Undergraduate BE Board:Agendas - 02/18/09 Agenda

BE UG Board Meeting Minutes 02-18-09 Location Time: TBA


 * 1) Welcome and Attendance
 * 2) ASA recognition - Maryelise
 * 3) *waiting for time to set up meeting with ASA exec
 * 4) Course 20 Underground Guide
 * 5) *set of questions for survey - make today
 * 6) ** how hard is this class compared to 20.110 or 20.320?
 * 7) ** are the pre-req's appropriate?
 * 8) ** was this class useful?
 * 9) ** other? (look in past minutes)
 * 10) *use survey monkey for each class
 * 11) *pay someone to collect and organize data
 * 12) *put results on BEUG wiki for all to see and use
 * 13) *get people's info by using websis degree audit to see which classes students take
 * 14) Associate Advising - Maryelise
 * 15) *Email to AAs to see if they have planned anything yet (keep reminding them to do so)
 * 16) *make sure all associate advisors are utilized (10s and 09s)
 * 17) Study Breaks -
 * 18) *add study breaks for 20.330 and 20.310 test nights to flyer
 * 19) *flyer to hand out at these events- update them with more information (names, captions, etc), then email out to BE lists
 * 20) *send follow up emails to get details on what BE students want from Course 20 (what about med school, grad school, internships, etc)
 * 21) * email Fraenkel, Manalis, Grodzinsky, Wittrup to talk at Grad School info session (with date and time)
 * 22) **Tentatively April 23rd
 * 23) * email Niles, Dedon about Med-school session (with date and time)
 * 24) * ask Dan if he will talk at an internship info session (with date and time)
 * 25) **Feb. 25th.
 * 26) ** get him to give us a summary of internship info to put on the BEUG wiki
 * 27) ** let BE students know that internships are posted in BE Lounge
 * 28) *ROUND TABLE BE ELECTIVES discussion study break
 * 29) ** linda's idea
 * 30) ** when, where, time, food?
 * 31) **May 4th (more info to come later)
 * 32) *Lunches with BE professors
 * 33) **start asap but have Prof. Griffith talk to BE-BMES first
 * 34) **begin with BEUB advisors? (easy access)
 * 35) **vary days of week, times, etc - make schedule today
 * 36) UG Lounge
 * 37) *posters - when arrive, laminating
 * 38) *keep checking on other parts of lounge - i.e. big wall-size whiteboard for tutor room (go through catalog and pick one out, comfy seats to nap, etc.
 * 39) **need to make specific list (for Fraenkel and Cathy) with whiteboard dimensions, specific couch size, etc to order
 * 40) *suggestions box - have shoebox yet?
 * 41) Senior Dinner - Dawn
 * 42) *Dawn will talk to Dan
 * 43) BE T-Shirts - Bernice
 * 44) *Cathy is emailing out about picking up t-shirts
 * 45) *BE Gear -
 * 46) **sweatshirts, winter hat, pencils
 * 47) **new design for next year
 * 48) **send out email for a design? for interest? -- next year
 * 49) BE Seminars - how get BE students on that email list
 * 50) *should be on the list now, are we getting emails?
 * 51) Curriculum Committee
 * 52) *email Prof. Griffith if you can come (Dawn, Emzo, Bernice, Emilienne)
 * 53) *add a class like course 6 has on communications and interpersonal connections (6.uat) which is a 6 unit class that does a better job teaching you things than 20.109 presentation/persuasion skills
 * 54) Tutoring
 * 55) *updates on which classes are covered
 * 56) *publicize tutoring for all core BE classes!
 * 57) *20.111 tutor or not?
 * 58) Next meeting with Linda Griffith - Mon Feb 23rd 5pm 56-402 with busybeboard
 * 59) *hopefully by then she has spoken with Matt Lang about BE-BMES vs BEUB
 * 60) Start a pre-orientation program (Emily Jean)
 * 61) *Maybe do it with course 10 (MJ will get more information from the course 9 coordinator)
 * 62) Eli's Petition to Course 20
 * 63) Other?
 * 64) Next BEUB meeting =