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Introductions

Introductions. Officers: Jimmy Harris, President Chris Roberts, Vice-President Danny Anderson, Corresponding Secretary Olivier Arnoult , Treasurer Rachael Volokhov, Recording Secretary Executive Board: Scott Adams, Social Sciences Chris Ryan, Math & Natural Sciences

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Introductions

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  1. Introductions • Officers: • Jimmy Harris, President • Chris Roberts, Vice-President • Danny Anderson, Corresponding Secretary • Olivier Arnoult, Treasurer • Rachael Volokhov, Recording Secretary • Executive Board: • Scott Adams, Social Sciences • Chris Ryan, Math & Natural Sciences • Lucas ODonnell, Engineering • Patrick Warren, Arts and Humanities • Derek Veith, Medical Sciences • Maritza Rosales, At-Large • Craig Rudick, At-Large • Sreenath Narayan, At-Large • UNFILLED, Professional Programs • Deans: • Dr. Chuck Rozek • Dr. Denise Douglas

  2. Meeting Agenda • Introductions • Flora Stone Mather Center for Women/Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)mary.rouse@case.edu, Associate Director for Women in Science and Engineering, Flora Stone Mather Center for Women • Health Care Discussion • Billing Issues • Dean Update • Upcoming Events and Committees • New Business

  3. How GSS Interacts with the University The GSS relies on senators to post flyers and be our word of mouth advertisers

  4. Case for Community Day (Sept 19th) Thank you for helping out!

  5. FSM Center for Women • Mary Rouse - mary.rouse@case.edu, Associate Director for Women in Science and Engineering, Flora Stone Mather Center for Women

  6. Health care discussion Ken Rys

  7. Health Care Forum Recap Held Thursday, September 18th, 2008 Attendees: Health Services Admin. Medical Plan Admin. Aetna Rep. Esteemed Deans Over 100 graduate students (!)

  8. Health Care Forum Recap Overview of on-campus health services. Overview of new student medical plan, administered by Aetna. Answered graduate student questions. Missed it? Full video available at gss.case.edu

  9. Medical Care Plan “We are very interested to hear comments from the graduate students and, as always, will consider changes and/or modifications to the plan.” – Laura Corrigan Insurance Manager, CWRU September 19th, 2008

  10. Grad Student Input: Current Grad Student Input: Proposed Anecdotes GSS Medical Plan Admin. Medical Plan Admin. + Grad Stu. Annual Case Medical Plan New GSS Comm. Complaints

  11. Proposed Ad Hoc Health Care Committee Establish direct communication with Medical Plan & Health Services Admin. Monitor grad student’s Medical Plan & Health Services experience. Research modifications to Medical Plan. Deliver formal Medical Plan recommendations to GSS annually.

  12. Discussion…

  13. Health Care Links University Health Services Student Medical Plan Home Health Plans 2008-2009 Student Medical Plan (pdf) 2008-2009 Optional Dependent Medical Plan (pdf) Aetna Navigator Health Plan Forum Video (YouTube)

  14. Billing Practices and Issues Jimmy Harris, President • October 23rd Forum on Billing Practices and Issues • Comments about document can be emailed to gsspresident@case.edu • Previously mentioned issues • Health Insurance/Plan and Medical Costs • Conference Up-Front Costs • Student reimbursement (no direct deposit and no email notification mechanism) • Monthly billing of fees (parking, health, tech) OTHERS?

  15. Dean Update Dean Rozek, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies

  16. Committee Updates (V 3.0) • The GSS has many interesting committees • Mentoring • Activities • Professional Development • Organizations & Allocations • Diekhoff Award • Health Care

  17. Organizations & Allocations • Purpose: Review request by organizations for official GSS recognition and request for funds from those organizations. Additionally oversees the conference and thesis reimbursement fund (the Verhosek Fund aka V-Fund) • Work on this committee could focus on expanding the advertisement of our services, as well as work to revise funding to student organizations, and student reimbursements. These topics are often mentioned in general assemblies, and are very important. • Interested? Contact Chris @ gssvp@case.edu

  18. Diekhoff Award • Purpose: Solicits and evaluates nominations for the Diekhoff Award and makes a final recommendation to the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies for Diekhoff Award recipients. • These prestigious awards are given to the winners at convocation. • Traditionally, two outstanding graduate teachers are recognized for their efforts. • New this year, the award has been expanded to also recognize two outstanding graduate mentors. • Wouldn’t you like to help reward the outstanding faculty who impact life at CWRU? • Interested? Contact Chris @ gssvp@case.edu

  19. Health Care • Purpose: To provide graduate student representation on matters pertinent to Health insurance provided to the student population by the University. • Health care is an important topics to all graduate students, and our recent forum has shown that there are many issues related to student health care which can be improved. • The goal of the committee is to determine which health care issues are most important to graduate students, and communicate those to the university. • Wouldn’t you like improved healthcare on campus? • Interested? Contact Chris @ gssvp@case.edu

  20. How to stay informed? • Email: Look for Emails on GSSenate email list • Forward and Post Flyers for events • GSS Newsletter (Coming Soon: GSSNewsletter email alias) • Web: Go to GSS.CASE.EDU • Google Calendar • News and Events posted daily • Meetings: Many announcements will be made here

  21. Other Questions orBusiness?

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