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   * Students not in attendance at the jobs meeting may send an email request to the faculty rep, but students attending the meeting get first dibs on all jobs   * Students not in attendance at the jobs meeting may send an email request to the faculty rep, but students attending the meeting get first dibs on all jobs
  
-For reference, the previous year's job-holders are found here: [[student_jobs:past_year|2015-16 Student Jobs List]] +For reference, the previous year's job-holders are found here: [[student_jobs:past_year|2017-18 Student Jobs List]]
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 The job descriptions below should include: The job descriptions below should include:
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   * How many and which students should hold it   * How many and which students should hold it
  
-Also note that Eugene requests that a rough summary of all grad-student-led events that need funds for the year be given to him in the Fall.+Also note that the Chair requests that a rough summary of all grad-student-led events that need funds for the year be given to him in the Fall.
  
 =====The Jobs:===== =====The Jobs:=====
  
 ===Talks & Teas=== ===Talks & Teas===
-  * [[student_jobs#Colloquium_tea|Colloquium Tea]] (Fall) -- Khatami, El-Badry, Kundert +  * [[student_jobs#Colloquium_tea|Colloquium Tea]] (Fall) -- Jordan Fleming, Sarafina Nance, Steven Giacalone 
-  * [[student_jobs#Colloquium_Tea|Colloquium Tea]] (Spring) -- Molter, Abdurrahman, Jia +  * [[student_jobs#Colloquium_Tea|Colloquium Tea]] (Spring) -- Casey Lam, Nathan Sandford, Philipp Kempski 
-  * [[student_jobs#projectionist|Colloquium Projectionist]] (Fall) -- Kempski, Nance +  * [[student_jobs#projectionist|Colloquium Projectionist]] (Fall) -- Bryan Brzycki, Andy Mayo, Jamie Sullivan 
-  * [[student_jobs#projectionist|Colloquium Projectionist]] (Spring) -- Fleming, Giacalone +  * [[student_jobs#projectionist|Colloquium Projectionist]] (Spring) -- Andrea Antoni, Kishore Patra, Keming Zhang 
-  * [[student_jobs#TAFT|Tuesday Afternoon Food Time (TAFT) Czar]] -- Presley +  * [[student_jobs#TAFT|Tuesday Afternoon Food Time (TAFT) Czar]] -- Morgan Presley 
-  * [[student_jobs#Grad_Student_Post_Doc_Seminar_(GSPS)|Grad Student/Postdoc Research Seminar (GSPS)]] -- Goullaud+  * [[student_jobs#Grad_Student_Post_Doc_Seminar_(GSPS)|Grad Student/Postdoc Research Seminar (GSPS)]] -- Charles Goullaud
   * [[student_jobs#Grad_Student_Colloquium_Speaker_Meeting|Grad Student / Colloquium Speaker Meeting]] --    * [[student_jobs#Grad_Student_Colloquium_Speaker_Meeting|Grad Student / Colloquium Speaker Meeting]] -- 
-  * [[student_jobs#astronomy_career_development_seminar_astrocds|AstroCDS (Astronomy Career Development Seminar)]] -- Kern+  * [[student_jobs#astronomy_career_development_seminar_astrocds|AstroCDS (Astronomy Career Development Seminar)]] -- 
  
 ===Outreach & Services=== ===Outreach & Services===
-  * [[student_jobs#Hosting_Admissions|Hosting]] -- Suess, Abdurrahman, Lam, Ressler, Sandford, Khatami +  * [[student_jobs#Hosting_Admissions|Hosting]] -- Wren Suess, Fatima Abdurrahman, David Khatami, Keming Zhang, Nathan Sandford, Jamie Sullivan 
-  * [[student_jobs#Mentoring_System_Master|Mentoring System Master]] -- Zick, Medford, Krolewski +  * [[student_jobs#Mentoring_System_Master|Mentoring System Master]] -- Michael Medford, Tom Zick, Alex Krolewski, Ned Molter (Spring) 
-  * [[student_jobs#Public_Liaison|Public Liaisons]] -- Large events: Cheng, Gorthi; Email/general inquiry: Klion, Giacalone, Nance, Lam +  * [[student_jobs#Public_Liaison|Outreach Coordinator]] -- Hannah Klion, Deepthi Gorthi 
-  * [[student_jobs#Wiki_Master|Wiki Master]] -- Medford, Gorthi +  * [[student_jobs#Wiki_Master|Wiki Master]] -- Michael Medford, Deepthi Gorthi 
-  * [[student_jobs#Librarian|Librarian]] -- ??????+  * [[student_jobs#Librarian|Librarian]] -- 
   * [[student_jobs#Ay300|Ay300 (GSI position)]] --    * [[student_jobs#Ay300|Ay300 (GSI position)]] -- 
  
