1 / 29

Nominations Dinner

Sidney. Pacific. Graduate Community. Nominations Dinner. March 4 th , 2008. Welcome!. Overview of achievements and ongoing projects of the government Provide some inspiration on how you can make a contribution and join the government. Office of Residential Life.

hestia
Download Presentation

Nominations Dinner

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Sidney Pacific Graduate Community Nominations Dinner March 4th, 2008

  2. Welcome! • Overview of achievements and ongoing projects of the government • Provide some inspiration on how you can make a contribution and join the government

  3. Office of Residential Life • Organize residence-wide social activities • Orientation • Outings, Athletics, IM Sports • Brunches, Coffee Hours • Maintain a hub of campus-wide social life • Collaborations with organizations inside and outside of MIT • Dance Parties, BBQs • Steward financial support for events

  4. Summer Events • Pool Party • Cultural Festival • BBQ

  5. Sidney Pacific Orientation 2007 • Campus-Wide • Prudential Skywalk • Rock and Roast BBQ & Movie Screening • Return to Lythion Dance Party • Orientation Brunch

  6. Sailing on the Charles It’s a Small World Welcome Reception Return to Lythion Dance Party

  7. Rock N’ Roast BBQ and Movie Screening

  8. Orientation Brunch & Plant Sale

  9. Fall/IAP Social Events • Social • Masquerade Ball • Pumpkin Carving • Christmas Tree trimming • Cultural • Coffee Hours (Russian, Greek, Indian) • Mentoring Program • Movie Screenings • Outing • Isabella Stewart Gardner Outing • Blue Hills Hike • Coffee Hours and Brunches ongoing

  10. Ben Renkoski Social Chair Lynne Waldman Orientation Chair Eric Lam Social Co-chair Johnathan Lindsey Orientation Co-chair Kerwin Johnson Brunch Chair Dan Weller Coffee Hour Chair Swati Mohan VP of Residential Life Christiana Athanasiou Coffee Hour Co-chair ZP Zhang Brunch Co-chair Jessica Edmonds Outing Chair Hila Hashemi Cultural Chair Tara Sainath Athletics Chair

  11. SP-wide hall events • Hall Councilor BBQ • Orientation Hall Dinner

  12. Eating Clubs @ Sidney-Pacific • 2S eating club • 9th floor eating club • Le Petit Bistro

  13. Brought to you by your hall councilors 3/2/08: Multi-hall game night 2/28/08: Unofficial eating club 2/24/08: Dessert making & tasting 2/18/08: Burritos night 2/17/08: Dumpling night 2/11/08: Burritos night 2/10/08: Back to School 2/10/08: Eating club fondue 2/10/08: Movie night 1/31/08: Ice cream social 1/29/08: IAP pizza & ice cream 1/17/08: Ice cream social 12/20/07: Holiday snacks 12/17/07: Hall dinner @ Pepper Sky's 12/16/07: Sunday study break 12/16/07: Pizza study break 12/16/07: Study break w/ pizza, drinks, and snacks 12/13/07: Dinner from Muqueca 12/4/07: Eating club 12/2/07: Thai dinner from Pepper Sky's 11/28/07: Eating club 11/16/07: Pizza & movie night 11/11/07: Family Guy 2nd part 11/6/07: Ice cream social 11/5/07: Pizza from Beauty's 11/4/08: Family Guy 100th episode 11/4/07: Multi-hall potluck 11/4/07: Brunch @ Zoe's 10/30/07: Hall breakfast 10/21/07: Welcome to fall 10/21/07: Dim sum @ Hei la Moon 10/20/07: Bowling outing 10/17/07: Eating club 10/10/07: Wednesday movie night 10/3/07: Multi-hall board game night 10/3/07: Eating Club (Indian) 10/1/07: Heroes viewing 9/28/07: Multi-hall salsa outing 9/23/07: Chocolate fondue night 9/23/07: French eating club 9/16/07: Know where your neighbors are from 9/14/07: Pizza social 9/13/07: Toscanini's 9/8/07: Ice cream social 9/6/07: Hall meeting w/ ice cream 9/5/07: Target trip 9/5/07: Ice cream social 8/30/07: Ice cream social 8/27/07: Eating Club (BBQ) 8/25/07: Multi-hall movie outing (Bourne Ultimatum) 8/19/07: Movie & dessert 8/14/07: Eating Club (Indian) 8/5/07: Multi-hall movie Night (Click) 8/2/07: Ice cream social 7/29/07: Dessert night 7/25/07: Multi-hall BBQ 7/23/07: Ice cream social 7/22/07: Ice cream social 7/19/07: Dinner @ Miracle of Science 7/18/07: Eating Club (Italian) 7/15/07: Movie outing (Harry Potter) 7/13/07: movie outing (Transformers) 7/9/07: Eating Club (Iranian) 6/28/07: Magnetic Poetry Night 6/11/07: Final event before summer 6/10/07: Lunch @ Pepper Sky 6/10/07: Lunch @ Asgard 5/31/07: Eating Club (lasagna) 5/29/07: Delicious Grilling (Korean & Persian) 5/27/07: Leftovers Party 5/27/07: Ice cream sundaes 5/23/07: Transition Thai dinner 5/22/07: Donuts & coffee break 5/21/07: Floor Thai Dinner 5/20/07: Study Break 5/20/07: Study Break 5/19/07: Dinner & movie 5/15/07: Ice Cream Social 5/14/07: Pizza & ice cream social 5/9/07: Hall event … and more

