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

June 2, 2011

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