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  • Students! Applications for 3 NWA college scholarships are due this week. See our Scholarship/Grant Application Page for the open scholarships.

  • 37th NWA Annual Meeting ended October 11th. Final Agenda is posted with Abstracts, Extended Abstracts and links to presentations are being added for all interested in the great work being accomplished to improve operational meteorology to benefit society.

  • Congratulations to the 2012 NWA Annual Meeting Best Student Presentation Winners! Click here to learn more about our best student presentations.

  • The NWA Sol Hirsch Education Fund Grant award winners were formally announced at the NWA Annual Awards Luncheon on 10 October. Click the link for a map locating the cities of the winners for the last 3 years and summaries of their projects to improve the learning of meteorology among K-12 students.

  • Congratulations to NWA 2012 Annual Award Winners! These were announced at the Annual Awards Luncheon, 10 Oct.
    • Operational Achievement Individual Award: Daryl Herzmann, Iowa State University – Department of Agronomy, Ames, IA
    • Operational Achievement Group Award: Members of the Warning Decision Training Branch, NOAA/NWS/OCWWS Norman, OK
    • Member of the Year Award: John Gordon, Chair, NWA Membership & Marketing Committee, NOAA/NWS Louisville, KY
    • The Dr. T. Theodore Fujita Research Achievement Award: Charles E. Graves, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO and Chad Gravelle, CIMMS/SSEC/University of Wisconsin-Madison NWS Operations Proving Ground, Kansas City, MO
    • Walter J. Bennett Public Service Award: John Wetter, Skywarn Coordinator, NWS Chanhassen, MN
    • Public Education Award: PLAN!T NOW, Donna Lee, Founder
    • Broadcaster of the Year Award: James Spann, WBMA ABC 33/40, Birmingham, AL
    • Aviation Meteorology Award: Brian Schoettmer, NOAA/NWS Louisville, KY
    • Local Chapter Award: Central Alabama NWA Local Chapter, Birmingham, AL
    • The Larry R. Johnson Special Award: Members of the NOAA/NWS Forecast Offices at: Jackson, MS; Birmingham, AL; Huntsville, AL and Memphis, TN
    • J. Kevin Lavin Leadership Award: Patrick Market, NWA Past President (2011), University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO
    • J. Kevin Lavin Leadership Award: Bill Read, NWA Past President (2003), Director (retired 2012) NOAA/NWS/NCEP – National Hurricane Center, resides in Houston, TX
    • Lifetime Achievement Award: Lance F. Bosart, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY
    • Special Achievement Award: John Ferree, NOAA/NWS/OCWWS, Norman, OK
    • Special Achievement Award: Matthew Bunkers, Chair, NWA Publications Committee, NOAA/NWS, Rapid City, SD and Katie Crandall, Laurel McCoy, and Mike Madden, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO


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