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Upcoming Events
Nov 24, 2009 to Dec 04, 2009 EMS Casino Night Casino Night Tickets are now on sale for the 7th Annual EMS Casino Night on December 4!
Nov 24, 2009 to Dec 04, 2009 EMS Canned Food Drive The EMS Undergraduate Student Council along with Material Advantage, PSUBAMS, Energy Club, UnderDOGS, and the GeoSci club, are sponsoring a canned food drive to benefit the Food Bank of State College.
Wed Dec 02, 2009 03:30 PM Meteorology Colloqium Chris Snyder (Senior Scientist, NCAR) "Short inertia-gravity waves generated by large-scale balanced vortices"
Wed Dec 02, 2009 07:00 PM PSUBAMS Meeting - Internship discussion Students will share their internship experiences at this meeting
Thu Dec 03, 2009 08:00 PM PSUBAMS - Movie Night Location and movie to be announed at a later date.
Mon Dec 07, 2009 02:00 PM Grad Talk Muge Komurcu - PhD Oral Comprehensive Exam (Penn State, Department of Meteorology) “Effects of Ice Nucleation Mechanisms and Ice Crystal Habits on the Dynamics and Microphysics of Persistent Arctic Mixed Phase Clouds”
Tue Dec 08, 2009 08:30 AM Grad Talk Mahlon Rambukkange - PhD Oral Comprehensive Exam (Penn State, Department of Meteorology) “Using Doppler Spectra to Separate Hydrometeor Populations and Analyze Ice Precipitation In Multilayered Mixed-Phase Clouds”
Sat Dec 12, 2009 09:05 AM SAC - Childrens Book Donation The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences' Staff Advisory Committee (SAC) will be collecting book donations for the children served by the Centre County Food Banks.
Mar 13, 2010 to Mar 20, 2010 DISCCRS: Interdisciplinary Climate Change Research Symposium Preparing PhD Graduates for Climate-Change Careers. Application deadline is August 31, 2009!
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2009 GEMS Alumni Achievement Award Winner - Stephen Corfidi

Steve and Sarah CorfidiMr. Stephen Corfidi (‘81 BS, ‘94 MS), lead forecaster for the NOAA National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center was selected by the Graduates of Earth and Mineral Sciences (GEMS) Alumni Society to receive a 2009 GEMS Alumni Achievement Award. This award is the highest recognition bestowed on an alumnus by GEMS and is given each year to an individual who exemplifies the ideals of the College.

Steve was selected for this award because of his extraordinary forecasting skills, his dedication to the field of meteorology including the preservation of historical severe weather documents, and his service to the Department of Meteorology at Penn State.  Steve received the award and presented a department colloquium on Wednesday, November 18 titled "Revisiting the 3-4 April 1974 Super Outbreak of Tornadoes."  We were very pleased to have Steve back in Happy Valley and to be able to recognize his achievements and his commitment to Penn State Meteorology over the years.  Congratulations Steve!

Photo gallery of award presentation