GSA March Meeting

March 4, 2015

12pm-1pm

DRC1 1005

1. Announcements:
   1. After Dark Student Shuttle
   2. Nominations for UNMC Faculty Senate awards –Friday March 13^th
   3. Nominations for GSA Distinguished Graduate Mentor award – Friday March 13th
   4. Student Senate Candidates:
      1. President: Andrew Shaw
      2. Vice President: Katelyn Jelden, Tyler Scherr
      3. Graduate Studies Senators: Jaime Abrego, Aneesha Dasgupta, Raheleh Miralami, Jannah Obaid, Tyler Scherr, Heather Talbott, Rebecca Wilshusen, Beiqing “Mercury” Wu, Runze Zhao

2. Action Items:
   1. 2015 Midwestern Scientific Research Career Fair – Heather and Tyler
   2. Holi – Heather, Sidra, Diane
   3. GSA Elections
      1. Filing – March 23^rd – April 4^th
      2. Campaign – April 5^th – April 18^th

• Voting – April 19^th – May 2^nd

1. May Meeting – May 6^th or 13th
2. Positions – President, Vice-president, Treasurer, Secretary, International Chair, Interprofessional Chair, Alumni and Outreach Chair, Social Chair

1. Pi(e) Day –Shalis, Brady, Jannah
2. Career Development Series – Hollie and Ekta
3. Distinguished Graduate Mentor – Hollie and Heather
   1. Feb 23 – Mar 6:  collect nominations
   2. Mar 7: Send nominations to all preliminary judges for first round of judging

• Mar 7 – 5:00 PM Thur Mar 12:  preliminary judging via email

1. Friday Mar. 13: Final judging meeting

1. Other Spring/Summer Social events – Social chairs
2. Volunteer for procuring food for April meeting –

3. Other business:
   1. Raising student stipends within UNMC
   2. GSA Budget vs National Standards
4. Reminders:
   1. Next at large meeting: Wednesday, April 1st, 12-1pm, DRC1 1005