Biomedical Engineering Society Minutes
TL;DR:
- WE ARE ON OUR 3RD WEEK WITHOUT A NEWSLETTER EDITOR. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE CONTACT US. Thank you!
- Come to Family STEM Day this Saturday! Link here
- FoodLink This Saturday morning!!! Link here
CHECK BMES OUT on Social Media:
Social:
Banquet Recap –
- Banquet went very well!
- Thank you so much to Janet for coordinating the whole thing!
- Janet is in charge of the assessment for the Banquet.
Car Bash –
- Not happening anymore
- The funding fell through, so the Car Bash is no longer happening.
- Look forward to it NEXT semester!
BMES Study Break!
- Date: May 1st at 7:00 pm
- Cinco De Mayo Themed!
- Stuffing envelopes starts around 6 or 6:30 pm.
Things to Look Forward To!
- Bowling Social – a Sunday – get X number of lanes
- no potential good dates between now and the end of the semester
- Possibly combine it with mentoring, in the fall!
- Assassin event within BME
Fundraising:
- Quarter Zips
- Looking to do them next semester, not this semester.
- Tank tops will be sold at the Banquet
Mentoring Program:
- Freshman Survival Guide is in the works
- Tons of Freshman Survival Guides are made
- Mentors will be given to their menses directly
- Workshop for Mentoring Committee and what everyone wants – sometime mid-April
- Summer poll will be sent out
Website/Social Media:
- Working on LinkedIn page
- Looking to link Twitter with Facebook
- Instagram is in the works – Caeli has control
- Make sure the airmail links stop happening in the minutes – oops…
Academic Events:
- EVENT: Out on a Limb Screening and discussion with speakers
- April 13th 7-8 PM before meeting – NEXT MONDAY!
- Student Travel Award is due May 31st
- for BMES Annual Conference
- The Undergraduate Student Design Competition – 2015
- Taimi will send out details
- due in May of 2015
- Submit some sort of design proposal
- good idea for Senior Design Teams to look into
- Vaccinex tour: 5-6 person tours (2) on Mt Hope Ave.
- 2 dates, 2:30-5 Tuesday or Thursday, 2:30-5 on Friday – April 14, 16, 17
- Likely we will get Tuesday and Thursday
- Already filled up
- Dates: April 14th (Tuesday), April 16th (Thursday)
- Will give description of bioprocess engineering
- Matt Spielman/ SA is interested in showing academic movies
- Video called “Fixed” – about human enhancement
- March 19th 7 PM Gowan Room
- Potential Stem Cell Industry Tour – Latest by next semester
Outreach:
- STEM Family Science Day THIS SATURDAY! – ECG, Doppler
- Fill out this Doodle: Here
- FoodLink -THIS SATURDAY
- April 18th at 9 am until 12.
- Be at Goergen at 8:30 am
- Sign up here
- On Campus tutoring/volunteering
- -NSBE Study Hall Tuesdays—7-10 PM
- ->>Sign ups: Here
- Still looking into other schools to work with – late April/May
- Last Monday of every month – College Diabetes Network – help out with their events with patients from Strong
- Send out Doodle Poll for the April 18th FoodLink date
Newsletter:
- WE HAVE NO NEWSLETTER EDITOR RIGHT NOW!
- Let us know if you’re interested
- Articles due by the beginning of Reading Period
- Banquet – Janet
- Smash Bros – Justin S.
- Elections – will be done
- Prospective Students Event – Mary or Justin
- E-Social – Andrew
- Mentoring Article – Taryn
- Senior Design Article – Stephanie
- STEM Day – Kelly
- Examples of articles: Here
Assessment of Events:
- We need to do a Chapter Development Report – Due June 1st
- Complete assessment here
- Click “Assessment” in the list, log onto CCC (make sure to SUBMIT the form)
- Banquet – Janet
- Smash Bros – Justin S.
- Mentoring – Taryn
- Rochester Explorer Post (Event for Children)
- Academic Event on internships and career center
- Matt Spielman is primary contact
- Email Spielman if it’s been more than a month
Orientation Event:
- Physics 101 Crash Course
- Try to co-sponsor with Tau Beta Pi – they have been emailed
- no response yet
- deadline for application is the 24th
- Every engineer has to take this test
- Talk to Matt Spielman about this
General Meeting:
- Look out for a general meeting next semester!
Weekly Meetings every Monday at 8 PM in Goergen 239.
Questions? Email Anisha at akhosla@u.rochester.edu