UW-Madison Astronomy
Committees 2002-2003: DRAFT



  DEPARTMENT
     
Chair   Sparke
Associate Chair   Reynolds
Council   2 elected members, Reynolds, Sparke
Space Astronomy Lab (SAL) Director   Nordsieck
SAL Associate Director   Percival
Student Czar   Andy Fox
Czar's enforcer   Elizabeth Hedrick Wehner

Social Committee

  Gomez, Crawford, Burgh
Colloquia   Semester I -- Barger
Semester II -- ?

Colloquium Cookie Monster

  Kyle Westfall
Journal Club (910)   Semester I -- Cassinelli
Semester II -- Bershady
Undergrad Advsrs / Maj. & Hon. Advising   Wilcots, ?
Degree Audit Report System (DARS)   Wilcots, Gerhardt

Grad Admissions

  Savage, Mathieu, Reynolds, Gerhardt, Fox, Sewilo, Steffen
Grad Advising (1st / 2nd-yr students)   [Incoming students are assigned a current student plus faculty member; 2nd-yr students are assigned a faculty member]
Dellenbusch -- Gallagher, Hedrick Wehner
Freeland -- Wilcots, Westfall
Hole -- Mathieu, Steffen, Johnson
Kepley -- Wilcots, Crawford
Westfall -- Bershady

Ph.D. Minor Advising

  Reynolds, Esquivel
Prelims  

not: Bershady, Gallagher

TA Training   Wilcots, Johnson, Sparke, Watson
TAA Steward   Christer Watson
Graduate School Liaison   Gerhardt
ISIS (Integrated Student Info System)   Gerhardt
Timetable   Hoessel, Sparke, Gerhardt
Space Allocation   To consist of: elected Council members, Nordsieck [SAL Director], Sparke [Chair], Williams
Library Committee   Gallagher, Barger, Lazarian, Bless, Erin Meyer-Blasing
Computer Committee   Hoessel, Bershady, Zweibel, Jansen, Williams, Madsen
Capital Exercise   Gallagher, Nordsieck, Sparke, Fass, Williams
Observatory Report   Mathis, Wakker, Gerhardt
Wisconsin Astrophysics   Gerhardt, Varda
Public Information   ? , Varda
New Fundraising   Savage, (Anderson), Gallagher, Mathieu, Sparke [Chair, ex-officio]
Shop   Hoessel, Percival, plus those currently using the machine shop
Planetarium & AV Materials   Churchwell, Mathieu, Williams
Campus Telescopes   (Nordsieck), Gallagher, Williams, Steffen
PBO   Nordsieck, Reynolds, Williams
Web pages   being reorganized
Program description, catalog entries   Reynolds, Gerhardt
Pre-tenure Faculty Mentors / Oversight Committees    
Lazarian   Savage + Reynolds/ Zweibel + Cassinelli
Barger   Bershady / Hoessel + Cassinelli
     
 
  Activities in which the Department of Astronomy participates
     
WIYN Board   Mathieu (President), Sparke
WIYN SAC   Wilcots
WIYN SAC   Wilcots
WIYN Grad Queue Organizer   Andrew Glenn
WIYN 0.9-m telescope   Mathieu
SALT Board Member   Bershady (alternates Gallagher, Wilcots)
SALT Science: Local Working Group   Bershady, Gallagher
SALT Collateral Benefits   Wilcots
PFIS activities   Nordsieck (PI), ?, Reynolds
A3RI / IceCube (Antarctic projects)   Gallagher
     
  UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE
     
Faculty Senate   ? (alternate Reynolds)
L&S Advising  
L&S Minority Liaison   Wilcots
L&S Honors Committee   Churchwell?
Physical Sciences Divisional Committee   Mathieu
Executive Committee of the Graduate School   Mathieu
Faculty Rights & Responsibilities   Churchwell?
Campus Planning Commission   Cassinelli (2nd term)
Campus Transportation Committee   Hoessel
Research Committee   Mathieu (1 more year)
Undergraduate Recruitment, Admission, Financial Aid   Wilcots (chair)
Faculty Student Appeals Committee   Bershady (4 more years)


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