February 2014 Meeting notes

Feb 2014 GSO Meeting notes

Noon-1pm in Synapse Vollum 2M

Pub night (Kelly)

Suki’s

Can buy pitchers and pints at same price. Feb 27^th

Grad Council (Rick)

Library is doing brown bag writing workshops

Student center (list from Heather afterwards)

Zip Feb 7^th and 21^st 11:30-1:30pm

New Art up on Feb 12^th

Closed President’s Day Feb 17^th

No Intramurals 1-20^th

SoD speed dating Feb 18^th so gym closes from 1-10pm

SoN Speed Dating Feb 19^th gym closes all day

*Halo Tournament Feb 19^th media room 5-9:30pm

Research week (John, Kayly)

Student designed t-shirts. Want multiple designs to decide from

Same workshops as last year.

Keynote speaker

Jeff Lithman (neuroscience-pioneered imaging technique and “connectomics”)

Great with students.

Flight is expensive. Neuroscience group might chip in. See Annika Erikson from BCB/BICC (SANE student group). Kayly will follow up.

Workshops leading up to:

Writing abstracts, presentations, etc.

Women in science (Kayly)

12 10:30 careers in global health

25 happy hour Shanghai Tunnel

March or May joint cancer talk

Trimet subsidy update (Kelly)

Employee union bargained a reduced cost Trimet pass. Students are not unionized and are unlikely to do it.

Grad student informal activity: Pilot meetup (Lilly Winfree and John)

Bouldering at the circuit on Macadam

7-8 people

Good mixing of departments

How about individuals of different departments?

How about more regular activities?

Ultimate Frisbee or climbing, etc.

Kelly:

How about a central bulletin board?

Or have a department rep to put it up in each department.-Rebecca S. from Epi/Biostats can help

Event announcement:

Art therapist March 4^th Annika Eriksson’s coordinating

Stress relief themed. Do art as therapy. Thinking of Marquam room. Need a source of funding perhaps from wellness center or student center.

Kelly:

Rob West for blogging about a grad student a month

Hooding ceremony Grad Students??