Monday, April 22, 2013

April 22, 2013

Hi everyone,
A big congratulations to Nancy Thomas, who works with Josh Bandfield in ESS, won the Dwornik Award for Best Undergraduate Poster at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.  Congratulations Nancy!
I will be out of the office (and away from email) from April 26 - May 12.
What will I do with my degree?  Seniors, now is the time to start thinking about you will do after you graduate this June!  Have you heard of the AAS job register?  http://jobregister.aas.org/  The job register has science jobs available that are often open to those with bachelor's degrees.  Also, don't hesitate to look directly at a place of employment (such as NASA or Space Telescope Science Institute).  Need more ideas?  Or want to know what jobs might be available in Seattle?  Check out the Career Center's website for on-campus interviews and information sessions from local businesses: http://careers.washington.edu/  Get started early!

Autumn Quarter Time Schedule available: Check out the autumn quarter class schedule and be sure to let me know if you notice any time conflicts!  http://www.washington.edu/students/timeschd/AUT2013/

Notify.UW: In response to students’ need to receive course information electronically in a timely manner, the Office of the University Registrar and UW Information Technology will formally announce the launch of Notify.UW on April 23rd, 2013, in time for Autumn Quarter registration.  Notify.UW is a new course availability notification tool that will notify students via email or text message when a course they are interested in registering for has an opening. 

The Notify.UW service will be free to all UW students at all three campuses, though standard cell phone carrier rates will apply. In addition to providing a notification when a previously closed course has re-opened, students will also receive a notification when a course first closes, allowing them to re-evaluate their desired schedule. The new service will integrate with existing tools that students are familiar with using during registration.

Students (or anyone with a NetID) will be able to access the service via the Time Schedule, MyUW, or directly through Notify.UW.edu. A brief video explaining how to sign up is available: http://youtu.be/yOh6joSIfks
Astronauts show you what happens to a wet towel in space: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8TssbmY-GM

Physics GRE Summer Study Group: Are you interested in forming a summer study group for the Physics GRE subject exam?  If so, please indicate your interest here (and feel free to share with friends that might be interested!): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Qp3F8aDm3ZkZVrvAGrGAadDEFX5

Colloquium: This Thursday at 4pm in PAA A102, Kaitlin Kratter (Univ of Colorado) will give a talk on "Multiplicity in Stellar and Planetary Astrophysics".  Join us at 3:45pm in the foyer for coffee, tea and cookies!

Page O'Announcements: Lots of summer quarter class announcements and more!  http://pageoannouncements.blogspot.com/

Have a great week,
Sarah

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