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Express Spotlights

Express Spotlights

The A&GS Express is the College's monthly newsletter. Each month, we feature members of our community and the work they're currently doing. These spotlights highlight the broad range of educational experiences and career paths that our community members experience.

School of Aviation

A headshot of Caylin Cannady.

Student Spotlight: Caylin Cannady

March 30, 2023

Caylin Cannady came to OU because it was the perfect blend of everything she wanted from a university. She knew she wanted to pursue air traffic control, but she also knew she wanted the true undergraduate college experience.

Byron Semrau concentrates while flying a plane.

Faculty and Staff Spotlight: Byron Semrau

February 21, 2023

Not only is Byron Semrau the Assistant Chief Flight Instructor for the School of Aviation, he's an alumnus of the School as well. He loves the reward of seeing students go from knowing barely anything about the field aviation to being successful pilots.


Department of Geography & Environmental Sustainability

Charity Battise amongst longleaf pine trees

Spotlight: Charity Battise

September 29, 2023

Charity Battise, an undergraduate studying GIS in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, spent her summer thinking about fire. Fighting fire, studying fire, and making plans for fire.

Dolly Na-Yemeh stands in front of a waterfall.

Alumni Spotlight: Dolly Na-Yemeh

February 21, 2023

After completing her PhD with the Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, Dr. Dolly Na-Yemeh started working as a Climate Adaptation Specialist with the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center. She describes her job as dynamic and functioning in a similar way to an agriculture extension position.


School of Meteorology

Chloe Arroyo in front of the green screen at OU Nightly.

Spotlight: Chloe Arroyo

October 31, 2023

Chloe Arroyo fell in love with weather in the process of learning how not to be afraid of it. Around age five, she found even the sight of a cloud to be frightening, a threat of impending weather. During visits to her local library, she would check out different books about weather, and the more she learned about it, the more interested she became and safe she felt.

Megan McClellan sits on a stone fence

Alumni Spotlight: Megan McClellan

April 29, 2023

Megan McClellan's blend of education—in meteorology, mathematics, and business—helped her become a meteorologist and the director of digital services at WeatherCall, where she makes sure people receive the critical information they need to stay safe in severe weather.


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