N Degree Aggie Relay For Life

Did you know that one in three people will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime? Relay For Life is the American Cancer Society’s main fundraising activity. The Aggie Relay For Life is taking place April 3rd – 4th this year. It offers everyone in the community the chance to participate in the fight against cancer. Teams of people, from all walks of life, have fun while raising much-needed funds to fight cancer and raise awareness of cancer prevention and treatment. The funds raised at Relay

save lives by funding cutting-edge cancer research, early detection and prevention education, advocacy efforts, and life-affirming patient services. The GSC has formed the team “Graduate Student Council”, and currently has 10 active members who are working towards our goal of raising $1,000. Ongoing fundraising events include recycling aluminum cans, setting up a penny jar at GSC meetings, and selling bake goods at GSC and various organizational

meetings. In addition, our team hopes to sell baked goods and/or hamburgers/hotdogs the day of Relay. We feel confident we can reach our goal by the event date, but any and all extra support is greatly appreciated. It can be as simple as dropping a penny in the penny jar or bringing some extra cans to the GSC meeting for us to recycle. Every bit of money collected will be donated to Relay. By Jonathan Howson

Howdy,

As many of you may know, Student Research Week 2009 is quickly approaching and I would like to highlight some important information. Registration for student competitors, volunteers, judges, and the student organization competition opened on Monday, January 26, 2009.To complete a registration form please visit our website at srw.tamu.edu.

During SRW week many opportunities will be available to learn about the research being conducting by Texas A&M University students and how it impacts the world. This can be

accomplished by visiting any number of Resource Tables and open forums, attending the lunch panels, or any number of seminars and symposiums that will be conducted throughout the week. Participation in the Research Report Card reward program will present students with the opportunity to win participation prizes.

The weeks events will begin with an opening reception on March 23, 2009 at 5:15pm in MSC Room 201. The reception will be followed by, Dr. Bruce McCarl, Distinguished Professor, from the Department of Agricultural Economics. The week will continue with three days of competition on March 24th, 25th, and 26th . The closing award’s ceremony

will be on Friday, March 27, 2009 at 5:30pm in MSC Room 201. All winners will be announced and receive their awards during this event.

Student Research Week 2009 will be full of events that will highlight students, faculty, staff and volunteer student organizations on campus. I hope that many of you will participate either as a student competitor, judge, or volunteer as well as attend the great number of activities that coincide with this year’s event. I look forward to seeing you there!

Matt Kopil

SRW Director 2009

srw@tamu.edu

Inside this issue:

Relay for Life 1

Student Research Week

1

Housing Fair 2

Digital Symposium

2

Events Page 3

Study Break 4

GSC Info 5

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Student Research Week

A Degree Above the Rest

02/01/2009

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The Changing Landscape of Scholarly Communication In the Digital Age Wednesday, February 11-13, 2009 Annenberg Presidential Conference Center Texas A&M University There is no charge for participation in the symposium, but early registration is strongly advised. http://futureofpublishing.tamu.edu/

This three-day symposium will cover the following major topics:

• open access • intellectual property rights • peer-reviewed electronic journal and book publishing • improving access to publicly funded research and the scholarly work of faculty • the effects of new scholarly publishing models on the promotion and tenure process • how university presses can best contribute and sustain themselves in this changing landscape • the best uses of university resources to cover these mission-centered responsibilities and costs • the role of the university libraries as institutional repositories and facilitators for faculty scholarship

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February 2009 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 Pilates 5:00 pm REC Center Rm. 134

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3 Office of Graduate Studies Overview 4:00pm Rudder 701 General Assembly 5:15pm Koldus Rm. 144 Executive Council Open Forum 7:30 pm Koldus Rm. 144 Silver Taps 10:30 pm Academic Building

4 Thesis Office Info Seminar 2:00pm-4:00pm Evans Library Room 204E (For those unable to attend, it will be broadcast live at http://ttvn2.tamu.edu/home/?p=streams on Channel 6.)

