Welcome to all of our new and returning Astronomy majors!
On behalf of the entire Department, I hope that you all had a enjoyable summer. The start of fall quarter is always my favorite time of year when I get to meet so many new students and check in with returning ones. I love to hear of your summer adventures, the incredible research you were doing and about the jobs you worked. Send me emails of what you did this summer! Now we're all back and ready to start this new school year off! There are some important topics I want to cover so please read on.
Undergrad Representative Elections: Thank you to James Bushong who worked hard as your undergraduate representative last year. At this time we would like to collect nominations for a representative for the 2009-2010 academic year. You can nominate yourself or someone else; all of those nominated will be asked if they would like to hold the position. After nominations we will hold brief elections. To make a nomination please visit: https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/sterrs/84671
The undergraduate representative attends faculty meetings and acts as a liaison to the faculty. When issues arise, the chair will contact the undergraduate representative to assist with finding a solution.
Computer Lab: Thanks to some amazing proposal writing and volunteer effort you all now have 24 new computers! Please be respectful of this area and the computers. Remember to avoid eating/drinking and be sure to clean up after yourself. Let's try to keep the lab as clean as possible! Also note that during the quarter there are classes held in the lab. I will post a schedule on the door so you know when the computers (or most of them at least) are in use.
Graduating Seniors!!: If you plan to graduate this year (including spring and summer!), please come see me within the next few weeks to fill out graduation paperwork. Paperwork must be filled out in each department that you are majoring in. Graduation paperwork for minors can be filled out along with the major in any department.
Science and Engineering Career Fair: October 29 from noon-5pm in the HUB Ballroom. There will be a large number companies hiring graduating seniors. Check out more information here: http://www.uwseba.org/career-fair.html
GRE Physics Deadline: The deadline to register for the Nov. 7 GRE Physics exam is October 2. Visit www.gre.com to register.
State of the Department: Join us at 3pm Tuesday (Sep. 29) to kick off the new year and hear what has been happening in the Department. This annual event will be in Phys/Astr C520. Food will be served at 2:45pm.
Colloquium: This Thursday at 4pm in Phys/Astr A102, Lisa Kewley (University of Hawaii) will give a talk on "Chemical Evolution of Galaxies: Local Mergers to Cosmic Time". Please join us at 3:45pm in the foyer for coffee, tea and cookies.
Page O'Announcements: The Page O'announcements is updated all the time. Check out the links on the right of the page for graduate school resources, general advising tips and the Astronomy annual course offerings. http://pageoannouncements.blogspot.com/
We hope to see you in the coming weeks even if it's just a quick hello as you're off to class. As always, please let Paula (szkody@astro.washington.edu) or myself know if you have any questions.
Welcome back!
Sarah
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