February 11, 2013

Hi Everyone,

Don't forget, Monday Feb. 18 is a holiday so no classes and the building will be closed.  There have been a lot of great questions coming in about the new satisfactory progress requirement/deadline.  It's often easiest to sit down and plan out your quarters until graduation then calculate total # of quarters/credits.  If you need help doing this, please let me know!

Satisfactory/Non-Satisfactory Deadline:  Feb. 24 is the deadline to change the course grading option to Satisfactory or Non-Satisfactory.  You must earn a 2.0 or higher to get an "S".  Remember though, S/NS grading negates the course from being counted towards any major/college requirements.  http://www.washington.edu/students/gencat/front/Grading_Sys.html

Summer Time Schedule Available: The summer time schedule is available: http://www.washington.edu/students/timeschd/SUM2013/  Remember ASTR 481 the observing class that goes to MRO requires you to have completed ASTR 480 (offered this spring) and is limited to 12 students.

Building Use Permits: Don't forget to pick up your building use permit!  I will leave them in the Astronomy main office, C319 for pickup.  You need to have a permit with you when you are in the building after hours.

League of Astronomers: Join the League of Astronomers!  The undergrad astronomy club, LoA has a facebook page with all the details of their meetings and events: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-League-of-Astronomers/171798242932673

UW Undergraduate Research Symposium: Please help us to spread the word to your students about the 16th Annual UW Undergraduate Research Symposium, which will be on Friday, May 17, 2013, 11:00 am to 6:00 pm in Mary Gates Hall.  To present their work at this event, students must submit an application by Monday, February 25th, 2013.  The Symposium is a celebration of undergraduate accomplishments in research, scholarship, and creative expression in all academic disciplines.  Students may present their research either in a poster session or an oral presentation session.  We will also have a dedicated performance space in nearby Meany Hall for performing arts presentations.  Last year, over 920 students participated in this exciting event.  For further details, including a list of information sessions about the Symposium and abstract writing workshops to assist students with their applications, visit http://exp.uw.edu/urp/symp.

Colloquium: This Thursday at 4pm in PAA A102, Brandon Kelly (UC Santa Barbara) will give a talk on "Probing the AGN Central Engine Through Variability".  Join us at 3:45pm in the foyer for coffee, tea and cookies.

Page O'Announcements: http://pageoannouncements.blogspot.com/ Don't forget to check out the blog for campus announcements, classes and much more!  I also post the weekly AAS Committee on the Status of Women email which has some great articles for reading if you're interested.

Have a great week!

Thanks,
Sarah