Undergraduate BE Board:Minutes - 02/10/09 Minutes

BE UG Board Meeting Minutes 02-10-09 BEUG Lounge 5:45 pm

Attendance: Bernice, Maryelise, Paul, Kevin, Dawn, Jenn, Alex, Emzo, Emily


 * 1) Welcome and Attendance
 * 2) ASA recognition - Maryelise
 * 3) *Matt Lang's letter of BEUB approval
 * 4) *official write up of the differences between BEUB and BE-BMES
 * 5) *deadline is Feb 13th
 * 6) *drop down to "sponsored"
 * 7) *email Prof. Griffith about a letter of sponsorship
 * 8) The new Society for Biological Engineering emails
 * 9) *not ASA recognized
 * 10) Course 20 Underground Guide
 * 11) *set of questions for survey - make today
 * 12) ** how hard is this class compared to 20.110 or 20.320?
 * 13) ** are the pre-req's appropriate?
 * 14) ** was this class useful?
 * 15) ** other? (look in past minutes)
 * 16) *use survey monkey for each class
 * 17) *pay someone to collect and organize data
 * 18) *put results on BEUG wiki for all to see and use
 * 19) *get people's info by using websis degree audit to see which classes students take
 * 20) Associate Advising - Maryelise
 * 21) *Email to AAs to see if they have planned anything yet (keep reminding them to do so)
 * 22) *make sure all associate advisors are utilized (10s and 09s)
 * 23) Study Breaks -
 * 24) *add study breaks for 20.330 and 20.310 test nights to flyer
 * 25) *flyer to hand out at these events- update them with more information (names, captions, etc), then email out to BE lists
 * 26) *send follow up emails to get details on what BE students want from Course 20 (what about med school, grad school, internships, etc)
 * 27) * email Fraenkel, Manalis, Grodzinsky, Wittrup to talk at Grad School info session (with date and time)
 * 28) **Tentatively April 23rd
 * 29) * email Niles, Dedon about Med-school session (with date and time)
 * 30) * ask Dan if he will talk at an internship info session (with date and time)
 * 31) **Feb. 25th.
 * 32) ** get him to give us a summary of internship info to put on the BEUG wiki
 * 33) ** let BE students know that internships are posted in BE Lounge
 * 34) *ROUND TABLE BE ELECTIVES discussion study break
 * 35) ** linda's idea
 * 36) ** when, where, time, food?
 * 37) **May 4th (more info to come later)
 * 38) *Lunches with BE professors
 * 39) ** start asap
 * 40) ** begin with BEUB advisors? (easy access)
 * 41) ** vary days of week, times, etc - make schedule today
 * 42) Elections - Dawn
 * 43) *sell remaining shirts at elections
 * 44) UG Lounge
 * 45) *posters - when arrive?
 * 46) *coffee pot - installed? how figure out who buys the coffee?
 * 47) *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.
 * 48) **need to make specific list (for Fraenkel and Cathy) with whiteboard dimensions, specific couch size, etc to order
 * 49) *suggestions box - have shoebox yet?
 * 50) Senior Dinner - Dawn
 * 51) *Dawn will talk to Dan
 * 52) BE T-Shirts - Bernice
 * 53) *Cathy is emailing out about picking up t-shirts
 * 54) *Decide after we have sold some more this week
 * 55) *BE Gear -
 * 56) **sweatshirts, winter hat, pencils
 * 57) **new design for next year
 * 58) **send out email for a design? for interest? -- next year
 * 59) BE Seminars - how get BE students on that email list
 * 60) *ask cathy about getting on the list
 * 61) Curriculum Committee
 * 62) *get dates from Cathy
 * 63) *who/how many can attend?
 * 64) **email Bernice if you can come (Dawn, Emzo, Bernice)
 * 65) Tutoring
 * 66) *updates on which classes are covered
 * 67) *publicize tutoring for all core BE classes!
 * 68) * 20.111 tutor or not?
 * 69) Next meeting with Linda Griffith - Mon Feb 23rd 5pm 56-402 with busybeboard
 * 70) *hopefully by then she has spoken with Matt Lang about BE-BMES vs BEUB
 * 71) Next BEUB meeting = 6pm Wednesday, Coffee House
 * 72) *include transitions for new officers
 * 73) Other?
 * 74) *Start a pre-orientation program (Emily Jean)
 * 75) **Maybe do it with course 10 (MJ will get more information from the course 9 coordinator)

TODO: Maryelise:
 * send AA spreadsheet to Bernice
 * email prof. griffith about the letter to the ASA
 * ask cathy about laminating posters