Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Volleyball Team!

MGSA is putting together at least one volleyball team for the volleyball tournament on Tuesday, September 14 from 6 to 10 PM at the Huston Huffman Center.  The best part?  You don't have to be good at volleyball (or even sports in general) to be a part of the team!  You just have to be willing to come out on the 14th and have fun with some of your colleagues from MGSA. It's even free to participate!

Keshav has volunteered to be team captain and to organize the paperwork needed to get us signed up. So, to take part, all you need to do is contact Keshav (kacharya@math.ou.edu), and he will take care of the rest. Simple, right?

So what are you waiting for? Let's show some Math Department spirit!

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Tuesday Tea TODAY at 3:30pm

It's the start of a new semester, and therefore, the start of a new set of Tuesday Teas. For those of you who don't know, Tuesday Tea is a weekly tradition in which a bunch of us math grads get together, drink tea, eat cookies, and normally play some games. If you have any tea questions, you can ask Shayna.

Today's Tea will be featuring ice cream left over from the ice cream social. Also, there will be an MGSA meeting during the tea, so we definitely encourage everyone to come.

Join us for Tuesday Tea at 3:30pm in the conference room on the 4th floor every Tuesday (starting TODAY)!

Monday, August 16, 2010

Ice Cream Social - Friday!

The ever-industrious Nancy Ho has been working hard to organize an ice cream social to kick off the new school year. You should have seen emails about this over the past couple of weeks. The latest details are as follows:

What: Ice Cream Social
When: Friday, August 20 at 4:00 PM
Where: Mathematics Department Help Center (PHSC 425A)

We need volunteers to sign up to bring ice cream, toppings, ICE, etc. Nancy has created an online sign-up sheet available here. So, if you're coming and planning to bring something, let us know what you're planning to bring. It looks like a good crowd has already started to form, but we all know that more ice cream is always better! :) So, sign up, and join in the fun on Friday afternoon to help us welcome the new grad students (and say hello to each other again after a long, hot summer).

Thursday, August 5, 2010

AWM Workshop (deadline soon!)

Attention, Ladies:

If you are a postdoc or are nearing the end of your graduate studies, you are eligible to apply to the AWM workshop. This is a workshop held at the Joint Meetings of the AMS/MAA, which is in New Orleans this year (January 2011). The workshop provides a great opportunity to get to present your work and to meet lots of other women mathematicians, plus they pay for your expenses to go to the meeting!

The deadline to apply is EARLY! It is coming up on August 15. Dr. Kornelson (our resident AWM expert) has encouraged applications and has generously offered to discuss the workshop with anyone who stops by.

You can find out more by clicking here.