For the week: February 5 - 11, 2007
Did you know:
The fetch is the length of water over which a given wind has blown.
Strong winds plus a long fetch equal big surf.
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Department Colloquia Series: This week's colloquium, titled "Using Rocket Plumes to Study Atmospheric Chemistry and Transport Issues in the Lower Stratosphere," will be presented by Darin Toohey of the University of Colorado. His talk will be held on Thursday, February 8 at 4:00 p.m. in 112 Walker Building with refreshments being served in 529 Walker Building prior to the lecture at 3:30 p.m. http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/events/MeteoColloq.html Faculty Meeting: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 11:15 AM in 529 Walker Building. Commission for Women Award Nominations Sought. To celebrate the many accomplishments of women around the University, the Commission for Women annually recognizes women who have achieved and excelled at Penn State and in their communities. Nominations are currently being sought for two awards: The Rosemary Schraer Mentoring Award and the Achieving Women Awards. [More info]. A Survival Skills and Ethics Workshop Series is being offered by the Office for Research Protections and the Committee for Graduate Student and Faculty Issues. http://www.research.psu.edu/orp/education/offerings/survivalskills/ Research Integrity Brown Bag Series: This year's College of EMS THON dancers are Jenna Kolling and Armand Silva, both meteorology students! If you'd like to donate to THON and have the donation earn credit towards the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences goal, please visit: http://ext.think.psu.edu/org/index.php?id=68 Last week in Washington DC, Michael Mann was one of the guest speakers in an American Meteorological Society Environmental Science Seminar Series titled "Multiple Lines of Evidence: The Scientific Case for Global Warming and its Causation." For a full program summary and information on the next seminar to be held on February 28, please [click here] The Advanced Study Program (ASP) at NCAR is now accepting applicants for their Faculty Fellowship Program for visits that occur between 1 September 2007 and 31 May 2009. More detailed information about the program, eligibility, and application process (including FAQs), can be found at their website: http://www.asp.ucar.edu/ffp. The application deadline for the visit period above is 31 March, 2007. Have you heard about Turnitin? Turnitin.com is a Web-based plagiarism detection and prevention system owned by Turnitin.com, Inc. to which Penn State has a subscription. Turnitin.com can be used as a means to teach students how to work with sources and to raise awareness of paraphrasing and quoting skills in order to avoid plagiarism. A full announcement about Turnitin can be found by visiting: http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/courses/turnitin.pdf. PSUBAMS T-shirt design contest: It's time once again to show your artistic talent for the meteorology t-shirt design contest hosted by PSUBAMS. It's up to the students, faculty, and staff of PSU Meteorology Department to design this year's t-shirts! Please submit your design in .jpg format to Racheal Bliley by Sunday February 11. (rab333@psu.edu). The design will then be voted on and shortly afterwards, orders will be taken for the t-shirts. The WISE Institute is currently looking for faculty, staff, or graduate students in science and engineering to present workshops (90-minute hands-on workshops, presented twice) and projects (four hours per day for 4 days, with student presentations on the fifth day) for WISE Camp 2007. WISE Camp is a one-week residential program for young women talented in math and science who will be entering the 11th or 12th grade in Fall 2007. It is scheduled to take place June 24-June 30, 2007. This is a career exploration program, and up to 36 students will be selected to attend. Proposal deadline is Monday, March 5. [More information and form to submit your proposal for a workshop or project.] Announcing the Dissertation Medal in Applied Climatology for 2007 to be awarded by the American Association of State Climatologists. Any recent Ph.D. graduate who has a galley-proof manuscript or a published journal article derived from dissertation work accomplished while a student in North America or one of the U.S. Territories is eligible to apply. [More information including how to apply.] More than fifty years after graduating from the Department of Meteorology at Penn State, and following a long rewarding career of operational experience as a Naval Reserve weather officer, retired LCDR Roger R. Watkins (1950 B.S. Meteorology) teamed up with Prof. George Young to write a paper for the National Weather Digest. The paper, titled "A