[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 …
Hi everyone, and Happy Monday! We’d like to first thank everyone who voted in the election– we had an amazing turnout! We’d like to especially thank both Abby and Jacob for volunteering to run. PGSC can’t be successful without enthusiastic people like you offering your time. Your first year representative for 2019-2020 will be Abby …
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
Hi everyone, With 55 responses recorded, we’re certainly above our 25% requirement for a quorum, so last night I closed the polls. Thank you everyone who participated, and a big thank you to everyone who provided feedback! If you want to follow up on any of your questions or comments in the survey (it was …
Hi everyone, If you would like to run for a PGSC Officer position for the 2019-2020 year, please fill out this survey to indicate which positions you are interested in: https://forms.gle/KJviPDA89p5woN8ZA Nominations will close at 5 pm next Friday, May 3rd. If not all positions are filled by that point, nominations will be held open …
The Social Committee’s first Pizza Social features $1-2 slices of Ian’s Pizza on November 30th at 5:30 pm in Room 2104! Come hang out with your fellow graduate students!