[Bgsa] First BGSA meeting this Friday

[Darren Rebar]

Hello Hello,

The first BGSA meeting of the year will be held this Friday, Oct. 3rd 
from 12-1 pm in the Darwin Room. 

Daphne Fairbairn, our new graduate advisor, will be joining us for part 
of the meeting.  Below are some of things she is interested in getting 
your feedback on, so please do read them over so we can have as 
productive a discussion with her as possible and open up the door for 
future communication (and CHANGE!).  Here they are (fowarded on from her):

 >I encourage the EEOB students to form a committee to help address some 
of the major issues facing the EEOB. While verbal interchanges can be 
cathartic and >informative, if you want your ideas to have impact beyond 
the discussion session, you need to get them down in writing. A written 
letter or letters from the group would be >a very powerful tool in 
motivating change.
 >
 >I am particularly interested in student opinions and advice about the 
following:
 >
 >1. The current programmatic content of each of the tracks (e.g. 
required and optional courses and exams). Are students happy with the 
types and content of courses >offered? If not, what courses would you 
like to see added or removed from the program?
 >
 >2. The timeline for progress through the program. Is the current 
timeline satisfactory or would students prefer a faster or slower 
expected trajectory? Are there obstacles to >progress that could be 
removed?
 >
 >3. Requirements that new students make up undergraduate deficiences 
such as Organic Chemistry, Physics and Math. Do students feel that these 
requirements are >reasonable and important for scholarly success? Do 
they feel that the requirements are applied fairly? One alternative to 
this practice would be to simply not accept >students who lack these. 
Another alternative would be to remove these requirements entirely. 
Neither seems ideal to me.
 >
 >4. Graduate student support (both salary and research).


We'll also touch base on the Fall retreat (which is the following day) 
and sign-up sheets for both coffee half hour and projector duties will 
be passed around.  If there's anything else that you'd like to discuss, 
send me an email.  Attached to this email is a tentative agenda (subject 
to change).  See you on Friday.

Peace,
Darren

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