 ===Reps=== ===Reps===
-  * [[student_jobs#Small_Council_Rep|Small Council Rep]] -- Zick +  * [[student_jobs#Small_Council_Rep|Small Council Rep]] -- Tom Zick 
-  * [[student_jobs#Department_Climate_Adviser|Department Climate Adviser]] -- Kundert +  * [[student_jobs#Department_Climate_Adviser|Department Climate Adviser]] -- Fatima Abdurrahman 
-  * [[student_jobs#Graduate_Assembly_Delegate|Graduate Assembly Delegate]] -- Albers    (Alt: Zhang) +  * [[student_jobs#Graduate_Assembly_Delegate|Graduate Assembly Delegate]] -- Saundra Albers, Jordan Fleming 
-  * [[student_jobs#Association_of_Graduate_Student_Employees_Steward_(Union_Rep)|Association of Graduate Student Employees Steward (Union Rep)]] --  +  * [[student_jobs#Association_of_Graduate_Student_Employees_Steward_(Union_Rep)|Association of Graduate Student Employees Steward (Union Rep)]] -- David Khatami 
-  * [[student_jobs#SWPS_Rep|SWPS Rep]] -- Polin +  * [[student_jobs#SWPS_Rep|SWPS Rep]] -- Abi Polin, Ellie Schwab Abrahams 
-  * [[student_jobs#Undergraduate_Liaison|Undergraduate Liaison]] -- Krolewski+  * [[student_jobs#Undergraduate_Liaison|Undergraduate Liaison]] -- Alex Krolewski, Ellie Schwab Abrahams
  
 ===Fun=== ===Fun===
-  * [[student_jobs#Social Hour Coordinator|Social Hour Coordinator]] -- Sandford +  * [[student_jobs#Social Hour Coordinator|Social Hour Coordinator]] -- Andy Mayo 
-  * [[student_jobs#Ski_Trip|Ski Trip]] -- Molter + "Volunteers" +  * [[student_jobs#Ski_Trip|Ski Trip]] -- Ned Molter, Sarafina Nance 
-  * [[student_jobs#T-shirts|T-shirts]] -- ????? +  * [[student_jobs#Sierra Conference|Sierra Conference]] -- Nathan Sandford 
-  * [[student_jobs#Cosmic_Gardener|Cosmic Gardener]] -- Nance, Suess, Zick, Abdurrahman+  * [[student_jobs#T-shirts|T-shirts]] -- Kishore Patra 
 +  * [[student_jobs#Movie_Night_Overlord|Movie Night Overlord]] -- Andy Mayo 
 +  * [[student_jobs#Cosmic_Gardener|Cosmic Gardener]] -- 
  
  
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   * organize rides   * organize rides
  
