University of Wisconsin–Madison

Improvements to the Grad Student Lounge

The PGSC is currently working with the department to make improvements to the grad student lounge, and we want your input on what to do. We invite you to come to discuss potential improvements on Monday, December 3rd at 2pm in the Grad Lounge (Chamberlin 3339). If you can’t make it to the meeting, but would still like to offer …

Welcome Picnic!

Friday, August 24 will be the first annual physics graduate student welcome picnic. The picnic will be put on by the Physics Graduate Student Council (PGSC) an opportunity to welcome new graduate students and catch up with friends and colleagues. What: Fall welcome picnic Where: James Madison Park Shelter (eastern end of park) When: Friday, …

PGSC Election 2018 Results

Hi everyone, Thanks to everyone who voted. The PGSC officers for this year are: President – Adrian Fraser Vice President – Kayla Leonard Recruit & Welcome – Leslie Taylor Professional Development – Neil Campbell 2nd/3rd Year Social – Trevor Oxholm 2nd/3rd Year Rep – Joelle Baer 4th+ Year Social – Julian Irwin 4th+ Year Rep – …

PGSC Documents

As of 5/22/18, following several weeks of planning meetings and opportunities for feedback and discussion among all physics graduate students, we have come to an agreement on this organizational structure and this constitution for our new Physics Graduate Student Council. For the sake of demonstrating broad support, physics graduate students are asked to add their name to …

Notes from Planning Meeting 5

Thanks everyone who attended planning meeting 5. We talked about some of the specifics of the organizational structure and bylaws (notes can be found here and here), then agreed on a timeline for the next few weeks. Based on members’ stated goals at the first two meetings, and the fact that the department is beginning …

Planning Meeting 4

Hey, everyone! Based on the results of scheduling poll, the next meeting will take place on Wednesday at 4:30 pm in Sterling B343. We will briefly recap Meeting 3 where we began to talk about potential structures for the organization (summary available here), and then we will continue to discuss the specific goals for each position, to ensure to …

Notes from Planning Meeting 3

Thanks everyone who joined us for our third planning meeting. We started with a recap of the second meeting and progress with the mission statement draft. We then broke into discussion about what kinds of organizational structures we can run with that help ensure we satisfy our objectives discussed in planning meeting 2. We are …