A few days ago, Tyler and I submitted an abstract to hopefully present at the AGU Conference in San Francisco in December.  With the help of Andy, Max, and Karen – we sent it in!  Thank you for the feedback and input!!

Now that school has started and I’ve gotten into the groove of things, I’ve started looking back and thinking about what I can do for outreach.  Here’s a few things I’m working on:

1) Clark is affiliated with a local high school, with many recent graduate students working as part-time teachers, substitutes, or to help with administrative work.  I’m in contact with a few people working there and am hoping to visit a few classrooms and discuss my experience, how science ‘works’ and the importance of climate change research.

2) At home in Bangkok, I’ve been in contact with a few teachers and will be speaking to the high school students about similar topics.

3) On campus here, I’m hoping to get together with Kate Willis and Matt Ruppel at some point this semester and hold a talk/discussion at Clark and Holy Cross to inform our peers of the unique research opportunity we took part in.

Hope all is well with everyone and I look forward to seeing you all soon!

-Boyd Zapatka, Student, Clark University ’10