Lunch Bunch Tuesday, November 10, 2015 12:30Pm

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Lunch Bunch Tuesday, November 10, 2015 12:30pm | T119

AEG Notes not received

African American Student Union – not represented

Apple Core – not represented

Art Club – not represented

ASL Club – not represented

Business Forum  Four of our members participated in the Buffalo/Niagara Sales & Marketing Association Student Day in the Field program on Monday, October 26th. They shadowed executives for the day and heard from a guest speaker at a dinner meeting on marketing yourself.  Heard a presentation from Ms. Fany Loughlin on selling and self-promotion.  Abby, the manager from Total Tan spoke to our group about selling and how to deal with customers.  Encouraging members to get involved with the Scholars Symposium to be held March 29, 2016.  Looking to sponsor more fundraising events.

CAB  Dinner and A Movie will be Wednesday, November 11th at 5pm in the Student Union. We are showing Jurassic World and will have a Thanksgiving themed meal. If you only want to watch the movie, you don’t have to sign up, but students interested in joining us for dinner must come to the Student Activities office before 5pm with their student ID to sign up. Spots for food are limited!  CAB has a comedian named Ashley Gavin coming on Thursday, November 19th for our Third Thursday event. It’s a FREE show. The event goes from 7-8pm in the Student Union.  On Tuesday, November 24th there is going to be the Feud Game for Lunchtime Live! It starts at 12pm, and whoever participates has a chance to win prizes.

 Tuesday, November 24th in the evening there is also Service for a Slice at 5:30pm in S103 off of the Student Union. We will be writing letters to Veterans and serving pizza and drinks for anyone who participates in writing letters.  We are trying to plan a Stress Free Week in December from the 7th-11th . There will be more information posted as it draws near, so look out on the bulletin boards for updates on upcoming events during that week. Any clubs that are interested in sponsoring an event or sharing ideas, please contact Kathy Pyzik in the Student Activities Office via email.  Our next CAB meeting is November 18th at 5 pm in S103 for anyone interested in coming.

CEO  CEO Club attended RIT Entrepreneurship Conference on October 23rd with 10 students and our club advisors.  Next event: Presentation by Leslie Bamann on the Hot Spot Innovation Zone program on Thursday, November 12th in the GCC EDC conference room (across the street from school). Any student who has a potential business idea should be sure to attend to find out about the local resources available to them.

College Village  Open house coming up  Doing christmans charoling at a local nursing home  RA applications are due on 12/16

Computer Repair – not represented  Have one more clinic coming up this month  Looking to hold classes for computer safety

Cougarettes Notes not received

Courier – not represented

Criminal Justice  At our October 22, 2015 Meeting - Deputy Chris Erion of the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office and his canine came and gave an interesting demonstration of the dog’s capabilities. Twenty members were in attendance. The canine searched out and found some drugs that were planted by the deputy. Also the dog tracked some property and conducted an apprehension arrest.  At our October 29, 2015 meeting we prepared 45 Halloween bags for the GCC day Care children. We also prepared for a visit from an FBI agent who will come and speak to us on November 5th. We will be having lunch with him as part of our “Lunch with the Pros” program. Other professionals are being scheduled for future lunch meeting. We are also in the process of our annual clothing fundraiser.  November 5th meeting will include a visit from an FBI agent.

CSU Club Previous Events:  October 2nd, CSU Club’s “1st Friday Nights” Event-  CSU hosted this event in the Student Union. About 25 GCC students attended. Jason McGuire from New Yorker’s Family Research Foundation was our guest speaker, along with acoustics by musician Alex Crossett. We began with coffee and snacks and ended with pizza & various games.  October 15th, Lunch from St. Pauls–  St. Paul’s Lutheran Church provided a free sloppy joes lunch at our CSU Club meeting, YUM!  October 15th, Care-A-Van Ministries at the College Village-  CSU Club members worked a long side Care-A-Van Ministries as they went door to door at the dorms to hand out free food and connect with the students to let them know our community cares about them. Upcoming Events:  Upcoming Guest Speakers-  November 12th & December 3rd, Pastor John Keller of Northgate Free Methodist Church  November 19th, Pastor Allen Werk from St. Paul Lutheran Church  November 13th-15th, BASICcon-  Ten CSU Club members will be attending the BASIC conference held at the Rochester Holiday Inn. This will be our 4th year attending the conference along with over 700 WNY young adults. This year’s event features live bands, comedians, entertainment, speakers and more.  November 19th, Free Homemade Lunch–  St. Paul’s Lutheran Church will be providing a free homemade lunch at our 12:30pm meeting in room S103. All are welcome; the food is always excellent!!  November 19th & December 3rd, Care-A-Van Ministries at the College Village-  CSU Club members will be helping Care-A-Van as they go door to door at the dorms to hand out free food and connect with the students to let them know our community cares about them.  November 22nd, Thank you to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church-  At the 8:30am service several CSU Club students will be at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church to thank the congregation for all they do for the GCC students and tell them how much it has meant to them. St. Pauls has faithfully came along side of CSU Club for the last 8 years, providing free lunches several times a semester and helping at every Club Fair event with free give-a-ways, etc. They truly care about the students at GCC and strive to find ways to bless them!  December 4th, CSU Club’s “1st Friday Nights” Event-  All are welcome to attend. The evening will begin at 7pm in the Student Union with coffee, Christmas cookies & acoustic guitar by the fireplace with musician Alex Crossett. At 7:30pm we will begin our UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER CONTEST. 8pm-10pm we will have pizza, soda, and games (cards, board games, giant jenga & giant connect 4, and the Union game tables will be open for use).

