Thanks everyone for attending the March MASGO meeting on Friday March 31st, 2023! At this meeting, we ratified the MASGO constitution, announced candidates for 2023-2024 officer elections, discussed a self-care resource map for graduate students, and heard updates from the MASGO officers. Here’s a summary of what was discussed: -During the meeting, the MASGO constitution Read More…

Thanks everyone for attending the February MASGO meeting, which was rescheduled to Wednesday March 1st. During this meeting, we received updates from the MASGO officers, discussed the upcoming officer election procedure, and introduced a new DEI-related MASGO officer position. See below for more details about these topics and other items we discussed: -MASGO will be Read More…

Thanks everyone for attending the first MASGO meeting of the spring semester on January 27th! Here’s a summary of what we discussed: -The department will be hosting prospective grad students for an in-person recruitment event on Friday February 24th. We’d love to have as many people as possible in Walker Building that day to help Read More…

Thanks everyone for attending the final MASGO meeting of the fall semester on December 2nd! Here’s a summary of what we discussed: -Lily Muller, the president of the department’s Weather Outreach and Education club, gave an overview of WOE’s mission. If you’re interested in participating, please email WOE secretary Ethan Balderrama at erb5552@psu.edu. You can Read More…

Here’s a summary of the November 2022 Faculty Meeting: The department’s annual Winterfest is happening on Tuesday December 6th. Unwrapped toys for donating to Toys for Tots are encouraged. Steven Feldstein is retiring this month. Changes to the Technical English Exam have been approved. The English Competency requirement from the Graduate School will now be Read More…

Thanks everyone for attending the October/November MASGO meeting last Friday. The meeting featured a discussion led by Paul about the department’s takeaways from the graduate student survey. We also discussed the upcoming MASGO-Chi Epsilon Pi Mixer and heard updates from the MASGO officers. Here’s a summary of what was discussed: Paul presented several key takeaways Read More…