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AMS/AGU Heads and Chairs Meeting

October 16 - 17, 2008

Meeting Presentations

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• Issues in Geoscience Education: Accountability and Accreditation
  • Eric Barron, formerly Dean of Geosciences, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX; Director, NCAR, Boulder, CO
  • Christopher Keane, Director of Communications and Technology, American Geological Institute, Alexandria, VA
• Discussion Panel on Accreditation / Questions from Floor Panelists:
• Wayne Pennington, Geology and Mining Engineering Chair, Michigan Tech. Univ.
• Rich Clark, Earth Science Chair, Millersville Univ
• Fred Carr, Meteorology Chair, Univ. of Oklahoma - University Degrees Offered and Degree Stats. (Excel file)
• Alan Robock, Professor, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ - Accreditation
• Forum on Department Issues and Challenges
  • Update on Initiatives to Increase Minority Participation in the Atmospheric and Related Sciences - Quinton Williams, Chair, Dept. of Physics, Atmos. Sci. and Geoscience, Jackson State Univ., Jackson, MS
  • The AMS (Video) Journal: A New Tool for Outreach and Meeting NSF Criterion 2 Requirements
    • Phillippa Kassover, Senior Director of Development, ResearchChannel, Seattle, WA
    • Walt Lyons, Sky Fire Productions, Fort Collins, CO
• What do Graduate Schools Look For? A Comparison of Atmospheric Sciences Programs
  • John Nielsen-Gammon, Professor, Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX
• New Directions in Geoscience: Geoengineering and Climate Change
  • Michael MacCracken, Chief Scientist for Climate Change Programs, Climate Institute, Washington, DC
  • Phil Rasch, Chief Scientist, PNNL, Richland, WA
  • Simone Tilmes, Project Scientist, NCAR, Boulder, CO
  • Alan Robock, Professor, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ
• Department Issues: Research Funding, Challenges Concerning our Graduates
  • Tim Killeen, Assistant Director for Geosciences, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC
  • Human Resources in the Atmospheric and Geologic Sciences Lisa Frehill, Executive Director, Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology, Washington, DC
  • Recent and Future Trends in U.S. Undergraduate Meteorology Enrollments, Degree Recipients, and Employment Opportunities, John Knox, Assistant Prof., Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA