Welcome to the first full week of classes! This week there are a lot of talks and interesting things you can get involved with. Read below for more details.
Planetarium Training: Want to start or continue giving shows to K-12 groups? Attend the quarterly planetarium training session on Friday, October 7 at 3:30pm at the Planetarium (PAA A220). Our planetarium coordinator will walk you through all the details including some slight changes made to the system. The Department requires undergrads to be trained quarterly in order to check out planetarium keys so be sure to keep up to date on your training!
Building Use Permits: If you have building keys you must also have a building use permit to allow you access after hours and on the weekends. The police *do* make rounds and will ask you for this permit so don't get caught without one!
Undergrad Representative Nominations: We are now accepting nominations for the Departmental undergraduate representatives. There are two representatives (a junior/senior level and freshmen/sophomore level) that act as liaisons to the chair of the Department. Reps will provide feedback about the undergrad major, attend faculty meetings and bring comments from undergrads to the chair's attention. These roles are important to the Department and also a great item to be able to put on your resume! Nominations can be for yourself or someone else. Please fill out the nomination no later than Thursday, October 6 at Noon: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/sterrs/69246
GRE Physics November Test deadline: Those of you wanting to take the GRE Physics exam in November need to register by this Friday, October 7. I've heard from other students that you'll have to go outside of Seattle for the exam since this location is full. www.gre.com
Astronomy Movie Night: Mark your calendars for Oct. 19 at 7pm for the Astronomy majors movie night. We'll watch a sci-fi flick of your choosing, pointing out obvious fails at using science while laughing and snacking. We'll meet in one of the lecture halls in the a-wing; exact room will be announced closer to the date.
Colloquium: Join us on Thursday at 4pm in PAA A102 as Sarah Brough (Australian Astronomical Observatory) gives at a talk on "GAMA: from little blue fuzzies to massive red monsters and beyond". Come by early at 3:45pm for coffee, tea and cookies in the foyer!
Volunteer Opportunity: Astronomy-Student Intern Wanted; Internship: Unpaid; Hours: 3 hours/week – (one day from 3-6PM); Duration: Until June 2012
826 Seattle (www.826seattle.org), a non-profit youth after school tutoring and writing center in the Greenwood neighborhood, seeks an undergraduate astronomy student to intern with us. This intern would help our students (ages 6-18) explore the magic of the WorldWide Telescope (WWT) program. The intern would come once a week to 826 Seattle’s free after school tutoring program (which runs Monday-Thursday, 3-6) and act as the visiting astronomer while helping students explore the cosmos using the WWT program. Qualified applicants should be familiar with the WWT (experience making tours a plus!), comfortable working with students one-on-one of a variety of ages, and be able to field basic astronomy questions that students might have inspired by their use of the WWT.
This is an excellent opportunity for undergraduates interested in the growing use of the WWT as an educational tool, and those interested in practicing how to communicate astronomy concepts and a love for science to novice audiences.
Qualified applicants should email 826 Seattle Programs Coordinator, Alicia Craven (alicia@826seattle.org) with a resume and availability.
Page O'Announcements: Looking for more campus events or maybe a job? Check out the page o'announcements blog: http://pageoannouncements.blogspot.com/
Have a great week!
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