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Fall 2011 Committee
Michael Lee |
Sarah Abraham |
Sharad Banka |
Elie Feasley |
Executive Committee
Fall 2011 Committee
Nathan Clement |
Reza Mahjourian |
Michael Lee |
Sarah Abraham |
The Fall 2011 GRACS committe will focus on the following items:
- Increasing GRACS visibility among the department and CS grad students, specifically by:
- Improving Department Orientation for incoming grad students
- Improving implementation of activities (food, organization, etc)
- Increasing common knowledge about appropriate classes, workload, etc., especially for incoming grad students
- Substantiating GRACS slush fund
Spring 2011 Committee
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Nathan Clement |
Christopher Johnson |
Reza Mahjourian |
Amin Shali |
Fall 2010 Committee
Katie Long Genter |
Christopher Johnson |
Na Meng |
Amin Shali |
John Thywissen |
Spring 2010 Committee
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Katie Long Genter |
Patrick MacAlpine |
Na Meng |
Aditya Rawal |
John Thywissen |
Fall 2009 Committee
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Katie Long Genter |
Patrick MacAlpine |
Aditya Rawal |
John Thywissen |
Fall 2008-Spring 2009 Committee
Alexander Benn |
Kevin Bush |
Sara Krehbiel |
Joshua Leners |
Donald Nguyen |
Accomplishments
The Fall 2008-Spring 2009 Committee committee is responsible for the following:- Expanded GRACS budget
- Opened new opportunities for future GRACS events
- Hosted a number of new social events, such as Trivia Night and Board Game Night
- Mediated graduate student input on the department chair candidates
- Welcomed new department chair, Prof. Bruce Porter
Spring 2008 Committee
Mandakini Saroop |
Sudipta Chatterjee |
Thomas Finsterbusch |
Joel Hestness |
Christian Miller |
Donald Nguyen |
Fall 2007 Committee
Erkin Bahçeci |
Thomas Finsterbusch |
Jon Gibson |
Joel Hestness |
Christian Miller |
Donald Nguyen |
Accomplishments
The Fall 2007 committee is responsible for the following:- Organized fundraiser for brand new Tornado foosball table
- Hosted Professional Development talk on presentations with Toastmasters
- Organized VC + entrepreneur panel in collaboration with Entrepreneur Society at McCombs Business School
- Welcomed Prof. J Moore, Prof. Doug Burger, and Patti Spencer at tea time to give an update on the building situation
- Started flame war about paper disappearing from printers
Spring 2007 Committee
|
Erkin Bahçeci |
David Chen |
Jon Gibson |
Mario Guajardo |
Todd Hester |
Brad Knox |
Accomplishments
The Spring 2007 committee is responsible for the following:- Karaoke Night
- Board Game Nights
- Foosball Tournament
- Back to School Gala
- Professional Development Seminar on Startups with Dr. Lavender
- Barbecue and Kickball Game
- Moved TGIF to Hole In The Wall
- Put a grad student on the new building committee
- Helped organize GradFest
- Held the first movie night
Fall 2006 Committee
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David Chen |
Mario Guajardo |
Todd Hester |
Brad Knox |
Don Porter |
Accomplishments
The Fall 2006 committee is responsible for the following:- New Foosball Table for Grad Lounge!!!
- Bowling Night
- Wintry gathering
- Halloween Party
- Two "Bull Sessions" for new students
- Professional Development Seminar on Writing with Dr. Cook
- Addition of Samosas to Tea Time menu
- Brough-back coffee to GRACS lounge
- The Wiki Committee created the new Graduate Wiki
Spring 2006 Committee
David Kitchin |
Bert Maher |
Don Porter |
Eric Rozner |
Manish Saggar |
Accomplishments
The Spring 2006 committee is responsible for the following:- Helping with GradFest
- Helping with New Student Orientation
- Started GRACS Wiki
- Organized New Student Bull Session
Fall 2005 Committee
Allen G. Clement |
David Kitchin |
Bert Maher |
Eric Rozner |
Maria Zolotova |
Spring 2005 Committee
|
Allen G. Clement |
Jennifer M Lee |
Matthew E. Taylor |
Benjamin A. Wiedermann |
Maria Zolotova |
Accomplishments
The Spring 2005 committee is responsible for the following:- Spring CSG meeting
- Gathering feedback for proposed changes to PhD program
- Helping with GradFest
- New student counseling
- New photobook
- Karaoke night
- New microwave in lounge
- Copy code for general grad student use
- Increasing grad student presence on department committees
Fall 2004 Committee
Justin Lee Brickell |
Geoffrey J. King |
Jennifer M Lee |
Matthew E. Taylor |
Benjamin A. Wiedermann |
Accomplishments
The Fall 2004 committee is responsible for the following:- Industry vs. Academia panel talk
- Bowling Night
- Night out on Sixth Street
- New Website design
- Helping plan the CSG meeting
- Updating the primer
- Working to make announcements (e.g., about talks, events, etc.) more informative and useful
- Exploring options for making sure all TA's tuition gets covered
- Improving communication between the department and the students
- Working to get grad student representation on various department committees
2003-2004 Committee
Judah B. De Paula |
Selim T. Erdogan |
Jennifer B. Sartor |
Dan G. Tecuci |
Jiandan Zheng |
Accomplishments
The 2003-2004 committee is responsible for the following:- Hosted "Commercialization of Technology" Workshop.
(This event was co-hosted with the Graduate Engineering Council(GEC).) - Movie nights
- Bowling/pool night at the Texas Union
- Designed UTCS t-shirts
2002-2003 Committee
|
Selim T. Erdogan |
Xianglong Huang |
Subramanyam Mallela |
Dan G. Tecuci |
Serita Van Groningen |
Accomplishments
The 2002-2003 committee is responsible for the following:- Grad Survey
- External Review of Department
- Grad Lounge space
- Unified "Graduation Requirements" document
- Bowling, Pool and movie nights
- GSA representation
- Space and Awards committee participation
- Internship Panel
- csgrad mailing list
- Weekly sports activities
- E-mail buddies
Pre-2002 Committee Members
- Emery Berger
- Ajit George
- Samuel Z. Guyer
- John Havlicek
- Ajita John
- Scott Kaplan
- Pete Manolios
- Marshall Mayberry
- Jefferson Provost
- Adam Seligman
- Phoebe Weidmann
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