All posts by Jesse Rogerson

Grad Cafe is looking for a name

9 April 2013GSA newsgrad cafeJesse Rogerson

Please see message below from Brandon Moores, the Management Board Chair of the York University Graduate Student Association. Feel free to send any questions/suggestions his way.

Hi everyone,

As most of you already know, we are currently on track to have the former Grad Cafe (Ross S167) opened as a space for study and socializing in the near future (there will be a coffee machine and electric kettle for tea, but no more cafe business). We want to open it with a new name, and that is where you come in! Please spend a minute or two thinking of a name that you’d like to see attached to the former Cafe and send it on to us. We’ll bring the best of the submissions to Council to let them choose, and the person who submits the winning entry will be presented with a commemorative (but also edible) prize at the former Cafe’s grand opening event (exact nature TBD after we inquire into any dietary restrictions). Suggestions should be sent to mbchair@yugsa.ca no later than April 17, 2013. Looking forward to hearing from you!

-Brandon Moores

Two Minute Prof Parade

26 September 2012departmental newsprof parade, researchJesse Rogerson

The PAGE exec, in partnership with the Department of Physics and Astronomy, would like to invite you to the annual Departmental ‘Prof Parade.’ As undergraduates, you can sometimes become too enveloped in your coursework that you may not know what research is happening in our Department, and by who. Understanding the various projects in our Department will not only help your greater view of the world you are a part of, but help guide your path into graduate studies, private industry, or other careers.

The Prof Parade is designed to give a short window into the research world of the various professors in our department. Each professor is given just 2 minutes to succinctly present their work, with emphasis on providing context on significance and direction. In order to preserve the spirit of the event, please hold questions until the end. Once all presentations are done, there will be time to approach any professor who’s work you found particularly interesting.

Details:
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Life Science Building (LSB) room 105.
Light refreshments will be served.

For more details you may contact Lauren O’brien or Jesse Rogerson, PAGE executive

Graduate Student Orientation

10 September 2012departmental newsBBQ, CUPE, GPD, GSA, orientation, rulesJesse Rogerson

Each year the department of Physics and Astronomy coordinates a ‘Graduate Student Orientation’ designed to do two things:

1. Introduce new grad students in our department to the ‘rules of the road’
2. Provide a forum for the (old/new) grad students and faculty to meet, and get to know.

This year’s graduate orientation is occurring on Wednesday, 12 September 2012, beginning at 11am in PSE 317.

Agenda
11:00am – Intro to Physics and Astronomy Graduate Executive (PAGE)
11:15am – Dr. Wendy Taylor – Graduate Program Director,
11:30am – Ms. Marlene Caplan – Graduate Program Administrative Assistant
11:45am – CUPE (union) update and questions
12:00pm – Graduate Student Assosciation (GSA) update and questions
12:15pm – Paul Delaney – director of Natural Sciences
12:30pm – BBQ!!!

After all the talking is done, all graduate students, faculty, and staff of the Physics and Astronomy Department are invited to a department BBQ! The BBQ is catered by the Orange Snail pub and grill, and will be located in the courtyard between the Petrie Science & Engineering Bldg (17, on map) and the Chemistry Bldg (16, on map). [RAIN LOCATION: Orange Snail, located in the basement of Stong Residence (13, on map)]