NCAR New Employee Orientation

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

December 13, 2012

Upcoming Event: September 12, 2013

The September 12 orientation will have a similar agenda, presentations, and tours to those at the December 13 event.

 

Agenda:

DescriptionPresenter Name
Welcome, NCAR OverviewNCAR Director
Career Development, Mentoring, and Reclassification ProcessDelaine Orendorff, Human Resources
Introduction to Earth Observing Laboratory and toursVanda Grubisic, EOL Director
EOL Tours: Design and Fabrication Services; Remote Sensing Facility 
Advanced Study ProgramChris Davis, ASP Director
Integrated Science ProgramPeter Backlund, ISP Administrator
Introduction to NCAR Earth System Lab and toursJim Hurrell, NESL Director
NESL Tours: Chemistry Lab, Greenhouse Lab 
Catered LunchAll presenters and attendees
Introduction to Research Applications LabSue Haupt, RAL
Introduction to High Altitude ObservatoryGang Lu, HAO Deputy Director
HAO Tours: Mesa Lab exhibit, HAO Observatory 
Introduction to Computational & Information Systems LabTom Engel and Gene Harano, CISL
CISL VisLab demonstration