These are THEORETICALLY the dates all this stuff will occur on.
January
Fri - 2nd - Flew back from Minnesota
Mon - 5th - American Astronomical Society meeting starts!
Mon - 12th - School starts!!!!
Mon - 19th - NO CLASSES! - Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
Nighttime observing this week - GSU Village - 7 p.m. - did on Wed - kinda cold but very clear
Sat - 3rd - 10 a.m. - AAS Volunteer meeting
- 11 a.m. - Josh flies in
Thu - 8th - AAS meeting ends
- ISM - NO CLASS (prof at a conference)
Tue - 13th - 3:30 p.m. - Astronomy Club meeting
Wed - 14th - ISM - NO CLASS (prof at a conference)
Thu - 15th - 3 p.m. - TA meeting
Fri - 16th - 1 p.m. - meet with Ellyn and Chris to organize our qualifier studying
- 4 p.m. - AstroClub Telescope session
Labs start this week
Solar observing this week - Plaza - 2:30 p.m. - happened Tues.
Fri - 23rd - 4 p.m. - AstroClub Movie - "Plan Nine from Outer Space"!!! (apparently the worst movie ever made) (Well, it certainly isn't good!)
Tue - 27th - sister's birthday!!
Wed - 28th - Galactic - PRESENTATION on gravitational lensing
Fri - 30th - AstroClub telescope building
Sat - 31st - AstroClub trip to PARI
February
I'm Pop Wench this week!!
Mon - 9th - ISM - Homework Set 1 DUE
Tue - 17th - Stellar - NO CLASS (prof going to speak in London)
Mon - 23rd - Galactic - Problem Set #2 DUE - MOVED to Wed, 25th
Mon - 2nd - Galactic - Problem Set #1 DUE
Tue - 3rd - Stellar - Homework 1 DUE
- 4 p.m. - Astronomy Club Meeting
Wed - 4th - Accident day
Fri - 13th - AAACKKKK!!!
- 2 p.m. - Make-up class for Stellar
Thu - 19th - Stellar - Homework 2 DUE
- ISM - Homework Set 2 DUE
Wed - 25th - Galactic - Problem Set #2 DUE and HAND OUT take-home midterm
Fri - 27th - 4 p.m. - AstroClub Movie!!
March
Mon - 1st - Galactic - NO CLASS (prof at conference)
Mon - 8th to Fri - 12th - SPRING BREAK!! NO CLASSES!! (But qualifier study time...)
Solar observing this week
Mon - 22nd - Galactic - NO CLASS (prof in Baltimore reviewing proposals)
Tue - 30th - 3:30 p.m. - Colloquium by Dr. Jeff Bennett - teachy-type!!
- ISM - NO CLASS (prof at conference in Brazil)
Tue - 2nd - Stellar - MIDTERM exam
- 4 p.m. - AstroClub meeting - I'm nominated for president and running unopposed!!
Wed - 3rd - Galactic - Take home MIDTERM DUE (handed out Wed, Feb 25)
- ISM - NO CLASS (prof at conference in Brazil)
Mon - 15th - 10 a.m. - QUALIFIER!! WRITTEN EXAM (beware the Ides of March...)
