The Cosmic Ray Observatory Project(CROP)

Salute toMarilyn McDowell

McDowell Retirement PartyUNL Department of Physics and Astronomy

August 2, 2005

Marilyn has been the Administrative Secretary forCROP since its inception in 2000

During this time CROP has hosted (and she has organized)

• 5 summer workshops lasting from 1 to 4 weeks• 8 academic year workshops lasting from 1 to 2 days

During this time CROP has employed

• 11 undergraduate research assistants• 7 graduate students

who have relied heavily on Marilyn for many things

High school teams attend a 4-week (2-week) summerworkshop at UNL with class and lab activities

2000: Lincoln Zoo, Lincoln Northeast, Mt. Michael,Marian, Norfolk

High school teams attend a 4-week (2-week) summerworkshop at UNL with class and lab activities

2001: Lincoln Lutheran, Lincoln High, Omaha Westside,Anselmo-Merna, Osceola, Wayne State College

High school teams attend a 4-week (2-week) summerworkshop at UNL with class and lab activities

2002: Fairbury, Wayne, Roncalli Catholic,Bancroft-Rosalie, Waterloo

High school teams attend a 4-week (2-week) summerworkshop at UNL with class and lab activities

2003: Coleridge, Loup, McPherson, Mullen, Spalding

Participants Joining CROP Summer 2004First 2-week Session

Lincoln PiusX, Scottsbluff, Keya Paha, Madison, new Omaha Westsiders

Participants Joining CROP Summer 2004Second 2-week Session

Lincoln Southwest High School

Participants in CROP Summer 2005Workshop

April 2001 participant meeting at UNL

Marian High Schoolstudents presenting

results and discussingcosmic rays withProf. Jim Cronin,

University of Chicago

November 2004 One-day Participant Meeting

Teachers and students from about half of CROP’s schools, all yearsTypical school team: 1-2 physics teachers, 3-4 students

Various CROP Staff Photos

Various CROP Staff Photos

Various CROP Staff Photos

Some impressive (approximate) statistics

During her time with CROP, Marilyn:

Has processed 360 participant stipend vouchers

Has prepared 400 name tags for meetings and workshops

Has issued 100 parking stickers for participants

Has organized 6 picnics for 40+ people

Has matched 200 CROP T-shirts to participants andtheir sizes

Some impressive (approximate) statistics

During her time with CROP, Marilyn:

Has made 100 dormitory and meal plan reservations

Has made 100 motel reservations for participants andvisitors

Has Xeroxed over 500 pages of materials for workshopsand meetings

Has signed 600 weekly timesheets for undergraduateassistants

Some impressive (approximate) statistics

During her time with CROP, Marilyn:

Has made 500 phone calls related to CROP

Has sent/received 1500 E-mails related to CROP

And most impressively,

Has delivered 4800 donuts to CROP workshops andmeetings

Summary

To Marilyn

Thank you for everything !

We are going to miss you !

And we don’t know what we are goingto do without you !