 +====Sierra Conference====
 +The Sierra Conference has a rich and storied history dating back to 1968. It began as a somewhat legitimate conference for California astro grads by California astro grads, featuring invited speakers, poster sessions, three course dinners, and live bears. Over the years it became more of a casual camping trip designed to "encourage collaboration and networking within the astronomy community in California." As cliched as the wording is, it definitely strikes a chord: building a network and community of other left coast astronomers by enjoying the fun and beauty surrounding us. Unfortunately the event became only lightly attended and was abandoned in ~2015.
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 +Thankfully it was revived in the past year thanks to a grant from UCSC and a multi-campus team of organizers. The Sierra Conference has been restructured to serve specifically the UC astronomy graduate student community, featuring a more balanced mix of recreational and scientific activities. In addition, discussions on grad student life, department climate, and the UC astronomy community are held. Notes from the past conference can be found **here** (this will be a link eventually). The past conference had 12 attendees from 7 UC's but is looking to expand to ~30 attendees from all 8 UC's with astronomy departments. It is generally held near the end of the Summer just before the start of classes so that first years might attend as well. The Sierra Conference will most likely continue to take place in Sequoia National Park as it is conveniently located for both northern and southern UC's.
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 +At minimum, the UCB Sierra Conference coordinator will serve as the point person for the Sierra Conference at Berkeley. This entails advertising the event and planning the logistics of attending (i.e. arranging transportation, camping equipment, and food for the Berkeley contingent). However, it is preferred that UCB Sierra Conference coordinator also participate in the planning of the event which is done in collaboration with organizers at the other UC campuses (via Slack). This can include raising funds, scheduling and booking a campsite, designing an abstract booklet, leading discussions, and contributing to the longevity and long-term goals of the Sierra Conference. 
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 +A separate, updated Sierra Conference wiki/webpage in the works but here are some links to **old** Sierra Conference info.
 +Here is [[sierra_conf|the quick and easy guide to an awesome Sierra Conference]].
 +Also there now exists the [[sierra_conference|Sierra Conference central page]], with info on current/past/planning stuff for sierra conferences. There is a link for this page off of the start page of the badgrads wiki.
 ====T-shirts==== ====T-shirts====
 Our department has a glorious but inconsistent tradition of creating UC Berkeley Astronomy Department themed t-shirts and selling them. Our department has a glorious but inconsistent tradition of creating UC Berkeley Astronomy Department themed t-shirts and selling them.
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   * September: Together with the undergraduate faculty advisor, organize a research symposium once or twice a year (good times are the beginnings of the semester, early September and late January).  Advertise to both the faculty and postdocs looking for undergraduate students.   * September: Together with the undergraduate faculty advisor, organize a research symposium once or twice a year (good times are the beginnings of the semester, early September and late January).  Advertise to both the faculty and postdocs looking for undergraduate students.
  
-  * Early/Mid October: Hold an "Applying to Grad School" night for the majors.  Get 3-4 first or second year grad students to serve as panelists, and start a discussion about the General GRE, Physics GRE, letters of rec, the essay, where to apply, etc.  Distribute copies of practice Physics GREs, which you can get from the previous Undergraduate Liaison.  Order pizzas for this event; the department will reimburse you.+  * Early/Mid September: Hold an "Applying to Grad School" night for the majors.  Get 3-4 first or second year grad students to serve as panelists, and start a discussion about the General GRE, Physics GRE, letters of rec, the essay, where to apply, etc.  Distribute copies of practice Physics GREs, which you can get from the previous Undergraduate Liaison.  Order pizzas for this event; the department will reimburse you.  Make sure to inform the students in Astro 7A about this event; many of them are transfer students who haven't yet declared the major but will do so in the subsequent spring.  Also, it seems that holding the event earlier in the school year leads to better turnout.
  
