Getting Involved in PERCoGS

Contribute to the PERGS Site!

PERCoGS would love to make the site as useful as possible for graduate students. We welcome content contributions, suggestions for improvement, and corrections/clarifications at < percogs.excom at gmail.com>.

Become a Member of PERCoGS

PERCoGS hosts elections every year - with nominations starting in March. The President, GPER Representative, and PERLOC member are each two-year terms (elected on alternating years), and Secretary and Publicist are each 1-year terms. The President, Secretary, GPER Representative, and Publicist are elected by PER graduate students, and the PERLOC representative is elected by members of PERTG. Note: People who graduate mid-term are still able to complete their term when they are no longer graduate students.

A critical component of PERCoGS functionality is that we work collaboratively and share the majority of our tasks. Each PERCoGS officer takes the lead on several items.

President – Ensures PERCoGS continues to serve the current needs of PER graduate students by setting meeting agendas, and overseeing AAPT Professional Skills sessions and Topical Discussions.
Publicist – Ensures communication with PER Graduate students through avenues such as email announcements, newsletters, and Google+ notifications.
Secretary – Ensures smooth running of meetings and documentation of PERCoGS activities, which includes taking notes, scheduling meetings and maintaining newsletters.
PERLOC Representative – Maintains communication between PER Graduate students and PERLOC.
GPER Representative – Maintains communication between PER Graduate students and GPER.
AAPT Committee Liasons – Maintains communication between AAPT Committees and PERCoGS. Any graduate student who is also a member of an AAPT Committee can join PERCoGS.

AAPT Committees