Synoptic Climatology for Heavy Snowfall Events Spanning the East Coast Megalopolis: Insights from Northeast Snowstorms," appears in Vol. 30, pp 45-48 of the Digest. Water Bottles are on sale in the Weather Station. They are fantastic and make great gifts and great PSU Meteorology souvenirs. They are $8 each. Just look for one of the PSUBAMS officers to purchase one. Chi Epsilon Pi is selling unique Penn State Meteorology items to raise funds for activities they plan to hold in the future and spread Penn State Meteo spirit! The two items for sale are Penn State Meteorology window clings and magnets. The price is $3 per magnet and $2 per window cling. However, for those interested in purchasing several of each, we will offer a discount of 4 magnets for $10 and 3 window clings for $5. You may purchase these items from Rhonda Spychalski in the main office on the 5th floor of Walker, Zack Byko in 410 Walker, Victor Yannuzzi in 412 Walker, or Jared Lee in 405 Walker. Any questions, contact Zack at zmb102@psu.edu. [View images of magnets and window clings.] Weekly forecast discussions will return on Tuesday, January 23, 2007! These discussions will take place each Tuesday afternoon at 2:45 in the Weather Station Classroom during the spring semester. They will be informal, last about 30 minutes, and will be lead by a Penn State, AccuWeather, or National Weather Service forecaster. Everyone with an interest in weather forecasting is invited! Feel free to drop in on the discussions whenever possible, whether it is on a weekly basis or just once or twice all semester. It is our hope that the experts giving the discussions can teach us a little more about weather forecasting and the audience engage and question the forecast discussion leader. We are still in need of more forecast discussion leaders for the spring semester, so if you have an interest in leading a forecast discussion or know someone you think would be interested, please contact Zack at zmb102@psu.edu. Colloquium Cooking Challenge Continues into Spring 2007: Due to the overwhelming number of great treats submitted to the "Colloquium Cooking Challenge" this semester and several people expressing they would like an opportunity to bake something for the contest, I have decided to extend the challenge until Spring Break. Each Thursday afternoon with a colloquium in the spring semester through Thursday, March 8, somebody will have a chance to win two free tickets to the Meteorology Department's Spring Banquet on Wednesday, March 28 at 7:00 p.m. (reception at 6:30 p.m.) at the Atherton Hotel. I have already placed a sign-up sheet outside my office (410 Walker)....anyone with an interest in baking something feel free and sign up when you get a chance. For those who have already entered a dessert and those who will in the future, the winner will be announced on or around March 9. If you have any questions, or would like to sign up via email, please contact Zack Byko (zmb102@psu.edu) The Central Iowa Chapter of the National Weather Association invites you to our 11th Annual Severe Storms and Doppler Radar Conference in Des Moines, IA from Thursday, March 22 through Saturday, March 24. Abstracts are being accepted now through February 15. For more information, please visit: http://www.iowa-nwa.com. The Pam Daale Memorial Scholarship has also been established for those attending the conference. Please visit: http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/events/Daale Memorial Scholarship.pdf for more information. Department Colloquia Series: This week's colloquium, titled "Using Rocket Plumes to Study Atmospheric Chemistry and Transport Issues in the Lower Stratosphere," will be presented by Darin Toohey of the University of Colorado. His talk will be held on Thursday, February 8 at 4:00 p.m. in 112 Walker Building with refreshments being served in 529 Walker Building prior to the lecture at 3:30 p.m. http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/events/MeteoColloq.html EarthTalks are sponsored by Earth and Environmental Systems Institute and will be held in 114 Earth and Engineering Science Building from 4-5 p.m.: March 5: David Diodato, U.S. Nuclear Waste Repository Board April 23: Rod Ewing, University of Michigan April 30: Oliver Chadwick, University of California-Santa Barbara For talk titles, visit: http://www.eesi.psu.edu/events/ Earth and Mineral Sciences Film Series: For a preview of films to be aired throughout the spring 2007 semester, please visit: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/emsl/videoseries.html IN THE NEWS: A story about the new IUG program being offered by the Department of Meteorology has been featured in a January 25, 2007 article in the Daily Collegian titled "Trustees create new science degree program" [View article] Is Warm January a Sign of Good Luck, or Bad Times?
