New
Students: Undergraduates, first and foremost, please refer to
LOBOrientation.
You are also most welcome to come to the NE corner of Yale and Lomas to
visit the
Department of Physics & Astronomy! My office is room 105.
International
students may wish to communicate with fellow countrymen
who can provide
insight about their experiences here in Albuquerque. And
here's some more information about:
Sharing housing w/ P&A students,
campus housing,
apartments
near campus, programs and
student
services, the UNM Student
Handbook, ethnic and cultural groups, and student activities.
Returning
Students: Don't hesitate to contact me with any questions about
your
program. If you need a call number for registration purposes,
call or stop by - especially
those of you who are planning to register for thesis (599) or
dissertation hours (699)-
let's make sure that your Candidacy is in order!
Here is the Duty Week / PandA Departmental Orientation schedule for new graduate students:
Friday, Aug
11
8:30a.m.-5:00 p.m. - Mandatory
full-day orientation program
for new international students hosted by the
Office of International
Programs & Studies (OIPS) at the Student Union Bldg (see map link
at left), Plaza Level.
Monday, Aug
14
9:00 a.m. - All NEW TAs: Lab
Tour and Individual Presentations at Regener Hall
10:30 a.m. - All NEW TAs:
Bernd
Bassalleck, Prof and Dept Chmn, at Regener Hall
Get your Lobo I.D. card at the Student Union (bldg 60 on campus map)
International Students - Take visas and TA/RA
employment paperwork to the Office of Graduate Studies
Tuesday, Aug
15
9:00-10:30 a.m. - ALL TAs:
finalize fall lab instruction schedule at Regener Hall
1:00 p.m. - advisement sessions
(see below) with faculty advisor
All students who have been advised can register for classes
and
register online for a UNM NetID (e-mail address) at
<https://lamb.unm.edu/lamb-bin/SelfServ/newreq.cgi>
3:00 p.m. - ALL TAs:
Meet Mary at Regener Hall for FERPA training and information about
department and University
regulations having to do with instruction and grading.
Wednesday,
August 16
9:00 a.m. - Room 190 at PandA...Dr. Rudolph, and any
unfinished paperwork w/ Mary
10:00 a.m - Meet w/ the "old-timers"...2-year+ grad
students...for discussion and questions, insights and revelations,
etc., in Room 1131
Graders and lab TA for
307L MUST meet with or
make contact with the course instructors no later than 5 p.m. on
Thursday.
All TA's meet at
Regener Hall re: Lab setups (contact
Mickey or Bill re: times
and locations)
Thursday,
Aug 17
9:00-5:00 p.m. - Physics Preliminary Exams, location TBA (9-noon=E&M; 2-5
pm=Thermo/StatMech)
9:00-5:00 p.m. - Optical Science & Eng'g Qualifying
Exams, PandA Bldg Room 184
Friday, Aug
18
9:00-5:00 p.m. - Optical Science & Eng'g Qualifying
Exams, PandA Bldg Room 184
9:00-5:00 p.m. - Physics Preliminary Exams, location TBA (9-noon=ClassMech; 2-5 pm=QuantumMech)
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Fall 2006 Full- and Half-Time TAs Good communication skills are essential for a successful career in the sciences. Communication is particularly important in our undergraduate labs because students are introduced to concepts that may be new or counter-intuitive. We would like to highlight communication skills during the discussions scheduled for TA Orientation on Monday, August 15, beginning at 9:00 a.m.at Regener Hall. To facilitate the discussion, be prepared to present a 5-minute talk on a topic, principle, or concept of physics or astrophysics that appears in an introductory textbook such as Halliday and Resnick. Your talk should be geared to an audience having a minimal background in mathematics (i.e., algebra rather than calculus). A blackboard and a vu-graph projector (with transparencies and pens) will be available for your presentation. Our goal is to help you develop your communication skills to their fullest potential during your tenure as a TA with the Dept. of Physics & Astronomy at UNM. If you have any questions about the assignment, please e-mail the Lab Director, Mickey Odom. |
New Graduate Student Advising Schedule
| Students | Advisor |
|
|
| Adler, Kilian,
Schinzel, Schwab, Schwarz, Streubig |
Bassalleck | 100 | 1 pm |
| Anderson, Chase |
Caves |
28 |
1 / 1:30 |
| Marvian-Mashhad, Mischuk, Tacla |
Deutsch | 24 | 1 / 1:30 / 2 pm |
| Andrews, Cox,
Rathi, Taylor, Urbar |
Loomba | 1025 |
1 / 1:30 / 2 / 2:30 / 3 pm |
| Harrington, Liu, Sun |
Rudolph | 1107 | 1 / 1:30 / 2 pm |
| Jing, Xu, Yuan |
Sheik-Bahae | 1109 | 1 / 1:30 / 2 pm |
| Herskovitz, Masuda,
Salvago |
Thomas |
1113 |
1 / 1:30 |
| Easley,
Gonzalez-Palacio, Johnson, Jones, Solano |
Duncan |
1 / 1:30 / 2 / 2:30 / 3 pm | |
| Day, McIntyre |
Philstrom |
1 /
1:30 pm |
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