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Information for entering Geophysics students at IGPP
http://mahi.ucsd.edu/shearer/why_you_should.html
[Peter Shearer’s essay about graduate student life at IGPP]
Keys
Maria Rivas, administrative assistant, is responsible for
issuing building and office keys. She is located at the front
desk of the IGPP Business office (4-1927,mrivas@ucsd.edu).
Phones
If you are dialing a UCSD number (beginning with 534-xxxx or 822-xxxx),
simply press 4-xxxx or 2-xxxx. If you are dialing off campus, first press
'8', then the off campus number. Long distance calls can only be made
with a UCSD long distance authorization code, which you will have to
request from your advisor if necessary. Then go to Maria (front office)
for card ordering – processing takes ˜ 1 week.
Internet Access
For answers to all computing-related questions
(IGPP network information, printers, email, help with
Macs, Unix support, and all general issues), go to http://igpphelp.ucsd.edu. When you
arrive at IGPP, ask your 1st quarter advisor about computing resources,
when you get your laptop you should head up to the NetOps
office (room 3101 Revelle, 4-1753).
Network support/security/email: Chris Garrod (cgarrod@ucsd.edu).
Mac support: Wayne Chen ()
Mail
The SIO Graduate department will issue you a mailbox (down the hill)
with Mail Code 0208. You will also be issued a mailbox at IGPP (central
Munk lab), with Mail Code 0225, which you will share with the other
1st year students. While it is up to you which mailbox you prefer to
have your mail sent to, it is wise to check both boxes frequently, as
miscellaneous (and sometimes important) mail always ends up at both.
Admission and Employment
When you arrive at SIO, you will need to make an appointment with
Becky Burrola (4-1695, rburrola@ucsd.edu), to make sure that all of your
necessary admission paperwork is complete and that you are placed on the
payroll. You will also need to stop by the IGPP business office and see
Lynn Williams (lwilliams@ucsd.edu,
4-9833) regarding employment paperwork. Monthly pay is issued either by
check or by direct deposit to your bank account.
Photocopying
After you obtain your Student ID from main campus, you will need to see Maria Rivas, (IGPP Business office, 4-1927) about arranging access to the photocopiers at IGPP. You will also need a budget number from your advisor’s administrative assistant.
There are three photocopy machines at IGPP:
Munk (1st floor next to mail boxes)
Revelle 3000 (2nd floor)
Revelle 2000 (1st floor).
Munk and Revelle 3000 machines work with your student ID card
(after activation through Maria) or copy card, while the Revelle
2000 machine requires you to log your copies with your IGPP
budget number. If you want to copy journals in the library, copy
cards can be purchased at the library, or can be supplied by your
advisor. You can also check out library journals for 1 day. Most
(recent) journal articles can be requested online through Avanti (http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/avanti/index.html).
Turn around time for Avanti requests is usually 24-48 hours. Papers are
delivered via email in the form of a pdf file. You can also temporarily
check out journals from the IGPP reading room with check out log
sheet.
Common computer knowledge
Familiarity with general Matlab software is highly recommended for
most coursework. Fortran and C programming are also common to IGPP,
although both will be specific to your advisor and your research
project. An introductory computing course (SIO 233) is particularly
aimed at entering 1st year geosciences and geophysics students.
(http://mahi.ucsd.edu/shearer/COMPCLASS/).
This course is intended to help incoming students get up to speed on
the various computing tools that will help them with their research and
some of the homework assignments for other classes. Topics covered include
UNIX, MatLab, and GMT, but the bulk of the class is an introduction to
the a useful programming language.
Seminars
First year students are encouraged (and often times expected) to attend
the Geophysics Seminar Series, occurring on Friday afternoons at 2:45.
(http://mahi.ucsd.edu/seminar/).
Other seminars at IGPP include the
Informal Seminar Series, and Journal club (http://mahi.ucsd.edu/cathy/currents.html).
Both of these are great ways to become familiar with current research
taking place at IGPP.
Residency info
After your first year, you will need to apply for California
residency status. The SIO Graduate Department can give you the necessary
forms/materials needed for this process. It is best to KEEP
EVERY BILL during your first year (including pay stubs and
bank statements) to ensure that this process runs smoothly. Other suggestions
include acquiring memberships to Blockbuster, Ralphs/Vons (supermarket
clubs), San Diego Zoo, etc. for the "proof of membership to local
merchants" requirement. It is also good to keep a file of these items early on.
Tax forms and instructions can be found at http://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms.
Tax workshops, for the bureaucratically challenged, are offered
each year on upper campus. Separate workshops are also offered for
international students.
E-mail lists
All new students should be automatically placed on specific
curricular group list servers (Cynthia Dealy, 4-1694, cdealy@ucsd.edu). If you suspect that
there is a problem with your email address on an IGPP list server, check
with NetOps (help@igpp.ucsd.edu,
4-1753).
Check out http://siomail.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo
for a complete list of available list servers at SIO
and how to subscribe. If you know the list you that
want to subscribe to, you can also send an email to listserv@sio.ucsd.edu with
"ADD youremail@ucsd.edu thelist" in the body of the text.
Faculty guidance
If you have an academically-related problem, or simply need someone
to talk to (besides your advisor) about an unpleasant occurrence at
SIO, there are quite a few people to turn to. The Geophysics Graduate
Advisor is available for help with choosing an appropriate advisor,
course selection, and overall advisement within the Geophysics Curricular
Group. For more personal issues, the Student-Faculty Ombudsmen provide
non-biased, and confidential, faculty assistance. Both the Graduate
Department Chair and Vice Chair are also available to assist students
when needed.
Student Groups
http://siostudents.ucsd.edu/groups/index.html
TGIF: stop by Surfside @ 5pm on Fridays for $1 beers, pool, foosball, and a great sunset with your fellow students.
Intermural Sports: Innertube Water Polo, IM Soccer, Softball, Beach Volleyball, Roller Hocky or any other sport offered by Rimac (you can organize your own team!).
Tea: while currently on hold in GP, the GS group meets for tea at Tues 2pm
Lunch at Snackropolis or Cups.
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