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GSC Meeting Agenda 3/6/17 CTRE 152A/BPast EventsCareer Seminar Series: Dr. Anne Bessman from Insight; February 7th“Transitioning to Careers in Data Science, Health Data Science, and Data Engineering”Insight trains people to be a data analyst in 7 weeks and then aids in job placement afterThe info provided was too vague and not all that relevant to usThe articles/info provided by Anne are available on the GSC websiteIce Skating: Franklin Park Ice ArenaFeb. 11th at 7:00PMGood turnout – repeat again next year?Survival Skills Seminar: Elizabeth and Gail – Stritch Library StaffLibrary Boot Camp: Searching Scopus for Cited ReferencesFeb. 15th Poorly attended Maybe too early in the year to be helpful with Qual exams for students – push back to March/AprilCoordinate with the Milestone programAdd in the event email that this will benefit the 2nd year students with Qual exam and the MS students with their thesisAWIS Seminar (February 21)Great resource for promoting women in scienceWilling to partner with WINS for their events – good networking opportunityUpcoming Events:iO Improv Comedy ShowFriday, March 10th at 8:00PM$5/students and $10/guests Still some tickets availableFirst years – please make sure to send an email conformation!April Event?Drag show in Oak ParkBar night Aladdin Broadway show April 22ndMarch for Science (GSC cannot promote this since it is technically political)Interdisciplinary symposium at lakeshore campusVolunteering opportunity (see Volunteering section)PMSA Science Day (March 22-23) – make a poster about real life problems and how science can help (maybe team up for this – need to stand by poster from 7am-4pm)Career Development SeriesDr. Val ManavesScientist II at AbbvieEither Thursday April 13th and 20th May: Dr. Lucianne WalkowiczTED FellowSometime in MayPlease send us contacts/ideas for future speakersSurvival Skills Seminar SeriesLibrary Boot Camp: RefWorks WorkshopMarch 15th at 5:00PM in CTRE 304 BRING YOUR LAP TOPS! PLEASE ATTEND!!!!!! Website: on Website – Jon Take a look at the website!New updates – calendar added, student achievements section addedWomen in Science (WINS) – WE’RE FUNDED!!The funding source was through Loyola’s Plan 2020 program – encourages health and science related outreach to the communitySister Science DayGreat meeting with Provost CallahanSaturday, May 13th Working on approval from Risk ManagementWorking with our administration to reach out to local schools30+ middle school girls will be invitedMicro/Immuno people – if you give a talk, it counts as a lay presentation!Volunteering Activities – Jon Animal Care LeagueDifficult to coordinate – 2hr orientation required, need a minimum 6hrs/month commitmentMonster Street CleanupLooking for volunteers again – we did this last yearAlso on April 22nd Pizza providedFeed my starving childrenLocations are not near us – Aurora, Libertyville, Schaumberg (no weekend dates available) carpool?Hand-packing dry foodsBig Shoulders EventVolunteer at inner city middle/high schools Have done this in the past – had low turnoutSend out a survey to the students to see what deters them from these volunteering events – do we need to provide an incentive? (i.e. food)GSAC – Jon and EvannMet with the United Health student representative for LoyolaDeductables are going up next year from $250 to $350Can we get rid of United Health and choose a different provider? – not really (we would need one of the deans to advocate on our behalf)Evann has the student representative’s contact info and the contact info for the Loyola representative at United Health feel free to contact them directly with your concerns!GSC HSD – LaurenWill be sending a student-wide survey on unionization – we need evidence of the grad students’ opinions on this topic for future reference SLAC – ChunChun talked to Gail about the infamous alumni funds – she hasn’t officially said ‘no’ to a popcorn machine, picnic games for the Quad, and dog toys for the therapy dogsLGBTQ Group – Sarah Feid Sarah and Frankie plan to start a group dedicated to LGBTQ in STEMThe group will be similar to the WINS group – will discuss issues facing LGBTQ people in the STEM fields, invite guests to speak about these issues, etc...This group will be kept separate from the med school LGBTQ group which is more focused on issues related to being an MD Would like your opinions on what you would like this group to be aboutDr. CribbsThe campus-wide 3-minute thesis competition took place at the lakeshore campus in mid-FebruaryCongrats to Audrey Torcaso who won 1st place, and Dave Ford who won 3rd place!!There is an article about the competition and the winners located on the Stritch website and the HSD websiteEmailsWe get too many emails – people don’t read them. How do we fix this?A new email will be sent out to the HSD students/faculty every 2 weeks, will include:Brief info on what’s going on in the grad schoolGSC-related news (seminars, events, etc...)Student achievements ................
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