From daemon Sat Mar 6 18:21:36 1999 Received: from arthur.INS.CWRU.Edu by grendel.astr.cwru.edu; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/28Jun94-0533PM) id AA04227; Sat, 6 Mar 1999 18:21:35 -0500 Return-Path: owner-grads@po.cwru.edu Received: (majord@localhost) by arthur.INS.CWRU.Edu (8.8.8+cwru/CWRU-3.4) id SAA08349; Sat, 6 Mar 1999 18:21:27 -0500 (EST) (from owner-grads@po.cwru.edu for grads-out) X-Authentication-Warning: arthur.INS.CWRU.Edu: majord set sender to owner-grads@po.cwru.edu using -f Received: from horeb.pcusa.org (horeb.pcusa.org [206.115.64.20]) by arthur.INS.CWRU.Edu with ESMTP (8.8.8+cwru/CWRU-3.4) id SAA08344; Sat, 6 Mar 1999 18:21:23 -0500 (EST) (from HEATHER_KICHNER.parti@ecunet.org for ) Received: from outbound.ecunet.org ([206.115.64.10]) by horeb.pcusa.org (Post.Office MTA v3.5.2 release 221 ID# 0-0U10L2S100V35) with SMTP id org for ; Sat, 6 Mar 1999 18:20:00 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 18:15:00 -0500 (EST) Subject: GSS MINUTES To: grads@po.cwru.edu From: HEATHER_KICHNER.parti@ecunet.org (HEATHER KICHNER) Message-Id: <9903061815.aa01868@pcusa01.ecunet.org> Sender: owner-grads@po.cwru.edu Precedence: bulk Status: RO To: grads@po.cwru.edu Graduate Student Senate Minutes: March 4, 1999 Present: John Martin, Heather Kichner, Jennifer Skidmore, Adam Majewski, Shama Mohammed, Michelle McCoy, Dave Vanik, Katie Leonhardy, Gautham Ramachandran, Edith Schwede, Rich Charnigo 1. After some discussion, a motion to grant a request from the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student Association for funds toward T-shirt printing was passed, 10-0. A motion followed to fund the BMEGSA for the fully-requested amount of $250. 2. Committee Reports: Presidential Search - John Martin reports that the search is nearing completion. John's work (along with two undergraduates on this committee) reflects some strides toward better grad student representation on the CWRU's governing board. The new president will be announced publicly on March 10 at 10 a.m. John reports that the short-list candidates were all excellent, so any choice will be an excellent one. NAGPS - Edith Schwede said goodbye as the NAGPS and American Studies GSS representative. We thank Edith for her long-term dedication to GSS! Tom Hund is our current NAGPS rep. GSS members are urged to consider a trip to the 1999 Midwest Regional Conference in Bloomington, IN, March 26-28. GSS will pay for registration. For more info visit www.nagps.org or contact Linda Anderson at Indiana University at linander@indiana.edu. Edith also encourages GSS reps to attend the national confernce to be held in November. Student Activities - Theater Night organizer and GSS VP Jennifer Skidmore said 78 of 130 grad students who reserved tickets went to see Richard III at Eldred Theater February 18. We all enjoyed the show tremendously! The only drawback was that the theater department expected a sold-out house since GSS bought out the show, and some people who requested tickets did not keep their commitment to attend.... GSS will be sponsoring the main stage entertainment at Springfest, April 24. Library Committee - Representative Shama Mohammed informed us of some recent security problems at Kelvin Smith (panhandlers, loitering, thefts, etc.) An ID-swipe system to enforce security is probable for this fall. Contact Shama at sxm 31 with questions or comments.... Also, An interlibrary loan demonstration will take place March 23 at 10 a.m. to look at a new computer system option.... A Faculty Forum on University Libraries is slated for March 25, 11:45 a.m.- 1 p.m. to discuss current library concerns, such as book purchasing. Students are welcome to attend. Diekhoff Award - The Committee has nine (9) nominees to consider, 6 from Arts/Humanities and 3 from Social/Behavioral Sciences. We met Feb 16 to finalize the student questionnaire and eligibility requirements. We will meet March 23 to discuss the returned questionnaires and discuss upcoming interviews. V-Fund - The committee has received about a dozen or so applications, well-spread across unversity departments. A kick-off event for the fund and Dean Verhosek is in the works. 3. A Reminder: We elect new GSS officers at the next meeting, April 8. Nominations by e-mail are now open in preparation for the upcoming election. Departments should have new (or returning) representatives in place by the April meeting. Respectfully submitted, Heather J. Kichner Case Western Reserve University English Department GSS Recording Secretary