November 14, 2008

PLU General Meeting Noon Eberly 325

Holiday party planning

Katherine Stone will be the “short arm” for the ticket sales and will be in charge of the camera.

Holiday Party will be Thursday December 11^th at 6pm unless the staff gets in touch about attending, maybe the party will be earlier, but not likely.

Future social events

Ice skating in January.  Bowling, skiing/snowtubing; we need more information/discussion about costs and where we want to go.  Probably talk further in a January meeting.

We will have another happy hour at the end of the spring semester, because the happy hour last night was a great success.

Grad Expo

Jessica Sarver is on the committee to plan the grad expo, which takes place in March.  It is an opportunity to present a paper or poster, and get judged, there are prizes.  Abstracts are due January 16, 2009, and may be submitted online.  They need people to judge.  Would look good on a resume.

There is also an idea of forming your own panel, for example, with other labs/departments via collaborations. 

Mentoring

Dr. Grabowski got in touch about mentoring high school students doing science fair projects.  The mentors would give advice and guidance.  He may come and talk to us at the next meeting or by email.  A list is passed around, for people to sign up if they are interested.

Philips Lecture

Dr. Hector Abruña from Cornell University will be coming.  Kristi O’Neal is the student host so get in touch with her if you are interested in meeting with him, or doing a presentation at the student breakfast.

Other Business

Wendy Lampart brings up participation in the pre-seminar talks, giving basic introduction to research.  She passes around a sign-up sheet.

Meeting concluded at 12:33 pm.

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