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Are you ready for the PhD Chapter Summer Meeting? We will convene on Thursday June 8th at 17:00 in a first meeting, and at 17:15 in a second meeting, in “T-centralen”, Drottning Kristinas väg 29.

The summer meeting is followed by the PhD Chapter annual BBQ.
Please sign up here: https://goo.gl/forms/F0V3Ysumz4J5Xx5m2
The last date to sign up for the BBQ is June 6th, 2017.

Bring your THS member card and join for both the meeting and the dinner. The dinner will cost 20 SEK for THS members and 50 SEK for non-members. Our members will also have the chance to get a PhD Chapter pin.

The summer meeting meeting will decide on some changes in the PhD Chapter Statutes and will host elections for:

• Chairperson, 1 position to be occupied from 2017.07.01 to 2018.06.30;
• Vice chairperson, 1 position to be occupied from 2017.07.01 to 2018.06.30;
• Treasurer, 1 position to be occupied from 2017.07.01 to 2018.06.30;
• Board Members, 7 positions to be occupied from 2017.07.01 to 2018.06.30 (Note that the PhD Chapter Board includes Chairperson, Vice Chairperson and Treasurer, for a total of 10 members);
• Auditors, 2 positions to be occupied from 2017.07.01 to (at least) 2018.12.31;
• Deputy Auditor, 1 position to be occupied from 2017.07.01 to (at least) 2018.12.31;
• Master of Ceremonies (Klubbmästare), 1 position to be occupied from 2017.07.01 to 2018.06.30;
• Event Manager, 1 position to be occupied from 2017.07.01 to 2018.06.30;
• Graphic Designer, 1 position to be occupied from 2017.07.01 to 2018.06.30.
  

All the info, updates and how to nominate yourself (or others) for the elections are on this page.

The final agenda for the first meeting is here and for the second meeting is here, the amendment to the statutes is here. Any minor errors in the amendment that may be found will be fixed before the PhD Chapter meeting approval.

Update: In order to facilitate the reading, the new Statutes version is rewritten here with tracked changes, and the old Statutes version is rewritten with tracked changes here.

Welcome to join the next PhD Chapter meeting!

On May 15th KTH Stipendierådet has signed the decision for Kamratstipendiet 2017 to the most active THS chapter members. If you hadn’t heard anything before about Kamratstipendiet, read more here and here.

The winners at our PhD Chapter are……………!!!

• Andrea de Giorgio
• Johan Gärdebo
• Afzal Muhammad

They are sharing the price of 2’423,00 SEK in three: 808,00 SEK each. The nominees have been selected by our Committee for Kamratstipendiet 2017, over a list of candidates proposed by our chapter members. The decision from KTH Stipendierådet is attached here.

Next year it could be YOU. Get engaged now!

Enjoy!

Do you know well the PhD Chapter activities and have familiarity with some no-profit organization bookkeeping? Are you comfortable about checking other people’s work and suggesting the right thing to do when they fail to see it? If life for you is not just about studying for your PhD, then come and join our team as the new PhD Chapter Auditor or Deputy Auditor!

Checking that everything works as expected at the PhD Chapter is essential. If you know what we are talking about, you are the right person to apply for it.

The PhD Chapter needs to elect 2 (two) Auditors and 1 (one) Deputy Auditor.

Send the application to board [at] phd.ths.kth.se specifying: name, contact information (email and phone), school and department information, which position you apply for (in this case “Auditor” or “Deputy Auditor”), a short summary of why you would like to join such position (50-100 words) and include a list of previous experiences if available.

Note that this position is not time-compensated from KTH because it doesn’t include student representation tasks. The position lasts until the PhD Chapter Board is freed from responsibilities (typically 1,5 years after the election).

Would you enjoy throwing the most amazing parties, pubs and recreational activities? Do you want to invest your free time and energies to make the PhD Chapter Pub “T-Centralen” the most interesting meeting point for the PhD students’ afterwork? Would you also enjoy the challenge of recruiting and leading a team of stewards? If life for you is not just about studying for your PhD, then come and join our team as the new PhD Chapter Master of Ceremonies!

We have 2074 PhD students to invite at our pubs and parties. What will be your record in attendance?

Send the application to board [at] phd.ths.kth.se specifying: name, contact information (email and phone), school and department information, which position you apply for (in this case “Master of Ceremonies”), a short summary of why you would like to join such position (50-100 words) and include a list of previous experiences if available.

Note that this position is not time-compensated from KTH because it doesn’t include student representation tasks.

Update: Check the status of nominations on our Elections page!

Do you enjoy making thinks beautiful and impressing people? Do you want to invest your free time and energies to learn and improve soft skills such as design? If life for you is not just about studying for your PhD, then come and join our team as the new PhD Chapter Graphic Designer!

We have 2074 PhD students to reach out to with the most amazing websites, news, newsletters, flyers, posters, business cards and much more. But, no worries, you’ll get some help too!

Send the application to board [at] phd.ths.kth.se specifying: name, contact information (email and phone), school and department information, which position you apply for (in this case “Graphic Designer”), a short summary of why you would like to join such position (50-100 words) and include a list of previous experiences if available.

Note that this position is not time-compensated from KTH because it doesn’t include student representation tasks. It is also OK to apply for it if you’re not (yet?) a PhD student at KTH.

Update: Check the status of nominations on our Elections page!