Undergraduate BE Board:Minutes - 1/24/08 Minutes

'''BE UG Board Meeting January 24, 2008 '''4:00pm 56-402

Attendance: Cathy Greene, Ernest Fraenkel, Scott Manalis, Linda Griffith, Doug Lauffenburger Mike, Emilienne, Dawn, Renuka, Neha, Bernice, Marta


 * 1) Elections
 * 2) *4 core board members (P, VP, Sec, Treas)
 * 3) *Year-long positions (Jan-Dec)
 * 4) *Open meetings so that everyone has a say and is in-the-know
 * 5) *Platform specifics – none
 * 6) *Speech at kickoff event – no, too formal
 * 7) *Voting at BE office until the end of week
 * 8) Associate Advising
 * 9) *Role: Informal advisor, one event + meet & greet, available by email/phone for advice
 * 10) *2009’s for 2010’s so can be paired for 1.5 years
 * 11) *Cathy send email to juniors asking for volunteers (already has list of previously volunteered with e-mails but will send out new e-mail)
 * 12) *If not enough volunteers, send e-mail again 1st week of school
 * 13) *Pair one junior with each sophomore advisor
 * 14) *Allowed money to take group out
 * 15) BE Undergrad on Curriculum Board
 * 16) *2 or 3 undergrads to be members so that one is always at a meeting
 * 17) *Plan of action: work through class by class
 * 18) *Student’s role: relay information between students and faculty, give on-the-spot ideas
 * 19) *Ideally junior/senior knowledgeable about more course 20 goings-on
 * 20) *Item for next curriculum board agenda: how to better conduct recitations
 * 21) Workshop Brainstorms
 * 22) *Want all Course 20 to know object-oriented programming, plus Matlab
 * 23) *Incorporate Matlab modules into all classes, multiple weekly Matlab tutoring sessions
 * 24) *Rethink TA recitations: prepare & reformulate material taught in class, plus office hours
 * 25) Tutoring
 * 26) *Discuss at workshop on reg day
 * 27) *Start “tutor room” with computers to help students with Matlab pset questions multiple nights per week – dept pay those computing/programming tutors
 * 28) *BE dept NOT want to pay people for one-on-one tutoring
 * 29) *Likes idea of BE board: have list of person/class/availability for informal, infrequent, volunteer help for pset questions
 * 30) *Side note: BE only section for OWW page to post tutor info, etc?
 * 31) Senior Dinner
 * 32) *No parents – they can attend the reception on graduation day
 * 33) *At Museum of Science? – Renuka look into it
 * 34) *Awards: ~3 outstanding senior awards for: academics, service, leadership, research
 * 35) *TA Award, Professor Award from BE Students
 * 36) *Save Informal Awards for BE BBQ – plan with BE Grad Board
 * 37) T-Shirts
 * 38) *Talk to Michelle Berry and Cathy Greene for details
 * 39) *Dept CAN front the money with BE credit card
 * 40) *Cathy will email out to faculty for Tshirt orders
 * 41) BE Lounge Update
 * 42) *Constructoin has begun
 * 43) *Plan to finish building by July
 * 44) *Start furnishing end of summer
 * 45) *BE UG Board “wish list” includes hammock + ?