Bisc grad caucus meeting TODAY 3:30pm

Hi all,

Please find attached a revised agenda for our meeting today at 3:30pm in B9242.

We still need volunteers for the Welcome Party & mentorship event on Sept 9th. We'll also be discussing the event schedule for the upcoming year.

Come on out & enjoy some refreshments!

Steph

Bisc grad caucus meeting- this week!

Hi everyone,

Our next Biology Grad Caucus meeting will be this *Wednesday, August 18, 3:30-4:30pm in B9242*. Please see the attached agenda.

This year our meetings will be held the *3rd Wednesday *of every month- with meetings *Aug 18, Sept 15, Oct 20 and Nov 17*.

See you then!

Steph
Associate Caucus Chair

Bisc Grad Caucus meeting TODAY, 3:30-4:30pm B9242

Good morning grads!

Just a reminder about our Biology Grad Caucus meeting today at
3:30-4:30pm in B9242.

We'll discuss the schedule for next year's Caucus-sponsored events and
the DSC scholarship evaluation process. If there is a new
event/activity that you'd like to see happen, or changes you'd like to
see made to things we're already doing come out, enjoy some
refreshments and give us your input.

A copy of the meeting agenda is attached.

See you all then,

Stephanie

Grad Caucus meeting Weds June 30th- planning for next year!

Hi all,

Just a reminder of the Biology Grad Caucus* *meeting next *Wednesday,
June 30th from 3:30-4:30pm in B9242*.

Topics include:

- Developing new ideas for and scheduling Caucus-sponsored events next year
- Discussion of the DSC process for evaluating scholarship applications

Come on out, enjoy some refreshements & put in your two cents worth!

Cheers,

Stephanie Green
Associate Caucus Chair

2010 HOUSING SURVEY RESULTS

Thank you everyone who participated in this year's graduate housing survey.

The results have been posted to http://www.sfu.ca/biology/grad_caucus/Active/housing_survey/housing.html

Alex Chubaty

BISC Grad Caucus Webmaster

Grad Student Contributions to the Peak

Hi everyone, 

In the aftermath of the Grad Student Referendum where grads almost pulled funding from the Peak, a few of us met with David Proctor, news editor, and Graham Templeton, Opinions Editor of the Peak yesterday.  After a lengthy conversation regarding graduate student representation in the paper, the Peak has agreed to track grad student submissions and has committed to a "pilot project" that will see an increase in grad-relevant and grad-authored content. 

Our ultimate goal is to have a dedicated grad student section and grad issues editor, but this is the first step in that process. In order to demonstrate that grads will be able to provide enough content to support a dedicated section, we need your help. 

Please write an article for the Peak. This can fall under the rubric of any of the sections (ie Humour, Sports, Opinion, Features, News, Arts). Your article can be about anything you'd like--your experience as a grad student, on or off campus challenges that come with being a student (ie funding, childcare, housing, etc), your research, your work as a TA/TM, grad student life (both social and political)...you get the idea. 

Submit your articles to David Proctor: news@the-peak.ca

Please indicated GRAD STUDENT SUBMISSION in the subject line. 

If possible, please cc tssu@tssu.ca

It's really important that we submit a variety of articles so that we can work towards making this campus paper one that better reflects graduate student news and issues. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me. 

In solidarity, 

Jen Scott

Organizer, TSSU

Reminder; Biology grad caucus meeting tomorrow 3:30 - 4:30 B9242 (agenda attached)

Hello biology grads,

Reminder that the grad caucus is meeting

Tomorrow (Wed, May 26) 3:30 to 4:30 in B9242

There will be refreshments.  We will be discussing important things at this meeting (agenda attached) including beginning to formulate the event plans from May 2010 to 2011.  This is where you can participate in shaping the roll of the caucus in the coming year, and deciding what we should and shouldn't do! 

Also, we still have three open positions for Event Committee Officers.  These officers will play key roles in organizing caucus events.  You will not have to take on the events alone, and officer-level positions are great for your CV and for getting to know people in the department.  I strongly suggest you volunteer for this position.

See you all there.

Brett Favaro

Caucus Chair

Biology Bike-to-Work-Week

Dear all,

Bike to work week is fast approaching: May 31-June 6.

As you may know, the Biology Department is getting *quite* the reputation for having a pretty large turn out every year.  However, the point of Bike-to-work-week is to have NEW people cycle in, who have perhaps never done it before.  So, if you've been bike-curious, now is the time to try!

You don't need to bike every day in the week, nor go all the way up the hill, in order to be on the team.  The point is to make steps towards the challenge.

FREE Pancake Breakfast:

Tuesday, June 1st

Pancake breakfast for cyclists at the Cornerstone Square

Come and get info, bike routes, give you opinion about biking resources on campus, meet people who cycle, enter draws for prizes.

To join the SFU Biology Team, simply sign up here:

http://www.biketoworkmetrovan.ca/

This great website allows you to log all of your trips and computes your mileage and carbon offset.

On this website, you'll need to find the SFU Biology team:

Organization: Simon Fraser University

Workplace location: SFU - Burnaby Campus

Team: Biology Department

Jenn Sunday