GSA Minutes4.21.16

  • 12:04 – Call to Order (Fred)
  • Major accomplishments/changes from this year
  • Outgoing e-board member meetings
  • Finals Food Fest
  • Menu overview
  • Time and date
  • GSA presence – encourage students to get involved
  • Getting the word out – signage (Graduate Students: Finals Food Fest)
  • E-board communication
  • Officer reports for meetings
  • Meeting structure
  • Swag
  • Extra money in the budget to allocate for this
  • Ideas:
  • Pens (already have)
  • Flash Drives
  • Highlighters
  • Water bottles
  • Student outreach
  • How do we want to table and spread information?
  • Attend orientations
  • Table for an hour once a month for an hour and partner with RSOs prevalent to that building
  • Involve undergrads in getting them interested in graduate studies at GVSU
  • Table hand outs:
  • PACES information
  • Orgsync sign-up information – collect emails on an excel spreadsheet
  • Social media information
  • New Graduate Student Orientation
  • August 24
  • Advertise for GSA Picnic
  • New Graduate Student Picnic
  • Last year
  • John Ball Zoo Park
  • Food and music
  • Opportunity for students to mingle and get to know people from other programs
  • This year
  • Hall and courtyard reserved
  • September 9, 5:30-7:30
  • Bring in a keynote speaker
  • Professional photos – Cook Leadership Academy
  • Ice breakers
  • Scavenger hunt/I Spy
  • Yard games rented from Outdoor Adventure Center (Jordyn)
  • Kids activities – bubbles, coloring pages
  • Standing Committee Members
  • 9 spots that need to be filled total
  • Graduate Council Curriculum Sub-committee
  • Graduate Council Policy Sub-committee
  • University Academic Senate (Fred)
  • Academic Policies and Standards committee
  • Faculty teaching and learning advisory committee
  • Campus Life Committee
  • Faculty salary and budget committee
  • Application process?
  • Strategies for filling positions
  • Advertise at orientation to get a diverse group of students
  • Reach out to each of our specific programs
  • Online form to report minutes
  • Mid-semester meeting with GSA
  • Grad Club/Grad Hub
  • Do we continue this into next year?
  • Do we have other ideas for social outreach?
  • Search Committee for new Dean of Students
  • 3 candidates
  • GSA Video
  • Use a similar script as last year
  • Be able to use this in the coming years
  • Involve some sort of University service to create the video (film and video students or school of com)
  • Create this summer – June 11 at 9 am
  • Room reservation (Jordyn)
  • Seidman
  • UClub
  • Courtyard