This is the thirteenth week of the fall 2014 semester.
ALERTS:
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Tomorrow (11/11) is Veteran’s Day, a federal holiday that celebrates
the service of all U.S. military veterans. Please join OU President David
L. Boren in showing your appreciation to our veterans, service
members, and their families at 8:00 AM for the OU ROTC Color Guard
Presentation on the Parrington Oval Lawn and again at noon for the
Military Appreciation Cookout on the Robertson Hall Lawn. Also, the
inspiring documentary “Service: When Women Come Marching Home”
will be shown in Meacham Auditorium on Thursday, November 13th
from 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
The new and improved National Weather Website is now live! Check it
out: http://www.ou.edu/nwc and let us know your comments at
fyi@nwc.ou.edu.
The Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program (SCIPP) announces
their newly reorganized website here: http://southernclimate.org/
The Fourth Quarter Oklahoma Water Survey Newsletter for 2014 is
available here: http://oklahomawatersurvey.org/
There will be no Walk-In Hours this Thursday, 11/13, due to GIS Day.
SOONER SATURDAY takes place THIS SATURDAY!
Here is the itinerary for the day:
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Browsing Fair – this event takes place in the Oklahoma Memorial Union
Ballroom from 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM. Prospective students visit to pick up
information and College giveaways, and to speak with current students
and faculty about our degree programs. We need both student and
faculty volunteers to help staff the A&GS Booth.
Meet & Greet – this event takes place in the Oklahoma Memorial Union
from 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM, and gives students the opportunity to meet with
OU faculty. We still need faculty volunteers.
A&GS Open House – takes place in the National Weather Center Atrium
from 11:00 AM – 12: 30 PM, with NWC tours starting at 12:30 PM. The
Open House is a come-and-go event, allowing prospective students a
chance to meet with faculty and current A&GS students in the NWC
(much quieter than the Union!). There will be two information sessions
(one at 11:20 AM, the other at 11:45 AM), and a brief Weather Briefing on
the Weather Wall at 12:15 PM. We still need both student and faculty
volunteers for this big event.
Student volunteers will receive a free Sooner Saturday t-shirt, tasty snacks at the Open
House, and our deep appreciation. Please contact Events Coordinator Mona Springfield at
mspringfield@ou.edu to volunteer today!
SCAMS Meeting on Tuesday
The next meeting of the Student Chapter of the American Meteorological Society (SCAMS)
takes place on Tuesday, November 11th, at 6:30 PM in the NWC, Room 1313.
GIS Day 2014
The wait is over! GIS Day finally arrives this Thursday, November 13th from 10:00 AM
– 3:00 PM in the Molly Shi Boren Ballroom in the Student Union. OU’s annual GIS Day
celebrates and showcases a broad spectrum of research, education, and outreach activities
related to geospatial science, technology and applications to attract and retain both
undergraduate and graduate students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics,
and prepare them for future employment in the geospatial sector. Make plans now to stop
by and check out this amazing event! And join the global community observing
International GIS Day, which was first celebrated in 1999 and has been held by more than
10,000 organizations in 80 countries across the world (http://www.gisday.com)
SCCSC Student Job Opportunities
The South Central Climate Science Center (SCCSC) has two undergraduate student job
openings; the Center prefers sophomore applicants who can be retained until
graduation. Here is the link to the job information:
https://jobs.ou.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=320636.
The requisition number is 20987.
NWC Library Updates
NWC Librarian Christine Lippucci is pleased to announce the NWC Library’s brand new
social media accounts: www.facebook.com/nwclibrary and
http://twitter.com/NWCLibrary (or NWCLibrary). Please visit both often!
Also, please take a few moments to complete this short and important library
survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2NWR3KV
Part-Time Position at WDT
Weather Decision Technologies has a part-time student position available; please see the
attached flyer for all the details.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR MM?
If you have any announcement you would like posted in Monday Memo (e.g., meetings,
seminars, jobs, internships or just some great news) please send it to Asst. Dean Hempe
(mahempe@ou.edu) by Friday at noon to appear in the next week’s edition.
On this Day in History:
In 1969, "Sesame Street” made its broadcast debut on PBS. The pioneering kids’ show
went on to become the most widely viewed children's program in the world, airing in more
than 120 countries.
In 1775, the Continental Congress passed a resolution stating that "two Battalions of
Marines be raised" for service as landing forces for the recently formed Continental
Navy. The resolution is now observed as the birth date of the United States Marine Corps.
In 1871, Welsh journalist Sir Henry Morton Stanley finally found missing missionary and
explorer David Livingstone in Ujiji, Central Africa and reportedly uttered the famous line,
“Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” Livingstone, in search of the source of the Nile, had been
missing for almost seven years. It took Stanley eight months to find him.
In 1885, the world's first motorcycle, designed by Gottlieb Daimler, made its first
significant test-run. With no suspension on the wheels, the leather saddle gave a very
uncomfortable ride, at a speed up to 12 km/hr.
In 1903, Mary Anderson, of Birmingham, Alabama, was awarded a patent for her "window
cleaning device for electric cars and other vehicles to remove snow, ice or sleet from the
window." When she received her patent, Anderson tried to sell it to a Canadian
manufacturing firm, but the company refused, telling Anderson her device had no practical
value and was not worth any money. Although mechanical windshield wipers were
standard equipment in passenger cars by around 1913, Anderson never profited from the
invention.
In 1915, an unusually late season tornado struck the central Kansas town of Great Bend,
destroying 160 homes, killing eleven people, and causing a million dollars in damage along
its 35 mile track (over $23.5 million today). Hundreds of dead ducks dropped from the sky
northeast of the track's end.
In 1928, the first installment of All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque's
acclaimed novel of World War I, appeared in the German magazine Vossische Zeitung.
In 1970, the Great Wall of China opened for tourism.
In 1983, U.S. student Fred Cohen presented to a security seminar the results of his test the first documented computer virus, created as an experiment in computer security.
In 1984, the University of Miami Hurricanes blew a 31-0 lead in the third quarter of the
Orange Bowl, eventually losing to the University of Maryland Terrapins, 42-40.
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