Special caucus meeting for reimbursements, April 28 12:00 7000 level grad lounge

Hi grads

Tomorrow at noon we will have a special caucus meeting to authorize expenses for the upcoming publishing workshop.  Location: 7000 level grad lounge.

Agenda:

- Approve $255 from GSS grant to spend at Club Ilia
- Approve up to $150 from core funds to spend at Club Ilia
- Approve $73.92 from core funds for Rowan Trebilco for gifts for speakers

We just need quorum to hold the meeting - so drop by for 5 minutes around lunch time and we can git 'er done.

Brett

Publishing Demystified Workshop Part II -- May 4th

Dear grads,

The Biology Grad Caucus is hosting its second "Publishing Demystified"workshop on Wednesday, May 4th,  3:30-5 pm in the IRMACS theatre. We had great turn out for the first of this series in November. This time, six faculty members have agreed will share their advice and insights on how to successfully publish peer-reviewed papers with us.

We've selected three topics, with two faculty speaking on each:

1. Why publish and how to choose where to publish (Michael Silverman & Jon Moore)
2.  Framing your paper: titles, abstracts and cover letters (Margo Moore & Bernie Roitberg)
3. Responding to reviews (Isabelle Côté & Ron Ydenberg)

We'll have ~20mins for each topic, followed by a brief question and answer period. The Caucus is hosting a reception (i.e. free food & drink) after the workshop at Club Ilia  for the participants and speakers, where there will be additional time to pick our speakers' brains.

Event details and schedule:

Event: Publishing Demystified Workshop 2
Date:  Weds, May 4th
Time: 3:30-5pm, social to follow at Club Ilia
Location: IRMACS theatre

We look forward to seeing you all there!

Grad Caucus planning committee

April 20 biology grad student meeting, 7000 level grad lounge 3:30 to 4:30 (and vote for grad hosted speaker)

Dear grads

We're having a biology grad student meeting on Wednesday April 20, 3:30 to 4:30 in the 7000 level grad lounge.  In this meeting we will be voting in our new caucus executives who will lead the department in 2011-2012.  We will also be narrowing down what we will be spending our trust fund on (see the attached agenda for the ideas submitted to date).

Also, I haven't received a lot of votes yet for the grad hosted speaker.  We have received many awesome nominations for next year's speaker, so pick one.

Everyone gets one vote - just email me the person you want to vote for from the attached list.  You have until next Tuesday (April 19) to send me your vote!

Thanks
 
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Brett Favaro, caucus chair

Nominate a 2012 grad hosted speaker and other items

Hi grads

Just a reminder about three items:

1.  Who do you want to see as our 2012 grad hosted speaker?  We are taking nominations for this now.  I will close nominations on April 8 (that's Friday!) so we can have the results in time for the April 20 meeting.  I've received a few nominations to date, some of which are very outside-the-box.  Remember we have a full year to plan this, so aim as high as you'd like.

2.  Nominate yourself or someone else for a caucus executive position.  I sent out an email a few days ago explaining all the positions.  We have had only three people nominate themselves for a position.  All the events you know and love (grad hosted speaker, grad symposium, publishing workshops, and more) happen because of the efforts of the caucus executive.  In addition, without caucus executives, there will be no one to advocate on behalf of student issues.

Nominations are open until April 12 (That's Tuesday!).  These things look great on your CV!

We are currently lacking any nominations for a lot of positions, even critically important ones.

3.  We still have $3000 to spend on grad students.  I've received some great ideas from people about what to spend it on.  We're going to vote on it at the April 20 meeting so send me your ideas on what we should spend $3000 on!

Thanks

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Brett Favaro, caucus chair

Caucus reminders: Nominate a 2012 grad hosted speaker and other items

Hi grads

Some caucus reminders:

1.  Nominate yourself or someone else for a caucus executive position.  I sent out an email a few days ago explaining all the positions.  We have had only three people nominate themselves for a position.  All the events you know and love (grad hosted speaker, grad symposium, publishing workshops, and more) happen because of the efforts of the caucus executive.  In addition, without caucus executives, there will be no one to advocate on behalf of student issues.

Nominations are open until April 12.  These things look great on your CV!

2.  We still have $3000 to spend on grad students.  I've received some great ideas from people about what to spend it on.  We're going to vote on it at the April 20 meeting so send me your ideas on what we should spend $3000 on!

3.  Who do you want to see as our 2012 grad hosted speaker?  We are taking nominations for this now.  I will close nominations on April 8 so we can have the results in time for the April 20 meeting.  I've only had one nomination sent to me so far.

Thanks

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Brett Favaro, caucus chair