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Process of Election
The Physics Graduate Caucus holds elections every year. We assess which positions will become or already are vacant and hold a formal election process to fill the positions. In the Dept. of Physics and Astronomy voter turnout and the number of election candidates if often on the low. Yet we seek to have a fair and organized process for electing new officers to PGC.
Any person that is interested in filling a vacant position need only fill out the Election Candidate Submission Form below and include the desired vacant position(s). Submissions must be sent at the end of Week 7 of the Spring Academic Quarter by Friday, May 17th 2019 at 5:00PM Pacific Time.
After the submission deadline, all interested individuals and submissions will be considered. If an officer position only has one interested individual then upon approval from the current board of officers and the interested individual the individual will be appointed rather than elected. If there is more than one interested individuals then upon approval of the current board of officers and the interested individuals there will either be a formal election during Week 9 of the Spring Academic Quarter or the positions will be split into Co- positions.
No matter the situation all interested individuals will have a fair and equal chance to participate as an officer. At any point during this process if there are any conflicts of issues then an election will take place no matter the situation.
What is a PGC Officer?
A PGC officer is an official title- baring member of the PGC that has the power and right to manage and exercise the resources given to PGC. Officers can serve up to two years as the same position.
Officer Qualifications
- You must be a currently enrolled graduate student in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California- Irvine
- You can not run for re- election of a previously held position
- You can not already hold more than three officer positions
General Officer Duties
- Each officer position is unique and has their own set of Duties and Responsibilities which can be found HERE (No Link Yet)
- All officers must attend biweekly meetings
- Professionally represent the graduate students of the Dept. of Physics and Astronomy at UC Irvine.
2019 VACANT OFFICER POSITIONS
Administration Branch
- Communications Officer – Handles the various online resources that PGC uses to communicate within it’s self and to its members (the Physics and Astronomy Grads)
- Admin Support Coordinator – Documents that proceedings of the PGC and overall provides additional support to Admin Branch
- Treasurer – Maintains the budget and issues reimbursements
Representation Branch – Floor Representative [Research Area Specific]
- Condensed Matter Physics Floor Rep – Represent the interests of Condensed Matter Physics graduate students. Must be a researcher in Condensed Matter Physics.
- Particle Physics Floor Rep – Represent the interests of Particle Physics graduate students. Must be a researcher in Particle Physics
- Biophysics Floor Rep – Represent the interests of Biophysics graduate students. Must be a researcher in Biophysics
- CHAMP Physics Floor Rep – Represent the interests of CHAMP Physics graduate students. Must be a researcher in CHAMP Physics
Representation Branch – Specialty Representative
- Admissions Representative – Focuses on graduate recruitment and admission into the dept. graduate program. Suggests ideas, surveys grads and reports findings to department with reasonable/ actionable changes.
- Qualifying Exam Representative- Focuses on the graduate comprehensive exam (qualifying exam). Suggests ideas, surveys grads and reports findings to department with reasonable/ actionable changes.
Representation Branch – Collaboration Representative
- UAW Representative- Serves as the active member between the UAW Student Union and the PGC.