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Meteorology Students Chosen For National
Conference
CALIFORNIA, Pa. (January 29, 2003)…Three students from California
University’s department of Earth Sciences, meteorology
concentration, were recently selected to participate as work-study
assistants at the national meeting of the American Meteorological
Society in Long Beach, California, February 9-13.
Patrick Taylor (Liverpool, Pa.), Neil Barton (Columbia, Pa.) and
Dustin Devine (South Park, Pa.) were notified of their selection
at the end of the fall semester. The student assistant program
allows the students to stay at an officially sanctioned hotel for
the duration of the conference. The students also have their
registration fees waived and are given per diem. The only expense
paid by the student is travel. Taylor, Barton and Devine will
also be representing the local chapter of the AMS at California
University (Southwest Pennsylvania Chapter). They will attend
the Local Chapters' breakfast Tuesday, February 11, and participating
in the Local Chapter's Interactive Town Hall.
The American Meteorological Society promotes the development and
dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and
related oceanic and hydrologic sciences. Founded in 1919, AMS has
a membership of more than 11,000 professionals, professors, students
and weather enthusiasts. AMS publishes nine atmospheric and
related oceanic and hydrologic journals — in print and online
— sponsors more than 12 conferences annually, and offers numerous
programs and services.
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