Session 2 |
| | University Educational Initiatives |
| | Organizers: Donna J. Charlevoix, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; Paul J. Croft, Kean University, Union, NJ
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| 8:30 AM | 2.1 | NOAA Education and Training Program Opportunities
Nina L. Jackson, NOAA/NESDIS, Brandywine, MD |
| 8:45 AM | 2.2 | Strategies for Broadening Participation in Atmospheric Sciences: Lessons Learned from the UCAR SOARS Program
Rajul E. Pandya, UCAR, Boulder, CO |
| 9:00 AM | 2.3 | Activities, findings, and recent developments of the National Weather Center Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program  
Daphne S. Zaras, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK |
| 9:15 AM | 2.4 | A hands-on interdisciplinary laboratory program: an approach to strengthen the weather radar curriculum at the University of Oklahoma
M. Yeary, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Yu, R. Palmer, M. Biggerstaff, and L. D. Fink |
| 9:30 AM | 2.5 | The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL): promoting classroom research as a scholarly activity
Donna J. Charlevoix, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL |
| 9:45 AM | | Coffee Break
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| 11:00 AM | 2.6 | Attempts towards introducing an Online Weather Studies course in a rural college
Safianu Rabiu, Paul D. Camp Community College, Franklin, Virginia 23851, Franklin, VA |
| 11:15 AM | 2.7 | Online Weather Studies in a 2-year program in Applied Meteorology at West Virginia State University
Tina J. Cartwright, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV; and S. Fleegel |
| 11:30 AM | 2.8 | Climatology at a tribal college
Subodh K. Singh, Sinte Gleska University, Mission, SD |
| 11:45 AM | 2.9 | Attempting to improve communications skills: A senior capstone seminar course in meteorology
David R. Smith, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and T. D. Sikora, B. B. Yoakum, and R. M. Kyhos |
| 12:00 PM | 2.10 | An assessment of the added value of a written course project in a general meteorology course
Kenneth E. Parsons, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ; and A. Beck and P. McElwain |