<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Good afternoon, </span><br></font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span id="gmail-m_-780786248881490747gmail-m_-7575829339686636045gmail-docs-internal-guid-65cfa722-1f06-b3d9-e8ae-9a75cbc7a414"><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p><div style="font-size:small;display:inline">Next week, we are</div> <div style="display:inline">hosting t</div>he <div style="display:inline">NCAR </div>Undergraduate Leadership Workshop (ULW<div style="display:inline">)</div>, and <div style="font-size:small;display:inline">we </div>are writing to ask you to join us <div style="display:inline">for a</div> chat with <div style="display:inline">a few</div> students over lunch<div style="font-size:small;display:inline">,</div> and possibly be interviewed <div style="font-size:small;display:inline">later in the week</div>.</span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p><div style="display:inline">If you aren't familiar with the ULW, see</div> David Hosansky<div style="display:inline">'s </div>beautiful piece<div style="display:inline"> </div><div style="display:inline">in</div><a href="https://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/just-published/127466/shaping-career-in-week" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> AtmosNews</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> that highlights a small </span><a href="http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00214.1" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BAMS article</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> that we wrote about the long-term <div style="display:inline">benefits</div> of the ULW <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">for</div> participants. </span></font><p></p><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Please consider joining us for the following:</font></div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1.</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><b>Be a part of “Conversations</b></font></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><b> about careers"</b></font></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Please join us to chat with the students at lunchtime about your career path and work. After hearing from so many of you last year, one student said at the end of the ULW. “For the first time since high school, I’m not afraid of my future.” </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Looking for: software engineers, instrumentation engineers, educators, communications specialists, </font></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">and </font></div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">research scientists, <div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">including postdoctoral fellows or advanced graduate students.</div><br></font><p></p><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"></font></p><div style="font-size:small;display:inline"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Bring your lunch and join us on one of the following days:</font></div></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:72pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Monday, July 10 at 12 pm, Mesa Lab cafeteria</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:72pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Tuesday, July 11 at 12 pm, Foothills Lab cafeteria</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:72pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Thursday, July 13 at 12 pm Foothills Lab cafeteria</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#0b5394"><b><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please let us know in this </span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ULW-conversations-form" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">online form</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> if you can join us at any of those times.</span></b></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></p><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-65cfa722-1f47-11d0-9f77-7e196e05ee28"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>
2. If you are willing to be contacted for an interview later in the week</b></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I f a student is interested in interviewing you about your work, your training, and the joys and challenges of working in your field , could we contact you?</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Background: The students will be developing career profiles, using examples of different professions in atmospheric science, engineering, and related fields. </span></p><div><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-65cfa722-1f47-73a5-c649-aff091d8a6e0"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#0b5394"><b>Please let us know in <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ULW-conversations-form">our online form</a> if you are open to being contacted for an interview. </b></font></span></p><div><br></div></span></span></div></font></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">I am attaching the Agenda for this year’s ULW</font></span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">.</font></div><p></p><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"></font></span></p><div style="font-size:small;display:inline"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Best</font></div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"> regards,</font><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Valerie </font></span></p><span class="gmail-m_-780786248881490747gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888" face="verdana, sans-serif"><div></div></font></span></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * </font><div><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">Valerie Sloan, Ph.D.</font></div><div><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">Director of the GEO REU Network &</font></div><div><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">Senior Higher Education Specialist</font></div><div><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">NCAR|UCAR</font></div><div><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">P.O. Box 3000</font></div><div><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">Boulder, CO 80307-3000</font></div><div><a href="mailto:vsloan@ucar.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif">vsloan@ucar.edu</font></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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