• Spring Picnic

    May 18 (Friday) 4-8pm, Hill of Three Oaks

    Invitations to the Physics and Astronomy Spring Picnic where emailed last week. Please RSVP by Thursday May 10 by emailing Mary Drew and indicate you entree preference and meal plan. We hope to see all of you there for this fun event. All physics interested people are welcome.

  • New Physics Majors

    Sophomores recently declared their majors and the physics department now has 26 new majors. Please welcome the physics majors from the class of 2009:

    Abhishesh Adhikari,
    Christopher Amey,
    Thomas Ballinger,
    Elliot Bartis,
    Thomas Brenner,
    Ian Broderick
    Mikael Brucker
    Daniel Buckleitner
    Joshua Christianson,
    Tiffany Cox,
    Alexander Dixon,
    Matthew Frank,
    Lukas Fried,
    Brianne Gutmann,
    Marlea Iiams,
    Tyler Keating,
    Kyle Kingsbury,
    Ayesha Mahmud,
    Theodore Marschall,
    Frank McNally,
    William Mueller,
    Paul Pedtke,
    Sara Rothwell,
    Natalie Santana,
    Nicholas Smith,
    Ryan Terrien
  • Summer Internship at Sheldahl in Northfield

    The Sheldahl Materials business is looking for an intern for the summer to assist in the engineering department on various projects. Job duties include the organization and standardization of drawings and documentation for manufacturing equipment, assisting in the setting up of experiments, observations, collections of data, and other duties. The requirements are having a high school diploma, at least one year of college, computer literacy, and knosledge of Microsoft Office. Interested applicants should send a resume to Tammy Krienke, Multitek Circuits, Inc., nfdhumanresources@multek.com.

  • Physics T-shirts

    The votes have been tallied, and the winning t-shirt design is the…POINT COW! Congrats to Matt Blosser, Greg Ely, and Sean Sweetnam who created the winning design that will be featured on this year’s amazing physics t-shirt. Order forms are now available (check your CarlMail inbox or e-mail wiesnerv if you have not received one), so print one off, fill it out, and return it with payment ($13) to Mary Drew by WEDNESDAY, MAY 9 at noon. Trust me, you’ll want one, so you better get the order form in on time with money included, or…you’ll regret it.

    If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the t-shirts, contact Val (wiesnerv).

    Thanks to all who voted and/or created the awesome designs this year!

  • Physics Table

    May 11 (Friday), 12:00-1:00 pm, LDC 113

    Plan to have lunch with physics students, faculty, staff at the LDC at noon. We can meet on 3rd Olin for the short walk over, or you can meet us there.

  • Mother’s Day

    May 13 (Sunday) All Day Long, Everywhere

    Mother’s Day is this Sunday. Don’t forget to call your Mom and tell her that you love and appreciate her – that’s all she really wants for Mother’s Day.