mspqc May 2019

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Activate NetID and UW Email Address
by Michelle Holland 29 May '19

29 May '19

Good Morning MSPQC Incoming Graduate Students, You should have all received the email welcome message from the UW-Madison Graduate School below. The most pressing item on your To Do List is to activate your NetID and begin the steps to getting your UW email address. We want to begin sending all messages to you through your UW email to avoid glitches with Gmail and other email clients. Additionally, you will need an active NetID to utilize the enrollment application (enroll.wisc.edu) when it comes time for enrolling in courses the week of June 24th. In the coming weeks, you will receive more messages from the UW-Madison Graduate School, the Office of the Registrar (regarding your enrollment appointment time), and you may also be meeting with your MSPQC faculty advisor. While the start of the program may feel far away, we are almost into the month of June and the logistics of setting up everything to become a graduate student in the Fall will begin to take place. Please let me know once you have activated your NetID and successfully logged into MyUW to check your UW email address. We will then update our records here in Physics and begin sending all emails to your UW email address. You will want to check your UW email on a regular basis once it is activated. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions along the way. Best, Michelle From: UW-Madison Graduate School <communications(a)grad.wisc.edu> Reply-To: UW-Madison Grad School Communications <communications(a)grad.wisc.edu> Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 9:29 AM To: Meghan Chua <meghan.chua(a)wisc.edu> Subject: Welcome to graduate school at UW-Madison! [Welcome New Graduate Students]<https://t.e2ma.net/click/z5xfqc/7jmas4/7bc52s> Congratulations and welcome! As Dean of the Graduate School, I am pleased to be among the first to welcome you to the University of Wisconsin–Madison. You have chosen to continue your education at one of the world’s preeminent research institutions. 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Grad Life at UW-Madison: New Website
by Michelle Holland 28 May '19

28 May '19

Good Afternoon Incoming MSPQC Grad Students, The UW-Madison Graduate School has just released the NEW grad life website and there are a ton of amazing resources available to you as a new incoming grad student on campus. Please feel free to browse and explore if you haven’t seen some of this already. https://gradlife.wisc.edu/ If you have any questions along the way, don’t hesitate to ask. Best, Michelle Michelle R. Z. Holland Graduate Program Coordinator Department of Physics University of Wisconsin-Madison 2320 F Chamberlin Hall 1150 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706 608-262-9678 Michelle.holland(a)wisc.edu<mailto:Michelle.holland@wisc.edu>

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Welcome to Physics-Quantum Computing!
by Michelle Holland 15 May '19

15 May '19

Welcome to the MS in Physics-Quantum Computing program at UW-Madison! As the graduate program coordinator in the Department of Physics, it is my great pleasure to welcome you to the first MS in Physics-Quantum Computing (MSPQC) Class of 2019. There are 13 students in the incoming class and the list of each other’s information is attached here as a PDF. I wanted to provide a few details below about important dates and housing information as those seem to be the most high level things to cover at this time. Professor Bob Joynt, Director of the MSPQC Program will be following up with information about academic preparation and advisor assignments in the near future. We will be in touch at various points before you arrive in Madison as additional information becomes available. Feel free to contact me with any questions you might have along the way. If you have a question, it is likely that someone else in the group might have the same question too! I look forward to working with you all this summer before the MSPQC program activities begin in August. Best, Michelle IMPORTANT DATES June 24th: Enrollment for new graduate students begins. You will receive an enrollment email from the Office of the Registrar a few weeks before your enrollment appointment time. Faculty advisors will be assigned soon and you will consult with them before enrolling in courses. Week of August 26th: New student orientation week. Various campus and Graduate School activities will take place as well as our MSPQC program orientation. September 4th: First day of class at UW-Madison. HOUSING INFORMATION Many of you are probably starting to think about housing, and may have even already made plans for your life as a grad student in Madison. There are a few resources that I wanted to make available regarding housing if you haven’t already started your search. University Apartments: housing for grad students and students with families including Eagle Heights, University Houses, and Harvey Street Apartments https://www.housing.wisc.edu/apartments/ University Apartments – University Housing – UW–Madison<https://www.housing.wisc.edu/apartments/> www.housing.wisc.edu The University Apartments community is known for it's diversity with dozens of nationalities and languages spoken throughout the neighborhoods. We serve UW-Madison graduate students, students with families, postdoctoral researchers, academic staff, and faculty. Campus Area Housing: UW-Madison's official source for off-campus apartments https://campusareahousing.wisc.edu/ Campus Area Housing - UW Madison's Official Source for Apartments, Roommate Connections and Rentals in the Campus Area - University of Wisconsin–Madison<https://campusareahousing.wisc.edu/> campusareahousing.wisc.edu Campus and Visitor Relations is the central Campus Area Housing Office for the University of Wisconsin–Madison, serving faculty, staff, students and the general public. Guide to Graduate Student Life: online publication produced by graduate students at the Graduate School at UW-Madison each year, contains helpful information about UW Madison and the City of Madison (housing info: page 61) https://grad.wiscweb.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/329/2018/05/GradStud… Michelle R. Z. Holland Graduate Program Coordinator Department of Physics University of Wisconsin-Madison 2320 F Chamberlin Hall 1150 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706 608-262-9678 Michelle.holland(a)wisc.edu<mailto:Michelle.holland@wisc.edu>

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