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Welcome to the Oct General Assembly!

Welcome to the Oct General Assembly!. GSS General Assembly Oct 1st, 2014. Previous meeting minutes GSS Secretary Douglas. GSS General Assembly Oct 1st, 2014. Elizabeth R. Click, ND, RN, CWP Medical Director Case Western Reserve University Tobacco-Free Campus Initiative.

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Welcome to the Oct General Assembly!

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  1. Welcome to the Oct General Assembly!

  2. GSS General Assembly Oct 1st, 2014 Previous meeting minutes • GSS Secretary Douglas

  3. GSS General Assembly Oct 1st, 2014 Elizabeth R. Click, ND, RN, CWP Medical Director Case Western Reserve University • Tobacco-Free Campus Initiative

  4. GSS General Assembly Oct 1st, 2014 Task Force on Travel Funding Taskforce Goals: • Increase V-Fund Principal • $9,495 surplus rolled into principal. (Per last month’s budget vote.) • Increased activity fee: .01% (approximately $1). SGS and Finance office are putting the process in place. We’ll know the amount soon after add / drop. • How to use increased revenues from V-Fund? • Task force to draft a proposal after we know how much budget increased. • Suggestions or concerns? Contact Ray: rlh137@case.edu • Create new sources of funding. • Meeting with development office to discuss fundraising and outreach.

  5. GSS General Assembly Oct 1st, 2014 Faculty Senate and University Committees Faculty Senate: • Faculty Senate Representative: Queenie Cheong • Committee on University Libraries: Lee Zickel • Committee on Grad Studies: Ray Horton, Ying Gao, NeetuGulati • Committee on Research: MarziehAyati, TWO SPOTS VACANT • Committee on Minority Affairs: VACANT • Committee on Information and Communication Technology: VACANT University Committees: • Board of Trustees AASL: Queenie Cheong • Parking Advisory Committee: VACANT • University Health Services: GSS Health & Wellness Chair • Collegiate Behavioral Council: GSS Health & Wellness Chair

  6. GSS General Assembly Oct 1st, 2014 University Committees (Cont): • University LGBTA Committee: Michael Chiappini • College of Arts & Sciences Graduate Committee: Shu Situ • College of Arts & Sciences on Educational Program: Shu Situ • Plan Action Committee: Queenie Cheong • Share the Vision Committee: VACANT • President’s Advisory Council on Women: VACANT • President’s Child Care Committee: Benjamin Gunn, Lee Zickel • Graduate and Professional Student Experience Committee: Queenie Cheong • Martin Luther King Advisory Board: VACANT • University Budget Committee: Francis Enane • Case School of Engineering Graduate Studies Committee: Brylee Tiu

  7. GSS General Assembly Oct 1st, 2014 University Committees (Cont): • Sexual Harassment Panel: Katrina Alber • Advisory Committee on Research Computing: Marzieh Ayati • Information Technology Services Planning & Advisory Committee: Marzieh Ayati • Wiser: VACANT • Staff Advisory Council: VACANT • Commencement Speaker Committee: Queenie Cheong • Diversity Leadership Council: VACANT

  8. GSS General Assembly Oct 1st, 2014 Intergovernmental Taskforce on Unification • Representatives from CAS, CSE, SOM, professional programs, GPC • Looked over timeline, discussed distribution of information, looked at representational models • Town hall meetings coming soon!

  9. GSS General Assembly Oct 1st, 2014 Which representative model is best? Submit your own to nmg42@case.edu!

  10. GSS General Assembly Oct 1st, 2014 Increase Networking with Alumni • Alumni database not accessible • Interested in a new alumni mentoring program? • Pairing of current graduate students with alumni and/ or Emeritus Professors

  11. GSS General Assembly Oct 1st, 2014 Health & Wellness Committee Chair • Use available survey and financial data and other information to prioritize areas to be targeted for improvement in the areas of health and wellness. • Represent graduate student interests as decisions are made regarding health and wellness benefits for graduate students and their dependents. • Communicate information regarding health and wellness benefits on campus

  12. GSS General Assembly Oct 1st, 2014 New Business “ Despite posting no notice of the change, this summer Case Western Reserve University agreed to a deal with Bon Appétit which made the food management company the exclusive food provider for the new Tinkham Veale University Center as well as the spaces they took over, The Spot and Rough Rider Room.” from the Observer

  13. GSS General Assembly Oct 1st, 2014 New Business • New Business • Comments on the Year? • Announcements? • Motion to Adjourn? • Second?

  14. GSS General Assembly Oct 1st, 2014

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