September 2013
Graduate Student Association Meeting
Friday September 27, 2013
Officers in Attendance: Trey Lowery, Serra Ucer, Emily Reichard, Archana Kamalakar, Lee Ann King, Anisha Kothari, Rajshekhar Kore, Daniel Sappington.
- Current bank account will start charging a fee, so it was decided that we will move to a new bank or credit union
- New meeting time will be last Friday of every Month 3-4pm in B342-2 (Biomed 2)
- Paintball Event
- Super Saver package ($30/person)
- Max 50 people
- GSA will pay ½ ($15)
- Register by Oct 11th end of day
- Event will be Oct 19th at 1pm at Arkansas Paintball
- Marathon Team
- Emily and Serra will meet with Faith when possible to get details
- Email has been sent to Faith requesting details
- Habitat for Humanity
- Will be held in November
- Serra will start organizing details
- Website
- Updates will include: links to PhD Comics, GSA minutes, link to GSA Facebook account, any notices of events, potentially a poster of publications (?), possible link to Graduate School Blog (?)
- Graduate School T-shirts for Humanity
- Competition for logo
- Emily will send email and start organizing
- Recycling is being taken over by UAMS for Humanity
- Voted unanimously to donate bins to churches
- ASG Notes:
- Halloween party planned,
- Student Loan Counseling: contact Student Financial Services at Phone: (501) 686-7832 for info on taking out loans, repayment options, and debt management
- Vinos will be moved to December or cancelled depending on funds
- Other event ideas for next semester:
- Climbing
- Movie night
- Next Meeting:
- Planning Habitat for Humanity event, marathon sponsorships
- Update and vote on constitution to include Webmaster position