04/30/09 AMS Awards Banquet

Our AMS Banquet cake

On Thursday, April 30th, our AMS exec board, members, and faculty enjoyed a cookout behind Davis Hall. Despite the threat of rain earlier in the day the weather cleared out just in time for a evening to celebrate the end of the academic year among classmates and friends. Hamburgers, hot dogs, and a delicious cake were all served at our banquet. Congratulations to all our AMS award winners and our graduating students. Thanks to all that attended our banquet and for making this a very successful year for our AMS chapter here at NIU.

04/16/09 Meeting Minutes

Hi everyone, here are the announcements from last night's meeting.

Case study winners
Congrats to the winners of last night's case study: Jeremy Spencer and Erik Janzon! Thanks to everyone that came and to Gilbert and Travis for presenting.

Officer Election Results
President: Chuck Richie
Vice President: Eddie Wildermuth
Secretary: Ryan Oates
Treasurer: Tierney Manning
Webmaster: Rose Sengenberger

Fermilab Severe Weather Seminar
We are going to Tom Skilling's severe weather seminar at Fermilab on Saturday, April 25. If you want to go but didn't get a chance to sign up, e-mail us at niuams@gmail.com and we'll put you on the list. We will be meeting in front of Davis Hall at 10:00 am. The seminar will probably last until about 5:00.

AMS banquet
Our annual AMS Banquet is a cookout this year. It is on Thursday, April 30 behind Davis Hall. If you have a grill you are willing to bring, please let someone on the exec board know. Rain date is Friday, May 1.

Have a great weekend everyone! Enjoy the warm weather!

04/16/09 Meeting

Hi everyone, our next AMS meeting will be tomorrow, April 16, at 5:00 pm in DH 217. We'll be doing another case study, similar to the one that Victor did with us last month. We'll also be having officer elections for next year, and we'll have Pizza Hut pizza, so come hungry! Be sure to bring colored pencils since we'll be doing composite charts.

NTC Weather Photos
The NTC is still looking for weather photos! If you have any cool pictures, send them to ntc@niu.edu and put "NTC Wx Pics" in the subject line.

T-shirts
If you haven't picked up your t-shirt yet, and you ordered one, bring $20 tomorrow and pick up your shirt.

Upcoming events
-Fermilab: On Saturday, April 25, we'll be going to Fermilab for Tom Skilling's Severe Storms seminar. We're going to the morning session, departure time from DeKalb is TBA. Walker is speaking, so be sure to come and see him speak!

-AMS Banquet: Our annual AMS banquet/cookout is on Thursday, April 30 behind Davis Hall. It should be a fun time, so save the date! If the weather is uncooperative, we can maybe move it to Friday.

Internships
-The Midwestern Regional Climate Center is offering a 12-week internship this summer. It is open to current sophomores and juniors. Information is attached; applications are due by April 21.

-KELO-TV, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is looking for a summer weather intern. Information is attached.

See you all Thursday!

03/27/09 Meeting Minutes

T-shirts

If you haven't picked up your t-shirt yet and you ordered one, or if you still need to pay, please bring $20 to the next meeting.

Des Moines

For those going to Des Moines next week, we will be meeting in front of Davis Hall at 7:00 am on Thursday, April 2.

NTC weather photos

If you have any weather photos you would the NTC to show, send them to ntc@niu.edu

Have a great weekend everyone!

03/20/09 Meeting Minutes

Here are the announcements from last night's meeting.

T-shirts
Our t-shirts are in! If you couldn't make it last night and ordered a shirt, bring $20 to the next meeting and you can pick up your shirt then.

NTC Weather pictures
If you have any weather pictures you would like to share, the NTC would like them for their weather photo segment. Send any pictures to ntc@niu.edu.

2009-2010 Exec Board
If anyone is interested in running for an exec board position in next year's AMS, a sign up sheet will be available at the next meeting.

Next meeting
Our next meeting will be Thursday, March 26 (next week!) at 5:00 pm in DH 217. We will be having a guest speaker on how weather impacts the economy.

Have a great weekend!

03/19/09 Spring Fundraiser: AMS T-Shirt

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Along with a bake sale last month we also sold AMS T-Shirts to raise funds for our student organization this semester. Our members designed our very own T-Shirt design for the American Meteorological Society. This was yet another success and we'll proud of how they turned out. A very special thanks to Competitive Edge & Graphics in Dekalb for their help screen printing our design and there expertise over the last couple of months.

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03/19/09 Meeting

Hi everyone, hope you all had a great spring break and enjoyed the recent warm weather. First and foremost, our t-shirts are in! If you ordered one, bring $20 to the meeting Thursday night (5:00 pm in DH 217) and you will receive your shirt. They look great! We do have a few extras, so if you didn't order one and still want one, you may still be able to get one. For those of you planning to go to Des Moines in April, we will be having a quick meeting after the conclusion of the AMS meeting. If you can't stick around, please see one of the exec board. We will be watching Storms of 2008 at the meeting, so be sure to come out! Hope to see you all tomorrow! -- NIU AMS