DECA  Reordered GCC plaid neck scarves. Depleted our stock of 50 scarves.  Sent application to register the Tartan plaid to Scotland.  The CEO club wants to help us sell additional products with the GCC plaid.  Awarded 5 “I Am Dandy” books to students at the Dandy Day presentation given by Rose Callahan on Wednesday, October 28th.  Continuing to post photos on #gccplaid of anyone wearing our ties and scarves.  Researching another guest speaker to come to campus for our Fashion Speaks series  Students will be volunteering to help at the Open House tomorrow.  Hosting a Color Draping workshop open to all on Wednesday, November 18th at 1:30 p.m.

Earth Club – not represented

Education Club  Friends of Education: The Friends of Education flower arrangements during the Fall Festival were a great hit. We had an amazing time and received many compliments. The club created over 60 flower arrangements that were distributed to offices and campus centers at GCC as a way to say “Thank you” for everything everyone does to support our education!  Falloween!: The Education club celebrated Falloween on Tuesday, November 3rd. Every teacher knows that the best time to secure cheap decorations and other materials for any event is the day after!  Activity Day: The preschool children from the Day Care Center will be our guests on Tuesday, November 24th. We will be learning about children through play!  Christmas Tree: We will be decorating a Christmas tree at the Holland Land Office Museum.  BOGO: The Education Club is in the planning stages of a “Buy One Give One Free” Food Drive for area families. Stay tuned for more details.  Breakfast with Santa: We have been invited to participate in this event again. We will be providing craft activities for young children at Jackson School on Saturday, December 12th.  CASA Holiday Gift Program: We will be providing holiday gifts for the CASA children. We would like clubs to sponsor a child.  Fall Workshops: Several workshops are planned for this fall. o Authentic Assessment – 9/19/15 o Classroom Management – 10/16/15. o Learning Styles – November o Don’t Dis My Ability - December

Film Club The main thing going on with Film Club right now is that we are planning to do a camera demonstration and test video on the new 4k cameras the communications department acquired this year. That means we will shoot some footage with one of the old cameras and then shoot the

4 same footage using one of the new cameras, and then we’ll edit them to play side by side to display the differences and the higher quality of the new cameras.

Fine Arts – not represented

Forum Players  Show coming up; “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” o Friday, Nov 13, 2015 @ 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM o Saturday, Nov 14, 2015 @ 7:00 PM - 7:00 PM o Sunday, Nov 15, 2015 @ 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM o Thursday, Nov 12, 2015 @ 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM o Friday, Nov 13, 2015 @ 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM o Saturday, Nov 14, 2015 @ 7:00 PM - 7:00 PM o Sunday, Nov 15, 2015 @ 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Game Club – not represented

Geeks-R-Us (Formerly Anime Club)  AniRave approved for Nov 20th  Magic the Gathering tournament next semester

Global Ed GCC Reads…. I Am Malala Thursday, November 12, 2015, 12:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m. in the GCC Forum Everyone is Welcome! Light refreshments served Sponsored by: GCC Global Education Committee & Student Advisory Board

Golden Zs – not represented

GSA  Upcoming fundraiser: bake sale, date TBD  Planning another fundraiser on the day of silence in the Forum on April 17th  Move and game nights coming soon

Here Comes Treble  Singing national anthem for the Veterans Day Celebration  Hosting a winter show on December 4th

History Club Fund Raising: (for trip in spring 2016 to Gettysburg)  Oliver’s Chocolate sales wrapped up, club considering continuing fund raiser.

