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Wednesday, September 28 First day of classes! Thursday, September 29 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. New Student Reception in CDH 309 Faculty, graduate students, and staff invited to welcome new graduate students. Light refreshments (cookies, coffee/tea) will be served. 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Graduate Student Meeting & Elections in CDH 109 Monday, October 3 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Graduate Student Career Opportunities with Chevron in CDH 311 Chevron representatives will introduce themselves and describe career opportunities available to earth scientists. Please RSVP to Nichole Fernkes at advising@ess.washington.edu, if you are a graduate student and wish to attend. Tuesday, October 4 and Wednesday, October 5 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Chevron Interviews Graduate students interested in full-time employment or internships, please email your resume and school transcripts to Nichole Fernkes at advising@ess.washington.edu Monday, October 17 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. ESS Alumni Reception at GSA Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, will be held in room Salon 2 of the Hilton Salt Lake City Center (255 South West Temple). UW students, potential students, faculty, alumni (Geophysics, Geology, ESS), and their guests are welcome. You do not need to be a member of GSA to attend the reception. We hope to see you there! Wednesday, November 2 Graduate Student Career Opportunities with Exxon Details TBA Thursday, November 3 12:30 p.m. Presentation by Gary Gray, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company in MSB 123 Title TBA Tuesday, November 15 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. 2005 ESS Fall Recognition Reception at the Burke Museum: 6:00pm-7:30pm Reception (hot/cold hors d'oeuvres, desert, beverages); 7:30pm-8:30pm Recognition Program. We will be honoring the careers of Emeritus Professors Eric Cheney, Subrata Ghose, and Ron Merrill, and recognizing Mike Brown for his 8 years of service as chair of Geophysics (1997-2001) and Earth & Space Sciences (2001-2005). Faculty, staff, students, alumni and their spouses/significant others are invited to attend this event. Please RSVP to: D.Ellen McDannald (dellen@ess.washington.edu) or 206-685-2694. Friday, December 2 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Department of Earth and Space Science Annual Holiday Party! Location: CDH 309/311 (Lounge) Holiday raffle ticket(s) can be purchased from ESS Undergrad GeoClub Members. Ticket sales will start on or about November 1st. All proceeds will go toward fundraising for the GeoClub Spring Break 2006 Hawaii Trip! The University of Washington is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodations, contact the Office of the ADA Coordinator, at least ten days in advance at: (206) 543-6450 (voice); 543-6452 (TDD); 685-3885 (FAX); access@u.washington.edu (E-mail)


Earth and Space Sciences

(Geology, Geophysics, Geological Sciences)
University of Washington
Johnson Hall 070 •  Box 351310
4000 15th Avenue NE • Seattle, WA  98195-1310
Phone 206-543-1190  •  Fax 206-543-0489 
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