President's Day is observed the third Monday of February in honor of George Washington, the first President of the United States. President's Day also honors the legacy of past presidents.

For more on this holiday please visit USA.gov.

The January 24, 2020 Physics lecture is titled “Controlling State-Changing Collisions of Ultracold Rydberg Atoms” Charles I. Sukenik, Old Dominion University.

Charles I. Sukenik is Professor of Physics at Old Dominion University. Charles earned a B.A. inphysics from Cornell University in 1987 and a Ph.D. in physics from Yale University in 1993. Following post-doctoral appointments at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he joined the ODU faculty in 1997. He served as Chair of the Department from 2011 to 2017. His research specialization is experimental atomic, molecular and optical (AMO) physics and laser science with an emphasis on ultracold physics. Additional interests include laser-based remote sensing for oceanographic applications.

For more on this event, please visit Physics Department Colloquia.

Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday is a federal holiday celebrated on Monday, January 20, 2019.

For more on federal holidays, please visit OPM.GOV.

Instruction begins on Monday, January 6, 2020.
For additional student resources, please visit the NPS Student site.

New Year’s Day is a federal holiday celebrated on January 1.
To learn more about New Years Day, please visit usa.gov site.

New Year’s Eve Gala (Roaring 20’s) is scheduled for Wednesday, December 31 at 5:30 p.m. in the Historic Hotel Del Monte.

Reservations Required by Dec. 17.

For more on this event, visit NavyLifeSW – Monterey.

U.S. Students are to report back on Monday, December 30, 2019.
Please visit Academic Calendar for upcoming dates or NPS Student homepage for Incoming, prospective, current and distance learning.
 

International Students are to report back on Sunday, December 29, 2019.
Please visit Academic Calendar for upcoming dates or NPS Student homepage for Incoming, prospective, current and distance learning.

Christmas Dinner Buffet is scheduled for Wednesday, December 25 at 2:00 p.m. in the Barbara McNitt Ballroom at the Historic Hotel Del Monte.

For more on this event, visit NavyLifeSW – Monterey.

The Naval Postgraduate School Fall Quarter Graduation Ceremony is scheduled for Friday, December 20, 2019.

The graduation streaming video will be available on December 20 shortly before the start of the ceremony. Please visit NPS Graduation Ceremony page to watch live.

For dress uniform and more information, please visit NPS Student Graduation website.

The Fall Quarter Awards ceremony will take place on Tuesday, December 10, 2019.

For additional Information, please visit Graduation Schedule site.

Tree Lighting Ceremony is scheduled for Friday, December 6 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Hotel Del Monte, Quarterdeck.

Open to all eligible patrons.

For more on this event, visit NavyLifeSW – Monterey.

Thanksgiving Day is a federal holiday celebrated on November 22. In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest. Many regard this event as the nation's first Thanksgiving.

To learn more about the history of Thanksgiving, please visit usa.gov.

Thanksgiving Dinner Buffet is scheduled for Thursday, November 28 at 2:00 p.m. in the Barbara McNitt Ballroom at the Historic Hotel Del Monte.

For menu, tickets, and reservations, please visit NavyLifeSW – Monterey.

The November 19, 2019 Defense Energy Seminar lecture is titled “Why Electric Ships?” with Dr. Norbert Doerry, Technical Director, SEA 05 Technology Group, SEA 05TD.

NPS' academic programs in Defense Energy are supplemented by a seminar series which provides a forum for leading voices within the field, practitioners, and other Defense Energy influencers.

Please visit the Energy Academic Group site for more information.

Saturday, November 16, 2019.

Monterey Security Dialogue: A MIIS-NPS Partnership featuring keynote speaker Secretary of the Navy The Honorable Richard V. Spencer.

Student Program

1:45 - 5:00 p.m.
Emerging Leaders, Looming Threats: Inhibiting the Spread and Use of
Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons
MIIS Campus, Irvine Auditorium, McCone Building - 499 Pierce Street, Monterey, CA.

Keynote

7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Pioneering Public-Private Solutions for International Security Challenges
The Honorable Richard V. Spencer, Secretary of the Navy
Naval Postgraduate School, King Hall, 1 University Circle, Monterey, CA.
 
Free and open to the public

Register at:  go.miis.edu/miisnpsdialogue
Questions? email rsvp@miis.edu

The November 15, 2019 Physics lecture is titled “Tunable SRF cavities for 3D Optomechanics” with Prof. Jay Sharping, University of California, Merced, California, School of Natural Sciences.

Prof. Jay Sharping received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 2003 under the direction of Professor Prem Kumar and served as a postdoctoral scientist at Cornell University in Professor Alexander Gaeta’s Quantum and Nonlinear Optics research group. Jay is currently an Associate Professor at the University of California – Merced where his research plans include all flavors of parametric devices such as the development of optomechanical systems and novel pulsed light sources for applications in signal processing and biophotonics.

For more on this event, please visit Physics Department Colloquia.