Students are encouraged to become involved with committees within the department and the graduate school as a whole.

Student Advisory Committee

An example of a departmental committee is the Student Advisory Committee (SAC). In the fall, students elect one student from each year to be on the SAC. The SAC has a wide range of functions which serve the graduate students and faculty within the department. The SAC organizes social activities, such as department tailgates and happy hours, as well as seminars that are particularly informative for graduate students. The SAC also works hard to maintain the "Guide to Survival in the Statistics Department!"

2006-2007

Hsiao-Pin (Anderson) Liu and Matthew Tibbits - (Co-Chairs)
Matthew Tibbits – Treasurer
Cindy LaJambe – Secretary
Yeojin (Jin) Chung - Advertiser
SOS Talk Coordinators: Andreas Artemiou and Maggie Li
Photographers: Tatiana Benaglia, Andreas Artemiou, YiYun (Michael) Zhang
Alumni Workshop Event: Yvonne Feng, Maggie Li, Hsiao-Pin (Anderson) Liu, and Huei-Wen Teng Webpage:  Andreas Artemiou

Graduate Student Association

The Graduate Student Association (GSA), a graduate school committee, is a great organization to join if you are interested in meeting graduate students from other departments and seeing some of the political side of graduate school life. Each year the Department of Statistics elects two graduate students to serve as representatives at the GSA meetings. The GSA does alot on campus to serve the graduate student community. For example, the GSA:

• shows foreign and alternative films for free every weekend
• holds blood drives
• provides garden plots, and
• hosts a happy hour every month with free beer, wine, soda, snacks, and entertainment.

The GSA has two meetings every month (usually Tuesday evenings), and the meetings last about an hour. It's not a huge time commitment and a fun way to get involved!