NCAR New Employee Orientation
The new NCAR employee orientation is hosted by the NCAR Director and provides an overview of labs and major programs. The event includes a luncheon with the directors and speakers. Also included are tours of selected facilites. These orientations are scheduled to run every six months.
Most Recent Event
Upcoming Event: December 15, 2011
The December 15 orientation will have a similar agenda, presentations, and tours to those at the June 2, 2011 and December 2010 events.
Agenda:
| Description | Presenter Name |
| Welcome, NCAR Overview | Roger Wakimoto, NCAR Director |
| Career Development, Mentoring, and Reclassification Process | Michelle Darveau, Human Resources |
| Introduction to Ladder Track Positions and Process | Roy Rasmussen, ARG Chair |
| Introduction to Earth Observing Laboratory and tours |
Sue Schauffler, Interim EOL Director |
| Advanced Study Program | Chris Davis, ASP Director |
| Proposal Process Overview | Valerie Koch, NCAR Budget and Planning |
| Integrated Science Program | Peter Backlund, ISP Administrator |
| Introduction to NCAR Earth System Lab and tours | Greg Holland, NESL Director |
| Catered Lunch | All presenters and attendees |
| Introduction to Research Applications Lab | Lawrence Buja, RAL |
| Introduction to High Altitude Observatory | Michael Thompson, HAO Director |
| Introduction to Computational & Information Systems Lab and tour | Tom Engel and Gene Harano, CISL |