President #
The President is responsible for planning and running the monthly MGB meetings as well as any other open meetings the President shall call. The President has the then power to convene a meeting of the Executive Board, which may be closed to members-at-large. The President shall be responsible for the integration of committees into MGB. In the event of a vacant seat on the Executive Board (excepting President or Vice-President), the President shall appoint a replacement to finish the term. The President is the only non-voting member of MGB, but shall cast the deciding vote in the event of a tie.
Current
- Claire Christian
Vice-President #
The Vice-President is responsible for recording minutes during any open meeting of MGB. These minutes must be distributed to all graduate students within 48 hours. The Vice-President is also tasked with recording and sharing minutes from Executive Board meetings within the same time frame. In the event of the President’s temporary incapacity or illness, the Vice-President shall assume the President’s responsibilities and may appoint a temporary Vice-President if necessary. Additionally, the Vice-President of MGB presides over the Travel Funding Committee, which involves organizing committee meetings, posting funding announcements, and overseeing the committee’s general operations.
Current
- Matthew Barber
GAUSS and DRP Co-Chairs #
GAUSS (Graduate and Undergraduate Student Seminar) is a weekly lecture series by, for, and catering to the interests of mathematics graduate students and undergraduate mathematics majors. The chairs of the committee shall organize a schedule of weekly colloquia fitting these requirements. Choice of speakers and topics is at the discretion of the chairs, but should be informed by the desires of students. GAUSS talks shall be publicized via email to math faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates; the seminars shall also be listed in the department’s weekly schedule of talks.
The Iowa DRP (Directed Reading Program) is “an initiative to pair undergraduate students with graduate student mentors to work on independent study projects in the field of mathematics.” The chairs of the comittee will find, pair, and organize undergraduate students and graduate mentors with similar interests. More information can be found on the Iowa DRP website.
Current
- Ashwin Ayilliath Kutteri
- Nicholas Cecil
General Liaison Committee #
The GLC exists to facilitate communication between faculty and graduate students about the graduate program. The committee can help faculty by gathering information and feedback from graduate students on changes to the graduate program or other issues. If graduate students have a concern they would like to address, the committee can gather information and communicate with the appropriate faculty or administrator to address these concerns. The committee will also help disseminate information about the department to graduate students.
Current
- Cole Hengel (Chair)
- Garrett Mason
- Petros Mavromichalis
- Nandita Nair
Heartland Chair #
The Heartland Partnership is an undergraduate-focused speaking series organized by a collection of schools in the Midwest. Heartland visits serve to better integrate faculty and graduate students here at Iowa with those at the Heartland Schools. By offering undergraduates with exposure to graduate topics in mathematics, we hope to excite them about careers in math. Our graduate students also benefit from the practice of giving talks and forming connections with professors and students at these schools.
The Heartland Chair will find interested graduate speakers, and maintain a list of talks on offer. They will coordinate with faculty at partner institutions to organize speaking sessions, typically as part of the undergraduate math club.
Current
- Zachary Flood
International Liaison #
The International Student Liaison shall be responsible for representing the needs and concerns of international graduate students in UI Math. The Liaison will be familiar with visa procedures, English-proficiency testing, and other issues of specific concern to students of other nationalities. The Liaison shall be concerned with integrating international graduate students into the social and intellectual fabric of the department.
Current
- Fatemeh Shanehsazan
Newseletter & T-Shirt Ministers #
The Newsletter Committee puts together a monthly newsletter intended for the graduate students. The newsletter will inform students about current news and upcoming events while also providing general information about the graduate student experience. The chairs are responsible for coordinating the newsletter; they may delegate any amount of writing, photography, editing, layout, distribution, and any other tasks. The finished newsletter is distributed to graduate students, postdocs, and faculty; copies for undergraduates are made available in Muhly Lounge, and the file will be available on the department web page.
Current
- Paria Karimi Kousalari
- Liz Brass
Social Co-Chairs #
The Social Committee oversees the semi-annual department picnics, securing funding from the Department and promoting the events. Other social activities may be organized at the discretion of the (co)-chairs
Current
- Blake Mattson
- Marc Moore
Travel Funding Committee #
The Travel Funding Committee is responsible for the organization and allotment of graduate travel funding awards for conferences, workshops, etc.
Current
- Zachary Flood
- Nikita Kapur
- Garrett Mason
- Jacob van Grinsven
Webmaster #
The Webmaster oversees MGB electronic communications, including but not limited to news and promotion of social events via the website, OrgSync, and social networks (e.g. Facebook).
Current
- Ian Ramsey