  14. Brought to you by your hall councilors 3/2/08: Multi-hall game night 2/28/08: Unofficial eating club 2/24/08: Dessert making & tasting 2/18/08: Burritos night 2/17/08: Dumpling night 2/11/08: Burritos night 2/10/08: Back to School 2/10/08: Eating club fondue 2/10/08: Movie night 1/31/08: Ice cream social 1/29/08: IAP pizza & ice cream 1/17/08: Ice cream social 12/20/07: Holiday snacks 12/17/07: Hall dinner @ Pepper Sky's 12/16/07: Sunday study break 12/16/07: Pizza study break 12/16/07: Study break w/ pizza, drinks, and snacks 12/13/07: Dinner from Muqueca 12/4/07: Eating club 12/2/07: Thai dinner from Pepper Sky's 11/28/07: Eating club 11/16/07: Pizza & movie night 11/11/07: Family Guy 2nd part 11/6/07: Ice cream social 11/5/07: Pizza from Beauty's 11/4/08: Family Guy 100th episode 11/4/07: Multi-hall potluck 11/4/07: Brunch @ Zoe's 10/30/07: Hall breakfast 10/21/07: Welcome to fall 10/21/07: Dim sum @ Hei la Moon 10/20/07: Bowling outing 10/17/07: Eating club 10/10/07: Wednesday movie night 10/3/07: Multi-hall board game night 10/3/07: Eating Club (Indian) 10/1/07: Heroes viewing 9/28/07: Multi-hall salsa outing 9/23/07: Chocolate fondue night 9/23/07: French eating club 9/16/07: Know where your neighbors are from 9/14/07: Pizza social 9/13/07: Toscanini's 9/8/07: Ice cream social 9/6/07: Hall meeting w/ ice cream 9/5/07: Target trip 9/5/07: Ice cream social 8/30/07: Ice cream social 8/27/07: Eating Club (BBQ) 8/25/07: Multi-hall movie outing (Bourne Ultimatum) 8/19/07: Movie & dessert 8/14/07: Eating Club (Indian) 8/5/07: Multi-hall movie Night (Click) 8/2/07: Ice cream social 7/29/07: Dessert night 7/25/07: Multi-hall BBQ 7/23/07: Ice cream social 7/22/07: Ice cream social 7/19/07: Dinner @ Miracle of Science 7/18/07: Eating Club (Italian) 7/15/07: Movie outing (Harry Potter) 7/13/07: movie outing (Transformers) 7/9/07: Eating Club (Iranian) 6/28/07: Magnetic Poetry Night 6/11/07: Final event before summer 6/10/07: Lunch @ Pepper Sky 6/10/07: Lunch @ Asgard 5/31/07: Eating Club (lasagna) 5/29/07: Delicious Grilling (Korean & Persian) 5/27/07: Leftovers Party 5/27/07: Ice cream sundaes 5/23/07: Transition Thai dinner 5/22/07: Donuts & coffee break 5/21/07: Floor Thai Dinner 5/20/07: Study Break 5/20/07: Study Break 5/19/07: Dinner & movie 5/15/07: Ice Cream Social 5/14/07: Pizza & ice cream social 5/9/07: Hall event … and more 13 Hall Councilors307 days in office120+ hall events

  15. 2N 3N 1 2S Austin Minnich Jack Chu Leslie Rogers Galen Li 3S 4N Chair 4S 5N Hall Council 2007-2008 Alex McCauley Rosaria Chiang Chris Dodd Carol Hua Daniel Klein 5S 6 7 8 9 Chris Chuang Monica Martinez-Bravo Hoda Eydgahi David Uniman Emily Shen