5 Parking Forum 11-12:30 pm Rudder Tower Rm.601

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8 Pilates 5:00 pm REC Center Rm. 134

9 10 Writing and Plagarism 4:00pm Rudder 701 Distinguished Lecture Series: Michael Jensen, PhD Integrity and Performance, Making Yourself All You Can Be Admission to lectures is by ticket only.** Free tickets are available from the MSC Box Office, 979-845-1234.

11 The Changing Communication Annenberg Presidential Conference Center

12 Landscape of In the Digital Age

13 Scholarly Conference

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15 Pilates 5:00 pm REC Center Rm. 134 Aggies are We Wal-Mart Shuttle 4:00pm-7:00pm http://www.mscc.tamu.edu/events/show/5093

16 17 General Assembly 5:15 pm Koldus Rm. 144 Writing an Abstract 4:00pm Rudder 701

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22 Pilates 5:00 pm REC Center Rm. 134

23 24 Thesis Office Presentation 4:00pm Rudder 701 Insurance 101 11:30am-1:00pm Cain C-113 -or- 4:30-6:00pm Rudder 507

25 Nutrition Seminar 11:30 am-1:00 pm -or- 4:30pm-6:00pm Cain C113

26 27 Application Form and Application Checklist for Executive Committee are due (A meeting with the advisor for GSC must be prior to this date)

28 Aggies are We Wal-Mart Shuttle 12:00pm-3:00 pm http://www.mscc.tamu.edu/events/show/5094

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The Top Ten Lies Told by Graduate Students: 10. It doesn't bother me at all that my college roommate is making $80,000 a year on Wall Street. 9. I'd be delighted to proofread your book/chapter/article. 8. My work has a lot of practical importance. 7. I would never date an undergraduate. 6. Your latest article was so inspiring. 5. I turned down a lot of great job offers to come here. 4. I just have one more book to read and then I'll start writing. 3. The department is giving me so much support. 2. My job prospects look really good. 1. No really, I'll be out of here in only two more years.

Top Five Lies Told by T.A.’s: 5. I'm not going to grant any extensions. 4. Call me any time. I'm always available. 3. It doesn't matter what I think; write what you believe. 2. Think of the midterm as a diagnostic tool. 1. My other section is much better prepared than you guys.

http://everyravlik.blogspot.com/2006/10/top-ten-lies-told-by-graduate-students.html

Collection of Recycled Aluminum cans for Relay For Life

The Graduate Student Council encourages involvement by your participating in departmental elections, by serving as a represen-tative to your department or by becoming a GSC officer. The general meetings are held every FIRST and THIRD TUESDAY of each month at 5:15 pm, Koldus Room 144 and all interested individuals are free to come. Our hope is that you take full advantage of our resources and by attending meetings one can provide information, insight, complaints, or just voice what is on your mind. If you have any immediate concerns or questions please contact us via email at gsc@tamu.edu .

The Graduate Student Council

(GSC), which serves as the

graduate student government at

Texas A&M University, exists to

share and discuss important

information to all TAMU graduate

and professional students and to

act as an advocate for their

interests in dealing with the

University, its constituents, and all

other appropriate entities. The

Graduate Student Council ensures

that the needs of graduate

students are understood and

considered when campus policies,

concerning academic excellence,

tuition and finance, and research

are being decided.

2008-2009 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL: President: TRACEY WELLINGTON Executive Vice President: BRANDI REESE V.P. for University Affairs: PAULA LORENTE Vice President for Finance: JEFF STANLEY Vice President of Information: LAUREN HULSMAN Student Research Week Director: MATTHEW KOPIL

Howdy GRADS! Are you interested in serving as a leader for Texas A&M? Would you like to dedicate your talents and efforts to the Graduate Student Council and the running of it? Well, if you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then the solution is to simply apply for a position in the Executive Council or the Internal Committee for GSC. Applications are now available at http://gsc.tamu.edu/elections, and there you will find the requirements for applying for the position, the application timeline, the application itself, and many other helpful tools to help you be as successful as possible in your endeavors. Good luck!

Nth Degree Staff:

Autumn M. Gardner ‘10

Executive Assistant to the Graduate Student Council President

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