Phytograds

The Phytograds is the Plant and Microbial Biology graduate student association. Anyone can join, but PMB graduate students are automatically part of Phytograds. We are a network for PMB graduate students who are spread out among various buildings on the St. Paul campus. We also serve as the voice of the PMB graduate students on various program, departmental and college committees.

Follow the Phytograds on Twitter and Facebook.

Social events

  • Monthly coffee hour
  • Happy hours
  • Fall potluck
  • Apple picking
  • Pumpkin carving
  • Winter soup lunch
  • Winter Itasca: weekend trip to Itasca State Park/Itasca Biological Station and Labs for skiing, sledding, relaxing
  • Spring greenhouse party
  • Intramural sports: fall--soccer, winter--broomball, spring--softball
  • Volunteering (e.g., Second Harvest Heartland food bank)

Outreach

  • PMB colloquium committee
  • PMB prospective student recruitment (February/March)
  • PMB spring retreat (May)
  • Market Science events

Leadership

president
Alex Crum
crumx045@umn.edu		 vice president
Brooke Kern
kern0193@umn.edu
treasurer
Claire Menard
menar060@umn.edu		  
officer
Angie Ricono
ricon001@umn.edu		 officer
Rebekah Fudge
fudge016@umn.edu
COGS representative*
Ariadna Mondragon Botero
mondr042@umn.edu

*COGS is the UMN Council of Graduate Students, the university's graduate student governance association.