Prof. Michael Mann provides an interview on "All Things
Considered" on NPR about the recent weather anomalies and
how they relate to climate change. [Listen] A story titled "Pollution Knows No Borders" which focuses on ozone studies conducted by Anne Thompson and her research team, is featured in the December 11, 2006 issue of Penn State Live [View Story]. The article is a synopsis of the talk she presented at the AGU Meeting in December 2006, which highlighted ozonesonde launches and air quality sampling done in Mexico City, Houston, TX and Richland, WA last spring and summer. Alumnus Dan W. Pulsipher, D.O. ('88 B.S.) was recently featured in an article in Medical Economics titled "Dream Practice: Working in Paradise." [View article] The September 2006 issue of Geotimes features an article by Samuel C. Schon and Arthur A. Small titled "Climate Change and the Potential of Coal Gasification." [View article] Alumni Joel Gratz ('03 B.S.) and Erik Noble ('02 B.S.) have authored an article titled "Lightning Safety and Large Stadiums," which appears in the September 2006 issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. [View article] Craig Bohren addresses the controversial topic of global warming in the August 7 issue of the USA Today in an article titled "How to get to the bottom of the global warming debate." [View article] On August 14, Millersville University PR Newswire published an article titled "Millersville University Professor Works to Make Sailing Safer," which features alumnus Todd Sikora ('90, '92, '96) and research collaboration with George Young. [View story] An August 9, 2006 article in Penn State Live titled, "To the Point, Penn State professor on effects of Alaska oil field shutdown," features Andrew Kleit. [View story]. A May 2006 PNL web publication in the Atmospheric Science & Global Change Division titled "Sharing Space for the Sake of Science," discusses collaborations with Anne Thompson's and Bill Brune's research teams. The article also includes quotes from PNNL scientist and Penn State alumnus, Jim Mather ('86, '90, '94). [View article]. Alumnus Henry Margusity ('90 BS), senior meteorologist for AccuWeather, and Prof. Michael Mann are interviewed for an article titled "A hurricane here could spell trouble" that appeared in the Hazelton Standard Speaker on July 16, 2006. [View Article] Geoff Cornish was interviewed for a story appearing in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.com on July 9, 2006 titled "Where's the Most Perfect Climate" [View Story] A 2002 Penn State Meteorology alumnus, Manajit Sengupta, was featured in an article in the Wall Street Journal on June 27, 2006. The article, titled "Under a Cloud" is about the daunting backlog of visa applicants and the logistics and time involved in getting a long-term visa. [View Article]. Fred Gadomski is featured in a Penn State Live article on June 21, 2006 about the summer forecast. [View Article] Research done by Michael Mann, Raymond Bradley, and Malcom Hughes was in the spotlight in most national newspapers last week. For instance, visit, "Study: Earth 'likely' hottest in 2,000 years" from CNN.com. On May 29, The Toronto Star published an article titled "Weather matters to Wall Street," which discusses the increasing opportunities for meteorologists in financial markets. Andy Kleit was interviewed for the story. [Full Story] A story titled "Climate change responsible for increased hurricanes," featuring Michael Mann, was published in the May 31, 2006 issue of Penn State Live. [Full Story] Archived News: The weekly news is archived. See the link at the bottom of the page to access the archives.
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Department Colloquia Series: This week's
colloquium, titled "Using Rocket Plumes to Study Atmospheric
Chemistry and Transport Issues in the Lower Stratosphere,"
will be presented by Darin Toohey of the University
of Colorado. His talk will be held on Thursday, February
8 at 4:00 p.m. in 112 Walker Building with refreshments being
served in 529 Walker Building prior to the lecture at 3:30
p.m. http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/events/MeteoColloq.html Commission for Women Award Nominations Sought.
