GSC Meeting Minutes 9/12/16
1. Past Events
a. Jazzin’ at the Shedd
i. Overall good event, well attended
2. Upcoming Events
a. Chicago Bulls vs. Cleveland Cavs
i. Friday, October 14th at 7:00PM
1. $15/student and $20/guest (email Anya)
2. Limit one guest ticket per student
b. Other ideas?
i. Seasonal:
1. Apple Picking, Haunted Corn Maze, etc. (Fall) (November event)
2. Zoo lights, Ice Skating
3. Cubs game
4. Other ideas:
a. Candy bags for kids or for other students (diet/allergy limitations)
b. Pumpkin carving – forest preserve
ii. Other events:
1. Bar nights (wristband events)
2. Drive-in
3. Career Development Series:
a. September 14th, 4-5PM: Ryan Wheeler (Scripps), Careers Beyond Academia
i. No food L
ii. CTRE152
iii. Advertise to the departments!
b. October: Potential AWIS Q&A Panel
i. Probably 1st week of October
c. November 15th: Kim Cardenas, BioLegend rep
d. Please send us contacts/ideas for future speakers!
4. Survival Skills Seminar Series:
a. Seminars will begin in October
i. October 12th, 5-6PM: Katherine Knight (and TBD graduate student panel), Choosing a Mentor
1. Schedule earlier next year
ii. November 9th, 5-6PM: Steve Uhrik, Financial Fitness (budgeting)
1. Spring seminar on stress management by same group - Perspectives
iii. December: TBA
iv. Post-doc panel in spring
5. Website: http://ssom.luc.edu/bgsc/
a. Info on site –Lulu
6. St. Albert’s Day
a. Thursday, November 3rd 2016
a. Poster session still in SSOM, oral comps in CTRE
b. Reception in CTRE, but drinks still served during the poster session J
c. Judging may be different this year – only a select few abstracts will be judged (not finalized yet)
b. BUTTON CONTEST!
a. Will vote at next meeting
b. Final button design due Oct 17th
c. Poster Board Set Up – Sign up sheet (Wed, Fri, or Both)
a. Spaghetti dinner for helpers
d. Faculty of the Year - Survey and Department Reps
a. Reps get a nominee from your department and get a bio about that person; we will then send a survey with each program nominee – all students will vote
e. Maggiano’s Dinner/Dance November 4th 2016
i. Raffle Prize Ideas
1. T-shirts
2. Baskets
ii. Photo booth
7. Graduate Peer Mentoring Program (Grad PMP)
8. Women in Science (WINS): Abby and Anya
a. September 6th: 1st meeting
b. One more meeting this semester
9. Volunteering activities (Jon)
a. Ideas for service opportunities
b. October or November
i. Likely in November right after St. Albert’s Day
10. GSAC: Jon and Evann
a. 1st meeting – Sept. 23rd (10am Friday)
11. GSC HSD: Lauren
a. 1st meeting – Sept. 14th
12. T-shirt order: Lauren
a. Ends at 5pm on Friday Sept. 16th – promote in each dept.
b. No more orders this year
13. SLAC: Chun
a. Alumni funds – updates on café fund?
14. Dr. Cribbs
a. Bioethics emails once a month
b. Therapy dogs in CTRE?
c. Volunteering:
i. VA Hospital
ii. ER – Annie has contacts
iii. Street festivals in Oak Park/Forest Park (have a booth – do science for kids)
d. MSMP/INDI-focused seminars
15. Next Meeting
a. October 3rd, 5:15pm