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Elections for the 2011 BE Undergraduate Board will be held during the end of semester study break on '''Tuesday December 6th'''.
Elections for the 2013 BE Undergraduate Board are '''today''' at the end of semester study break on '''Wednesday December 12th'''.


Candidate platforms are due on '''Thursday, December 1th'''.  Platforms should be submitted to '''Yuan Zhao''' at '''yuanz@mit.edu'''.  After submission, platforms will be posted on the page.


==Positions==
==Positions==
The time commitment for all of the positions is about three hours a week.  Responsibilities mainly include attending board meetings, sending emails to students and faculty, and attending events.




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* '''Vice President''':
''Katie Bodner & Nikki Neibloom''
A little of everything, responsible for coordinating FPOP


Nikki Neibloom and Katie Bodner are running for 2014-2015 BEUB Co-Presidents. As juniors this past year, Nikki has performed as Vice President of BEUB and Katie has been the Secretary. We are both engrossed in course 20 and want to be even more involved in BEUB in the coming semester. One of our goals as presidents is to highlight opportunities for course 20 students after graduation other than going to grad school. We also want to help rising seniors find grad schools and connect them with current graduate students. More importantly, we believe that course 20 really needs some t-shirts and a whole lot more cheesecake. Thanks!


* '''Secretary''':
Takes minutes, adds notes to wiki, reserves rooms for meetings


''Edgar Aranda-Michel & Kevin Hu''


* '''Treasurer''':
Hi! Edgar and Kevin here. We'd like to be your BEUB Co-Presidents. We're both juniors with plenty of experience working with faculty and extensive knowledge about the current curriculum of BE and related majors like Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Computational Biology. Together we will promote changes in the department (especially the curriculum) based upon student feedback and ensure that you can make the most of your time at MIT. To start off, we've already sent out a survey to the current seniors asking for feedback on their experiences in the major. In case that's not enough for you, we'll also be having more of our usual study breaks that we all love. See you there!
Orders food, budgets events, handles merchandise, all other pecuniary needs




* '''Campus Relations'''
* '''Vice President''':
Responsible for communicating with the student body, emails, and publicizing events
A little of everything, responsible for coordinating FPOP


==Platforms==


'''President''':
''Deniz Askel''


''Jonathan Gootenberg''
I’m Deniz Aksel, and I would like to be the next Vice President of the BE Undergraduate Board. I find this position to be very important, as it involves organizing the Discover Biological Engineering FPOP; an important resource for the department in terms of getting incoming students excited about the major and expanding the MIT BE community. As someone that has experienced the FPOP from both the incoming freshman and counselor perspectives, I believe I have a clear understanding of what representing our department in a fun and effective way entails. In addition to the FPOP organization, I believe that the VP position has a lot of untapped potential. I would personally like to focus on improving and strengthening the community feeling of our department. I plan on helping organize study breaks with visiting professors to improve faculty-student relations. I will also be very open to other event or improvement suggestions from you. I believe that the VP position entails not only showing incoming freshmen, but also current BE students that Course 20 is the best!


Hello couse 20! I'm Jonathan Gootenberg, and I'm running for President of the BE Undergrad Board. I think that I have the necessary background to serve as the head of the BEUB: I currently serve as a director on the MIT Techfair board and represent course 20 in the Biology Undergraduate Student Association In addition, I serve as an associate advisor for Professor So, and I was involved in planning and running the BE FPOP this fall, so I have a strong relationship with the department.


As for my vision as President, I feel that Course 20 is undergoing a transition. We are now among the four largest majors, but we still have a say in the future development of our major. I want to encourage feedback and suggestions on the curriculum and foster interactions between students and faculty. I'd like to work with the department to create more opportunities for meeting with professors, similar to the class-wide dinners that were held last year.
* '''Secretary''':
Takes minutes, adds notes to wiki, reserves rooms for meetings


In addition, I think that as the major grows it's important to maintain strong cohesion with and between classes, so that students in the major know one another. I would work to organize events (hopefully paid for by the department) to allow for underclassmen and freshmen interested in the major to meet with upperclassmen. I also think that the BE lounge is an important location for our major, and as President I would try to secure funding to add more amenities (for example, in the the graduate lounge, there's a constantly refreshed supply of candy).


