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Welcome to the first Fall General Assembly!

Welcome to the first Fall General Assembly!. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014. 2014-2015 GSS Executive Committee. Officers of the Senate President, Queenie Cheong Vice President, Raymond Horton Information Officer, Marzieh Ayati Treasurer, Francis Enane Secretary, Doug Brubaker

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Welcome to the first Fall General Assembly!

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  1. Welcome to the first Fall General Assembly!

  2. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 2014-2015GSS Executive Committee • Officers of the Senate • President, Queenie Cheong • Vice President, Raymond Horton • Information Officer, Marzieh Ayati • Treasurer, Francis Enane • Secretary, Doug Brubaker • GSS Committee Chairs • Activities, Courtney Diener • Health and Wellness Chair, Wedad Almutairi • Mentoring and Diekhoff Chair, Chaturia Rouse • Professional Development Chair, Elise Blankenship • Organizations & Allocations Chair, Tirth Bhatta • School Executives • Arts & Sciences, Shu Situ • School of Engineering, Brylee Tiu • School of Medicine, Deoye Tonade • Professional Programs, Chantal van Esch • GPC Liaison, Neetu Guulati

  3. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 Announcements Elizabeth R. Click, ND, RN, CWP Medical Director Case Western Reserve University • Tobacco Free Campus Policy and Implementation Plan

  4. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 Announcements

  5. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 Announcements Senator Workshop • 9/10 5-7pm ToepferRoom, Adelbert Hall

  6. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 Introduce Yourself • Stand up and find 2 students close by • Name • Department • GSS affiliation (grad student, senator, committee chair, school exec, etc.) • Favorite music

  7. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 Mentoring and Diekhoff Committee • Diekhoff Awards • Collaboration with other committees • (Professional Development Conference) • Potential mentoring activities • Contact: Chaturia Rouse, chair cdr47@case.edu 770-851-7317

  8. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 Professional Development Committee 2014-2015 Committee Chair: Elise Blankenship ekb15@case.edu

  9. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 GSS PDC 2014-2015 • This Year’s Goals • Conferences • Day-long events • Workshops/Events • 1-2 hour long presentations, panels, and networking events • Prof Dev Center • Continue to work with the university administration on the potential new center • 2013-2014 Activities • Personal Skills Conference • Professional Skills Conference Over 100 students and postdocs attended each conference!

  10. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 GSS Activities Committee • Committee Chair: Courtney Diener • Email ID: cld71@case.edu

  11. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 Activities Committee “The activities committee plans social and community service events for all graduate students. Some of the events happen right here on campus, allowing graduate students to participate in some of larger university events together such as Case for Community Day, Relay For Life, and the Hudson Relays. Other events provide students with the opportunity to see a little more of the city and enjoy their time in Cleveland, while simultaneously providing an avenue to develop friendships with students outside individual departments”

  12. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 My goals for the committee: • Create events that encourage all graduate students to have the opportunity to have fun, relax and meet other students • Have GSS host events that connect graduate students to the CWRU and Cleveland community • Support a variety of programs and events that engaged many different students who have a variety of interests • Continue to build on past events that have been successful while finding ways to continue to be more engaging • Continue the professional collaboration with GPC and other groups and departments in events

  13. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 GSS Student Organizations and Allocations Committee (O&A) • Committee Chair: Tirth Bhatta • Email ID: trb66@case.edu

  14. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 What it does? • Help establish and provide recognition to graduate student initiated organizations. • Provide training to graduate students holding a leadership position in their organizations. • Allocate funding for events organized by student organizations.

  15. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 How can you participate (and help!!)? • Becoming a committee member. • Setting up your own student organization (e.g. cultural, academic). • Encouraging your friends in your departmental organizations to get GSS recognition. • Organize events (e.g., departmental or inter-departmental) and use resources available to you!!.

  16. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 What do you benefit? • Opportunity to go (even further!) beyond your classroom experience. • Learn how organizations function. • Establish your own organization (in the future!). • Gain additional experience necessary for holding executive positions at GSS next year. • Enrich your CV!! • Network and promote cross-disciplinary interactions.

  17. GSS General Assembly June 25, 2014 Intergovernmental Task Force on Unification • Task force to discuss issues, strategy for possible unification between GSS and GPC • If interested in being on the task force or want to ask questions, voice your concerns, contact me! • Contact info: GSS-GPC Liaison Neetu Gulati nmg42@case.edu

  18. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 GSS Task Force on Travel Funding Goals: • Develop strategies to fundraise for additional graduate student travel resources. • Identify internal and external opportunities for growing the V. Fund endowment. Looking For: • Anyone with ideas, suggestions, or concerns about funding opportunities available for graduate student travel. • Graduate students with experience fundraising, familiarity with current funding sources (such as the V. Fund), or both. • Interested? Contact VP Ray Horton rlh137@case.edu

  19. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 Task Force for Student Stipends SteffanyHomolka, sjh100@case.edu • Goals: • Increase transparency around student stipends • Identify and address stipend concerns and inequities • Programs with very low and/or time-limited stipends • Programs with stipends that are not competitive with programs of similar prestige • Plan (see handout) • Task Force Formation • If interested, please sign up! • Call for task force members to go out soon. Please forward this on to your constituency.

  20. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 Your Voice in Faculty Senates • Faculty Senate Committee on Information and Communication Technology (FSCICT) • Faculty Senate Committee on Minority Affairs • Faculty Senate Committee on Research (3 students) • Faculty Senate Committee on University Libraries • Faculty Senate Committee on Graduate Studies (3 students) Please contact Vice President Ray Horton (rlh137@case.edu) if interested.

  21. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 Your Voice in University Committees • Parking Advisory Committee • University Health Services • Collegiate Behavioral Council • University LGBTA Committee • College of A&S Graduate Committee • College of A&S on Educational Program • Plan Action Committee • Share the Vision Committee • President’s Advisory Council on Women • President’s Child Care Committee Please contact Vice President Ray Horton (rlh137@case.edu) if interested.

  22. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 Your Voice in University Committees • Graduate and Professional Student Experience Committee • Martin Luther King Advisory Board • University Budget Committee • Case School of Engineering Graduate Studies Committee • Sexual Harassment Panel • Advisory Committee on Research Computing • Information Technology Services Planning & Advisory Committee • Wiser • Staff Advisory Council • Commencement Speaker Committee • Diversity Leadership Council Please contact Vice President Ray Horton (rlh137@case.edu) if interested.

  23. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 2014-2015 Budget Proposal Treasurer Francis Enane

  24. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 2013-2014 GSS Finance

  25. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 2014-2015 GSS Budget Proposal $ 7500 Executive Budget $ 4100 Senate Operations $ 1000 College of Arts & Science $ 7000 Professional Development Committee $ 1575 Mentoring Committee $ 500 School of Medicine $ 500 Professional Program Executive $ 22000 Activities Committee $ 13200 Organization Allocation $ 200 Health and Wellness $ 630 Engineering $ 300 GSS-GPC Liaison Total Budget Request 58,505.00 Rollover from last year $24000 Expected Income from Students Activities Fee $44000 Budget Request $58505 Invest in V-Fund Principal $9495

  26. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 Now it’s time to think about initiatives/ plans for the year.

  27. GSS General Assembly Aug 27, 2014 New Business • New Business • Comments on the Year? • Announcements? • Motion to Adjourn? • Second?

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