   * December: With Dexter Stewart, organize and hold an "Applying for REUs" night for the majors.  Bring in majors who have already done an REU or other research project to talk about their experiences.  Point the students to the AURR webpage to find information about REUs and other research opportunities.   * December: With Dexter Stewart, organize and hold an "Applying for REUs" night for the majors.  Bring in majors who have already done an REU or other research project to talk about their experiences.  Point the students to the AURR webpage to find information about REUs and other research opportunities.
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 ====Astronomy Career Development Seminar (AstroCDS)==== ====Astronomy Career Development Seminar (AstroCDS)====
 This talk series increases the exposure of UCB Astronomy undergrads, grads, and postdocs to a variety of career opportunities outside academia (any job except R1 university Prof.). Two to three times per semester we invite a UCB alum, who did their PhD in astronomy, to tell us how they got from grad school to their current job. The talk is informal and very interactive. The speaker spends 15-20 min telling us about their path and the remaining 40 minutes is Q&A. Thanks to strong faculty support, especially Eugene, Mariska, Imke, we have funding to cater the event. We bring in food during the last 20 min so we can eat, mingle, and keep the time commitment to 1 hour! This talk series increases the exposure of UCB Astronomy undergrads, grads, and postdocs to a variety of career opportunities outside academia (any job except R1 university Prof.). Two to three times per semester we invite a UCB alum, who did their PhD in astronomy, to tell us how they got from grad school to their current job. The talk is informal and very interactive. The speaker spends 15-20 min telling us about their path and the remaining 40 minutes is Q&A. Thanks to strong faculty support, especially Eugene, Mariska, Imke, we have funding to cater the event. We bring in food during the last 20 min so we can eat, mingle, and keep the time commitment to 1 hour!
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 +====Movie Night Overlord====
 +Movie Night is a semi-monthly gathering with screenings of astronomy or space-themed films and free pizza, snacks, and soda. The primary responsibility of the Movie Night Overlord is to screen a movie every other week (usually in Campbell 131) and send an email to the Movie Night mailing list informing them of what movie is going to be screened. Also, posters are to be made and put up before each movie night, pizza and other food is to be ordered, and reimbursements submitted (food is funded by the department). Further, at the beginning of each semester, a semester movie schedule is be selected, a corresponding semester movie poster is to be created, and the budget for the semester is to be agreed upon with the department.
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 +**(As of 2015/2016, a couple of movie nights were organized by various department members throughout the year, going out to a movie as a group, or presenting them with the projector in room 131, or presenting them using the 9-panel display on the 3rd floor. However, the regular movie nights were retired after 2015/2016 and weren't revived until 2018/2019.)**
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 =====Retired Job Descriptions===== =====Retired Job Descriptions=====
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 Their descriptions are kept below in case someone wishes to know more Their descriptions are kept below in case someone wishes to know more
 of what used to be, or is inspired to build something new from the rubble of the old. of what used to be, or is inspired to build something new from the rubble of the old.
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-====Movie Night==== 
-Movie Night was a weekly gathering where screenings of films and pizza is ordered for dinner. The primary responsibility of the student running Movie Night is to get a movie every week and send an email to the Movie Night mailing list informing them of what movie is going to be screened. Also, pizza is to be ordered every week (students pay for the pizza, typically by paying back the organizer after the pizza has been delivered). 
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-**As of 2015/2016, a couple of movie nights were organized by various department members throughout the year, going out to a movie as a group, 
-or presenting them with the projector in room 131, or presenting them using the 9-panel display on the 3rd floor.  However, the above-described  
-regular gathering had been retired.** 
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-====Sierra Conference==== 
-Every year, UCB Astronomy hosts a camping trip designed to "encourage collaboration and networking within the astronomy community in California."  As cliched as the wording is, it definitely strikes a chord: building a network and community of other left coast astronomers by enjoying the fun and beauty surrounding us. 
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-Many many years ago, this job involved soliciting topics of interest from the astronomical community at large, wrangling speakers from the various California universities and arranging their travel, room, and board, designing the speaking schedule, organizing publicity, reserving rooms, providing for projectors, transportation, name tags, and inter-talk food, and taking care of any other little things that might come up when organizing a conference.  In its current iteration, it is organizing a camping trip and inviting people from California schools for a more informal bonding experience. 
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-Sierra Conference is a job that takes little effort for most of the year, then intense effort leading up to the event.  Traditionally held in the summer, the Sierra Conference has found a semi-permanent placing just before the start of classes, so that first years might enjoy the event.  This event works best if placed in a convenient geographic location for both northern and southern California schools, and has better success recruiting other schools to join if it is. 
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-Below the link, you can get [[sierra_conf|the quick and easy guide to an awesome Sierra Conference]]. 
-Also there now exists the [[sierra_conference|Sierra Conference central page]], with info on current/past/planning stuff for sierra conferences. There is a link for this page off of the start page of the badgrads wiki. 
-As of 2016, some conference-owned shared camp cooking gear (huge pots and pans, et cetera), was stored in the library in Campbell Hall. 
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-**The Sierra Conference was only lightly attended by 2012 onwards, and was more-or-less abandoned in 2015/2016-ish.** 
  
  

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