Week 1: May 26 - May 30
Monday May 26th	Students arrive in Norman, First trip to the grocery store
Tuesday May 27th	8:45a: pickup at apartments 9:00a: ID photos, travel & scholarship paperwork (REU) 10:00a: Tour: NWC (REU+Hollings) noon: lunch together, but on own dime (REU) 2-3p: The REU Building Blocks Series: what is it and do I want to participate? (Rm 4140) 3-4p: Driving tour around Norman: visit OU Memorial Union, bookstore, etc... (REU)
Wednesday May 28th	8:35a: pickup at apartments 9:00-10:00a: Tour: Radar Operations Center North Campus (REU + Hollings) 10:30-11:15a: What to Expect in REU (lead by former REUers) (REU, Rm 5930) 2-3p: Building Security (REU + Hollings, Rm 3910)
Thursday May 29th	8:45a: pickup at apartments 9a: Intro to WDTB and hands-on with the WES WDTB lab (REU + Hollings) 10:30-11:00am: Tour: Phased-Array Radar, North Campus
Friday May 30th	8:45a: pickup at apartments 9a-4p: Severe Weather Forecasting Workshop (WDTB lab, REU req'd, Hollings must RSVP by Wed, May 28)

 

Week 2: June 2 - June 6
Monday June 2nd	8:15a: pickup at apartments Evening: grocery/discount store weekly trip
Tuesday June 3rd	8:15a: pickup at apartments 11a-2p - Flying Cow Cookout - free hamburgers! (only Chick-fil-a will be open for those not wanting a burger, NWC 1st floor south patio) 1:00-3:00pm: REU Building Blocks: Tufte's Big Ideas (Rm 4140)
Wednesday June 4th	8:15a: pickup at apartments 11:15 am- Tour: Oklahoma Mesonet, NWC station (REU + Hollings)
Thursday June 5th	8:15a: pickup at apartments 10:00-11:00am: REU Building Blocks: Dual Polarization Radar; Dr. Terry Schurr (Rm 4140)
Friday June 6th	8:15a: pickup at apartments 12:00-1:00pm: Brown Bag Lunch and Bull Session #1 (REU, Rm 4140)

 

Week 3: June 9 - June 13
Monday June 9th	8:15a: pickup at apartments 11:00am: Tour: WeatherNews (meet at 10:45 in NWC Atrium; REU+Hollings)
Tuesday June 10th	8:15a: pickup at apartments 11:30am: Tour: Weather Decision Technologies (meet at 11:15 in NWC Atrium; REU+Hollings) 1:00-3:00pm: REU Building Blocks: Tufte's Big Ideas II (Rm 5930)
Wednesday June 11th	8:15a: pickup at apartments 11:00am-12:00pm (15 min per group): REU Building Blocks: Retrospective Plans with Ms. Daphne LaDue (Rm 2410)
Thursday June 12th	8:15a: pickup at apartments noon-2p: REU Building Blocks: Practice Talk #1 and Networking Pizza Lunch (REU, Room 1313) 1p-2p: 1st Practice Talks - Elevator Talks, NWC Patio (REU only)
Friday June 13th	8:15a: pickup at apartments 10:00am-12:00pm: REU Building Blocks: Matlab Workshop (Rm 5720)

 

Week 4: June 16 - June 20
Monday June 16th	8:15a: pickup at apartments 11am-12pm: Tour: SHAVE Lab w/ Mr. Kiel Ortega (Rm 2820, REU+Hollings:) Evening: grocery/discount store weekly trip
Tuesday June 17th	7:45a: pickup at apartments 8:00-10:00am: REU Building Blocks: GEMPAK, IDV workshop, Dr. Mark Laufersweiler (Rm 5720) 1:00-3:00pm: REU Building Blocks: Atkinson & Mayer's 5 Points (Rm 4140)
Wednesday June 18th	8:15a: pickup at apartments
Thursday June 19th	8:15a: pickup at apartments 3:30pm: Optional Seminar: Weather and Water in Tuvalu: Climate Change, Livelihoods, and Politics (Rm 1350)
Friday June 20th	8:15a: pickup at apartments REUnion- informal get together (see the REUnion Schedule for more information about the weekend's events!

