Patrick Beaty, Ambassador

Patrick Beaty

Major

Meteorology-Climatology

Minors

Mathematics, Physics

Senior
Madison, WI

Why you chose your major

When I was a kid, I would sit next to the window for literal hours watching thunderstorms and clouds roll by. When I got to high school and was faced with the question of what l was going to study in college, I realized meteorology was (and still is) my passion.

Favorite course

Synoptic Meteorology. This was the first class I learned about forecasting and wasn't full of complicated math equations!

Research or internship experience

I researched through UCARE my junior year. I got to develop a program that takes two low pressure systems, centers and overlays them, and then plots their combination, essentially making a model low pressure system to base forecasting off of.

Other involvement

  • Teammates Mentoring Program mentor
  • UCARE researcher
  • Intramurals
  • Newman Center volunteer
  • Learning Assistant through the meteorology department
  • American Meteorology Society Vice President
  • Students of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences member

Why you chose Nebraska

I was born and raised a Husker and I knew I made the right decision the second I visited campus

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