[Bgsa] RETREAT!!!

[bharr002 at student.ucr.edu]

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE COMING TO THE RETREAT ASAP! 
It would be awesome to see everyone there. Thanks to those of you that have sent your replies, if you haven't please send a Yes or No email to me. bharr002 at student.ucr.edu

Also, don't forget to tell me:
1) are you staying for dinner 
2) are you spending the night 
3) are you planning on driving 
4) do you have a poster you could present 
5) would like to give a talk (on pretty much anything) 
6) Sign up for the pot luck (back of the door in mail room, right now we are having lasagna, chips, a dessert or 2 and some fish from John Oross).
7) Give me your $5 (my mailbox, Breanna Harris, is probably the best place to put it).

THANKS!!
The Retreat Committee
Bre Harris
Brian Gray
Anne Jacobs
Matt Wolak
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Breanna Harris
BGSA Vice President
PhD Student
Department of Biology
University of California, Riverside
Lab/cell:(951) 827-5929,(330) 322-5282 
Email:  bharr002 at student.ucr.edu

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---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:46:48 -0700
>From: Darren Rebar <dreba001 at ucr.edu>  
>Subject: [Bgsa] First BGSA meeting this Friday  
>To: bgsa at lists.ucr.edu
>
>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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