who we are, what we’ve done, and where we’re headed tonight’s agenda food & socializing ...
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Who we are, what we’ve done, and where we’re headed
Tonight’s Agenda
Food & Socializing
Quick Presentation
Group Feedback and Discussion
Welcome!
Roadmap
Intro to Organization Who we are, why we were formed Goals and missions
State of the Union Events we’ve had Feedback
Looking Forward What we plan to do What you want us to do!
Who we are and our goals
Group Intro
What is the IEEE GSB
Organization for graduate students Comprised of IEEE members Exist to serve the graduate students First IEEE Graduate Student Branch
What is IEEE? “Largest professional association for the
advancement of technology”
But Don’t We Already Have an IEEE Student Branch Existing IEEE @ OSU Student Branch
Graduate students welcome Events geared towards undergraduates
What’s different about Grads? Research/technical focus Diverse backgrounds Career paths
GSB formed to serve grad student needsspecifically
Member Intro
Current Members Share Name / Office Degree / Year in School Research Area / Advisor What are the benefits of a strong GSB?
Missions
To promote a better graduate experience Social and professional development Student resources
To support your research efforts Skills presentations Informal peer research talks
To support your career search Networking events Informational events
Preliminary Vision
Provide an informal settings to Build networks/connections Share and develop ideas Enjoy your time at OSU
Why? Interdisciplinary world Benefit from diverse experiences
How do we get money?
Fundraising E-Council Others?
IEEE Columbus Provides other resources Note: May 12th Spring Banquet!
Ohio Union Funds broadly applicable events
Events thus far and group feedback
State of the Union
Events Thus Far
Networking / Social Graduate Student Orientation (40-50) Autumn Picnic (20) Fortune Social (30)
Research “Keys to successful research” (35)
Careers “H-1B Visas and Green Card Processing”
(150)
Web-Presence
Financials
Resource Room (Allowance)• Yearly Budget: $ 250.00• Recent Purchases: $ 1.50 (Misc)
$ 8.00 (Kick-off Fliers )• Current Balance: $ 152.50
Operating Funds• Yearly Budget: $ 200.00• Current Balance: $ 178.00• Outstanding: $ 22.00 ( Postage )
$ 100.00 ( Branch Kick-Off )$ 50.00 ( Stationary )
Financials
Dr. Berger’s Talk: Keys to successful research • Total Requested: $ 370.00• Receipts for: $ 158.45• Balance: $ 211.55
Item Estimated
Requested
Speaker $250 0
Pizza and Pop
$200 $200
Advertisement
$70 $70
Takeaways $100 $100
Total $620 $370
Item Spent
Pizza 4 Buckeyes
$117.92
Pop20 Sprint & 24 Water
$ 10.89
Ice and Cups
$ 12.65
Gift $ 16.99Table 1: Keys to Successful Research
BudgetTable 2: Expenses
Financials
Teaching in Academia (5/18/2011)• Total Requested: $ 482• Receipts for: $ 0• Balance: $ 482
Item Estimated
Requested
Spent
Speaker $ 300 0 0 (so far)
Gift $ 100 $ 100 0
Pizza and Pop
$ 250 $ 250 0
Advertisement(Lantern and Fliers)
$ 92$ 25
$ 92$ 25
00
Feedback Forms
$ 15 $ 15 0
Total $ 782 $ 482 0
Table 3: Budget for Teaching in Academia Forum
Feedback
Were the events useful? Did you know about the events?
What made you come? What could we have done better? What were the best parts of the event?
What’s in store next and your input
Where we are headed
Upcoming Events
Careers in Academia (May 18th) Faculty Panel Q&A
Entrepreneurship for Engineers (May 25th) Turn research into business
Grad Student Careers and Internships (May 31st) Engineering career services Office of international affairs
Other Ideas
Social Grad student lounge initiative Graduate student socials International pot luck Intramural teams / Day tournaments
Research Student research day Informal peer presentations / paper reading Distinguished lecturers / department
fellows
Ideas Continued
Career development Industrial contacts resume/career seminar Graduate student presence w/faculty
search Build alumni network Informal gathering with Columbus
professionals
Let’s hear it
Your Input
Feedback
Were the events useful? Did you know about the events?
What made you come? What could we have done better? What were the best parts of the event?
Events Thus Far
Networking / Social Graduate Student Orientation (40-50) Autumn Picnic (20) Fortune Social (30)
Research “Keys to successful research” (35)
Careers “H-1B Visas and Green Card Processing”
(150)
Brainstorming
Which ideas do you like? Which suck? Do we need other missions? What other ideas would you like to see
us pursue?
Ideas
Career development Industrial contacts resume/career seminar Graduate student presence w/faculty search Build alumni network Informal gathering with Columbus professionals
Social Grad student lounge initiative Graduate student socials International pot luck Intramural teams / Day
tournaments Research
Student research day Informal peer presentations /
paper reading Distinguished lecturers /
department fellows
Closing
Interested? Sign up for our Google Group Meetings: Mon. @ 5:00 in CL 277
Thanks for coming!