GRADUATE STUDENT COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES Shumaker Research Building, Room 139 AUGUST 28, 2013 7:15pm
Present: Arts and Sciences Biology-Bill Persons; Chemistry-Otome Elisha; Classical and Modern Languages- Allison Whitehouse; English-Harley Ferris; Fine Arts-Tracy Eckersley; History-Katherine Morrison; Humanities-Sarah Pennington; Mathematics- Heather Hunt; Pan-African Studies-Rachel Spears; Physics- James Bougher; Sociology- Brittany Buttry-Watson; Urban and Public Affairs-Chad Frederick College of Education Education and Counseling Psychology- Sebastian Barr; Health Promotion, Physical Education, and Sports Studies- Richard Tronzon; Leadership, Foundations, and Human Resources-Matthew Berry; Teaching and Learning-Kristin Harbour Dental School Oral Biology-Michael Guzelian School of Medicine Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology- Amanda Pocratsky; Audiology-Kara Monroe; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology- Penn Muluhnguri; Microbiology and Immunology-Patrick Whang; Pharmacology and Toxicology-Marcus Stepp; Physiology and Biophysics-Rebecca Murray; Speech and Language Pathology- Candra Grether School of Nursing Nursing- Irene Yang School of Public Health Public Health- Emily Pacholski Speed School Chemical Engineering-Gabe Draper; Computer Engineering and Computer Science-Anala Pandit; Electrical and Computer Engineering- MJ Negahdar; Industrial Engineering- Ehsan Khodabandeh; Mechanical Engineering-Daniel Porter
Absent: Arts and Sciences Anthropology;; Communications; Geography and Geosciences; Justice Administration; Political Science; Public Administration; Women’s and Gender Studies College of Business Accountancy; Entrepreneurship Kent School SIGS Interdisciplinary Studies School of Music Speed School Civil and Environmental Engineering
Officer Reports: GRADUATE STUDENT COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES Shumaker Research Building, Room 139 AUGUST 28, 2013 7:15pm
President – Jasie Stokes ([email protected]) ● Welcome to new representatives ○ Who GSC is: we are the representatives for graduate students to the Student Government Association as well as University administration by meeting monthly with the Deans of SIGS as well as serving on SGA, administrative and university- wide committees ● Overview of GSC’s mission and goals ○ We also want to build a strong graduate student community by networking professionally and socially with each other ● Summer Picnic, Fall Events, Research Symposium ○ Picnic will coincide with graduate orientation next year ○ Working with the SAB to plan a “Night at the Planetarium” which is in November ○ No Cressman Center event this year ■ What events would you like to see in October? ○ We will have another science center event next spring as well as continuing our collaboration with the “Day at the Downs” event ○ Research Symposium: ■ Research fund that we currently receive should be connected to Research Symposium-->make it a competitive process with the award in the thousands instead of the hundreds-->winning a research award requires that students present in the Research Symposium ■ More discussion to follow-->please volunteer for the committee
Vice President – Rachel Croley ([email protected]) ● Update on advocacy initiatives ■ Frankfort for face-to-face meetings ■ Representative Susan Westrom ● NAGPS Leadership Summit ○ Updates on NAGPS ■ Jasie & Rachel attended conference ■ NAGPS dropped COBRA insurance ■ Legislative Action ○ Meeting other graduate councils & students
Treasurer – MJ Negahdar ([email protected]) ● No report.
Travel Administrator – Dave Jensen ([email protected]) ● Updated/ simplified paperwork ● New web page ● New online application portal ● Instant approval of travel request ● Streamlining TEV approvals ● Possible reformatting of funding: increases across the board
Information Chair – Harley Ferris ([email protected]) ● Made a new logo for GSC GRADUATE STUDENT COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES Shumaker Research Building, Room 139 AUGUST 28, 2013 7:15pm
● Created informational bookmarks for us to pass out to students so they can learn more about GSC ● Please encourage all graduate students to follow our social media sites: ■ Trying to move a lot of our conversation to our social media instead of just through the listserv-->all reps should be following these social media outlets ○ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UofLGSC ○ Twitter: https://twitter.com/uoflgsc
**SPECIAL GUEST FROM THE IDEA FESTIVAL** Kris Kimel Like Sundance for ideas and innovation Website is: www.ideafestival.com 4 day festival with 45 events and 3 receptions September 24-27 at the Kentucky Center and surrounding buildings Old Business ● None.
New Business ● Change GSC meeting time to 7:30pm; passed. ● Table the vote to increase travel funding awards; passed.
Announcements ● Free Yoga for students! Register through Louisville.edu/healthpromotion
Upcoming Events ● Boardgame night on September 16th from 6pm-9pm at Bearno’s on Bardstown Rd. ● Ice cream social for international students with the Deans of SIGS on September 4th. Register on PLAN website. ● Free walking tour of downtown on September 8th. Register on PLAN website. GRADUATE STUDENT COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES Shumaker Research Building, Room 139 AUGUST 28, 2013 7:15pm
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