mspqc October 2022

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Director's Football Ticket Lottery
by ROBERT J JOYNT 28 Oct '22

28 Oct '22

To all MSPQC students: I have two free tickets to the Wisconsin-Maryland football game on Nov. 5. If you want to enter the lottery for these tickets, please reply to this email by 5PM next Tuesday. A random number generator will determine the winner. Good luck! Bob J Robert Joynt MS-Physics-Quantum Computing Program Director Professor, Department of Physics University of Wisconsin-Madison 1150 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706 Ph. (608) 263-4169

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Fostering a Positive Work Environment (Fri, 12:05pm, 1313 Sterling)
by Sharon Kahn 19 Oct '22

19 Oct '22

All - The Employee Assistance Office will offer a presentation entitled "Fostering a Positive Work Environment" in PHYSICS 701 on Friday (12:05-12:55, 1313 Sterling). They have kindly offered to welcome any Physics graduate student who would like to attend. If you're interested in joining us, please let me know by 4pm on Thursday so I can be sure to reserve a larger room if we need it. Let me know if you have questions. smk ************************************* Sharon M. Kahn Pronouns: she/her/hers <What does this mean?<http://www.transstudent.org/pronouns101> / How to support others<https://medium.com/@mrsexsmith/dear-cis-people-who-put-your-pronouns-on-you…>> Graduate Program Manager Physics Department | University of Wisconsin-Madison 2320f Chamberlin Hall | 1150 University Ave. |Madison, WI 53706 ----------------------------------------- email: smkahn(a)wisc.edu<mailto:smkahn@wisc.edu> | phone: 608-262-9678 ----------------------------------------- Need to meet with me? Schedule here: https://calendly.com/smkahn

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Website directory entries
by PhDDigest Newsletter 14 Oct '22

14 Oct '22

Dear grad students, Now that the incoming class photos have been uploaded to our website, I wanted to send a reminder that you can provide or update your bio on the department website at any time. To do so, visit https://www.physics.wisc.edu/internal/update-my-directory-entry/ (you will be prompted to log in with your netID if you are not logged in already). When filling out your bio, please remember it is the department’s university-affiliated website, not a personal website. You certainly can share some personal things that are appropriate if you want, but please use discretion. Please let me know if you have any questions! -Sarah -- Sarah Perdue, PhD Communications Manager UW–Madison Department of Physics 2320H Chamberlin Hall (608) 262-3051 Pronouns: she/her Website<http://www.physics.wisc.edu/> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/UWMadPhysics> | LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/uwmadphysics/>

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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Panel Discussion & Workshop
by SOYEON CHOI 30 Sep '22

30 Sep '22

Hello everyone, We hope everyone’s first month back in school has been going well. With October coming up, the deadline for the NSF GRFP application is approaching (10/21). PGSC Professional Development will have an NSF GRFP Panel Discussion & Workshop for physics graduate and undergraduate students on 10/10 Monday, from 5:30-6:30 pm (Chamberlin, room TBD). Students at all stages in their application and anyone considering applying in the future are all welcome. The event is divided into two parts: 1. Panel Discussion (5:30-6:00 pm): A panel of faculty, staff, and postdocs will share their experiences with the NSF GRFP, such as reviewing applications or applying when they were students, and discuss strategies for writing a good application. After each panelist gives their insight and advice, the floor will be open to questions. 2. Workshop / Writer’s Retreat (6:00-6:30 pm): The latter half will be a writer’s retreat type of workshop, with some faculty, staff, and postdocs who will be ‘reviewers’. Students can bring their drafts to reviewers to ask specific questions pertaining to their draft, or work on their drafts independently and discuss amongst peers. You can choose to stay for one or both sections. If you are interested in attending, please fill out the pre-event survey<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScsonQo1NScj93o77CYyfqgRDCmKkytMbo…> at your earliest convenience; this will give us a better headcount and help us book an appropriate room. In addition to this workshop, you can also make appointments at the Writing Studio for 1-to-1 consultations on your writing, or submit your draft for written feedback: https://writing.wisc.edu/make-a-writing-appointment/. We would also like to share some guides on writing the NSF-GRFP application that we found useful: * Detailed Guide to tackle the NSF-GRFP Application (2021)<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygoKTJfLGUY> (*Highly Recommended) * NSF GRFP tips from a reviewer and PI<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20kRV8_mfHU> * NSF GRFP process: perspective from reviewers<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALcI6Ulrv4U> As always, please do not hesitate to email schoi332(a)wisc.du or lomte(a)wisc.edu if you have any questions or suggestions. We hope you have a great weekend! Best Regards, Soyeon & Shivani PGSC Professional Development Co-Chairs

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