The
2001 University of Akron Summer Program in the Alps' First Report will be posted shortly, once the students have arrived.
Students are scheduled to leave Cleveland on Friday, May 11, arriving
in Geneva (Switzerland) on Saturday morning, May 12th.
Prof. Jeantet arrived in Faverges today, Thursday, two
days before the group, in order to make last-minute arrangements
for the Program.
The University's
Office of the Controller has wired the Program funds to the bank
in France, so that we can get started in earnest. Many thanks
to Controller Ruth Matty, without whose help we could not have
accomplished this task so easily.
Info
for the students: the concert planned for Saturday evening has
been postponed til Wednesday. This will give you a chance to catch
up on your sleep Saturday evening!
Information about
the weather in Faverges is posted below.
Weather
forecast for the weekend of May 12-13
The weather today
Thursday was in the 60s, with occasional thunderstorms.
Saturday, May
12th : Temperatures range from the low 50s at night to the high
70s in the day. Partly cloudy, no rain is forecast.
For up-to-date
weather information for Annecy, which is located just a few miles
down the valley from Faverges, click on the sun/cloud icon below.
On
the Annecy weather page, temperatures are displayed in degrees
Celsius. To get Farenheit equivalent, a quick & dirty
way is to double the Celsius temperature and add 30. This
is close enough for most purposes...For example, 27°
Celsius, doubled, gives 54, to which we add 30, which yields
84°
degrees Farenheit.
The correct formula, [ (C x
9/5) + 32 = F ] gives a result of 81°
Farenheit. The quick & dirty method is clearly close enough
for practical purposes.
Once
the students are all safely home with their French families, an
illustrated report will be posted on the "First Report" page. It should be online Saturday evening..
