10/14/2005

Faculty Research and Professional Development proposals are due by October 28^th

Applications for the Jefferson Science Fellowships are due by December 1^st.

It's time to update your faculty/staff directory information for the 2005-2006 Campus Directory.  

All updates or additions must be made online by October 21^st, 2005 to be included in the 2005-2006 Campus Directory.

Please go to:

www.comtech.ncsu.edu/directories/announcement.htm

for instructions on adding or updating your information.

Happy Birthday to

Jackie Krim (10/15)

Recent and Upcoming Travel:

Fred Lado, to Madrid, Spain, to deliver an invited talk, “Potenciales efectivos y el efecto Hall cuántico”, at "XIII Congreso de Física Estadística"

List of class supplied need in Bookstore.

Randy Davis from the Campus bookstore would like all faculty who have supplies that their students will need to buy forward  a list of needed supplies to him by November 15^th.  He can be contacted at 5-3408, Box 7224, Fax 5-2618, or randy_davis@ncsu.edu.

Who do I see about….?

Academic Issues:

Adding Students to Closed Class / Lab:            Robert Egler, Cox 110               

Student Problems with Labs:                            Jim Chilton, Fox Labs 236, 513-3686

Grades: Submitting or Changing:        

            Robert Egler, Cox 110, 515-7842

Problems with Teaching Assistants:                  Jim Chilton, Fox Labs 236, 513-3686

Classroom Demonstration Requests:     Matt Corne, Cox 202, 515-2910

Students Wishing to Major/minor

 in Physics

            Undergraduate major/minor:    Charles Johnson, Cox 408, 515-3489

            Graduate major:                                   Robert Beichner, Cox 506D, 515-8076

Payroll, Timesheets, and Checks:                                 (PHYSICS Funds)                                  Leslie Moon,  Cox 110, 515-4033

            (GRANT Funds)                         Wilma Gill, Cox 510, 515-3751

Purchase Orders:                                 

            (PHYSICS Funds)                                  Leslie Moon, Cox 110, 515-4033

            (GRANT Funds)                         Wilma Gill, Cox 510, 515-3751

Financial Issues with Grants:                Wilma Gill, Cox 312, 515-3751

Hiring a Post-Doc                                             Rebecca Savage, Cox 110,         515-2521

Appointing a Graduate RA:

            Rebecca Savage, Cox 110,         515-2521

Appointing a Graduate TA:

            Jenny Allen, Cox 508, 513-2182

Hiring Undergraduates on Physics Dept Funds:

            Robert Egler, Cox 110, 515-7842

Miscellaneous Issues:

Getting Keys:                                                    Leslie Moon, Cox 110, 515-4033

Scheduling Conference Room Cox 400:          

            Ina Lunney, Cox 402, 515-4489

Something Wrong with the Building/ Rooms/ Elevator (Not including housekeeping issues like burned out light bulbs) (All buildings except Centennial campus)      

            Robert Egler, Cox 110, 515-7842

Something Wrong with Telephones:

            Rebecca Savage, Cox 110, 515-2521

Computer problem of any type:

            PYHelp@PAMS.ncsu.edu

Astronomy Trivia

Mars will reach its closest point to Earth on October 30^th, but the best views will likely be on Halloween night.  Mars will rise at sunset and hang overhead through most of the night.

The rumor going around that this is the closest approach to Earth in 50,000 years in false.  The last close approach in 2003 held that record.