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Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering Community Organizers 2019-2020!
The Allen School culture is something we all care about and we need your help to keep CSE a vibrant, welcoming, and fun place to live and work! Nothing happens that *you* as a member of the Allen school don't have the power to influence and change. This wiki contains a record of the people taking on the named service positions for the 2019-2020 academic year. Together all these positions make up the "Grad Student Committee," lovingly known as the GSC. Ideally multiple people can help with each position to reduce the workload on any individual!
There are a variety of graduate student positions to volunteer for. Most positions are held for one year (see individual positions for exceptions); there are no term limits. More information on each position can be found here: http://www.cs.washington.edu/students/orgs/gsc/officers/. If you have any questions, please email Kelly (kmack3 at cs) or Ather (asharif at cs) or ask the previous year's committee member (which you can find here: http://abstract.cs.washington.edu/wiki/index.php/Gsc2018).
Sign-up
Edit the sections below to add yourself to the tables. You can log in using the following: User: GradStudentCommittees Pass: volunteer
You can sign up for multiple positions, and multiple people can sign up for each position to work together!
Leadership
Leadership positions at the Allen school are explicitly open to all members, regardless of your research area or time spent at the school (I.E. we strongly encourage first years to join!).
Position | Description | # needed | Name | |
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Grad, VGrad, & Postdoc Advisory Council Members | Meet regularly with Allen School leadership about policies & issues related to masters students, PhD students, and postdoctoral researchers in the Allen School. Takes a long-term view on development in the school. Grad student members specifically represent the grad perspective. | Max 6 PhD students/quarter | Contact [1] to get involved | |
UAW 4121 stewards & organizers | Improve UW through student organizing with the campus-wide graduate and postdoc union | 8+ | This is not actually a GSC position. Email: [2] or [3] (list of volunteers: [4]) | |
Grad Student Committee Coordinators | Schedule and manage quarterly lunch with the Director. Manage GSC elections and answer questions about GSC positions. | 1-2 | Ather Sharif and Kelly Mack | |
GPSS Senators | Represent the Allen school in the Graduate & Professional Student Senate. Participate in discussions about various issues relating to all aspects of graduate students' life at the broader UW. | |||
Diversity and Inclusion Committee Representatives [1] | To make CSE more diverse, inclusive, engaging, and supportive | 1-4 | Lucy L., Maarten, Naveena, Krzysztof |
New Grads
These positions help shape new students' experiences at the school and can have huge impact. Often these are filled by current first or second years since they can freshly remember what it is like to be a new grad.
Position | Description | # needed | Name |
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New Grad Orientation Organizers | Work with Elise to organize grad student orientation activities the Thursday and Friday of the week before fall quarter begins. This position is time shifted and involves only work during the summer quarter. | 2-4 | Pascal, Lee, Tianyi |
New Grad Mentoring Coordinator(s) | Recruit mentors, assign new grads to mentors, run quarterly mentoring dinners, and help keep mentor groups active. This position is time shifted involves a fair amount of coordination in late spring and over the summer quarter, but is relatively lightweight during the school year. | 1-2 | Erin, Matt J. |
Recruiting & Prospective Students
These positions are arguably some of the most important, and help determine the makeup of the Allen school for years to come.
Position | Description | # needed | Name(s) |
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Prospective Student Committee Chairs | Work with Elise, the director, and the events staff to lead organization of visit days. Visit days is a major undertaking involving most of the school, and has its own Wiki https://dada.cs.washington.edu/vgs/index.php/Main_Page | 4 minimum, recommended 5-6 | Naveena, Ivan, Zhen Zhang, Chien-Yu Lin, Jialin Li (jlli) |
Grad Admissions Liaison | Help readers of grad apps get questions answered while reading & collect feedback from readers to improve for next year | 2-4 | Eric Zeng |
Faculty Recruiting Liaisons | Make sure that the graduate students are kept apprised of faculty recruiting | 2-4 | Kiana, Brian, Nicasia |
Social
Position | Description | # needed | Name(s) |
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TGIF and Social Chairs | Assign offices/labs to organize TGIF | 3-5 | Ather, Matt Z., Vinitha, Henry, Dan P. |
Pit Party Coordinators | Work with Elise to organize the Pit Party | 1-2 | Elise, Sophie |
Holiday Party Coordinators | Work with Elise to organize the Holiday Party | 1-2 | Kiana |
Holiday Party Skit Directors | Organize the Holiday Party Skit | 1-2 | Steven Lyubomirsky |
Women's Events Coordinator | Organize quarterly CSE Women's events | 2-5 | Amanda, Leah, Nicasia |
LGBTQ+ Events Coordinator | Organize quarterly CSE LGBTQ+ events | 1-2 | Maarten |
Pumpkin Carving Coordinators | Organize pumpkins for the pumpkin carving TGIF | Erin, Lee | |
PoCSci TGIF Coordinators | Organize the annual PoCSci TGIF | Max W. | |
Ski Bums & IM Sports Coordinators | Organize the CSE Ski Day and IM League Sports | Eric, Lucy | |
Friday Breakfast Coordinators | Organize Friday breakfasts | 1-2 | Jennifer |
Grad Life
Position | Description | # needed | Name |
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Benson Store Coordinators | Organize orders/restocking the Benson Store | See #benson-store channel on CSE slack | |
Benson Store Volunteer Coordinator | Organize Volunteers who restock and maintain the Benson Store | 1 | See #benson-store channel on CSE slack |
Care Committee Chairs | Organize volunteers to hold office hours, prepare care packages etc. | 1-2 | Talia (and see #care-committee on CSE slack to volunteer) |
Espresso Room Management | Restock, fund raise, train, etc.[2] | 5-8 | managed through #espresso and #espresso-mgmt on slack, email espresso at cs or join the channel if interested in helping out (maintenance, fundraising, etc) |
Historians | Take photos and videos of CSE events | 1 | |
NSF Seminar Coordinators | Organize seminars/application swaps for NSF applications (early fall quarter) | 1 | Matt J. |
Student Survey Coordinators | Organize the annual survey of grad student happiness | 1-2 | Daniel Gordon and Adam Fishman |
Treasurers | Handle GSC money (espresso, and Benson Store) | 1-2 | Steven Lyubomirsky |
Undergrad Liaison & Outreach Coordinators | Be awesome, help undergrad advisors plan grad school info sessions | Pascal, Ivan |
References
- ↑ Make sure to contact the Diversity Committee at diversity@cs.uw.edu to get started
- ↑ http://espresso-room.cs.washington.edu/