 Taking donations at Historical Horizons (History Club sponsored lecture series)- handed out American flags with Thank You notes to those who donated – plan on setting up at our next lecture December 2nd as well.  Photo booth $10 at History day this past Saturday reenactors Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S Grant, Robert E Lee,  Pizza sales from Marks Pizzeria at History day as well. Trips/Activates:  Trip to old Fort Niagara on October 20th was a great success. History club paid for Maxfield’s U.S. 1 class admission in hopes to promote an appreciation for history and heritage within the student body. Our tour guide was Adjunct professor Dan Hamer.  Had volunteers act as tour guides at the Batavia Cemetery Associations annual ghost walk.  Plan on containing our local historical trips on Tuesdays/Fridays Upcoming trips include: Niagara falls, Mt. Hope Cemetery, Seneca falls convention  History club is planning to collaborate with The College at Brockport’s History Forum for a trip to the Spencerport Depot and Canal Museum on November 21st as well.  History club is also sponsoring a lecture on December 2nd in T102 in the Conable Tech Building Professor Derek Maxfield will be speaking on “Recalling Reconstruction: The Ugly Story of a Splendid Failure” Other News  History club and SUNY Brockport’s history Forum have been collaborating on a number of events and co-authoring articles that have been featured on both GCC history clubs WordPress (CLIO at GCC), history Forums blog, and Brockport’s History Department newsletter.  The events were the Western Monroe County Historical Society 50th Anniversary Dinner and dedication of District #2 Schoolhouse in Gaines, New York.  Currently finalizing our spring 2016 lecture series line up  Eric Foner will be presenting March 29th in the theater at 1 pm the event is free and open to the public. Foner is one of the country’s most prominent historians.

ISO  ISO took 32 people from 10 countries ice skating last weekend. Everyone had a great time!  Our next event is the Bake Sale on November 19th. Please support our club.  In late November or December we will have our Sports Night in the gym. Everyone is welcome.

Literary Club  We co-sponsored an Open Mic Night in the Student Union on Thursday, November 5. Our co-hosts are Student Activities and College Village. We thank them for their support. The next Open Mic night will be Thursday, December 3 at 7pm.  The “Leave a book, Take a book” project is almost completed. On Thursday, Oct. 15 we had a work session for painting and decorating the table in the Root in College

Village. Many thanks to Mary-Clare Stokes for hosting and keeping the table outside her office for those who want to add their artwork to the table.  November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo.) Aspiring writers can get together on Thursday, November 12 in Room B252 and Thursday, November 19 in Room B258 from 12:30-1:30 to write and spend time with others who share a passion for words!  Thursday, November 12, everyone is invited to participate in GCC Reads…”I Am Malala” in the Forum from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Prizes will be given out! Light refreshments will be served! See JoNelle Toriseva for details.  Next meeting is Tuesday, November 24 at 1pm in Room B250.

Multi-Cultural Comm. – not represented

Native American Student Group  Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 19, noon to 2. p.m. Fundraiser planning will be on the agenda.  Due to a space conflict, our meeting with Empire College must be rescheduled.  Our display in the Library starts on November 11.

New Age Circle We held our annual Halloween/Samhain event on Thurs. Oct. 29 from 12:30 – 2 in the Forum. At least 20 people decorated sugar skulls or skull cookies. We judged the various skulls and cookies and had a winner in each category. Each winner was offered a $5 gift card to either Tim Hortons or Dunkin Donuts. That same afternoon we visited the day care’s Pre-K class and helped them decorate skull cookies. We also held a fundraiser for Black Cat Rescue during the event and we raised $45 through donations and sales of our catnip bowtie toys (which we still have many of, if anyone is interested they should see Nicki in the Library). Many other people just stopped by our tables to say trick or treat for some candy. If you want to see all of our contest entries take a look at our Facebook page.

Nurses Club – not represented

Office Tech Club – not represented

Outdoor Adventure The club has been meeting weekly and has come up with a great slate of activities for the rest of this fall.  We had an apple picking trip planned, but unfortunately it got rained out (the orchard was closed to picking). Due to its being the end of the apple picking season, we couldn’t reschedule.  On Saturday, November 7th eight students went trail riding at “A Horse’s Friend” in Pittsford.

 We have a hike planned for Saturday, November 21st at Mendon Ponds Park and will be going indoor rock climbing on Saturday, December 5th at the Niagara Climbing Center near Buffalo. We welcome new members. Please email Teresa, one of the club advisers ([email protected]), if you would like to be added to our email distribution list.

P.E. Club – not represented

Phi Theta Kappa  Working on Honors in Action project  Selling “smart pants” (pajama pants) for non members and current members can refer a new member and get a pair free

Photography Club  A student photography show will be opening on “The Land Of Our Land - Genesee County Park”, The show will open on Friday, November 13, 2105 and run through the month of February, 2016.  Photo Club continues to go to First Friday gallery and art events. In October we attended openings in Rochester, NY including shows at The Visual Study Workshop, Anderson Alley Art Building & Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery. On First Friday in November, we attended art openings in Buffalo, NY at Allentown, CEPA Gallery, Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center and The Albright-Knox Art Gallery. For First Friday in December we will attend galleries and art events in Rochester, NY.  Photo Club is working on a long term photography project with the theme of The Underground Railroad. This will be an exhibition at Genesee Community College , Alfred C. O’Connell Library, The Media Room. This will be part of the Scholars Symposium on March 29, 2016.

