Meteorology Program

Brandon Hoving

Brandon Hoving
Graduated 2008
Major: Meteorology
Minors: Mathematics
 
Current Position: Meteorologist Intern at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Grand Rapids, Michigan
   
  Biography:
 

Brandon entered the National Weather Service through the Student Career Experience Program. As part of this program, Brandon worked part-time at the forecasting office in Grand Rapids during his senior year. Immediately following graduation, Brandon was converted to a full-time position. In his current job, Brandon is responsible for the following tasks:

  • Issuing short term forecasts
  • Operating the NOAA Weather Radio
  • Maintaining and operating the radar
  • Assisting during severe weather operations and storm surveys
  • Interacting with the general public and the media

While at CMU, Brandon obtained the best undergraduate poster award at the 2007 National Weather Association Annual Meeting.
   
  On his time at CMU:
  "My experience in the program was excellent overall. I decided to join the Student Chapter of the American Meteorological Society during my freshman year to get involved in a professional society that exposed me to executive leadership, lectures, and conferences that helped advance my career even before I graduated. The expanded course offerings were an opportunity to explore different topics in meteorology, and I found the planning advice of the professors to be straightforward and helpful in advancing me through the program in four years. Getting a chance to do research was one of the most challenging, and yet rewarding, experiences in the program. This opened the door to get local, regional, and national exposure of our meteorology program, as well as provide me with a major tool to use in career advancement. I plan on continuing the research I started while at CMU. There is no doubt in my mind that the combination of all of these factors opened the door to a career with the National Weather Service."