[4/1/05]

*Beta Beta Beta will have their two final meetings of the year on April 7 and April 14, 2005. Both meeting will be held in the Solarium beginning at 7:30. Food will be provided!

We are also playing paintball on Saturday, April 9 at Riverside Renegades by the Waterfront. Anyone who is interested can contact Brandi at bns14@pitt.edu

Congratulations to our new officers! Check is out on the members page!

[10/12/04]

*  In the last two weeks the officers have made two major changes to the administrational structure of BBB.  The first is a permanent change in regard of the social committee.  The club will no longer have a social committee.  Instead we will have what is called a "social pseudo-committee."  This pseudo-committee consists of the president, the vice president, and the secretary, and they are the ones now who are responsible for organizing social events.

The other change is temporarily for this year only, and it's regarding the tutoring committee.  This year BBB will have two chairs for the tutoring committee and each chair is called a co-chair.  The work of the committee does not change though.  And the new co-chair is Adam Wander.

If you have any questions regarding those recent changes do not hesitate to contact either the president or the vice president of the club, they'd be more than happy to answer any question.

*  The tutoring program did officially start this week.  Currently we have 3 tutors plus 2 more have just registered, and this leads to a total of 5 tutors in BBB tutoring program.  If you are interested in joining the tutoring program you still can do so, just check the details in the tutoring page.

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[10/8/04]

*  The pool night date has been changed from Thursday night to Wednesday night 10/13/04.  The time is still the same 9pm.

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[10/6/04]

*  The tutoring schedule has been posted in the tutoring page.  However, I have not heard anything from the tutoring chair if the program has started or not yet.  I'll keep you updated about this.

*  This is a carbon copy from the meeting minutes that was sent by the secretary via e-mail with some changes (if you didn't get the e-mail let us know so that we can add you to the e-mail list):

Hey everyone! Here's what happened at last night's meeting:

1. Pins
Brandi gave Tri-Beta pins to all of the new members present at the meeting.

2. Past/Future Events
Some of the things we've done this semester include having a Scavenger Hunt in Schenley Park, eating dinner at Fuel & Fuddle, and going to Dave and Andy's for ice cream.
Usually we participate in Pitt Project Oakland (cleaning up the Oakland area), but this year it has been postponed to the spring.
We will be doing Schenley Stewards on November 5, from 1- 4:30 pm. It is a project that cleans up and restores areas in Schenley Park.

3. Committee reports
Fundraising - If you are in the fundraising committee, please talk to Dan.
Tutoring - If you are becoming a tutor, tell Denise your available times.

4. Aviary Trip
Tri-Beta will have an unofficial trip to the Aviary this Saturday, Oct. 9. We will meet in front of the Union (Fifth Ave. side) at 9:30 am. If you are interested, tell Aziz. If ten people sign up to go, Tri-Beta will pay for admission.

5. Pool
Next Thursday, Oct. 14, we will be playing pool at the union at 9:00 pm. Meet in the pool hall. (Tri-Beta will be paying for it!)

6. Research
Scott handed out a survey to those who are currently involved in research and then talked about ways you can get into research. Brandi talked about her summer experience in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) and another summer opportunity Cellular Adaptation to Environmental Challenge (CAEC). If you are interested in the programs, go to www.gradbiomed.pitt.edu/summeropps.asp.  Applications are due on March 1.

7. Dues
National and chapter dues were collected. For those who wanted a t-shrit, the money for t-shirts were also collected.

8. Next Meeting
The next meeting will be on Oct. 26, from 7:00-9:00 pm in Clapp L9. We will be having officer and committee head evaluations and then afterwards we will be showing the movie Pride.  (We'll have food too!).

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[10/1/04]

* We will be playing pool at the ground floor of the Union on Thursday 10/14/04 from 9pm-11pm.  Sign up sheet and more details will be in our coming meeting.