 

Week 5: June 23 - June 27
Monday June 23rd	8:15a: pickup at apartments Evening: grocery/discount store weekly trip
Tuesday June 24th	8:15a: pickup at apartments 1:00-4:00pm: REU Building Blocks: TOS's Scientifically Speaking, critique own practice talk slides (Rm 4140)
Wednesday June 25th	8:15a: pickup at apartments
Thursday June 26th	8:15a: pickup at apartments 8:30-10:30am: REU Building Blocks: Practice Talks #2 (Rm 1313) 11:30am-1:00pm: Networking Pizza Lunch (Rm 3910)
Friday June 27th	8:15a: pickup at apartments 9:00am: REU Building Blocks: Climate Change; Dr. David Karoly (Rm 4140) 11:00am: REU Building Blocks: Science and Policy Extravaganza! and brown bag lunch (Rm 3902)

 

Week 6: June 30 - July 4
Monday June 30th	8:15a: pickup at apartments 1:00-3:00pm: REU Building Blocks: So you want to publish a journal article? Dr. Pam Heinselman (Rm 4140) Evening: grocery/discount store weekly trip
Tuesday July 1st	8:15a: pickup at apartments 11:00am-1:00pm: REU Building Blocks: Lunchtime chat with Chuck Doswell: (Rm 4140) 1:00-3:00pm: REU Building Blocks: Focus on Writing (Rm 4140)
Wednesday July 2nd	8:15a: pickup at apartments 10:00-11:00am: What's happening with VORTEX 2? Dr. Lou Wicker (REU+Hollings, Rm 4140) 1:00-2:00pm: REU Building Blocks: Overview of Decision-Making and Expertise Studies Research, Dr. Rick Thomas, OU's PSY Dept. (Rm 4140)
Thursday July 3rd	8:15a: pickup at apartments 10:00am-12:00pm: REU Building Blocks: Balancing the Pieces of Your Life (Rm 4140)
Friday July 4th	July 4 Holiday

 

Week 7: July 7 - July 11
Monday July 7th	REU: Tour/Field trip to Dallas! 12:45-2:00pm: West Gulf River Forecast Center and Fort Worth WFO 3:15-3:45pm: GIS Tornado Study 4:00-4:30pm: Air Quality talk at North Central Texas Council of Governments (times are approximate) Evening: Texas Rangers game if we want
Tuesday July 8th	8:15a: pickup at apartments 1:00-3:00pm: REU Building Blocks: Mentor Poster Session (Rm 3910)
Wednesday July 9th	8:15a: pickup at apartments 8:30-9:30am: Phased-Array Radar with Dr. Pam Heinselman (REU+Hollings, Rm 4140)
Thursday July 10th	8:15a: pickup at apartments
Friday July 11th	8:15a: pickup at apartments 12:00-1:45pm: Brown Bag Lunch and REU Building Blocks: Be an Entrepreneurer! Intro, survey, modules (Rm 4140)

 

Week 8: July 14 - July 18
Monday July 14th	8:15a: pickup at apartments 1:00-2:30pm: REU Building Blocks: Grad School Applications; Dr. Fred Carr and Ms. Celia Jones (Rm 4140) 2:45-3:30pm: REU Building Blocks: Be an Entrepreneurer: Presentations! (Rm 4140) 3:30-5:00pm: Building-wide ice cream social! Evening: grocery/discount store weekly trip
Tuesday July 15th	8:15a: pickup at apartments
Wednesday July 16th	8:15a: pickup at apartments
Thursday July 17th	8:15a: pickup at apartments 12:00-3:30pm: REU Building Blocks: Practice Talks #3 and Networking Pizza Lunch (Rm 1313)
Friday July 18th	8:15a: pickup at apartments

 

Week 9: July 21 - July 25
Monday July 21st	8:15a: pickup at apartments Evening: grocery/discount store weekly trip
Tuesday July 22nd	8:15a: pickup at apartments
Wednesday July 23rd	8:15a: pickup at apartments Independent Research and Practice Talks(Rm 1313)
Thursday July 24th	Final Presentations All Day! (Rm 1313)
Friday July 25th	8:15a: pickup at apartments 1:00pm (or sometime today or Monday): REU Building Blocks: Meet with Daphne and mentor to final research plan documents

 

Week 10: July 28 - August 1
Monday July 28th	8:15a: pickup at apartments 5:30pm: Watch balloon launch, Norman WFO 6:00pm: Van to apts. Evening: grocery/discount store weekly trip
Tuesday July 29th	8:15a: pickup at apartments 1:00pm: REU Building Blocks: Grad school chat w/ Dr. Kevin Kloesel
Wednesday July 30th	8:15a: pickup at apartments
Thursday July 31st	8:15a: pickup at apartments Final Papers Due by 5pm!
Friday August 1st	8:45a: pickup at apartments 9-10a: Clean out desk spaces 10:00am-12:00pm: Final REU Activities 12:00pm: Lunch at Mazzios! 1:00pm: Doo Rag Ceremony