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EAPS Weekly News: October 20, 2014 The EAPS Weekly News Like EAPS on Facebook October 20, 2014 Follow EAPS on Twitter UPCOMING EAPS MEETINGS EAPS PRESENTATIONS EAPS STAFF MEETINGS Thursday, Nov. 20th CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE 20TH CENTURY: LESSONS 9:00-10:00 a.m. FROM THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON HAMP 2201 Dr. Richard A. Keen Emeritus Instructor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Colorado EAPS RECEPTIONS AT CONFERENCES Monday, Oct. 20, 2014 at 3:30 p.m. Lilly 2-425 GSA (Vancouver) Monday, Oct. 20, 2014 ******************************************************************** 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. EAPS COLLOQUIA Vancouver Hyatt Regency-Cypress Room SEG (DENVER) TOWARDS A PARADIGM SHIFT IN THE MODELING OF Monday, Oct. 27, 2014 SOIL ORGANIC CARBON DECOMPOSITION FOR 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. EARTH SYSTEM MODELS Denver Hilton Garden Inn-Element Ballroom Yujie He PhD Candidate AGU (SAN FRANCISCO) Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. HAMP 2201 Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Thirsty Bear-Billar Room ANTHROPOGENIC SIGNALS IN INSAR Rowena Lohman Cornell Universtiy AMS (PHOENIX) Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015 Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014 at 3:30 p.m. HAMP 1252 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. TBA GIANT IMPACTS ON THE ASTEROID 4 VESTA ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Timothy Bowling FALL FACULTY MEETING SCHEDULE PhD Candidate Tues., Oct. 28, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18th HAMP 2201 3:00-4:30 p.m. HAMP 3201 (Please see attached fall 2014 EAPS Colloquia) SPRING FACULTY MEETING SCHEDULE EAPS PUBLICATIONS Tuesday, Jan. 27th, Feb. 10th (Dean’s Visit to Dept.), Mar. 24th, and Apr. 14th, 2015 Agee, Ernest M., 2014: A revised tornado definition and 3:00-4:30 p.m. changes in tornado taxonomy. Wea. Forecasting, 29, 1256- HAMP 3201 1259, DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-14-00058.1 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ EXTERNAL REVIEW Nov. 3rd & 4th Detailed schedule was placed in faculty mailboxes. CCO WORKSHOPS UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT INFORMATION LinkedIn - Online Networking Thur. Oct. 23 | 5:30-6:30pm | EE117 Job and Salary Negotiation GREEN WEEK ACTIVITIES Wed. Oct. 29 | 5:30-6:30pm | EE117 Acing the Interview A Discovery Lecture offered in conjunction with Purdue Tues. Nov. 4 | 5:30-6:30pm | EE117 University's Green Week 2014 will feature a talk by award- winning National Geographic magazine photographer Joel ******************************************************************** Sartore at 7 p.m. in Purdue Memorial Monday (Oct. 20) GRADUATE STUDENTS-CHILD WELLNESS DAY Union's North Ballroom. The free lecture, titled "Photo Ark: Communicating Science through the Lens," will explore Sartore's 20-year effort launched in 2008 to document Tippecanoe County Health Department endangered species and landscapes. More than 3,700 October 24, 2014 species have been photographed to date for Photo Ark. 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. To register online, please click here: ******************************************************************* https://www2.itap.purdue.edu/bs/worklife/ See attached flyer for more information. BILINGUAL CAREER FAIR AND RECEPTION NEW DEPARTMENTAL REGULATION The CCO, in conjunction with the America China Society As you may be aware, the Graduate School has a new of Indiana, and Purdue Chinese Students and Scholars policy change with regards to plagiarism that began on Association are hosting a Bilingual Career Fair and September 1, 2014. All students (and their Major rd th Networking Reception on November 3 and 4 , 2014. Professors) must sign a statement on Graduate School Students with language and technical skills that are looking Form 32 certifying that their thesis/dissertation is free of for both internships and full time opportunities should plagiarism and all materials appearing have been properly consider attending. Companies will be looking for students quoted and attributed. Towards that end, your interested in both home country and international positions. thesis/dissertation must now go through an iThenticate All majors are welcome! Please see attached flyer. review. Therefore, the department has established a new departmental regulation with regards to this new policy. The ******************************************************************** new regulation states: NETWORKING RECEPTION “A PDF of your final thesis/dissertation must be turned into This event is a unique opportunity for students and the Graduate Committee or Major Professor a minimum of employers to expand their professional networks and two weeks prior to thesis/dissertation deposit to conduct an engage in meaningful discourse about international student iThenticate check. Failure to meet this deadline may affect success in the workplace. submission of your thesis/dissertation which may, in turn, delay your graduation date.” Date: November 3, 2014 Time: 5:00-8:00 p.m. ******************************************************************** Location: Dauch Alumni Center (403 W. Wood Street) 2015 AMS TRAVEL GRANT FOR EAPS GRADUATE STUDENTS Keynote speech “Branchind you multiculturalism—present by Partrice Kimerson . A Travel Grant has been established by a donor to provide $500 in travel funds for an EAPS graduate student to attend and present at any American Meteorological Society (AMS) Students must register via my CCO. There is a limited meeting. This call is for travel to AMS meetings that will be capacity. Registration will close on October 28. held in 2015.For a list of AMS meetings, see http://goo.gl/QeRYH2.The $500 travel award is limited to ******************************************************************** EAPS graduate students who plan to make an oral or poster presentation at any AMS meeting. Students may apply in BILINGUAL CAREER FAIR advance of their paper/poster being accepted. Should a Date: November 4, 2014 student be awarded the travel grant and their paper/poster Time: 10:00am-3:00pm is not accepted, the travel monies will be forfeited and will Location: France A. Crdova Recreational Sports Center be made available to another student (at the discretion of (Feature Gym) the award selection committee). Students need to provide electronic files via email attachment to Kathy Kincade View the list of attending employers . ([email protected]) including the cover sheet (2nd page of this document), an abstract and title of the proposed presentation, and an advisor’s letter of nomination by the required due date to be considered. The awardee will be continues on Sunday, January 4 and is open to all Annual selected by a faculty committee appointed by the Head. Meeting attendees, including attendees of the Early Career Awardees must submit a travel request a minimum of two Professionals Conference. The hours of operation for weeks before departure using the standard departmental Saturday and Sunday are as follows: travel procedures - see the Business Office for details. The funds will be provided as reimbursement for normal travel Saturday 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. expenses. Sunday 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. The complete application must be submitted electronically to You’re invited to take advantage of this opportunity to Kathy Kincade ([email protected]) by 5:00 PM on promote your organization and to network with qualified Thursday, October 30, 2014. applicants. If your organization is a Sustaining, Regular, or Small Business AMS Corporation and Institutional ******************************************************************** Member (CIM), your Career Fair registration is free of charge! Please contact Beth Farley at [email protected] for a coupon code with which to P. F. LOW AGU TRAVEL AWARD COMPETITION FOR submit your order. The registration fee for all other EAPS PHD STUDENTS organizations, including Publication CIMs, is $120. All recruiters are provided with one 6’ table, two chairs, and The P. F. 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A travel award of (up to) $1000 will be awarded to support one EAPS student to present at the AGU fall meeting. ******************************************************************** Funds will be provided as reimbursement for normal travel expenses. Awards will be made based on merit of the research project, as well as on financial need. Students GLACIATION IN SWEDEN need to electronically provide the cover sheet (see below), STUDY ABROAD COURSE an abstract of the proposed presentation, and an advisor’s MAY 4-JUNE 5, 2015 letter of nomination by the required due date to be considered. The complete application must be submitted electronically 3 Credits: Estimated maximum cost $3,000, including to Kathy Kincade ([email protected]) by 5:00PM on tuition, all travel, food, and lodging Thursday, October 30, 2014. 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