* The Saturday trip (10/9/04) to the Aviary is made optional.  Sign up sheet will be at the coming meeting.  This trip since it's not official, it'll be a normal visit to the Aviary, no special behind the scene tour.  If you are interested we'll gather outside the Union on the 5th ave. side at 9:30am and will leave at 9:45am.  Don't forget your pitt ID for the free bus ride!

* Our meeting/evaluation/movie on Tuesday 10/26 will be in another room, NOT the Solarium, because we will be watching a cool movie!  The exact room will be announced later.

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[9/25/04]

* The members page has been updated & more members added.  If you don't see your name please contact us, unless you just have submitted your application because in this case we are still processing your application.

* Some changes have been made on the fall calendar.  The pool night has been cancelled.  There will be a trip on Saturday 10/9/04; it'll be awesome, I'll give you more details later.  Also the Oakland project has been cancelled.  & we'll have the Schenley Stewards on Nov. 5th.  All of those changes have been applied to the calendar.  So go check it out!

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[9/22/04]

* Here are the minutes for the meeting we had on 9/21/04  (it's a carbon copy from the minutes that were sent to all members by e-mail, with some deletions of unnecessary information):

1. Applications
If you haven't turned in your application, please turn them in to
Christine in the bio advising office as soon as you can.

2. Committee Reports
-Research: Next Wednesday, September 29 we will be having Jen
Sorochinsky speaking about the New York Chiropractic College. It will
be from 5:00 - 6:00 pm in the Solarium. Even though you aren't planning
to go to the school, she will be providing information about what to
expect when you do go to grad school.
-Tutoring: Applications are currently being accepted if you want to
tutor upper and lower biology courses. Contact Denise, the tutoring
chair if you have any questions.
-Historian: Tri-Beta will be making a Biology Newsletter that will
be available sometime in October. If you would like to write articles
or puzzles for it, please contact Elenee.
-Fundraising: Discount cards for shops and restaurants around the
area are planning to be sold as a fundraiser.
-Social: A clothing drive is being planned to collect used clothing
and shoes for donation.

3. Certificates
Certificates were handed out to those members who were inducted last
year. If you haven't received your certificate, see Brandi.

4. T-shirts
We are getting t-shirts this year and on the back we would like to
list "The Top 10 Reasons to be a Bio Major." Right now we have eight
ideas so if you can think of more let us know!

5. Contact Info
-If you have a general question for any of the officers or committee
chairs you can send them to betabetabeta@gmail.com
-For those of you who have AOL Instant Messenger and would like to
get a hold of Brandi, here is her screen name: Butterfly449

6. Dues will be due at the next meeting on October 5
-For regular members they are $10
-For associate members they are $10
-If you are an associate member and are upgrading to a regular
member they are $20
-If you have applied for regular membership this year, they are $30
for the National dues and $10 for the Chapter dues (Total $40)
-If you have applied for associate membership, they are $20 for
national dues and $10 for the Chapter dues (Total $30)

7. Next meeting
The next Tri-Beta meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 5 in the
Solarium at 6:30 pm.

8. Dave and Andy's
After the meeting we had ice cream from Dave and Andy's!!

* Some people where looking for copies of the participation form, it's in the membership requirements page, but anyways, you can click here and "tada!" you'll get it :)

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[9/17/04]

* More pictures have been added!

* Some changes and additions have been made to the calendar.

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[9/14/04]

* Great news for tutors!  The tutoring program will start Monday September 27th, so rush and fill out your tutoring application.

* Another great tutoring news :)  We have started a coordination with the Engineering Career Access Program (PECAP) Pre-College Component Investing Now for tutoring high school students.  Their program is really great and you can join their program and still be considered a Tri-Beta tutor.  More details about this in the tutoring page.

* Pictures about our BBB Ultimate Quest have been added to the photo gallery, & probably more to come!

* The Wonderland page has been updated.

