THIS WEEK AT UCAR is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.ucar.edu/ucargen/UCARnewstext.html#This Week at UCAR ************************************************************************ THIS WEEK AT UCAR -- 15 May 1997 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research ------------------------------------------------- National Center for Atmospheric Research UCAR Office of Programs ************************************************************************ ANNOUNCEMENTS In brief: SOARS mentors sought SOARS mentor orientation NCAR Command Language data processing class Spring fling celebration EAC discounts Mat classes!! New books for the upcoming week +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SUBMITTING ANNOUNCEMENTS TO THIS WEEK AT UCAR | | | | Send your announcement by email to thisweek@ucar.edu, by 5:00 p.m. | | Monday of the week you want it to appear. Indicate the date of the | | issue in which you want it to be published. | | | | Write your announcement just as you want it to appear. Be sure to | | include the date, time, and location of any events being announced, | | and a name, phone number, and email address for someone to contact | | for more information. | | | | Please send announcements in electronic form only. Paste the text | | of your announcement into the body of your email message, rather | | than appended as an attachment or enclosure. | |_____________________________________________________________________| ************************************************************************ SOARS MENTORS SOUGHT The Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS) Program needs a few volunteers to serve as community mentors to several students who will be participating in this summer's SOARS program. The community mentor's job is to help a student with a smooth transition to UCAR and the Boulder community. It is not a time-consuming or demanding job. An orientation session and mentoring workshop will be offered. Past years' community mentors had a very positive experience and most have agreed to serve again this year. Our need for additional mentors comes from having received additional funding to support new students. If interested, please contact Bev Johnson: (Ext. 8623); e-mail address: beverlyj@ucar.edu ************************************************************************ SOARS MENTOR ORIENTATION The SOARS Program is sponsoring an orientation and mentor work session for UCAR/NCAR/UOP staff serving as mentors to this year SOARS proteges. Four sessions are scheduled, and all staff are welcome to attend. Each session will be conducted by Tom Windham, SOARS Program Manager. The work sessions will provide a program overview and address strategies for: --developing and sustaining productive mentoring relationships; --increasing understanding and confidence as a mentor; and --developing tools for early detection of problems and strategies for solving them. This orientation and work session is being offered on four separate dates: May 13 Tuesday 1-4 p.m. Damon Room at Mesa Lab May 14 Wednesday 8:30-11:30 a.m. Room 2133 at Foothills Lab-1 May 20 Tuesday 1-4 p.m. Room 2133 at Foothills Lab-1 May 21 Wednesday 8:30-11:30 a.m. Main Seminar Room at Mesa Lab To register, contact Bev Johnson at Ext. 8623 or E-Mail Bev at beverlyj@ucar.edu. Please provide the following information: your name, phone number; e-mail address, and indicate if you are serving as a scientific mentor, writing mentor or community mentor. Thanks for your participation. ************************************************************************ NCAR COMMAND LANGUAGE DATA PROCESSING CLASS Data Processing with the NCAR Command Language (NCL) by Ethan Alpert 9:30AM May 16th in the ML Main Seminar Room. This class will cover how to process multi-dimensional data using NCL. It will stress efficient programming techniques, computational capabilities, and include a number of real world examples. The one hour class period will be followed by a period for extended questions. This course is being given in the context of the SCD/CGD CSM processor collaboration. For more information on this project and NCL see the CSM project web page at: http://ngwww.ucar.edu/projects/csmproc/index.html For more information, contact Bob Lackman, x1224, rll@ncar.ucar.edu. ************************************************************************ SPRING FLING CELEBRATION Spring has sprung, and it's time to celebrate! The 2nd Annual Spring Fling is approaching faster than you think...tomorrow to be exact. Come join the EAC for an afternoon filled with fun. The event of the season will take place when SCD/CGD battle against COMET & Human Resources (separately) in the lip sync contests. Not to mention, you'll be able to purchase the all new 1997 UCAR/NCAR/UOP T-Shirt for the first time this year, as well as register for the summer volleyball leagues. So, come and enjoy refreshments and entertainment tomorrow afternoon! Where: Outside Buildings 1 and 2 (Foothills Lab) Time: 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM