Academics

Graduate Program

Graduate Student Department Service Opportunities

Peer advising

Provide welcome and guidance to incoming grad students. Interact by e-mail before new students arrive, then meet them at grad student orientation on August 20.

Volunteers: Fall 09

• Medha Atre
• Cagatay Bilgin
• Aseem Brahma
• Sahin Cem Geyik
• Naveen Sundar Govindarajulu
• Ameya Hate
• Ning Liu
• Amina Shabbeer
• Chris Stuetzle
• Zhongyi Xie

Floor Plans

Update floor plans of department offices to help new students find their way.

• Li "Emma" Zhang

Mixers

For each mixer, jobs may include overall coordination, taking signups of food preferences, deciding what to order, shopping, setup, and cleanup.

Start of semester, Fall 09

• Setup: Shannon Carrothers, Akintayo Holder, Apirak Hoonlor, Sharon Simmons, Zhongyi Xie
• Networking activity: Shannon Carrothers, M. Krishnamoorthy
• Cleanup: Mark Anderson, Medha Atre, Apirak Hoonlor, Maurice Kirejczyk, Justin LaPre.

October poster session

• Transporting supplies: Kevin Li
• Unloading supplies: Eddie Lau, Joshua Nasman, Yu Sheng
• Setup: Shannon Carrothers, Apirak Hoonlor, Eddie Lau
• Posters: Eyuphan Bulut, Jing Fu, Sahin Cem Geyik, Akintayo Holder, Ning Liu Robert Margolies, Jerry Xie
• Cleanup: Meenal Chhabra, Apirak Hoonlor, Wei Huang, Jamey Lewis, Eddie Lau, Ning Liu, Amina Shabeer, Yousaf Shah

November poster session

• Unloading supplies: Eddie Lau
• Setup: Aseem Brahma, Apirak Hoonlor, Eddie Lau
• Posters: Wei Huang, Geng Li, Aleksandr Ovcharenko, Yousaf Shah, Qingling Wang, Ping Wang, Hilimi Yildirim.
• Cleanup: Meenal Chhabra, Ameya Hate, Apirak Hoonlor, Alex Ovcharenko, Ping Wang

February poster session

• Shopping:
• Setup:
• Posters:
• Cleanup:

March poster session

• Posters:
• Transporting beverages and supplies to MRC:
• Shopping:
• Setup:
• Cleanup:

April poster session

• Transporting things from Lally to MRC:
• Shopping:
• Setup:
• Posters:
• Cleanup:

End of semester

• Shopping:
• Removing price tags:
• Setup:
• Cleanup:

Picnic

We need an overall coordinator, as well as people for tasks like shopping, setup, cleanup, grilling, obtaining sports equipment, and carpool coordination.

• Shopping: Chris Stuetzle, Jon Chen
• Transporting supplies: Scott Yaninas
• Setup: Minoo Aminian, Shannon Carrothers, Chris Stuetzle, Scott Yaninas.
• Grilling coordinator: Chris Stuetzle
• Grilling assistance: Mark Anderson, Jon Chen
• Cleanup: Mark Anderson, Jacob Becker, Akintayo Holder, Ravi Sood, Scott Yaninas
• Unloading supplies on campus: Akintayo Holder, Scott Yaninas

Other events

Students may also take the initiative to organize events and activities of interest to them, such as intramural sports teams, cultural celebrations, or excursions to paintball, skiing, or amusement parks. Contact Terry Hayden or Bob Ingalls for assistance.

• Bowling coordinator: Joshua Nasman

Talking to prospective graduate students

You may talk to prospective students in person or online. During the year, there will be several online chats and several events for prospective students. Prospective students also may visit on their own at any time. You might give visitors a campus tour, pick them up at the bus station or airport, meet with them to tell them about your research, go out to dinner with them, etc. The student representatives to the Graduate Recruiting Committee meet with prospective graduate students, but there are only two student representatives on the committee, and it would be good to have additional volunteers.

Computing Committee

1 student representative will be chosen by the committee from all volunteers. Serve on committee to plan how to meet department's computing and networking needs.

Graduate Curriculum Committee

2 representatives will be elected by the CS graduate students from all volunteers. Serve on committee to discuss issues related to the graduate curriculum, such as new course proposals, MS breadth course classification, qualifying exam format, and TA selection policy.

• Amina Shabbeer
• Chrisopher Stuetzle

Graduate Admissions Committee

2 representatives will be chosen by the committee chair from all volunteers. Assist with review of graduate applications.

• Jing Fu
• Mykola Hayvanovych
• Amina Shabbeer
• Yousaf Shah
• Yu Sheng

Web Committee

• Akintayo Holder

School of Science Graduate Council

• Akintayo Holder

Theory seminar coordinator

Colloquium web site

• Jamey Lewis

Colloquium Refreshments

At least two students per semester to purchase (you'll be reimbursed), set up, and clean up colloquium refreshments.

• Apirak Hoonlor
• Evan Patton
• Jason Sanchez

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