending she was an explorer, a researcher, and a treasure hunter. She grew up fascinated with the hidden treasures around her and under her feet. In first grade when her classmates were setting traditional career goals like astronauts, presidents, and princesses – Grace wanted to be a paleontologist. High school history classes turned her focus to archaeology. This summer, she is working as an archaeology intern for the Yosemite Leadership Program at Yosemite National Park, where she is working with different CRM teams both in the field and in the office. After graduation Grace plans to gain experience with a job in CRM or with the Forest Service before applying to graduate school.

For more information about the Sherri Gust Memorial Scholarship, please visit: https://cogstone.com/sherri-gust-memorial-scholarship-2023/

Cogstone’s CEO/CFO Molly Valasik and Vice President Holly Hickman will be attending the 2023 Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) International Annual Conference this week in Atlanta, GA between May 10-12, 2023. WTS is committed to advancing the transportation industry and the women who lead it by providing networking and learning experiences for women to elevate their leadership and business skills to create a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable space in the transportation industry for women.

This year’s theme is “The Great Intersection,” which highlights Atlanta for not only being the birthplace of the modern civil rights movement, but a city of “modern progress in equity and inclusion – in transportation and beyond”. We look forward to the knowledge and skills Molly and Holly will bring back to the Cogstone team!

For more information, please visit the WTS International Annual Conference Webpage at

2023 WTS International Annual Conference | WTS Image The Great Intersection The 2023 WTS International Annual Conference, The Great Intersection, will be held on May 10–12, 2023, at the Omni Atlanta Hotel at CNN Cent

Happy Women in Construction Week (WICW)! Although we celebrate year-round, March 5-11th marks the 25th annual WICW held by The National Association of Women in Construction. Cogstone is proud to be a small women-owned business that values diversity, equity, and equality. Representation matters, and in a male-dominated field, 62% of our employees are women! So to all of our hard working women out there—thank you—we appreciate everything you do and are proud to have you represent Cogstone.

This year’s WICW theme is, “Many Paths, One Mission,” which celebrates the various strides women have taken to create opportunities and insure success for women in the construction industry. If you are interested in celebrating WICW outside of Cogstone, be sure to check out https://wicweek.org for details on events, resources, and further information on The National Association of Women in Construction.

Cogstone is excited to announce the launch of our new website (www.cogstone.com)!

We hope you enjoy our fresh and modern website. Take a look at our services pages to see what our staff was working on in 2022 and check back soon for more great photos!

Special thanks to the amazing team at Avid Core for their work and guidance in creating our new website.