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 ===== Reporting Effort (Number of Hours Worked) =====
+[[https://portal.frib.msu.edu/sites/dcc/pages/dcclink.aspx?WBS=S10203&Sub=MA&SN=005135|Getting Started Guide: How to Report Effort]]
 It is expected that undergrads should be compensated
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 then I will not approve and certify the effort.
+Please continue reporting effort over the break periods and holidays:
+  * you must submit your effort accurately even it is 0 hours
+  * you should indicate % of time spent in the FRIB building even if 0%
+  * you should report and submit a weekly summary – even it is the sentence is something like “I taking final exams.”
+===== Opportunities for Conference Experience =====
+The primary opportunity to participate in
+a scientific conference as a Spinlab
+undergrad is CEU @ DNP in October 2025:
+[[https://www.uwlax.edu/ceu/]]
+The Director of this program is now
+[[https://www.duq.edu/faculty-and-staff/fatiha-benmokhtar.php|Prof. Fatiha Benmokhtar]]. We were both
+grad students at JLab decades ago and
+I know both her and this program well.
+For example, I have been, in the past,
+asked to review and score CEU applications
+that are not from MSU.
+It is your responsibility to become
+familiar with the program due dates
+and requirements. Note that since
+the program Director is now at
+Duquesne, the website for this program
+might be updated and move locations.
+If you are selected to participate
+in this program, then I will allocate
+any/all supplemental funds from my grants
+as necessary to support your participation
+in this program. If you are not selected
+for this competitive program, then there
+are other options and we can discuss those
+options as soon as decision letters are
+sent in early Septemberish 2025.
+You will need to be a student member of APS
+in order to participate in APS meetings:
+[[https://www.aps.org/membership/join/students]]
+Participating in a scientific conference
+is a professional activity and should be
+treated as such. This includes, for example,
+preparing and revising your talk/poster
+through several iterations well advance
+of the conference. Failure to do so shows
+a lack of seriousness and professionalism.
+If you want to participate in CEU @ DNP
+next Fall, then you must first present
+at UURAF @ MSU which is a low-stakes
+dry run for the real thing:
+[[https://urca.msu.edu/uuraf]]
+Registration for participation in UURAF
+is due February 12, 2025. If you are
+interested in participating in UURAF,
+then please indicate your interest
+with me via email by January 12, 2025.
+We’ll then set up a meeting to discuss
+the next steps for participation in UURAF.
+Finally, let me emphasize in no uncertain
+times, if this set of experiences are
+important to you, then you should study
+the websites for UURAF and CEU and be
+responsible for the information contained
+in them. Failure to do so shows a lack
+of seriousness and professionalism.
+===== Applying to Graduate School =====
+If you intend on applying to grad school,
+then you should take the process seriously
+and be aware well ahead of time of the
+expectations.
+If you are going to apply in the Fall of 2025,
+then please send me a calendar request for May 2025
+so that we can discuss an application strategy.
+In the meantime, please familiarize yourselves
+with the process and start thinking about who
+your three letter writers might be:
+At least for MSU, be sure to follow the guidance
+regarding the written statements for the application
+here. In other words, address the questions head on and
+be certain to tailor your statements to MSU specifically.
+Not addressing the requested points will hurt your application
+here. Again, study point 11 in the link below:
+[[https://pa.msu.edu/graduate-program/prospective-grad-students/index.aspx#instructions]]
+I made this video for the MSU undergrads re: applying for grad school, but I think it is universal:
+[[https://mediaspace.msu.edu/media/2021-09-13+Physics+Grad+School+Application+%22Boot+Camp%22/1_fyo73vuh]]
+Slides from this talk are here:
+[[https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zhkbvep1x7b0p1w42m3kr/2021]]
+General lists of places and what research is available there:
+  * List of Physics/Astronomy graduate schools: [[https://gradschoolshopper.com/]]
+  * Universities with local small scale nuclear physics facilities: [[https://aruna.physics.fsu.edu/]]
+  * Physics Education Research groups: [[https://www.per-central.org/programs/]]
+  * Certified Medical Physics programs: [[https://www.campep.org/campeplstgrad.asp]]

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