The current officer team makes a schedule for different meeting topics, but any topic can be changed. We exist to serve our members, so if somebody has an idea for a meeting, get into contact with us and we will try our best to make it happen.

Fall 2024 First Meeting

Our first meeting of the Fall Semester is Friday, August 30th. Come learn about the club and have some pizza!

Fall 2024 Meeting Schedule
Meeting Day Topic Announcements
8/30 Welcome Back/Game Night Pizza and Games!
9/6 Arduino Code Talks  
9/13 Bowling Night We'll meet in the SUB Rec Room from 5PM - 7 PM
9/20 CV/Resume Worshop and Research Talk Will Patrick is going to share his summer work on understanding Quantum Entanglement Dynamics with Machine Learning! More info will be shared about our Montana Learning Center trip as well.
9/27 Intro to Research and the MSGC Guest Speaker Meredith Hecker!
10/4 Astronomy Night We'll meet at our normal time to learn how about how to operate our telescope, and at 8 PM we'll meet at Dyche field. MLC trip will be on October 5th!
10/11 Demo Night Grossology October 12th, 1PM - 4PM
10/18 Class Registration Disccusion Come ask any questions you might have about registration or future classes.
10/25 Grad School Talks Learn bout Grad School from John Sample!
11/1 Meme Night and Research Talk Vote for the winner of our meme championship, and learn from Derek Jollie about solving differential equations with neural networks!
11/8 Industry Speaker Bob Willett from Nokia Bell Labs has graciously agreed to come tell us about his research and how it differs from his other experiences in academia!
11/15 Town Hall Pre-Discussion Come share any thoughts you have about the Physics Department and what you might like to see change or bring up to Professors.
11/22 Movie/Mariokart Night Fun times! Longer meeting than usual.
11/29 Fall Break Turkey Time!
12/6 Town Hall  Meeting with the Undergraduate Physics Committee to discuss concerns with the Physics Deparment.
12/13 Finals Week No Meeting, Good Luck on Finals!

* These meeting topics are subject to change. Use this table as a guide to what we plan to be sharing with you this semester. The topics will be fleshed out as we know them as club officers. 

** These meetings are very tentative and will move according to availability of guests

Calendar of notable events

Keep an eye out for these other resources provided by the department/college:

Department Colloquium

The physics department puts on lectures Fridays 4-5 (right before our meeting) in Barnard 103. These lectures are about current research going on, either by our own faculty or by captivating speakers brought in by the department. This is a great opportunity to see what a career in research looks like. See the department's website for more information.

Currently the department is still working on ironing out the details. Keep an eye out for when the ball gets rolling!

OpTeC Colloquium

If you are interested in optics or new quantum technology, keep an eye out for the OpTeC lectures. The meetings are weekly Thursday 4:10 digitally. Quite a few of our physics faculty are already on the list of lectures this semester. I would urge you to visit at least one of the lectures to get a taste of what laser physics looks like in engineering. Check out OpTeC's schedule.

RelAstro Lectures

If you are interested in gravity or solar physics, keep an eye out for the RelAstro lectures. The meetings are weekly Monday 2:10 in Roberts 209. I would urge you to visit at least one to get a taste of what gravity and solar physics looks like in research. Check out RelAstro's schedule.

Currently the department is still working on ironing out the details. Keep an eye out for when the ball gets rolling!

TAMIA/Women+

TAMIA (Towards a More Inclusive Astronomy) and W+iP (Women+ in Physics) work hard to tackle the hot topics around inclusion and systemic issues within our department. In the past, the groups have worked with SPS to bring information from a grad student perspective. See the W+iP website for more info.

Honors Presents

The honors college puts together lectures and other opportunities primarily for honors students, however they don't check attendance at the door. Some of these lectures are valuable to physics majors, such as conversations on sustainability and nuclear energy. Keep an eye out for cool opportunities on their schedule.

While Honors Presents is currently running, their online schedule is not up to date. Check the link to see if that has change, but your other option is to ask to be put on the email list by the Honors College or send us an email and we can check for recent opportunities in our email.