Physical Therapy Assistant – not represented

PSG Club  The PSG Club held our annual meet and greet on October 13, 2015, allowing both years of students to interact and discuss club business. It is hard to have meetings due to the second year students’ clinical schedules.  A financial report was given and fundraising was discussed. Niagara chocolates candy bar sale is ongoing.

RASO – not represented

Respiratory Therapy Club  Fundraising with Niagara Chocolates  Hoping to become more active next semester

SHAG

 SHAG will be purchasing and distributing Oliver’s chocolate “thank you” candy bars for all Veteran students, families, military personnel – to be distributed during the GCC Veteran celebration on Wednesday, Nov. 11th in the forum  SHAG would like to start random “Calendar Day” initiatives to spark interest in different community/college issues as well as provide a fun pick me up o For example: Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day; Ntl. Gingerbread House Day; Ntl. Cocoa Day etc. Each month to bring a new fun activity that will be in cafeteria, forum or Student Union

Ski Club – not represented

STAR – not represented

STEM STEM Club has continued our weekly meetings. We had a meeting to bring in new ideas and then the next week we were able to launch a model rocket. We were prepared to track it and perform calculations however it was a windy day and our rocket launched too fast and no one was able to get a measurement. We are thinking of doing it again on a day when it’s a little less windy. Our members took part in the NYSMATYC test and STEM club provided cookies for all those who turned in a test. Our trip to the Rochester Museum and Science center is the 7th and promises to be fun, I will describe how that went at lunch bunch. We are also in the planning for the NERF Competition, if all goes well it will be December 11th, starting at 7pm. Other club presidents can enter their club for a registration fee and a list of members and any unaffiliated students can enter for a small fee. We still need to get the proposal through and have a meeting to discuss the fine details of the event, but it is moving forward!

Student Paralegal – not represented

Student Survival Club – not represented

Student Veterans – not represented

Travel Club  We are selling 50/50 Cash Raffle tickets through December 10th. They are $1.00 each or 10 for $5.00. If anyone is interested in buying some, contact Amy Slusser or any Travel Club Member.  We have narrowed our destinations for a spring trip down to Washington DC or Orlando. We will be solidifying the choice at the next meeting – November 12th @ 12:30 pm in D258

TV Club

 We are in the process of setting up new interviews with members from the community and GCC staff. The interviews with be placed online when they are completed.

Vet Tech  Helped out at GCC Harvest Fest – had animals on campus and sold goods

Western Art History  Several members toured the Rochester Memorial Art Gallery on Oct. 22. They enjoyed their tour and many plan to go back.  We will be selling pies and rolls for our fundraiser for Thanksgiving. Pies may be ordered till Nov 18 by contacting Joyce Chizick or club members. Delivery will be on Tuesday Nov. 24. Checks may be made out to GCCA.  We are doing a tour of the Gothic revival style churches in Albion on Nov. 23. We will meet at 9 AM in front of the Pullman Universalist church which is on the corner of routes 98 and Park, right behind the court house. It is a 25 minute ride from Batavia. All are welcome to attend. The tour lasts about an hour.  We are also participating in the used and new coat collection to help keep everyone warm this winter. There are several drop off sites throughout the campus and campus centers.  The club received a donation of dog toys from Wegman's so we will be donating them to the animal shelter on Tuesday Nov. 10.  We still have a few Rochester and Buffalo Save Around coupon books for sale. They make great gifts and cost $20.00.  We plan to participate in the annual Christmas child giving and the Medina site is making up a shoe box to be sent to children in third world countries.  We are still also collecting recycled pop cans and bottles for deposit. This is an ongoing fundraiser but also helps keep the Albion campus 'green'.

WGCC  PETOT was a huge success! We had over 350 kids come to the event, and raised over $3000 for the radio club.  New additions this year included working with The North Ridge group, who provided our costumed Star Wars characters. The North Ridge is affiliated with The Compass House charity in Buffalo; Open Arms Rescue of Batavia brought puppies (who were a big hit!) available for adoption.  For next year’s event we are considering holding it on a Sunday again, since the event was so well-attended. As well we are considering bringing in the Nickel City Reptile Show (as seen on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon), and changing the layout of the admission tables to facilitate quicker admittance.  WGCC provided mobile DJ service for Boo Ball and the College Village Halloween party.