UCSC Astronomy & Astrophysics Orientation Guide last update ...
UCSC Astronomy & Astrophysics Orientation Guide last update ... UCSC Astronomy & Astrophysics Orientation Guide last update ...
1. Introduction The majority of the information contained in this orientation guide is also available at our website http://www.astro.ucsc.edu. We hope that you will use this as a handy, compact packet that you can easily carry around with you. In case of discrepancies, please contact either Mary Kiegelis or Sissy Madden in the Astronomy Department Office so that we may make corrections. We hope that you will find answers to your questions in this guide, and we hope you come here first to look for them. The first information addressed is a section on what to do when you first arrive. The guide is then organized from smallest to largest, from the Department to the University, then the city of Santa Cruz and environs. 2
2. What to do in your first days There are a few things you should do pretty quickly upon arriving in the area. Some will be covered in more detail later. 2.1 Find housing! Your real task during your first few weeks is to find housing, but you didn’t need us to tell you that, did you? For details on housing, check out 4.4 (Housing) and 5 (Santa Cruz wide info) and the list in the A. 2.2 Upon your arrival at the Astronomy & Astrophysics Department. Unless you already have housing, you have no place from which to base operations, so you ought to head to the Department. Things to do immediately (order not necessary important): • Go to the Department office (ISB 201) and introduce yourself. Try to find Sissy Madden, the department manager (ISB 287) and Mary Kiegelis (ISB 201) Graduate Advisor. They both can probably help you with all the rest of this. Get a key to the ISB and a "grad" key. Sissy will give you a key form and direct you to the PB Sci loading dock where you can pick up your keys. • All new grad students have a computer account on the astro.ucsc.edu network when they arrive. If you have an advisor already, they may want help you get an account on the ucolick.org network if you need it. • Sign up for payroll. There are a couple of aspects here. If you will ever TA, which of course you will, then you need to get on the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences payroll. They're located in Physical and Biological Sciences Building located on the Science Hill. Sissy will help you get in touch with them. For doing research as opposed to teaching, you will need to get on the payroll with LOBO. You can set up direct deposit to your bank accounts at the two payroll offices. If you will be on a fellowship, then you will be paid and do not need to sign up for payroll. • Introduce yourself to the grad student who is in charge of office space (Space Czar). He/she will show you where your desk is located. You already have a mailbox in the mailroom, ISB 260. Check for mail. 2.3 Within your first couple of weeks Other things that are not incredibly urgent but that you ought to take care of include: 3
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2. What to do in your first days<br />
There are a few things you should do pretty quickly upon arriving in the area.<br />
Some will be covered in more detail later.<br />
2.1 Find housing!<br />
Your real task during your first few weeks is to find housing, but you didn’t need<br />
us to tell you that, did you? For details on housing, check out 4.4 (Housing) and<br />
5 (Santa Cruz wide info) and the list in the A.<br />
2.2 Upon your arrival at the <strong>Astronomy</strong> & <strong>Astrophysics</strong> Department.<br />
Unless you already have housing, you have no place from which to base<br />
operations, so you ought to head to the Department. Things to do immediately<br />
(order not necessary important):<br />
• Go to the Department office (ISB 201) and introduce yourself. Try to<br />
find Sissy Madden, the department manager (ISB 287) and Mary Kiegelis<br />
(ISB 201) Graduate Advisor. They both can probably help you with all the<br />
rest of this.<br />
Get a key to the ISB and a "grad" key. Sissy will give you a key form and<br />
direct you to the PB Sci loading dock where you can pick up your keys.<br />
• All new grad students have a computer account on the astro.ucsc.edu<br />
network when they arrive. If you have an advisor already, they may want<br />
help you get an account on the ucolick.org network if you need it.<br />
• Sign up for payroll. There are a couple of aspects here. If you will ever<br />
TA, which of course you will, then you need to get on the Division of<br />
Physical and Biological Sciences payroll. They're located in Physical and<br />
Biological Sciences Building located on the Science Hill. Sissy will help you<br />
get in touch with them. For doing research as opposed to teaching, you<br />
will need to get on the payroll with LOBO. You can set up direct deposit<br />
to your bank accounts at the two payroll offices. If you will be on a<br />
fellowship, then you will be paid and do not need to sign up for payroll.<br />
• Introduce yourself to the grad student who is in charge of office space<br />
(Space Czar). He/she will show you where your desk is located. You<br />
already have a mailbox in the mailroom, ISB 260. Check for mail.<br />
2.3 Within your first couple of weeks<br />
Other things that are not incredibly urgent but that you ought to take care of<br />
include:<br />
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