To celebrate the many accomplishments of women around the
University, the Commission for Women annually recognizes women
who have achieved and excelled at Penn State and in their
communities. Nominations are currently being sought for two
awards: The Rosemary Schraer Mentoring Award and the Achieving
Women Awards. [More
info]. A Survival Skills and Ethics Workshop Series
is being offered by the Office for Research Protections and
the Committee for Graduate Student and Faculty Issues.
http://www.research.psu.edu/orp/education/offerings/survivalskills/ Research Integrity Brown Bag Series: Department of Meteorology Career Days has
been scheduled for March 27 and 28.
Don't delay...polish up your resume now and if you are heading
home for Spring Break, don't forget to bring back your interview
attire! The WISE Institute is currently looking for faculty,
staff, or graduate students in science and engineering to present
workshops (90-minute hands-on workshops, presented
twice) and projects (four hours per day for 4 days, with student
presentations on the fifth day) for WISE Camp 2007. WISE Camp
is a one-week residential program for young women talented in
math and science who will be entering the 11th or 12th grade
in Fall 2007. It is scheduled to take place June 24-June 30,
2007. This is a career exploration program, and up to 36 students
will be selected to attend. [More
information and form to submit your proposal for a workshop
or project.] Have you heard about Turnitin? Turnitin.com
is a Web-based plagiarism detection and prevention system owned
by Turnitin.com, Inc. to which Penn State has a subscription.
Turnitin.com can be used as a means to teach students how to
work with sources and to raise awareness of paraphrasing and
quoting skills in order to avoid plagiarism. A full announcement
about Turnitin can be found by visiting: http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/courses/turnitin.pdf. The Twenty-second Annual Graduate Exhibition will be
held from March 23-25, 2007. An online entry from and
complete guidelines for participants can be found on the Graduate
School homepage (www.gradsch.psu.edu/exhibition).
Entry forms will be accepted online beginning January
15, 2007 and continuing until 5:00 p.m. February 23, 2007.
Luna Marie Rodriguez Manzanet and Armand Silva
are both protégés in the SOARS program. You may view
their abstracts as published in the 2006 version of "Earth,
Wind, Sea, and Sky" Protégé Abstracts. [Luna
Marie Rodriguez Abstract] [Armand
Silva Abstract] PSUBAMS T-shirt design contest: It's time
once again to show your artistic talent for the meteorology
t-shirt design contest hosted by PSUBAMS. It's up to the students,
faculty, and staff of PSU Meteorology Department to design this
year's t-shirts! Please submit your design in .jpg format to
Racheal Bliley by Sunday, February 11.
(rab333@psu.edu). The design
will then be voted on and shortly afterwards, orders will be
taken for the t-shirts. Colloquium Cooking Challenge Continues into Spring
2007: Due to the overwhelming number of great treats
submitted to the "Colloquium Cooking Challenge" this
semester and several people expressing they would like an opportunity
to bake something for the contest, I have decided to extend
the challenge until Spring Break. Each Thursday afternoon with
a colloquium in the spring semester through Thursday, March
8, somebody will have a chance to win two free tickets to the
Meteorology Department's Spring Banquet on Wednesday, March
28 at 7:00 p.m. (reception at 6:30 p.m.) at the Atherton Hotel.
I have already placed a sign-up sheet outside my office (410
Walker)....anyone with an interest in baking something feel
free and sign up when you get a chance. For those who have already
entered a dessert and those who will in the future, the winner
will be announced on or around March 9. If you have any questions,
or would like to sign up via email, please contact Zack Byko
(zmb102@psu.edu) Meteorology Department Computer Help Desk:
Meteo's computer help desk will be staffed by senior, Adam Arnold,
beginning on Monday, Feb. 12. The schedule of help desk hours
will be posted outside room 616A. Spring 2007 GIS Training Workshops: The Graduate School, in cooperation with Penn State Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Council, is offering the workshops listed below in GIS training. These workshops are geared toward faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students interested in incorporating GIS into their research projects. Workshops begin in January. For more information, please visit
http://www.gis.psu.edu 2007 National Storm Conference Nominations are being accepted for the Wilson Award
for Outstanding Teaching in the College of Earth and
Mineral Sciences. You are invited and encouraged to nominate
an EMS faculty member for the 2007 Matthew J. and Anne C. Wilson
Outstanding Teaching Award. Nominations are due no later than
February 15, 2007. Please visit:
http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/news/EMSWilsonTeachingAward.pdf
for a list of faculty members who have received the Wilson Award
for Outstanding Teaching and are ineligible to receive it again. Water Bottles are on sale in the Weather Station.