* The members page has been updated.  If you are applying this semester then you'll still not find your name, it'll be added later.  If you, however, a previous member and still so & don't see your name then please let us know so we can add you to the list.  As soon as I get a more updated list I'll make the changes.

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[9/12/04]

* We've just made it back from our BBB Ultimate Quest!  It was really fun.  We left the Union at 2pm and headed toward the dinosaur by the Carnegie Museum, & there we took a picture of the entire group, a pre-historic picture :)  We continued our way to the woods and by the lake we split into groups of three.  Each group had six tasks to accomplish in an hour and a half.  The tasks were: catching a fish, finding three seeds with the leaves belonging to the plant, bringing back three living insects, taking pictures of three birds, three animals, and three fungi.  Well, all of the groups were successful in accomplishing their mission on time, and it was so much fun.  Great pictures will be posted soon in the photo gallery.  (by the way, my group was missing two birds, but I'll say we're still winners because we catched a half dead fish which no body else did :D ).  Lastly we ate at a restaurant.  Wow, what a great adventure it was!  Don't forget to join us in our next adventure!

* The members page have been updated, and more members will be added as the membership applications are being processed.

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[9/10/04]

* Here is what went on in our Meet & Greet: first, as you'd expect, all officers & committee heads introduced themselves.  Little fun icebreaker, pizza, and then into what you really need to know if you missed the meeting; here it is: go to the Membership page and fill out the application and hand it in to the bio advisor; also fill out the other form in the page that says participation form and give it to one of the club officers.  Lastly, pay the dues as following: everyone needs to pay a 10$ chapter dues every semester with disregard of whether you are a new member or a previous member.  Besides the 10$, if you are a new member you'll need to pay 20$ if you file as an associate member, 30$ if you are a regular member, and 10$ if you are upgrading from associate to regular.  More specific details can be found in the membership page.  Please note that you pay only once and that's it, except for the 10$ chapter dues that you pay every semester to help us finance our activities.

* The application is due by Tuesday 9/21/04 to the bio advisor in Langley A230.

* The money dues are due Tuesday 10/5/04 to the treasurer Dan.

* The participation form is due as soon as you fill it out to the vice president Aziz or any other officer.

* Don't forget our trip this Sunday 9/12/04.  It's going to be so much fun, you just don't want to miss it.  Check the details in the calendar & activities page.

* If you always have a class during our regular meeting hours, then don't hesitate to come to the other activities that are held at different times.  & remember that you can always e-mail us if you have a question.

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[9/4/04]

* Some changes have been made to the calendar.

* More pictures have been added to the photo gallery.

* Some modifications have been made on the details of the BBB Ultimate Quest trip in the Activities page.

* Remember, our first meeting is this Tuesday (Sept. 7th) at 6:30pm in the Solarium (Clapp 330).  It's going to be so much fun and very important, so don't miss it.  If you have a class during this time you can check this page later to see what went on.

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[before 8/30/04]

Currently everything on this website is new, and we hope you will like it.  Later on, this section will include things like meetings minutes and other new updates.

* The website has received a second major update, almost all sections have been updated with a lot of great info.  Committee heads and officers are very encouraged to take a look and give feedback.

* There was a committee heads meeting on 6/1/04.  The heads that were not able to attend were contacted via e-mail.  The meeting was very successful and several decisions have been made especially regarding the calendar and the plan for the upcoming year.  There will be another follow up meeting early August, the specific date will be announced later.

* There was a meeting on 7/8/04 that involved the president, vice president, and the secretary of the club.  The meeting was mainly to make sure that the preparations for the new academic year are going well, and to discuss new ideas, thoughts, and comments.  All the officers and committee heads were provided by the meeting minutes via e-mail.

* The August meeting has been cancelled because most of the committee heads are out of Pittsburgh or cannot attend.  There will be another meeting, however, that will include both the officers and the committee heads early in the semester before the club first regular meeting.  The exact date will be provided later.

* The Wonderland page has been added, go check it guys.  It's really cool!