Undergraduate BE Board:Minutes - 03/16/09 Minutes

BE UG Board Meeting 03-16-09 Coffee House, 3rd Floor Student Center 10:00PM


 * 1) Welcome and Attendance - Maryelise, Bernice, Marta
 * 2) Associate Advising - email another reminder to AA's after spring break
 * 3) Study Breaks
 * 4) *Thursday after spring break (after 330 exam) -- Ice Cream; Vermonster Study Break (deliver to 77 Mass Ave this time)
 * 5) *380 exam next Tuesday; 12-1; delivered to room; Maryelise will take care of it
 * 6) Grad School event with Grad Students and Seniors
 * 7) *April 28th, 7:30pm (56-614 reserved by Cathy)- confirmed by Brian Owens
 * 8) *Emzo will talk to seniors
 * 9) Dan Darling Internship Session
 * 10) *Marta - send email out to recap
 * 11) ROUND TABLE BE ELECTIVES discussion lunch with seniors
 * 12) * Fill out questionnaire on (1) electives (2) post-MIT plans
 * 13) *Questions we will ask?
 * 14) *Discuss whatever you want to - curriculum, life after MIT, professional development...anything, complaints, praise, wild rambling ideas.
 * 15) *Tues/Thurs, noon, week before spring break
 * 16) **Potential Dates: week of April 6th, MWF  12-1:30, 1-2:30 (more causal, planned by BEUG)
 * 17) ***advertise both sessions even though one more formal vs. less formal
 * 18) **lunch will be provided
 * 19) **Cathy is working with Prof. Griffith to tie down a date - Maryelise to email and check for update
 * 20) UG Lounge
 * 21) *posters - Cathy put them in lounge
 * 22) *who will put them up?
 * 23) *Emzo emailing Doug about the GCSF poster
 * 24) **In the process (cyberspace)
 * 25) *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.
 * 26) **Marta found size - 15x5 ft.
 * 27) **need to make specific list (for Fraenkel and Cathy) with whiteboard dimensions, specific couch size, etc to order
 * 28) *suggestions box in lounge this week - Bernice
 * 29) *BE Gear Ideas
 * 30) **sweatshirts, winter hat, pencils
 * 31) *Mugs - Alex - updates?
 * 32) **Cathy has vendor catalogue
 * 33) **Message on lounge board "BE Tumbler or Mug? Tally"
 * 34) Tutoring
 * 35) *Maryelise emailed Linda about 20.310 TA's
 * 36) **Griffith emailed out about 20.310 TA, waiting for response
 * 37) **Most likely to be implemented next year if no response now
 * 38) Start a pre-orientation program (Emjay)
 * 39) *Maybe do it with course 10 (Emjay will get more information from the course 9 coordinator)
 * 40) **Emjay will email Prof. Lauffen. about doing the program
 * 41) **Emjay will also talk to Orientation people
 * 42) Next meeting with Linda Griffith/BE-BMES - when?
 * 43) *The BioTECH
 * 44) **Got some responses from email
 * 45) **Meeting after spring break
 * 46) *Lunches with BE Faculty
 * 47) *Lecture Series
 * 48) *Pre-meeting with proposal/google doc/make a proposal (Bernice)
 * 49) Kimberly Bernard
 * 50) *Bernice--no response
 * 51) Choosing your Major Open House
 * 52) *email seniors if they can attend
 * 53) *March 31st
 * 54) *BMES choose
 * 55) *Publicize
 * 56) Make a Sophomore Rep
 * 57) Next BEUB meeting = Monday 30th, 10pm

To Do: Maryelise - email Cathy Senior lunch, email sophomore rep Bernice - BE/BMES proposal, mug v. tumbler in BE lounge Alex - order Vermonster, BEUB 2009-2010 budget proposal Marta - email recap on Dan's session