Minutes from 10/20/14

ALUMNI PANEL: Sat. Oct 18th @ 4 PM in LeChase
-overall response was very good
-decent crowd – ~ 60 people
-good event to have every year
-Email Your Alum a follow up thank you
-thank Dr. Lerner for co-organizing and moderating

CONCENTRATION PANEL: Tuesday October 28th 8-9 PM
-pizza (Nuley)
-Goergen 109 (Emily -Book)
-Stephanie (ask Stacie)
-Justin
-Emily will find signals and systems people
-FLYER for Concentration panel
-Send out an email now!

LASER TAG:
-went well!
-17 people!
-12 people for dinner after
-suggestion to have Laser Tag vs RIT for next semester?

RETINAL CROWN: Dodgeball Game between BME & Optics
-November 8th 2-3 PM
-meet with Optics November 3rd to get estimates of who is going
-have sign ups in Mid October
-Jojo will get the Gym Reserved & MERT
-Find a trophy that’s nice and under budget (Janet)
-will have pizza afterwards
-Justin make a flyer, share with optics
-send an email out with a sign up form
ASSISTING WITH DR. LERNER’S Video Conference Calls
When are students available for Career Conversations? (Alex will create a doodle/form this week)
-afternoon and evening on weekdays
-about an hour long

ASSESSMENT OF EVENTS:
http://rochester.edu/college/wcsa/Forms/index.html
-Click “Assessment” in the list, log onto CCC (make sure to SUBMIT the form)
-101: Justin
-picnic: Janet
-alumni panel: Stephanie
-laser tag: Janet
-mentoring event: Caeli and Mary

E-SOCIAL (Engineering Social) Friday, Oct 31st 2:30-5 PM
-Engineering groups are all co-sponsoring
-ASME Pumpkin Launch (3-5): wanna join the BMES TEAM? (contact Justin S. jschuma5@u.rochester.edu)
-food will be in Retner, events outside Wilson Commons
-estimated ~350 in waves
-Event Support: need Tables and Chairs for eating and other activities, music system
-ask about fabrication lab space for NSBE Pumpkin Carving (Emily)
-posters are coming

OUTREACH:
-checking with Taimi to see if we can get funding to purchase equipment
-Nov. 21st Family Science Day: Friday? details to come.

MENTORING MEET & GREETS:
-Grad event: even though it was the “best time”, only 1 grad mentor showed up.
-moving grad mentor events to lunch time?
-Undergrad time will be moved.

DINNER WITH RIT: BME & AiChE
-Thursday, 7-9 Nov. 6th
-MacGregors

NEWSLETTER: Articles to Sophie (xzhang73@u.rochester.edu) by Monday October 27th
-Newsletter sent out by first week of Nov.
-Picnic (Janet)
-Panel & Froyo/Mentoring Social (Elizabeth S)
-Physics 101 (Ariel L)
-Conference (Emily)
-Alumni Panel (Kelly)
-Pie Eating Contest (Caeli)
-Letter from the President (Stephanie)
-Laser Tag (Janet)
-examples of articles: http://sa.rochester.edu/bmes/category/newsletters/

FUNDRAISING:
-tanktop design is selected
-color options will be sent out asap
-inventory check: blankets and shot glasses may be running low (Kelly & Raul)
-sales from last week went well
-needs to be approved by BME department – ask Waugh

Weekly Meetings every Monday at 8 PM in Goergen 239.
Questions? Email Emily at ekwan@u.rochester.edu