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
  • Intramural sports: fall--soccer, winter--broomball, spring--softball
  • Volunteering (e.g., Second Harvest Heartland food bank)

Outreach

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

Leadership

president
Emily Hanson
hans5969@umn.edu		vice president
Adity Biswas
biswa112@umn.edu
treasurer
Achala Narayanan
naray262@umn.edu		 
officer
Pariha Banga
banga064@umn.edu		officer
Christos Robertson
robe0833@umn.edu
COGS representative*
Reid Brown
brow6589@umn.edu

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