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The 8th Annual AMS Student Conference“Weathering Your Career – Now and in the Future”
Join us for the Eighth Annual AMS Student Conference and Career Fair, “Weathering Your Career--Now and in the Future”, sponsored by the American Meteorological Society, 10-11 (Sat-Sun) January 2009 as part of the 89th AMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. A registration fee of $25 has been set for this conference. The student conference is intended for junior and senior undergraduates and all graduate students, and will focus on interdisciplinary topics and wide-ranging opportunities in the atmospheric and related sciences. Important eligibility requirement: You must be an AMS member or student member in order to attend the conference. You must register for the Student Conference online by 2 January 2009. There will be no onsite registration. Sessions will include invited speakers from the private, academic, and government sectors. A career fair and networking evening is scheduled to provide a forum for students to personally interact with professionals who represent potential employers and graduate institutions. In addition to the conference sessions, Dr. David Schultz, Chief Editor, Monthly Weather Review and Professor, University of Helsinki and Finnish Meteorological Institute, will offer a Writer's Workshop. The workshop will provide valuable guidance on writing a better scientific document, whether for a class project, journal article, or a dissertation. Topics will include: how to attract an audience; organizing a paper for maximum readability; combating writer's block; six tips to improve the flow and content of your writing;, shortening your writing and increasing its clarity; ten rules for effective figures, and writing meteorological papers. In addition to presentations and group discussions featuring both noted professionals and fellow students, we encourage students to submit papers about a wide range of topics. Please see the Call for Papers for additional information. For additional information please contact the program chairpersons Kathy Strebe, kstrebe@weather.com, Kim Klockow, kklockow@ou.edu, or Scott Mackaro, mackaro@nsstc.uah.edu. Important Deadlines
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