Graduate Student Representatives for 2011/2012
Say hello to your GSA officers for 2011-2012. Contact them here and let them know what's on your mind!
If you want to know
more about the GSA click
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Introductions
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Chris Prokop
SRF Accelerator Test Facility, Northern Illinois University, USA |
I'm a fifth-year graduate student with Northern Illinois University.
I moved here last Fall to work on the SRF Accelerator Test Facility,
which is still under-construction. As a great deal of you know,
Fermilab is a bit different than most workplaces, due to the large
number of graduate students that actually live here on-site, and how
many facilities and activities are operated and hosted by the lab (how
many employers sport their own bar?). As a GSA Officer, I will do my
best to help organize activities for graduate students and to better
relay information about existing activities and opportunities.
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Joe Zennamo
DØ, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA |
Having recently moved to Fermilab I have experienced first hand how
the GSA can
really help to make the lab a warm and open place. It allows students
from diverse
backgrounds to come together and meet in a relaxed atmosphere,
creating friendships
and sharing knowledge. Becoming an active part of this community has
been something
that I have been looking forward to since I arrived. As an Officer I
will nurture these
important aspects of the GSA while also offering a clear and open
channel of communication
between the graduate students and the greater Fermilab community.
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Alex Radovic
MINOS, MINOS+,
University College London
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I would be honoured if you would give me the privilege of becoming an
officer of the GSA. I would relish the chance to be involved in
organising the different social activities and advocating the
interests of my fellow students, as a great way to both help others
and also benefit myself by becoming a more active part of the
community. Sadly I will probably not be in America in time to help
with the coming Halloween party, but I hope to have the chance to help
with many other events.
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Brian Tice
MINERvA, Rutgers University, USA
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I would like to represent my fellow students as a GSA officer so that
I can help to improve our quality of life. Because the GSA is a
student organization, it is uniquely able to address the needs of
students. Whether the need is to find somebody to give you a ride to
Wilson hall, knowing where the best local sushi place is, or getting
together with other students to blow off some steam, the GSA has been
able to help. I would also like to help improve scientific
communication with non-physicists. Young enthusiastic scientists, like
the graduate students at Fermilab, can play an integral role in
communicating the importance and excitement of scientific research.
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Gene Kafka
MICE, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA |
As a new member of the Fermilab community, I am eager to meet everyone and learn about all the exciting physics going on here on the plains of Illinois. I am currently working on the Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment based out of Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory in the UK, but most of my time will be spent here at Fermilab on the 13th floor of Wilson Hall. I have some experience organizing student events, and any gaps in my knowledge can be filled by my current roommates and former GSA officers Joe and Rito. If you have anything to discuss, come find me in my cubicle, or out in Chicago's Logan Square. I'm looking forward to an exciting year filled with fun events.
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