  16. Resources • Added over 150 movies/series to the movie library • Computer Upgrades: Purchase of 9 new computers, FP monitors and a new scanner • Purchase of additional piano • Upgrading Zipbikes • Outings to classical concerts, Jazz clubs, theater, aquarium, plant shows • Extension of permanent arts collection • Started drama group • Improvements in Aquarium maintenance (new filter and new fish) • A/V upgrades for MP, seminar room, lounges • Improved key checkout system • Regalia PhD graduation gown rentals • Additional inventory database and more…

  17. Office of Resources Bike Coffee Hour Blue Hills Hiking Trip Artist Reception Bonsai Workshop

  18. SP-MORESidney Pacific – Move Out Recycling Exchange • Collected any reusable items over the summer from residents who moved out and distributed them to new incoming residents for free • Donation of boxes of clothing to Goodwill

  19. Matt Abel A/V Chair Romain Levy Aquarium Chair Robin Stewart A/V Co-chair JunJay Tan Aquarium Co-chair Vivienne Sze Inventory Chair Tim Chen Music Chair Daniel Myers Bikes Chair Michelle Sander VP of Resources Adrienne Li Plants Chair Chia-hung Wu Controller Chris Mandy IT Chair Charles Lin Arts Chair

  20. Office of Information • Web server backup • Photo sharing / photo contests • All-inclusive inventory system • SPTV shuttle tracking • Poster “barcoding” • Newsletter improvements • Overall: Day to day maintenance of systems and effective communication within SP and between SP and the MIT-wide community

  21. Unified Publicity Interface Requests from within SP and the wider graduate community Website Interface SP calendar/website flyers SPTV SP-Anno • Task tracking • Archival of all material • “My created requests” view • Streamlined and efficient • Feedback on request status • Foster communication

  22. Wendy Iskenderian VP of Information Matthew Walker Newsletter Chair Jeewoo Lim Photofile Chair Biliana Kaneva Web Co-chair Kai Iamsumang Web Co-chair Wen Liu Web Chair Michael Eilenberg SPTV Co-Chair James Lee Publicity Chair Karthik Balakrishnan SPTV Co-chair Jonathan Ragan-Kelley Publicity Co-chair

  23. Outreach • Turkey Drive • 29 Turkeys to Margaret Fuller House • 14 Turkeys to Bread and Jams Shelter • Treat Wrapping • Over 60 bags of treats • GSVD • Charles River Conservancy

  24. Cross-departmental Learning Sangeeta Bhatia “Tiny Technologies and Medicine” Eric Grimson “Image Guided Surgery” K. Daron Acemoglu “Rethinking the Wealth of Nations” Farish Jenkins “Fins to Limbs: The Evolutionary Transition from Fish to Tetrapods” Barry Rosen “US Grand Strategy, Concensus, and Critique” (March 20th)

  25. External Organizations • Work with the GSC-HCA: • Dental Plan • Cost of Living • Northwest Shuttles • Work with the GSC-AC (and other dorms/off-campus): • Scheduling events • Collaborative efforts • Work with Ashdown: • Brunches funded for 1 calendar year (with possibility of permanent funding)

  26. Collaborations • Ashdown and SP Brunch • SP and Chinese Student Scholars Association Olympics and Pool Party • SP and GSC-Orientation Committee International Cultural Fair, Prudential Skywalk • Ashdown, Off Campus, SP, and GSC-Activities Committee Bowling Trip • Ashdown, SP, GSC-Activities Committee, and Harvard Harvard-MIT Dance Parties • Edgerton/Ashdown lent SP dance floor • SP lent Edgerton projector

  27. Ardavan Farjadpour Scholarly Interactions Yuri Loktionov Housefellows Liaison Nan Gu President Mihir Mehta External Relations/Alumni Natalija Jovanovic GSC Representative Shirin Pillay Theta Representative Anusha Kothandaraman Outreach

  28. Sidney-Pacific is the one of the premier student groups in terms of organization and professionalism Division of Student Life Visiting Committee Student Activities Financial Office Trial Program

  29. Why run for spec? Make a contribution to graduate student life and the Sidney Pacific community Satisfaction from serving the community Decide what events and initiatives occur in SP Sidney-Pacific Executive Council • Gain valuable leadership experience, management and social skills • Make Lifelong friends • Enjoy weekly dinners with the housemasters

More Related