Undergraduate BE Board:Minutes - 03/02/10 Minutes

BE UG Board Meeting Minutes Date/Time: 3/2/10 Place: Coffeehouse


 * 1) Welcome and Attendance
 * 2) Social Events
 * 3) *Study break on the 18th - thoughts?
 * 4) Average number of people - need to publicize more
 * 5) *Reminder: Tentative Study breaks on 4/1 (9pm) for the Juniors and April 14th for the sophomores.
 * 6) Order less food
 * 7) *Senior Study Break
 * 8) Next Tuesday - March 9
 * 9) Cosi sandwiches - around 40 people
 * 10) Room: 56-614
 * 11) 20.380 is from 10-12, so study break will be 12-1
 * 12) Academic Events
 * 13) *MD panel with Griffith/Isaacson
 * 14) Can't agree on a date before Spring Break
 * 15) Kevin emailed to ask about after Spring Break, but haven't gotten reply yet
 * 16) Food: tentatively Island Hopper
 * 17) *BE-BMES joint event - March 9th, 7:15 - Kevin will go
 * 18) *Grad advising event
 * 19) April 28? Email Maryelise
 * 20) Need around 4 grads, 4 seniors
 * 21) Anne has gotten emails from interested grad students - 7:00-9:00?
 * 22) Associate Advising
 * 23) *Some AA's have been in contact, some haven't
 * 24) Curriculum Meeting - main topics of discussion
 * 25) *Kevin asked Grad Board to include undergrads in Industry Seminars
 * 26) *How to get BE students into non-Merck/Novartis/Amgen companies
 * 27) *Improve marketing of BE degree, networking opportunities
 * 28) *Organize a "How to get a job in Industry?" session?
 * 29) Industry - Lauffenburger can invite Dr. Noubar Afeyan to speak
 * 30) Coordinate with Grad Board, BE-BMES to organize and brainstorm topics
 * 31) *Thinking Ahead
 * 32) Next curriculum meeting - BE electives
 * 33) Analyze what students should get out of BE electives
 * 34) Late April/early May
 * 35) BE "Stuff"
 * 36) *T-shirt orders - Kevin email Ragheb
 * 37) *Lounge - email sophomores to let them know they have access
 * 38) Looking ahead
 * 39) *BE Career Fair - designed for companies looking for BE students
 * 40) *BE SB accreditation - do students think we should try to get it?