Call for MD Day 2022 Volunteers

[Elizabeth Warner]

Hello Dept of Astronomy & Friends of the Department!

Wow! You haven't seen one of these emails since 2019!

MD Day #24 (!) is coming up very soon on Sat 30 April (yep, ~3.5 weeks
away). The Department of Astronomy will be set up under a tent (with
several other CMNS departments) on the front lawn of the old engineering
building (used to be Glenn L Martin Hall). Once again we are looking for
*your help* to staff our activity tables. Anyone and everyone is invited
to help!

Faculty, staff, grads, undergrads, majors, non-majors are all
eligible/invited/encouraged to participate.

What is MD Day? https://marylandday.umd.edu/

This year we have four activities:

-- Ask an Astronomer
    Astronomy faculty and students answer your perplexing
astronomy-related questions.

-- Fingerprinting the Universe
    Each person has a unique fingerprint. Each chemical element in our
bodies and the universe also has a unique fingerprint that is encoded in
light. Learn how astronomers study the skies using different wavelengths
of light and how they decode the light to unravel the mysteries of the
universe.

-- Solar Observing
    Take a safe look at the big yellow (or red, depending on the
filter) ball in our sky through telescopes with observatory staff.

-- Looking Into the Cosmos
    Join the AstroTerps, the Terrapin Astronomy Society, to explore the
familiar and not-so-familiar sights of the universe. How many can you
identify?


Maryland Day runs from 10a-4p. There is some setup time as well as post
event take down. To make it easy to sign up,  we have an online Google
doc, please take a look at

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XpGZKTpLh9_nJcgVJ8bO2OuE776mYzpO0J7ypK_fvIM/edit?usp=sharing


There are two tabs -- first is the schedule, the second is for your
t-shirt (minimum 1 hour slot). Please put your name into each slot that
you can work. You can do multiple activities (not at the same time
though!). If you cannot help that day, there are also some hours the day
before and in the week following. (And if you plan on working the entire
day with us, please let me know that as well so that I can get you lunch.)

Questions? Please email me!




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Clear Skies!

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Elizabeth M Warner
UMD Obs Director
warn...@astro.umd.edu
301-405-6555
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[Elizabeth Warner]

Hello Dept of Astronomy & Friends of the Department!

Maryland Day is this Saturday! Thank you to everyone who has already
signed up. There are still plenty of slots to fill. A few even opened up.

For the "Ask an Astronomer" it would be great to have faculty and grad
students fill those slots. And for "Looking into the Cosmos" we'd like
AstroTerps and Undergrads to take the lead. But for the solar observing
and "Fingerprinting the Universe" activities, anyone can sign up to
help. (I'm looking at my Obs volunteers and current students doing
observing projects!)

I've had a special committee with a heavy workload popup that will be
occupying most of my time today and tomorrow so T-shirt distribution
will be on Friday between ~12:15-2pm from my office ATL 1251. If you
cannot come by then, you can pick up on Saturday before your shift.

Thank you!

Clear Skies!

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Elizabeth M Warner
UMD Obs Director
warn...@astro.umd.edu
301-405-6555
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