Our major is growing quickly, and I'm excited about what we can do to help shape its future. By being on exec, I hope to let your voice be heard.
''Jennifer Thornton'' 


Hi there! My name is Jennifer Thornton, and I'm a junior running for Secretary of the BE undergraduate board. I’m excited to get involved with the BE board because I want to work to make the Course 20 student body connected, well fed, and in-the-know! In terms of my secretarial skills, I have experience taking minutes for student groups and I love keeping organized notes and getting things done. Also, I’m specifically aiming to redesign and consistently update our BEUB wiki so that it is easy to navigate and full of information on current events and projects for BE undergrads. The board exists to benefit every Course 20 undergrad-as Secretary, I will work tirelessly to make sure that it does. Thank you! ACG CAC GCA AAU AAA UCG :)




'''Vice President''':
* '''Treasurer''':
Orders food, budgets events, handles merchandise, all other pecuniary needs


''Jenny Van''


Hey, Course 20! My name is Jenny Van, and I am a sophomore running for vice president. One of the most important roles of the vice president of BEUB is to organize and coordinate the FPOP each year. As a former “FPOP baby” of the 1st DBE FPOP and a counselor for it the second time around, I have the experience and passion to make the third year just as successful. In the past, one of the most difficult tasks in organizing the FPOP was coming up with ideas to keep the incoming freshman both interested and entertained. My plan to ameliorate this problem is to make sure the FPOP is well planned with structured events, and of course, lots of free food! I am really passionate about bioengineering and would love nothing more than to open up fresh minds to our major as well.
''Karinna Vivanco''
I am also an active member in the Biological Engineering-Biomedical Engineering Society (BE-BMES) and the Society of Woman Engineers (SWE). In the former, I am the Student Research Chair and have gained invaluable experience organizing large events with the support of the BE department. In the latter, I mentor high school girls interested in science and engineering. As the vice president, I would love to coordinate events co-sponsored with BE-BMES such as mixers for undergraduates with grad students and professors.
I am very excited to contribute even more to the best major at MIT as the vice president of BEUB! Thanks in advance for your support and vote.


Hi Course 20!  My name is Karinna Vivanco, and I am running for BEUB treasurer.  This past year, I've acted as the BEUB campus representative and have really enjoyed helping to develop communication within the department.  I would really like to continue on the board to help plan even more study breaks and events that could connect the department even further.  I know there is so much interest within our major to meet more Course 20s but not as many organized opportunities.  I would like to improve upon that with careful event planning to make bonding more practical.  Aside from serving on the board, I've been an active leader on the executive boards of both my dorm and dance community.  I believe I have the experience and enthusiasm to help improve our department.  Thank you! :)




''Arvind Thiagarajan''
''Hannah Kempton''


Biological Engineering, more than any other field at present, offers a rich and diverse atmosphere, one in which people of different academic backgrounds can find both common ground and a niche for themselves. This is especially evident at the graduate level, where students from electrical engineering, physics, math, biology, and other fields come together to work on interesting problems in biological engineering. At the undergraduate level, however, the range of students, while still somewhat broad, is much more focused: the major still primarily attracts those students with biology backgrounds. Part of the reason for this is the way the classes are structured, but just as important is the existing community and the opportunities it offers. It is at this level that the BEUB can exert the most influence, and it is for this reason that I am running for Vice President.
Hey Course 20! My name is Hannah Kempton and I'm a junior running for treasurer of the BE undergraduate board. I'm excited and passionate about course 20--outside of class, I'm a BE associate advisor and I UROP in the Zhang lab in the Broad. I would love to get more involved in the department by combining my two main interests: biological engineering and food! For the past 2 years I have been on the planning board of SWE, where my main responsibility was organizing events for members and (most importantly) ordering food for said events. As a result, I have experience working collaboratively to plan study breaks, budgeting events, dealing with reimbursements, and ordering food from the tastiest restaurants in Cambridge! As your treasurer I promise to plan many delicious study breaks throughout the semester and to work on hopefully getting course 20 tshirts for the department. Thanks! :)


In particular, I believe that two things must be done in order to expand and strengthen our field. First, we must work to give incoming freshman a really good overview of the opportunities that BE offers, and second we must work to integrate BE more closely with the other departments at MIT. The first goal seems most easily accomplished within the framework of a BE FPOP. The second goal can be approached by organizing mixers between departments or arranging interdisciplinary talks. Both of these are jobs that are best handled through the office of BEUB Vice President. It is for this reason that I am running for this office, and these are the things I intend to do if elected.