- ISM - NO CLASS (due to Qual)
- Galactic - NO CLASS (due to Qual)
- Lovely roomie Miss Angela will sub for me in lab
Tue - 16th - Stellar - NO CLASS (due to qualifer week)
Wed - 17th - ISM - Homework Set 3 DUE
Thu - 18th - Stellar - NO CLASS (due to qualifer week)
Fri - 19th - 2:30 p.m. - QUALIFIER!! ORAL EXAM -- I PASSED!!!! :) :)
- after-qual festivities at Chris' house!!! - (didn't actually happen)
Sat - 20th - Messier Marathon at HLCO (or perhaps on the 19th) - yup, the 19th - forcast too cloudy for Sat
Tue - 23rd - Stellar - Homework 3 DUE
Wed - 24th - ISM - Midterm EXAM
- Galactic - NO CLASS (see above)
- 1:30 p.m. - Awards ceremony for TEACHING AWARDS - I won, I won!! :)
Fri - 26th - AstroClub MOVIE - Flight of the Navigator :)
Sun - 28th - Softball starts!! Games at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. - Won both - one via win and one via forfeit
- 7:30 p.m. - Observing for my Astronomy Classes - CANCELLED due to clouds
Wed - 31st - 7:30 p.m. - Observing for my Astronomy Classes - CANCELLED due to clouds
April
Sat - 3rd - 2:00 p.m. - Softball practice at the batting cages
Tue - 6th - 4:00 p.m. - Astronomy Club meeting
Solar Observing this week - 2:15 p.m. - done on Thursday
Sun - 4th - Daylight Saving Time starts
- Softball Games - 3 and 5 p.m.
- 8:00 p.m. - Observing with my Lab classes - YAY!!! no clouds!!!
Wed - 7th - 12:15 - Textbook salesperson talk - we got to see the neato media stuff
- Galactic - class starts at 1:15 due to textbook talk
- 2:30 - Wei-Chun's Thesis defense talk
- 8:00 p.m. - Observing with my Lab classes - Crap!! Clouds :( - Well, we were supposed to be clouded out - storm stalled
Fri - 9th - 3 p.m. - Science Olympiad meeting
- 4 p.m. - AstroClub Telescope Building
- Mom and Svaya will arrive here!!! Neat!!! :)
Sun - 11th - No Softball games - Easter!
- Mom and Svaya leave :(
Mon - 12th - Galactic - Problem Set #3 DUE - MOVED to Wed
Tue - 13th - Stellar - Homework 3 DUE
Wed - 14th - Galactic - Problem Set #3 DUE
- 8 p.m. - Observing with my classes (and everyone else's!) - lovely night!!
Sat - 17th - Science Olympiad - gotta work at it
Sun - 18th - 4 p.m. - Softball game - Playoffs! - we're the #1 seed!! - but ALAS, we lost :(
- after softball - BBQ at Thom and Francine's!!
Make-up lab week
Pop Wench this week!!
Tue - 20th - Stellar - Term paper DUE - Moved to Thurs :)
Thu - 22nd - Stellar - Term paper DUE
Fri - 23rd - 2 p.m. - Stellar - Make-up class!!
- 4 p.m. - AstroClub Movie!
Sun - 25th - Inman Park Festival (also Sat, but only went Sun)
Nighttime observing at the GSU Village - 9 p.m. - happened on Tuesday - a lovely night!
Wed - 28th - Galactic - Problem Set #4 DUE - moved to Monday :)
May
Mon - 3rd - ISM - Final Project DUE
Mon - 10th - Galactic - Take-home FINAL DUE
Mon - 17th - Fly to Minneapolis
Thu - 27th - Fly back to Atlanta
- Galactic - Problem Set #4 DUE
- Last day of classes!
Tue - 4th - Stellar - 9:30 a.m. - Take home FINAL DUE
Wed - 5th - ISM - 10:15-12:15 - FINAL EXAM
Fri - 7th - Galactic - 12:30-2:30 - FINAL EXAM (very kindly moved from Wed) - made into a take-home!!!
I'M DONE, I'M DONE!!!! :) :)
Wed - 19th - My BIRTHDAY!!
Mon - 31st - Meet with Doug about research - DUH, that's Memorial Day!
June
Tue - 1st - Meet with Doug about research
Thu - 10th - Ginny's thesis defense
Fri? - 11th - AstroClub camping and trip to Huntsville (til Sun - 13th)????
Mon - 14th - Classes START for the Summer Session - I shall be teaching lab
Sat - 26th - HLCO Open House - I'm the Contact Grad
July
Mon - 5th - NO CLASSES - Independence Day holiday
Sat - 11th - Marie and Dean's wedding (in Mpls)
Sat - 24th - HLCO Open House
August
Mon - 2nd - Classes END for Summer Session