Spring 2009 Cookout

On Thursday, April 30th, about 45 students, faculty, and friends gathered behind Davis Hall to celebrate the end of NIU's 2008-09 academic year. Hamburgers and hot dogs were grilled by head bbq chef (and graduate student), Victor Gensini; furthermore, our outgoing AMS president, Travis Carlson, brought a cake to the event that will make any weather wennie laugh (see below for visual evidence). MET faculty also distributed annual awards, which are listed below. Congrats to those who received these tremendous accolades. Thanks to all who attended – it was fun to gather one last time before graduation!

Even the "Ace of Cakes" would have a hard time surpassing this beauty of a cake! For the nonmeteorologists out there ... that's a supercell!

Annual Awards: During the cookout, several of our AMS members were awarded with honors. Congratulations to all who were honored, including:

Becky Belobraydich for the Liberals Arts and Sciences Dean’s Award in Meteorology;

Rachel Dearing and Bethany Norris for the Nancy Wick Award for Outstanding Achievement as Seniors in Meteorology;

and Kristina Rohrbach for the Jack Villmow Award for Outstanding Achievement as a Junior in Meteorology.

AMS-NWA Election Results: Finally, we have a new NIU AMS-NWA Executive Board!

The 2009-10 President is Chuck Richie (2nd from left). Assisting Chuck will be VP Eddie Wildermuth (center), Secretary Ryan Oates (2nd from right), Treasurer Tierney Manning (right), and Webmaster Rose Sengenberger (left). Congrats to the new Exec Board!