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search again Thursday, July 14, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alan Czarnetzki, STORM Project director and professor of earth science, (319) 273-2152 Vicki Grimes, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-6728 Note to editors/news directors: Listed below in alphabetical order by hometown within states, with Iowa residents listed first, are the participants in UNI's STORM Project course. Please check the list for all teachers from your coverage area. HOMETOWN NAME SCHOOL CEDAR RAPIDS Richard Long Roosevelt Middle School Matthew Oliphant Jefferson High School Kathy Schultz Regis Middle School Glenn Varner Metro High School CORALVILLE Patrick Donovan Jefferson High School, Cedar Rapids Thad Sheldon Iowa City High School CRESCO David Runyan Crestwood Junior High School DAVENPORT Cathy Jack West High School David Lewis Davenport North High School DUBUQUE Amanda Benson Jones Junior High School/Eleanor Roosevelt Middle School (2005-2006) EPWORTH Duane Foust Western Dubuque High School IOWA CITY Carolyn White Iowa City Community Schools MANCHESTER Marcia Powell West Delaware Schools MARSHALLTOWN Michael Haigh Marshalltown High School PEOSTA Michael Yilek Drexler Middle School and Western Dubuque Middle School SHELDON Jim Gude Sheldon Communty High School SPIRIT LAKE Art Hellert Spirit Lake Middle School STRAWBERRY POINT Marcia Powell West Delaware Schools WATERLOO Heather Bessman Waterloo West High School Cortney Dierks Central Middle School Kari Newcomb Columbus High School Nathan Whipple Central Middle School OUT-OF-STATE WEST POINT, NEB. Charlene Stortz West Point Central PICKERINGTON, OHIO Michael Erchenbrecher Pickerington Central -END- Teachers engage in Weather Analysis and Forecasting Course CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- "Studies in Weather Analysis and Forecasting for Science Educators," a summer short course at the University of Northern Iowa, is being hosted by UNI's STORM Project, the Science Center for Teaching, Outreach and Research on Meteorology. Twenty-three educators were selected to participate in the course, including (Name) of (Hometown) , a teacher at/for _ (School) . The course includes intensive learning about conceptual models and computer-based tools used to forecast middle latitude weather systems, including severe weather. Participants are applying course concepts to real-time weather systems through daily forecasting activities, utilizing software similar to that used by the National Weather Service. Participants also will receive two UNI graduate credits upon completion of the program. The course will run through Friday, July 15. ### ### Search Again Latest News Releases / News Briefs Search News by Dates: January February March April May June July August September October November December 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 -- November January February March April May June July August September October November December 2009 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Search News by Keywords: Maintained by The Office of Marketing and Public Relations