Dear Fellow Graduate Students,<br><br>As you know, several committees have recently been set up to run the EEOB program, and we currently have representatives on two of them (the Teaching and Program Committee (Mart Turcotte) and the Web Committee (Teri Orr)). The faculty would now like for us to nominate a representative for the Admissions Committee, and I am writing to find out which of you might be interested in this position. <br>
<br>Here is what Wendy says about what this student will do:<br><br>"I wanted to ask for your help with finding a student to serve
on the EEOB Admissions Committee. We need someone who has already
advanced to candidacy, is in good academic standing, and is willing to
play a major role in organizing recruitment weekend, especially
Gradfest (which is tentatively scheduled for March 6 at the Botanical
Gardens). He or she would not, however, be involved in reviewing
applicants' files."<br><br>Recruiting good graduate students, as I'm sure you guys are aware, is vital for the reputation of our program, so it benefits all of us to see that recruitment is well done, and, because we've all looked for graduate programs recently, we have insights about what students are looking for that should be valuable to the committee. In addition, our representative on this committee can help to make sure the recruitment process is honest and transparent, which should also be to the benefit of the program, and is something that we may be better equipped to think about than the faculty are, because we have a better idea of what new students may be expecting and what sorts of things may come as surprises to them.<br>
<br>So, I hope that many of you will be interested in this position. If you have advanced to candidacy and might be interested in doing this, please send me an email. Just so you know, the student we nominate will need to be approved by the faculty on the Admissions Committee.<br>
<br>Cheers,<br><br>Carla<br><br>P.S. Wendy would like to thank all of the folks who filled out the recruitment survey. She says our responses have been very helpful in guiding the committee's plans for recruitment.<br>
<br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Carla Essenberg<br>PhD Candidate and EEOBGSA President<br>Department of Biology<br>University of California, Riverside<br>