Good morning everyone! We been having some great fall weather and I hope you all had a moment this weekend to get out and enjoy it! Thanks to everyone who has sent in their pictures for the undergrad photo board... keep sending them in! Let's put a deadline of this Friday to get them to me.
Undergraduate Reps: Congratulations to Ben Tofflemire and Meghin Spencer your new astro undergrad reps! Ben and Meghin were running unopposed making the process easy this year. Please feel free to talk with Ben and Meghin if you have questions or concerns. They will be attending faculty meetings, relaying important information to you regarding the undergrad program and are your official liaisons to the Department. You can often find Ben and Meghin in the astro lab if you need to talk with them!
Winter Time Schedule: The winter quarter time schedule is on the web! http://www.washington.edu/students/timeschd/WIN2011/astro.html Start planning your winter quarter classes now and feel free to stop in to chat if you have questions about what to take or just want to run a schedule past me. Registration begins Nov. 5 for graduating seniors and continues on from there. Be sure to have your classes planned so you do not miss out when your registration date arrives. Also please let me know if you notice major conflicts between Astronomy and Physics courses.
SEBA Career Fair: Interested in working after you graduate? Want to see what opportunities there are for you? Attend the 31st Annual UW Science and Engineering Career Fair! On Wednesday, Oct. 27 head over to the Bank of America Arena at Hec Edmunson Pavilion to meet 100 of the top tech companies from around the country. The career fair is from Noon - 5pm. Be sure to check out more details at the website, including tips on how to prepare for the career fair: http://www.uwseba.org/career-fair.html.
Astrobiology Seminar: This Tuesday at 2:30pm in Phys/Astr A118, James Kasting (Penn State - on sabbatical here at UW for ~1mo.) will give a talk on "Atmospheric Composition and Climate on the Early Earth".
Colloquium: Thursday at 4pm in Phys/Astr A102, Adam Leroy (NRAO) will give a talk on "The Star Formation-Gas Connection in Nearby Disk Galaxies". Join us at 3:45pm in the foyer for coffee, tea and cookies!
Page O'Announcements: Don't forget to check out the Page O'Announcements: http://pageoannouncements.blogspot.com/. This blog is updated regularly with campus events, study abroad info sessions, volunteer opportunities, jobs, scholarships and more! Be sure to also check out the great links on the right side of the page that has tips on graduate school, careers and more all related specifically to Astronomy.
Have a great week!
Best,
Sarah
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