The upcoming Annual Board of Visitors Meeting will be held in Fort Davis, Friday - Saturday, July 16 - 17, 2010. Click here a list of lodging options for the July meeting. The Mid-Winter 2011 BoV Meeting will be held in Austin, Friday - Saturday, February 11 - 12, 2011. 20100331-00 backyardad.jpg UT Advertising Student Ad More than 180 Board of Visitors members and special guests attended the February 2010 Board of Visitors Meeting in Austin, Texas. Audio, video and presentation slides from the Mid-Winter meeting can be found on the Board of Visitors website. 20100331-01 febmeeting.jpg BoV Members Richard King and Alice Ball Strunk http://www.as.utexas.edu Department of Astronomy TThe BoV Excellence awards are given to honor exceptional accomplishment by Astronomy faculty, staff, and students and by McDonald Observatory staff. This year eight winners were recognized at the February 2010 Board of Visitors meeting. 20100331-02 MWe welcomed seven new members to the Board of Visitors during the February meeting. For those of you who were unable to attend, we hope that you will be able to meet them and welcome them into our ranks at the summer 2010 meeting, July 16 - 17, 2010. 20100331-04 chambersw.jpg BoV Member Charles Chambers McDonald Observatory is honored to announce the dedication of the Wren-Marcario Telescope. This wheelchair accessible telescope is named after George B. Wren II (1917-1993) and Mike Marcario (1954-1998). 20100331-05 wmatsitew.jpg WMAT Site at the Visitors Center On the Saturday afternoon, a series of informal discussions with an astronomer will be arranged for small groups of Board of Visitors members and guests. 20100331-06 domesw.jpg Telescope Domes of McDonald This is a very exciting time for the HETDEX team. Great progress is being made on the HET upgrade and the VIRUS spectrographs. 20100331-07 hetw.jpg Hobby-Eberly Telescope McDonald Observatory is offering new sponsorship opportunities for our nationally recognized StarDate and Universo radio program. 20100331-08 Thank you to those members of the Board of Visitors who sent in their thoughts and suggestions on the creation of a foundation to support the goals of the McDonald Observatory and Department of Astronomy. 20100331-09