Hi everyone! It’s come to that time of year again for PGSC Officer Elections! As you may have heard from the colloquium last Friday there is lots of things to work on around the department. If you are interested in being an officer please fill out the following form: https://forms.gle/H8dti6gc3u5ywCLs8 If you are wondering what the …
Self-Nomination Process: If you would like to run for a PGSC Officer position for the 2020-2021 year, please fill out this survey to indicate which positions you are interested in: https://forms.gle/kZWvdrfvzoG9LW7h6 Nominations will close at 5 pm on Friday, April 24th. Elections will be held the following week. As per our bylaws (posted on the PGSC website), …
Hello everyone! To ease communications amongst the physics graduate students, we’ve taken the first year’s Slack, enhanced it, and now we’re ready to open it up to everyone! Even if you’re already a part of the Slack, please peruse this entire email so you can make the most of this new / improved resource! And please download …
Hey folks, We just wanted to give a quick end-of-year update for the state of the grad lounge. We are excited to announce that the construction is complete! All that is left now is to move everything (furniture, dishes, etc.) back into the lounge, which will be happening over the break. Your keys should work in the …
[This speech was given as part of the ECE rally on 12/5/2019 in response to the events reported in a Wisconsin State Journal article.] I am the president of the Physics Grad Student Council. Since the Wisconsin State Journal article broke in October, I have had several fellow students approach me, concerned for our …
Hi everyone, You may have seen the recent news articles discussing the tragic death in 2016 of ECE graduate student John Brady, who worked in an extremely toxic environment here on campus. This page (http://taa-madison.org/taa-ufas-ece-letter/) shows the TAA’s response, and also links to a recent news article in case you would like to read about …
The long-awaited Grad Lounge renovations will begin Monday, October 7th! That means we need to have everything cleared out of the lounge by the end of the day on Friday, and we need your help! Please see below for details on how to help clear out the lounge, and where everything is going during construction. Updates about …
This year, PGSC Professional Development will be hosting bi-weekly seminars! See the schedule here: https://rmorgan10.github.io/UWMadisonPGSC-PD/
PGSC is happy to announce the beginning of peer mentoring in our department! This is independent of the new faculty mentoring which the department is starting in the fall. The goal of peer mentoring is to establish lasting relationships between less experienced students and more veteran graduate students who want to give back to the department. Thanks to everyone who has signed up …
Join us for the Fall Welcome Picnic at James Madison Park! Find the details here: https://pgsc.physics.wisc.edu/event/fall-welcome-picnic-2019/ RSVP here: https://forms.gle/waU7m63MgirUW9Qn7