Greetings friends, and welcome to the new blog.
It’s a new semester and we’ve got new things going on. Amy and I sat down, and based on the feedback from the survey we have scheduled a number of career development talks. From learning how to write and submit a journal article to learning how to own your dissertations and comps, we have a lot of good things in store.
Upcoming events and calendar mark-offs are available under the ‘Calendar’ tab up above the picture. Topics and the presenters’ names are listed there too. If you haven’t seen the menu options yet, take a look. Someone will be by shortly to take your order, so look quickly.
Also, in teaming up with the Graduate Sociology Society (GSS), we are sponsoring the second annual ‘Boston Area Sociology Graduate Student Conference’. Last year was a wild success… a lot of hard work, but incredibly neat. If you’d like to be part of the planning committee, please contact Brett (bl_nc1@yahoo.com). As things progress in planning, I’m sure there will plenty of ways in which everyone can get involved, even for those of us with minimal time to dedicate.
The COGS Board hasnt’ met yet, but as soon as it does we’ll be sure to stay in touch. Although we will try to not ’survey you to death’, I will give this warning. I will be sending out a small questionnaire about your issues and concerns for this semester. It will be your chance to tell us what you want from your department.
Let us know if you have any comments or questions, and please feel free to approach Amy or me with anything, anytime… unless it is about something obscenely biological. And keep your eyes peeled on this blog, I’ll be posting things weekly – jokes and important information alike.
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–[christopher]
