Undergraduate BE Board:Minutes - 03/30/10 Minutes

BE UG Board Meeting Minutes Date/Time: 3/30/10 Place: Coffeehouse at *7:30*


 * 1) Welcome and Attendance
 * 2) Scheduling - Sivakami will get back to Kevin
 * 3) Social Events
 * 4) *Junior Study Break this Thursday
 * 5) Vermonster ice cream ($35/scoop)- store 3 scoops in BE UG Lounge freezer
 * 6) Also buy ice cream cones, scoopers, forks, bowls, spoons
 * 7) Send out advertisements!
 * 8) *Sophomore Study Break - Cheesecake Factory Cheesecake
 * 9) Buy 5 cheesecakes, just to be safe
 * 10) *Finals study break w/ t-shirts - tentatively May 4th
 * 11) *Senior Dinner - Maryelise will handle, Kevin will email to ask if we can come
 * 12) BE FPOP - Sivakami has talked to Prof. Lauffenberger
 * 13) *UAAP says that we need to turn in by Thursday:
 * 14) Emjay's 2-page advertisement - fill-in now
 * 15) Guarantee for funding - Prof. Lauffenberger says $2-3000
 * 16) Department commitment for 2 yrs. - yes
 * 17) Dates and charges - yes
 * 18) Four questions to ask applicants - yes
 * 19) *Centered around actual BE project - maybe a smaller 20.309 project
 * 20) *Caveat - students can't actually do stuff that requires safety training
 * 21) Academic Events
 * 22) *MD panel with Griffith/Isaacson - No updates, sorry.  Nobody has been responding.
 * 23) *Grad advising event - narrow it down to 4 seniors, 4 grad students; don't intimidate sophomores
 * 24) *Industrial Seminar Series final update
 * 25) Graduate board has decided on an email RSVP system and a per person cost
 * 26) We pay according to the number of undergraduates that RSVP
 * 27) Associate Advising - last statement
 * 28) *Cathy will email sophomores names of AA's and faculty advisors and tell them to get in contact if they want to do stuff
 * 29) *Kevin will email to remind AA's to do stuff
 * 30) Curriculum Meeting - probably last week in April
 * 31) T-shirt orders - Kevin
 * 32) *Costs us $10/shirt
 * 33) *We will subsidize - $5 for students who preorder, $7 at door
 * 34) *Have students pre-order by April 9
 * 35) *Kevin will email form students will fill out, and website for more info.
 * 36) *One of the sophomores: stop by Cathy's, get sample t-shirt, show it during class and/or study break