MSU Meeting Agenda: September 10Th, 2013

MSU Meeting Agenda: September 10 th , 2013

I. Presentation of minutes from September 10th, 2013  MOTION to approve minutes from August 6th, 2013  Motion passes

II. Report from the MSU Officers A. President—Edie Graham i. Voting membership clarification:

1. The Governing Board of the “Student Body” shall be as follows:  The elected officers of the MSU itself, namely, the President, the Vice-President, the Secretary, and the Treasurer.  The President, the Vice-President, the Secretary, and the Treasurer of each of the four classes of the Medical School.  Two at large representatives from each class.  One representative from each organization registered by Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine. Alternates are acceptable as long as they do not hold another place on the Governing Board.  One student representative from the MD/PhD program elected by MD/PhD students in concordance with MSU election procedures.  One representative from any MSU committee existing longer than 6 months.  One OSR representative from the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year classes

2. The Governing Board shall vote on all matters of routine business. If an issue arises which requires the vote of the entire “Student Body”, voting status will be conferred to each member of the “Student Body” by the President for that issue and that issue as setforth in Art. IV Section C (3).

3. The vote of the President of the Medical Student Union shall be reserved for use as the deciding vote. The President only votes in case of a tie.

4. No one member of the Governing Board may hold more than one vote. a. Third and Fourth year representatives present hold a maximum of 6 votes/class. These six votes will be divided amongst the representatives present. ii. M1 Class Officer Elections i. Applications have been sent out and will be due tomorrow, 9/11, at noon with the elections to be held Wednesday – Friday. Winners will be announced Friday at 5 pm. Positions: . President . Vice President . Secretary . Treasurer . MSU representatives (x2) . Social Chairs (x2) . OSR Rep iii. Unveiling of the new Website! http://loyolamsu.org/ i. Google calendar of student organization events and meeting times iv. Gail Hendler – Library Resources i. Issues with the loud music and disturbances coming from security guard desk was noted

ii. Resources Available:  Mobile curriculum available on luhs homepage: http://www.luhs.org/depts/library/hslibrary/index.htm

 Library licensed resources and e-books also available: http://library.luhs.org/hslibrary/e- resources/ebook_alpha.html

 Specific resources for medical students, like e-books, search engines: http://library.luhs.org/hslibrary/resources_for/medical_s tudents.htm

 Mobile Apps (DynaMed, PubMed) available here: http://library.luhs.org/hslibrary/e-resources/mobile/

 Other quick links: http://library.luhs.org/hslibrary/quicklinks.html (Up-to-date, dynaMed, Netters, PubMed through Loyola, MedLine, inter-library-loan, RefWorks, Inkling, Bates, EKG books, etc.) B. Vice-President—Ashley DiLorenzo i. Update on St. Luke’s Dance on October 18  Looking for any help with the center pieces for St. Lukes at Dave & Busters ii. Yearbook

C. Treasurer—Matt Hoscheit i. Budget Update – no changes

D. Secretary—Mitch Day i. Website – Student orgs: at this point, please send in any events that you would like updated on the centralized MSU calendar to [email protected] when they become available. We will work on a more efficient way to update all groups of their various activities in the future.

III. Report from Class Presidents A. M2 – Hani Kuttab a. Bulls Game – Saturday game preferred b. Step 1 timeline – look for details in an upcoming email c. Hosting a medical marijuana panel with collaboration through AMA i. Potential topics: How will Loyola go about implementing its use in the future? B. M3 – Andy Tulley a. M1 mentees being assigned this week C. M4 – Dan Opel a. n/a

IV. Reports from Stritch or University Committees A. Medical Council Meeting –August 19th, 2013 i. 3rd and 4th year standardized USMLE shelf exams in medicine rotation being compared to counterpart Loyola exams to determine which better correlates to Step 2 success ii. Research building to be completed April 2016… Sorry M2, M3, M4s iii. Shuttle from the Blue Line to Loyola

V. Reports from MSU committees

VI. Reports from Student Organizations

VII. Reports from OSR Rep

VIII. Reports from CCA (Central Curriculum Authority) IX. Unfinished Business

XII. New Business  Coffee Machine Request – Jeremy Neuman  Plans to implement Keurig coffee machines in small group rooms, will present a formal request at next meeting.

XIII. Funding Requests

XIV. Room for Improvement: Things we can change: Big things or Small things

Next meeting will be held October 1st at 6:00 pm.

Thank you for taking the time to be here tonight!