Prospective Graduate Student Visit | March 9th
Hi everyone,
- Remember that Berkeley is on Pacific time (three hours earlier than East Coast time, two hours earlier than Central time, and one hour earlier than Mountain time). Remember also the daylight savings time hour change that took effect today and update your watches or clocks and try to get enough sleep (since we’ll be waking up one hour earlier next week 🙂 ).
- In light of this. the polite professional interaction will be to not shake hands when we meet in person. Elbow bumps are the acceptable alternative (though I’ve never practiced elbow bumps, so apologize in advance if they’re awkward, but I suppose I’ll learn as I go).
The situation regarding coronavirus (COVID-
Please let me know if you have any questions, or concerns on this matter, and I will try to find answers for you. If you are attending meetings virtually, please let me know if there is any interaction that I can help better facilitate virtually. This is an unprecedented and dynamic situation, so when not everything is running smoothly, please let me know so that I can help and connect you with those on campus that you were hoping to connect with.
Hopefully the Slack channel will help with communications with the SALT group. If you are on campus, my office is 4169 Etcheverry, and the SALT group student office is in 4116 Etcheverry.
Best,
Raluca