They are fantastic and make great gifts and great PSU Meteorology
souvenirs. They are $8 each. Just look for one of the PSUBAMS
officers to purchase one. This year's College of EMS THON dancers are
Jenna Kolling and Armand Silva, both meteorology students! If
you'd like to donate to THON and have the donation earn credit
towards the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences goal, please
visit: http://ext.think.psu.edu/org/index.php?id=68 Weekly forecast discussions have returned!
These discussions will take place each Tuesday afternoon at
2:45 in the Weather Station Classroom during the spring semester.
They will be informal, last about 30 minutes, and will be lead
by a Penn State, AccuWeather, or National Weather Service forecaster.
Everyone with an interest in weather forecasting is invited!
Feel free to drop in on the discussions whenever possible, whether
it is on a weekly basis or just once or twice all semester.
It is our hope that the experts giving the discussions can teach
us a little more about weather forecasting and the audience
engage and question the forecast discussion leader. We are still
in need of more forecast discussion leaders for the spring semester,
so if you have an interest in leading a forecast discussion
or know someone you think would be interested, please contact
Zack at zmb102@psu.edu. The Central Iowa Chapter of the National Weather Association
invites you to our 11th Annual Severe Storms and Doppler Radar
Conference in Des Moines, IA from Thursday, March 22
through Saturday, March 24. Abstracts are being accepted now
through February 15. For more information, please visit: http://www.iowa-nwa.com.
The Pam Daale Memorial Scholarship has also been established
for those attending the conference. Please visit: http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/events/Daale
Memorial Scholarship.pdf for more information. Deadlines and Important Dates: Feb 26 Monday—last date for a spring graduate to submit a draft of the doctoral thesis to the Thesis Office for format review Feb 28 Wednesday—last date for a spring graduate to submit a draft of the master's thesis to the Thesis Office for format review Jan 29 Monday—last date for a spring graduate to activate the intent to graduate on eLion Feb 19 - March 4, Mon - Sunday—Final
Exam Conflict SPRING 2007 COURSES
Department Colloquia Series: This week's colloquium, titled "Using Rocket Plumes to Study Atmospheric Chemistry and Transport Issues in the Lower Stratosphere," will be presented by Darin Toohey of the University of Colorado. His talk will be held on Thursday, February 8 at 4:00 p.m. in 112 Walker Building with refreshments being served in 529 Walker Building prior to the lecture at 3:30 p.m. http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/events/MeteoColloq.html Meteorology Department Computer Help Desk: Meteo's computer help desk will be staffed by senior, Adam Arnold, beginning on Monday, Feb. 12. The schedule of help desk hours will be posted outside room 616A. This year's College of EMS THON dancers are Jenna Kolling and Armand Silva, both meteorology students! If you'd like to donate to THON and have the donation earn credit towards the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences goal, please visit: http://ext.think.psu.edu/org/index.php?id=68 Penn State's annual Undergraduate Exhibition will be held on April 4 this year at the HUB-Robeson Center. It's a great opportunity to showcase your knowledge via a poster presentation--prizes will be awarded! Visit http://www.psu.edu/oue/exhibition.htm for more information. If you'd like to submit a poster, attend one of the poster information sessions on Thurs., Feb. 27 (6-7 pm) or Thurs., March 8 (6-7 pm) in 538 davey Lab. Department of Meteorology Career Days has been scheduled for March 27 and 28. Don't delay...polish up your resume now and if you are heading home for Spring Break, don't forget to bring back your interviewing attire! PSUBAMS T-shirt design contest: It's time once again to show your artistic talent for the meteorology t-shirt design contest hosted by PSUBAMS. It's up to the students, faculty, and staff of PSU Meteorology Department to design this year's t-shirts! Please submit your design in .jpg format to Racheal Bliley by Sunday February 11. (rab333@psu.edu). The design will then be voted on and shortly afterwards, orders will be taken for the t-shirts. Certificate in Computer Programming: CSE 121: Introduction to programming techniques Like most CE programs, these courses are targeted at adult returning students, but are also available to full time