One of the best parts of my job is being the co-faculty advisor to the physics club. I love it so much that I even wrote an op-ed about it, Join the Club: The Benefits of Getting Students Involved with Departmental Clubs.

To me, the best part is working with the students. I love getting to know the officers very well. I particularly feel that I have developed a collegial bond with each of the presidents, vice presidents, and the other co-adviser Sean Bentley over the last few years. I ultimately have so much respect for them and the hard work they do.

Yesterday the Physics Club was honored at Adelphi’s Brown and Gold event – one of the best events all year. The awards show featured our physics club in two different ways: As an organization of excellence and with the Beyond Adelphi award for our interaction with SPS national office.

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Here is the wonderful bit about the folks that run the club this year. They are completely self-sufficient. I would like to say I do something as the adviser. I don’t really. Every once and awhile I will show up late to a meeting and ask a bunch of questions. 95% of the time they have already worked out those details.

Carissa Giuliano is the outgoing president this year. She is a natural leader. Very calm. Stays on topic. Makes Physics Club fun. She is going to be one amazing high school physics teacher in a few years. Her team, Thomas, Olivia, Katie, and Sally have just been wonderful too. Even our first year student reps have been wonderful: Ishmael, Amanta, and Shalauni! They are completely in sync. It makes my job as advisor super easy and fun!

The best part is that they are just nice people. I remember when we were on our way to PhysCon last November and all the students were playing “Heads up”. I was very appreciative that they invited Rosie to come play with them and were wonderfully open to her presence. I keep saying physics is a community or a family. Its a bottom up thing. Dear Students THANK YOU!! YOU ROCK!!