The accompanying video for this story has #SPOTTR students speaking about the impact of the course in their own words: youtu.be/PxF5LB2f4LA @paige-ashlyn-h.bsky.social @maliyah-wx.bsky.social @tornatrix.bsky.social @morgancrows.bsky.social @willow-w25.bsky.social @lgrose24.bsky.social

#SPOTTR student @willow-w25.bsky.social: "I think the #SPOTTR course is a great way for me to really hone in on the forecasting skills that I'll need for [a military weather officer] career" youtu.be/M7yuVs4cVIM
Fun fact: Willow came to Purdue after meeting a previous SPOTTR class out in the field!

#SPOTTR student @lgrose24.bsky.social: Watching storms “definitely reminds me, and I'm sure it reminds everyone else, why we chose this major.”
youtu.be/V66lmQoA3mc

Two-time #SPOTTR student @maliyah-wx.bsky.social: "I had an amazing time the past year, and I really wanted to experience it again, because I feel like there's a lot more I can learn from it still. You can never learn too much." youtu.be/Nu7Mun3BlXs

#SPOTTR student @morgancrows.bsky.social: "As a kid, I definitely loved the sound of thunder most, not like the really angry thunder, but more the gentle rolling. I always thought it was very relaxing." youtu.be/_RB0hMSUvnQ

#SPOTTR student Ben M.: "There were times where radar was indicating rotation not too far from us... and you get that adrenaline rush through that." www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpSt...

#SPOTTR student Daniel S.: "If you had asked me a year and a half ago, 'Do you think you'd like doing fieldwork?', I would have said, 'Absolutely not.' Now having done it once I can say, I enjoy it quite a bit!" youtu.be/BKqBWixphsM

#SPOTTR student @paige-ashlyn-h.bsky.social: "Looking at a radar is one thing, and a case in the past that might have happened, but when you're there, and you get to compare it, it's so much different."
youtu.be/rCv-OmcDjbo