Thank you for taking the time to read my platform, and please vote Arvind Thiagarajan for BEUB Vice President.
* '''Campus Relations'''
 
Responsible for communicating with the student body, emails, and publicizing events
Sincerely,
Arvind Thiagarajan
 
 
 
'''Secretary''':
 
''Nina Jreige''
 
Hi, my name is Nina Jreige, and I am a junior majoring in BioEngineering. I am interested in running for secretary for the Biological Engineering Undergraduate Board, and have both experience (I am currently the secretary for the BEUB and Lebanese Club at MIT) and enthusiasm for the position. I think the study breaks and information sessions that we hold are a great way for students within the major to meet each other and learn more about BE. Next year I would like to work on getting attendance numbers for these events increased, a task that is surely accomplishable through increased advertisement, variety, and better scheduling. Maybe instead of solely focusing on lunch study breaks, we could also hold dinner or movie study breaks as well. I am excited about majoring in BioEngineering, and I would like to channel some of my excitement into the Undergraduate Board. The aforementioned ideas are just some of the things I would try to work on, and I would always be open to suggestions.
 
Thank you!
Nina
 
 
 
'''Treasurer''':
 
''Sonika Reddy''
 
I would be a good treasurer because I am capable of balancing budgets and I turn things in on time. I have enjoyed being the treasurer for BEUB for the past year and now have a good idea of how the organization works and our goals for the major.
 
Sonika
 
 
 
''Matt Hung''
 
Hello, Course 20!  My name is Matthew Hung, and I’m running for treasurer of the BE Undergraduate Board.  This past year I have served on the BioTech staff of BE-BMES, and I have come to embrace Course 20.  I wish to be a part of BEUB, a student group that plays a large role in nurturing our major.  As for qualifications, I’ve had numerous experiences handling budgets for several student groups in high school.  I know where money should be allocated and I assure you that BE events will be supplied with good food.  I have excellent taste ;).  Furthermore, I am always on top of my work (never punted a pset or pulled an all nighter :D), and will be able to devote enough time to BEUB to fulfill my duties.  Thank you for reading my platform, and I look forward to working for you.
 
 
 
'''Campus Relations''':


''Esha Atolia''


Hi! My name is Esha Atolia, and I am a sophomore running for Campus Relations Coordinator for the Biological Engineering Undergraduate Board (BEUB). I am currently involved in the International Development Club (IDC) on campus as the Director of Marketing and thus I have experience communicating effectively with the student body on campus. I am very dedicated to everything I do and am truly excited to be majoring Course 20. Being a part of the BEUB will give me an opportunity to express my interest and get others excited about BE.
''Jennifer Ibanez''


Thanks,
Throughout my time here at MIT, the BE department has shown me nothing but love. Though the major is no doubt one of the more difficult, I have always found the faculty and student body to be very supportive and accessible to each other. I am running for Campus Representative because I would love to become more involved in the BE community, and I believe having students’ opinions represented in the Board is very important. In high school, I was on several planning committees and also served as student representative in various student-faculty groups.
Esha Atolia

Latest revision as of 20:47, 5 February 2014

Elections for the 2013 BE Undergraduate Board are today at the end of semester study break on Wednesday December 12th.


Positions

  • President:

Faculty go-to person, runs the board and bi-weekly BE meetings


Katie Bodner & Nikki Neibloom

Nikki Neibloom and Katie Bodner are running for 2014-2015 BEUB Co-Presidents. As juniors this past year, Nikki has performed as Vice President of BEUB and Katie has been the Secretary. We are both engrossed in course 20 and want to be even more involved in BEUB in the coming semester. One of our goals as presidents is to highlight opportunities for course 20 students after graduation other than going to grad school. We also want to help rising seniors find grad schools and connect them with current graduate students. More importantly, we believe that course 20 really needs some t-shirts and a whole lot more cheesecake. Thanks!