undergraduates. These courses will be scheduled weeknights during regular semesters and also in the summer. In may cases, it will be possible for a student to complete the certificate in one calendar year if a summer session is attended. For more information on this program, contact Dr. Steve Shaffer at scs12@psu.edu. The Central Iowa Chapter of the National Weather Association invites you to our 11th Annual Severe Storms and Doppler Radar Conference in Des Moines, IA from Thursday, March 22 through Saturday, March 24. Abstracts are being accepted now through February 15. For more information, please visit: http://www.iowa-nwa.com. The Pam Daale Memorial Scholarship has also been established for those attending the conference. Please visit: http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/events/Daale Memorial Scholarship.pdf for more information. Have you heard about Turnitin? Turnitin.com is a Web-based plagiarism detection and prevention system owned by Turnitin.com, Inc. to which Penn State has a subscription. Turnitin.com can be used as a means to teach students how to work with sources and to raise awareness of paraphrasing and quoting skills in order to avoid plagiarism. A full announcement about Turnitin can be found by visiting: http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/courses/turnitin.pdf 2007 National Storm Conference Internships: Several internships have been recently added to the Department's internship page. These announcements are only viewable from a psu.edu domain. Visit: http://www.met.psu.edu/Jobs/ and click on the link for "Internships" Nominations are being accepted for the Wilson Award for Outstanding Teaching in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. You are invited and encouraged to nominate an EMS faculty member for the 2007 Matthew J. and Anne C. Wilson Outstanding Teaching Award. Nominations are due no later than February 15, 2007. Please visit: http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/news/EMSWilsonTeachingAward.pdf for a list of faculty members who have received the Wilson Award for Outstanding Teaching and are ineligible to receive it again. Each spring semester, EMS recognizes exceptional student achievement through several awards. This year's awards include the 2007 Ellen Steidle Achievement Awards, the 2007 Dean Steidle Scholar Award, the 2007 William Grundy Haven Student Paper Competition, and the 2007 GEMS Diamond Award (new!). Please visit http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/news/EMS_Student_Awards_2007.pdf for more information on each award. Nominations deadlines are February 15, 2007. Commission for Women Award Nominations Sought. To celebrate the many accomplishments of women around the University, the Commission for Women annually recognizes women who have achieved and excelled at Penn State and in their communities. Nominations are currently being sought for two awards: The Rosemary Schraer Mentoring Award and the Achieving Women Awards. [More info]. Summer Student Opportunity Listing on the AMS web site. Companies and radio/tv stations are advertising summer employment and internship opportunities available in the atmospheric and related sciences. To view the listings, please visit www.ametsoc.org and click on the link for Student Resources. Colloquium Cooking Challenge Continues into Spring 2007: Due to the overwhelming number of great treats submitted to the "Colloquium Cooking Challenge" this semester and several people expressing they would like an opportunity to bake something for the contest, I have decided to extend the challenge until Spring Break. Each Thursday afternoon with a colloquium in the spring semester through Thursday, March 8, somebody will have a chance to win two free tickets to the Meteorology Department's Spring Banquet on Wednesday, March 28 at 7:00 p.m. (reception at 6:30 p.m.) at the Atherton Hotel. I have already placed a sign-up sheet outside my office (410 Walker)....anyone with an interest in baking something feel free and sign up when you get a chance. For those who have already entered a dessert and those who will in the future, the winner will be announced on or around March 9. If you have any questions, or would like to sign up via email, please contact Zack Byko (zmb102@psu.edu) Spring 2007 GIS Training Workshops: The Graduate School, in cooperation with Penn State Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Council, is offering the workshops listed below in GIS training. These workshops are geared toward faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students interested in incorporating