For more information regarding EAC events or offers, please send e-mail to eac@ucar.edu, or visit their web site at http://www.ucar.edu/internal/eac/eac.html ************************************************************************ EAC DISCOUNTS The EAC is offering the following discount coupons: A $5.00 off coupon to the Ruby Tuesday restaurant, located at 994 Dillon Road,in Louisville. This certificate entitles the bearer to $5.00 off the purchase of any entree (does not include alcoholic beverage or gratuity). Offer expires 6/25/97. A Premier Club Card to Elitch Gardens, which is valid for $8.00 off regular admission any day (May, September, and October), $4.00 off admission weekends (June, July and August), and $8.00 off regular admission weekdays (June, July, and August). This card is reusable and valid for up to 6 tickets purchased. Discount is off the full price main gate adult ticket price only. Offer not valid on child, senior citizen, special event tickets or in conjunction with other discount offers. Expires 11/2/97. These coupons will be available at the following locations: --ML: EAC Discounts brochure rack, located in the hallway, outside the cafeteria entrance --FL: Near the FL2 front door entrance --Jeffco: lobby area In addition to the coupons... The Pulse Fitness Center is offering a corporate special to UCAR/NCAR/UOP employees. Enjoy the club for ONE FREE WEEK, MAY 19 - 23! In addition, you can take advantage of the $10.00 enrollment fee, if you join during the week of the corporate special. This offer is good at both Pulse locations: 1375 Walnut St. and 2950 Baseline Rd. Call Kimberly at 447-8545 (Walnut St.) or Jillian at 443-2639 (Baseline Rd.) for details about ongoing, preferred rates for UCAR/NCAR/UOP employees. For more information regarding EAC events or offers, please send e-mail to eac@ucar.edu, or visit their web site at http://www.ucar.edu/internal/eac/eac.html ************************************************************************ MAT CLASSES!! Repatterning exercises based on The Method of Joseph H. Pilates, taught by Christine Guzy. New sessions: Foothills Lab Monday 19 May through 30 June, 11:00 - 12:00 p.m. Thursday 22 May through 26 June, 12:05 - 1:05 p.m. Note: Monday, 26 May, is a holiday. Mesa Lab Tuesday 20 May through 24 June, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Thursday 29 May through 10 July, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Note: Thursday, 22 May, is a make-up class for the snow day, 24 April. Thursday 3 July is a holiday. Cost: $36 for each six week session. Drop-in, $7 per class. These mat exercises are non-impact. They are yoga-like, but with more movement. They help build strength and flexibility, focusing on abdominal strength and breath. To read more about The Method of Joseph H. Pilates, see articles posted on both the FL and ML Fitness Center bulletin boards. For more information and to register for classes, contact Christine at 494-5569. ************************************************************************ NEW BOOKS FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK This is a sampling of the new books available at the NCAR library. These books and others will be on display at the Foothills library for the upcoming week. For a complete list of new titles at both the Foothills and Mesa locations please check the Information Desk on the library's on-line catalog (NOLA). Groundwater resources and special districts : an examination of regulatory policy and aquiferial overfraft of the southern High Plains of Texas, 1945 to 1980 / A. L. Brown GB1025 .T4 B768 1984a / location: FL Bifurcations and dynamics of the ocean's thermohaline circulation / M. Vellinga GC171 . V44 1997 / location: ML Seasonal simulations using a coupled ocean-atmosphere model with data assimilation / T. E. La Row GC190.2 .L34 1997 / location: ML The polar solar wind from 2.5 to 40 solar radii : results of intensity scintillation measurements / M. Klinglesmith QB529 .K55 1997 / location: ML First Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, February 2-7, 1997, Long Beach, California / American Meteorological Society QC851 .S952 1997 / location: ML The snow booklet : a guide to the science, climatology, and measurement of snow in the United States / N. J. Doesken QC926.43 .D64 1997 / location: ML & FL Sensitivity of global seasonal climate simulations to static or seasonally varying vegetation forcing / L. D. White QC981.45 .W48 1997 / location: ML Map projections--a working manual / J. P. Snyder QE75 .P9 no. 1395 / location: ML Field measurements and interpretation of species derived from NO, NH, and VOC emissions in Europe / S. Beilke TD195.54 .E97 F54 1990 / location: ML ************************************************************************ Information on contacting THIS WEEK AT UCAR or UCARLINE is available by accessing: http://www.ucar.edu/thisweek/subscribe.html To find out how to change your subscription options for either of these newsletters, access: http://www.ucar.edu/thisweek/subscribe.html#Using majordomo