1. Graduate Student Association www.fnal.gov/orgs/gsa/ Heather Ray Users Meeting June 2002

2. www.fnal.gov/orgs/gsa/ Graduate Representatives One year terms All graduate students eligible to run Representatives elected by entire FNAL graduate student population Choose 5 highest vote receivers as next year’s representatives This year: –Freya Blekman: D0 –Nathan Goldschmidt: CDF –Mike Kirby: CDF –Heather Ray: CDF –Michel Sorel: BooNE (E898)

3. www.fnal.gov/orgs/gsa/ What do we do? Work with lab/government on issues of concern to graduate students Educate federal government on physical science issues Organize educational and social events Provide information for students/post docs who are new to the area –www.fnal.gov/orgs/gsa : guide to life, archived classes and lectures, job links (thanks to FNAL office of public affairs and xenomedia)www.fnal.gov/orgs/gsa

4. www.fnal.gov/orgs/gsa/ How is this Accomplished? Given a budget each year Other opportunities for funding (URA/lab) Involvement in committees of UEC - ex: Inreach, Outreach, Quality of Life Participate in annual UEC trip to Washington, DC

5. www.fnal.gov/orgs/gsa/ What we’ve done this year Lab Issues : Quality of Life Survey Educational : Linear Collider Series Government : –Trip to Washington, DC –Work to develop better visa for scientists General : –New Perspectives (7 th year) –Outreach program in collaboration with Lederman center –Your Career, Your Future! Social : parties and get-togethers

6. www.fnal.gov/orgs/gsa/ Linear Collider Lecture Series Covered experimental as well as theoretical issues Talks all archived on GSA web page Invited speakers –M. Peskin –Y. Cho –D. Gerdes –T. Raubenheimer

7. www.fnal.gov/orgs/gsa/ Quality of Life Survey Concerns of FNAL graduate students –Health Care Health Care Health Care! –Taxi service/transportation around site –Ethernet connections to village/dorms –Walking path between Eola/Batavia Roads and D0

8. www.fnal.gov/orgs/gsa/ Quality of Life Survey Results –Health care listing to be provided to housing office/linked to GSA web page, ongoing work with FNAL for better coverage for visiting students and post-docs –Taxi service/pick up service proposal presented to lab –Housing office installing more computers/wireless in dorms

9. www.fnal.gov/orgs/gsa/ Visa Survey Results Students from foreign institutions usually here on J1 visa Problems in some cases for continuing Post- Docs at non-US institutions who work at FNAL Ongoing collaboration with UEC/FNAL to develop new visa for scientists

10. www.fnal.gov/orgs/gsa/ New Perspectives Tomorrow @ 4:30 in WH Atrium: poster contest, UEC reception, prizes awarded for posters Wednesday and Thursday @ 9:30 in 1 West: talks by students and invited guests Thursday @ 7 : party in the barn