GIS into their research projects. Workshops begin in January. For more information, please visit http://www.gis.psu.edu The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is pleased to announce the RISE (Research Internships in Science and Engineering) Program will take place in the summer of 2007. Undergrads spend the summer working on a research project with a German Ph.D. student, who serves as a personal and professional mentor. Students receive a scholarship to cover living expenses, and the Ph.D. student will help find housing. Participants get exposed to advanced research and learn about Germany from the inside, make new friends and establish professional contacts, and spend weekends exploring the heart of Europe. Online registration and internship database open on Thursday, December 7. Online registration opened on November 1. The internship database will be activated on Friday, December 1. Find out about eligibility and the application process, and read reports from past participants, at http://www.daad.de/rise/en/index.html Important Deadlines/Dates: Feb 19 - March 4, Mon - Sunday—Final Exam Conflict Water Bottles are on sale in the Weather Station. They are fantastic and make great gifts and great PSU Meteorology souvenirs. They are $8 each. Just look for one of the PSUBAMS officers to purchase one. IUG Open to All Students: The Graduate Council has recently approved the proposal to make the IUG program open to all students (as opposed to just Schreyer's Honors students). The new policy will go into effect in the Spring 2007. For those who aren't familiar with the IUG program, it is an integrated B.S./M.S. (IUG) program that is designed to allow academically superior students to obtain both the B.S. and the M.S. degree in Meteorology in five years of study. [More info] Chi Epsilon Pi Tutoring Services: For every undergraduate meteorology class, Math 140 and Math 141/141G, a tutor has been selected who has extensive background in the topic. The idea is that this is a person you can contact if you feel you need more assistance with a course than the instructor and TA can provide. Most importantly, this service is completely free of charge! If you are struggling with a class this spring, please use Chi Epsilon Pi's tutoring services. The best way to contact tutors is via email, even though an impromptu visit to a tutor's office may be fruitful on some occasions. The 2007 tutoring list can be viewed at http://www.met.psu.edu/dept/courses/tutoringlist.html Weekly forecast discussions have returned! These discussions will take place each Tuesday afternoon at 2:45 in the Weather Station Classroom during the spring semester. They will be informal, last about 30 minutes, and will be lead by a Penn State, AccuWeather, or National Weather Service forecaster. Everyone with an interest in weather forecasting is invited! Feel free to drop in on the discussions whenever possible, whether it is on a weekly basis or just once or twice all semester. It is our hope that the experts giving the discussions can teach us a little more about weather forecasting and the audience engage and question the forecast discussion leader. We are still in need of more forecast discussion leaders for the spring semester, so if you have an interest in leading a forecast discussion or know someone you think would be interested, please contact Zack at zmb102@psu.edu. 2007 Student Career Experience Program positions at the Meteorological Development Lab located in Silver Spring, MD. Please visit the following website for details about this COOP opportunity: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/mdl/coop/coop.htm Plan Ahead for Meteo 414! I thought I would give you some advanced notice concerning our plans for Meteo 414, Mesoscale Meteorology. By Spring '07 we are planning to schedule the course in a newly renovated room on the first floor of Walker that will have a maximum capacity of 36 students. This spring we were able to accommodate 40 students in the course, but we will not be able to do so in the future. If you were planning to take the course in Spring '07, but could take it in Fall '06, then please do so as there are currently spaces available. We wish to make the course available to each of you who wants to take it, but to ensure that you are able to register for the course, we ask that you plan ahead and take it at the earliest possible time in which there are openings in the class. Sincerely, Professor Shirer Become a student member of the AMS: http://www.ametsoc.org/memb/ SPRING 2007 COURSES
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