Undergraduate BE Board:Minutes - 03/16/10 Minutes

BE UG Board Meeting Minutes Date/Time: 3/16/10 Place: Coffeehouse at *9:30*


 * 1) Welcome and Attendance
 * 2) Scheduling
 * 3) *Try 7:30 for next meeting (March 30); if that doesn't work, 9:30 for later meetings.
 * 4) Social Events
 * 5) *Junior Study Break - 4/1 (9pm) - smores (Sivakami bring microwave) and ice cream (Vermonster, Ben & Jerry's)
 * 6) *Sophomore Study Break - April 14th - cheesecake from Cheesecake Factory?
 * 7) Academic Events
 * 8) *MD panel with Griffith/Isaacson
 * 9) Still no date set - Kevin will email updates
 * 10) *Grad advising event
 * 11) 7 grad students and at least 3 seniors
 * 12) April 28, 7-9 pm
 * 13) Talk more about food as date approaches.
 * 14) *Industry - Dr. Noubar Afeyan
 * 15) Nothing set yet
 * 16) Prof. Lauffenberger - event is not exclusively Course 20, so should be a Grad Board/BE-BMES thing
 * 17) However, BEUB very interested in hosting - Sivakami will contact to help out
 * 18) *Grad board - Industry Seminar Session
 * 19) Grad Board wants us to pay 50% of expenses, but we're not sure, because don't know how many UGs will go.
 * 20) Kevin will email out about first seminar, so we can gauge UG attendance.
 * 21) Associate Advising
 * 22) *Need more participation! Some have had events, some haven't even contacted advisees.
 * 23) AA's - email advisors to ask for list of advisees, then introduce themselves to advisees.
 * 24) Reminder to continually email AA's so that they continue to do things with their advisers.
 * 25) AA's have emailed me about reimbursements - Cathy is dealing with it
 * 26) BE "Stuff"
 * 27) *T-shirt orders
 * 28) Kevin will talk to Cathy, make preorder survey for preferences
 * 29) Cost - subsidize if necessary
 * 30) Gestimate 80 people will buy?
 * 31) Publicize by taking t-shirts to classes
 * 32) *BE FPOP
 * 33) Sivakami will get it started
 * 34) Kevin will be on campus the whole summer