
Pictured L to R: Louis Uccellini, assistant administrator for weather services, National Weather Service; US Senator Chris Van Hollen; Vernon Morris, Ph.D., director of the NOAA Cooperative Science Center in Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology. Contributed Photo.
The forum included 150 technical presentations, workshops and events that provided students with opportunities to engage with professionals in hopes they would continue to be inspired to reach their career goals. Since 2001, NOAA-supported institutions have graduated over 2,000 students in NOAA mission fields, with 70 percent of them coming from communities that are traditionally underrepresented in NOAA mission fields, including African American, Hispanic, and Native American.