Edgar Aranda-Michel & Kevin Hu

Hi! Edgar and Kevin here. We'd like to be your BEUB Co-Presidents. We're both juniors with plenty of experience working with faculty and extensive knowledge about the current curriculum of BE and related majors like Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Computational Biology. Together we will promote changes in the department (especially the curriculum) based upon student feedback and ensure that you can make the most of your time at MIT. To start off, we've already sent out a survey to the current seniors asking for feedback on their experiences in the major. In case that's not enough for you, we'll also be having more of our usual study breaks that we all love. See you there!


  • Vice President:

A little of everything, responsible for coordinating FPOP


Deniz Askel

I’m Deniz Aksel, and I would like to be the next Vice President of the BE Undergraduate Board. I find this position to be very important, as it involves organizing the Discover Biological Engineering FPOP; an important resource for the department in terms of getting incoming students excited about the major and expanding the MIT BE community. As someone that has experienced the FPOP from both the incoming freshman and counselor perspectives, I believe I have a clear understanding of what representing our department in a fun and effective way entails. In addition to the FPOP organization, I believe that the VP position has a lot of untapped potential. I would personally like to focus on improving and strengthening the community feeling of our department. I plan on helping organize study breaks with visiting professors to improve faculty-student relations. I will also be very open to other event or improvement suggestions from you. I believe that the VP position entails not only showing incoming freshmen, but also current BE students that Course 20 is the best!


  • Secretary:

Takes minutes, adds notes to wiki, reserves rooms for meetings


Jennifer Thornton

Hi there! My name is Jennifer Thornton, and I'm a junior running for Secretary of the BE undergraduate board. I’m excited to get involved with the BE board because I want to work to make the Course 20 student body connected, well fed, and in-the-know! In terms of my secretarial skills, I have experience taking minutes for student groups and I love keeping organized notes and getting things done. Also, I’m specifically aiming to redesign and consistently update our BEUB wiki so that it is easy to navigate and full of information on current events and projects for BE undergrads. The board exists to benefit every Course 20 undergrad-as Secretary, I will work tirelessly to make sure that it does. Thank you! ACG CAC GCA AAU AAA UCG :)


  • Treasurer:

Orders food, budgets events, handles merchandise, all other pecuniary needs


Karinna Vivanco

Hi Course 20! My name is Karinna Vivanco, and I am running for BEUB treasurer. This past year, I've acted as the BEUB campus representative and have really enjoyed helping to develop communication within the department. I would really like to continue on the board to help plan even more study breaks and events that could connect the department even further. I know there is so much interest within our major to meet more Course 20s but not as many organized opportunities. I would like to improve upon that with careful event planning to make bonding more practical. Aside from serving on the board, I've been an active leader on the executive boards of both my dorm and dance community. I believe I have the experience and enthusiasm to help improve our department. Thank you! :)


Hannah Kempton

Hey Course 20! My name is Hannah Kempton and I'm a junior running for treasurer of the BE undergraduate board. I'm excited and passionate about course 20--outside of class, I'm a BE associate advisor and I UROP in the Zhang lab in the Broad. I would love to get more involved in the department by combining my two main interests: biological engineering and food! For the past 2 years I have been on the planning board of SWE, where my main responsibility was organizing events for members and (most importantly) ordering food for said events. As a result, I have experience working collaboratively to plan study breaks, budgeting events, dealing with reimbursements, and ordering food from the tastiest restaurants in Cambridge! As your treasurer I promise to plan many delicious study breaks throughout the semester and to work on hopefully getting course 20 tshirts for the department. Thanks! :)


  • Campus Relations

Responsible for communicating with the student body, emails, and publicizing events


Jennifer Ibanez

Throughout my time here at MIT, the BE department has shown me nothing but love. Though the major is no doubt one of the more difficult, I have always found the faculty and student body to be very supportive and accessible to each other. I am running for Campus Representative because I would love to become more involved in the BE community, and I believe having students’ opinions represented in the Board is very important. In high school, I was on several planning committees and also served as student representative in various student-faculty groups.

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