Graduate Student Organization Meeting
Wednesday January 6th 2015 12 pm- 1 pm, BRB 381 1. GSO introduction Kayly Thanks to everyone who came out the pub night – I know it ended up being on a complicated night, but we had a great turnout! Another pub night will be coming up later this term- and considering a weekend so it may be more inviting to west campus students. 2. New business: a. Kayly- Screening of PhD movie in February! It is being planned for February 4th from 5:30-7 in the Student Center Media Room. We will have food, drinks, and door prizes! Anyone have liquid nitrogen their lab would be willing to donate for ice cream? i. Buffalo wild wings, chips and salsa, hummus and chips, soda, no beer. ii. PLEASE come so that we can encourage the dean’s office to keep sponsoring these types of events. b. Diversity discussions at OHSU. Join school leaders in an open discussion about creating a genuinely diverse and inclusive environment in our school. Will be a “listening session” with Dean Mark Richardson, senior associate dean George Mejicano, and associate deans Tracy Bumsted and Allison Fryer. Two dates: Friday Jan 8th 12-1 pm at CLSB 2S060 and Wed. Jan 13th 5-6 pm at Doernbecher Miller Auditorium. c. The GSO is going to send out an email to figure out what students are on what committees, and then plan a meeting so we can figure out how to better distribute information and connect our community. Looking for Jan or Feb time frame. d. We will be doing a coffee hour down at CLSB in the coming months in accordance with our goal of the year of becoming more inclusive! 3. Invited speakers: a. Jackie Wirz
4. Regular updates: a. WIS update Kayly
e. Student speak blog is also always looking for contributions! f. Research Week
g. Fall Travel Award- Shannon. If you are traveling this term to a conference and want to be reimbursed then apply! We have these awards every term. Applications on our website. Available for all students that we represent. Winter applications are due February 19th. 5. Upcoming events Lilli a. PhD movie screening. b. Student Health Insurance Waiver Winter Deadline is January 15th find details at JBT website. c. Student Health Advisory Committee- dependent SURVEY is OPEN until January 15th and can be found at the JBT website. d. You should have already registered for winter term (Jan 4th- March 18th) and if you haven’t go do it NOW. Late fees will start Jan 8th. e. Winter intramurals are open now! Email Heather Ennis with any issues ([email protected]) f. Education journal club (new*) is Wednesday January 27th in Kohler Pavilion 13000A and first paper is called “Socrates was not a pimp”. More for medical students dealing with fact that a senior person can harass trainees. g. BEHN looking for a new departmental chair and will be having seminars Jan 7th, 8th, and 12th at noon in OHSU auditorium. h. Next coffee break is Wednesday January 20th 2-3 pm in the old synapse! Do you want something other than cheese? We are here for you, so let us know @ [email protected] Comments are closed.
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