MSE GSAG

MRS Cookout
2019-08-16 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | LOVE Plaza, 771 Ferst Dr NW, Atlanta, GA, 30332, United States
Hi MSE Friends!

Next week we get to welcome the new graduate students to campus!

I’m sure that you all read every single email that student groups send out, but in case you missed one, GSAG is hosting a poster session from 4-6pm on August 16th to welcome the new students and show them all the awesome work that we all do.

Don’t get us wrong, we at MRS love posters, but we love cookouts even more. So, during the poster session, we will be hosting a welcome cookout in the plaza outside of the Love building. Chef Matthew Pasquale West will be manning the grill, so rest assured the burgers will be top notch. Vegetarian options will also be available, as well as a host of other snacks and beverages.

We’ll see you all at the MRS Cookout on August 16th at 5:00pm!

2019 Welcome Back Poster Session
2019-08-16 16:00 - 18:00 | LOVE Atrium, 1st Floor
GSAG will be hosting the annual Welcome Poster Session to be held on Friday, August 16th from 4-6pm in the 1st and 2nd Floor Atriums of the Love Bldg. This event will welcome to the new students and to allow them to learn about the wide variety of research being done in the department. Additionally, this will be a great opportunity to socialize with other graduate students in the department as well as share our research with each other. All graduate students are encouraged to attend to represent their research group, present their most current research, and meet the new students.
If you are planning to attend or bring a poster, please register by Aug 9th: https://forms.gle/1a5aBmW9TNV7Lkz26
We hope to see you all there!

International Student Walking Tour
2019-08-14 16:00 - 17:00 | GT Barnes and Noble, 48 5th St NW, Atlanta, GA, 30308, United States
Welcome to Georgia Tech! We are excited to meet you all and we wanted to personally welcome you to our MSE Graduate Student community.

We wanted to invite you to the International Student Walking Tour on Wednesday, August 14th at 4pm.

The tour is open to you and your friends and family. The tour will bring you to some of the campus highlights and provide you with some helpful information to ease your transition to Georgia Tech. You will also have a chance to meet other new and current MSE graduate students and ask any questions you have, particularly any questions that you may have as an international student.

The tour will begin at 4 pm starting at the Barnes and Noble at Tech Square (48 5th St NW, Atlanta, GA 30308) and will be approximately 1 hour long. This will be a walking tour so remember to wear seasonally appropriate clothing and hydration if need (it gets hot in Atlanta!!). We will provide snacks and refreshments during the tour!

Please let us know if you are attending through this link for this event. We look forward to seeing you all and have a restful summer. If you have any questions, feel free to email us.

MSE March Graduate Recruitment Weekend
2019-03-21 - 2019-03-23
MSE GSAG is looking for volunteers to help with recruitment for the weekend of March 21-23. Volunteer Sign-up will be coming soon!

MSE Spring Festival
2019-03-06 17:00 - 19:00 | LOVE Atrium, 2nd Floor
Save the date! The MSE International Spring Festival will be on March 6th at 5:30 pm. To RSVP please click here. We hope to see you all there!!!

MSE February Graduate Recruitment Weekend
2019-02-21 - 2019-02-23 | Georgia Tech
MSE GSAG is looking for volunteers to help with recruitment for the weekend of February 21-23. If you are interested and able to volunteer, please fill out our sign-up form here.

MSE Spring Townhall 2019
2019-02-07 11:00 - 12:00 | MRDC 4211
Mark your calendars

GSAG Spring Townhall on February 7th, 2019 in MRDC 4211 11 AM- 12 PM.

As usual, Pizza will be provided!

MSE GSAG Task Group Mixer
2019-02-05 04:30 - 17:30
Join us in MRDC 4211 to learn about our task groups and sign-up for the ones you are interested in joining! Snacks provided! If you cannot attend this event, send us an email at msegsag@gatech.edu and we will make sure you get the information.

Friendsgiving 2018
2018-11-15 17:30 - 19:30 | LOVE Atrium, 2nd Floor
GSAG and WiMSE invite you to join the MSE Community at this fun, food-filled event! We will be coming together to eat delicious food favorites, get to know each other better, and vote on “best” dish! We hope to see you there!

Proposal Workshop 2018
2018-11-15 11:00 - 12:00 | LOVE 299
GSAG will be hosting a Proposal Workshop on Thursday, November 15th, 2018. The workshop will go over how to prepare for your proposal, find committee members, prepare your proposal document and answer any questions regarding the rules and procedures. We encourage anyone who is thinking about proposing to attend this session.

Mentor/Mentee Halloween Spooktacular
2018-11-02 16:00 - 17:30 | LOVE Atrium, 2nd Floor
The weather is getting cooler, the days are getting shorter, and Halloween is approaching! Come out to celebrate the spooky holiday at GSAG’s mentor/mentee Halloween Spooktacular on Nov. 2nd from 4-5:30 pm. Costumes are OPTIONAL but will certainly be appreciated.
Please RSVP Below
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0Tu1QsS43zK_Qwcs21xl4hIPE5nncxwbSi0kTE3NetcRbMA/viewform

GSAG Fall Townhall
2018-10-02 11:00 - 12:00 | MRDC 4211
GSAG has been working on a stipend improvement proposal MSE grad students for the last few months. We presented our proposal at the MSE faculty meeting on September 18th. The goal of this presentation was to gather feedback from the faculty and make them aware of the financial issues that the grad students in MSE are facing. Just to keep you all in the loop, the majority of the faculty recognizes that low stipend levels are a serious issue, both in terms of quality of life and competitiveness with other schools. At the same time, a few faculty members were concerned about the budgetary implications of raising the stipends per GSAG proposal, given that they have to pay overhead on our salaries (i.e. stipends). We presented them with multiple options to incorporate the raise. We are presenting next to the Graduate Committee sometime mid-October and eventually to the external advisory board of MSE, on October 26th.

As a part of bringing transparency in this whole process, we plan to brief all grad students in detail at the GSAG town hall, on October 2nd, 2018 in MRDC 4211 11 AM- 12 PM. As usual, Pizza will be provided!
