1. E LECTRICAL E NGINEERING AND C OMPUTER S CIENCES U NIVERSITY OF C ALIFORNIA Berkeley 2013 Grad Town Hall Status of Action Items from 2012

2. E LECTRICAL E NGINEERING AND C OMPUTER S CIENCES U NIVERSITY OF C ALIFORNIA Berkeley 2 Issue: What are the advising guidelines for faculty to take a leave of absence from the department? Status: The question, “What advising and contact plan do you have for the graduate students you are officially supervising, or whose Theses you are officially directing, during your leave?” will now appear on the faculty leave request form. A similar question will appear on the course preferences questionnaire.

3. E LECTRICAL E NGINEERING AND C OMPUTER S CIENCES U NIVERSITY OF C ALIFORNIA Berkeley 3 Issue: Can the department develop a clear statement explaining the background of the EECS graduate program academic requirements? Status: The Chair’s welcome appears on this site, http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/department/http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/department/ depicting the goals of the department.

4. E LECTRICAL E NGINEERING AND C OMPUTER S CIENCES U NIVERSITY OF C ALIFORNIA Berkeley 4 Issue: What are the guidelines if a student wants to change their faculty advisor or have co- advisors? Status: There are no specific guidelines if a student wants to change their faculty advisor or have co-advisors. However, the Staff Graduate Advisor needs to be notified via email to update the student’s records.

5. E LECTRICAL E NGINEERING AND C OMPUTER S CIENCES U NIVERSITY OF C ALIFORNIA Berkeley 5 Issue: Can students have access to all conference room and labs in Cory Hall? Status: Card key access to all conference rooms and labs was granted to students in Cory Hall.

6. E LECTRICAL E NGINEERING AND C OMPUTER S CIENCES U NIVERSITY OF C ALIFORNIA Berkeley 6 Issue: Where can updated information on the graduate degree requirements be found? Status: The Graduate Student Handbook has been updated, http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Gradnotes/http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Gradnotes/ A summarized degree flowchart (http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/GradAffairs/phdstuds. shtml) was distributed by email and is made available on the website.http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/GradAffairs/phdstuds. shtml

7. E LECTRICAL E NGINEERING AND C OMPUTER S CIENCES U NIVERSITY OF C ALIFORNIA Berkeley 7 Issue: Can the department provide a summary of salary rates for different academic student employment? Status: The Director of the Center for Student Affairs, Susanne Kauer, created a summary worksheet of the different funding models. This was distributed to all students via email in August 2013.

8. E LECTRICAL E NGINEERING AND C OMPUTER S CIENCES U NIVERSITY OF C ALIFORNIA Berkeley 8 Issue: How can we facilitate more interactions between students in different research areas? Status: TGIF seminars were started in Fall 2013 with presentations from different graduate students Annual BBQ was held in the beginning of the Fall semester