January Meeting minutes

Jan minutes

12-1pm

20 attendees

Introductions

What is the GSO

Research Week

Olympics

Nathan

Research competitions

4 person team (financial, regulatory, bench researcher, PI)

3 minute competition for each member-pipeting, photo scavenger hunt, go to presentations, “celebrate everyday activities of research”

Add “life” to research week

Draw interdisciplinary fields to different talks. Med and nursing can participate.

Research jeopardy

What do you get?-bragging rights

Here because they need volunteers.-email John Harkness

To come up with jeopardy questions for example

Update

            Planning now

            Building keynotes from other schools as well

            Workshop forming (how to write an abstract, etc)

            Student committee come up with t-shirt design

                        Integrate nutrition element

            Student day will remain (Tues)

            Speed dating through alumni association

Student choice keynote speaker
Been difficult emailing candidates-either unavailable or no feedback

In the future, have a committee or invite 2 years in advance

           

Pub night

Suki’s

Late Feb Thursday nights are good for them

$300 as a budget. Buy pitchers and snacks up to that point.

Suki’s takes liability for not over-serving.

Other comments from attendees

Employees given a bigger discount on Trimet passes. Through the benefits package. Students don’t like not having this steeper discount. Kelly will talk to George Mejicano or Allison Fryer about it.

Neuroscience interest group proposed. There will be a non-PSU meeting through the PSU Neuroscience interest group later this month.

Vollum NGP seminar on Friday 2pm M1 441

Assistant prof at Reed talk about being a professor at a liberal arts college