Who we are, what we’ve done, and where we’re headed

Tonight’s Agenda

Food & Socializing

Quick Presentation

Group Feedback and Discussion

Welcome!

Roadmap

Intro to Organization Who we are, why we were formed Goals and missions

State of the Union Events we’ve had Feedback

Looking Forward What we plan to do What you want us to do!

Who we are and our goals

Group Intro

What is the IEEE GSB

Organization for graduate students Comprised of IEEE members Exist to serve the graduate students First IEEE Graduate Student Branch

What is IEEE? “Largest professional association for the

advancement of technology”

But Don’t We Already Have an IEEE Student Branch Existing IEEE @ OSU Student Branch

Graduate students welcome Events geared towards undergraduates

What’s different about Grads? Research/technical focus Diverse backgrounds Career paths

GSB formed to serve grad student needsspecifically

Member Intro

Current Members Share Name / Office Degree / Year in School Research Area / Advisor What are the benefits of a strong GSB?

Missions

To promote a better graduate experience Social and professional development Student resources

To support your research efforts Skills presentations Informal peer research talks

To support your career search Networking events Informational events

Preliminary Vision

Provide an informal settings to Build networks/connections Share and develop ideas Enjoy your time at OSU

Why? Interdisciplinary world Benefit from diverse experiences

How do we get money?

Fundraising E-Council Others?

IEEE Columbus Provides other resources Note: May 12th Spring Banquet!

Ohio Union Funds broadly applicable events

Events thus far and group feedback

State of the Union

Events Thus Far

Networking / Social Graduate Student Orientation (40-50) Autumn Picnic (20) Fortune Social (30)

Research “Keys to successful research” (35)

Careers “H-1B Visas and Green Card Processing”

(150)

Web-Presence

Financials

Resource Room (Allowance)• Yearly Budget: $ 250.00• Recent Purchases: $ 1.50 (Misc)

$ 8.00 (Kick-off Fliers )• Current Balance: $ 152.50

Operating Funds• Yearly Budget: $ 200.00• Current Balance: $ 178.00• Outstanding: $ 22.00 ( Postage )

$ 100.00 ( Branch Kick-Off )$ 50.00 ( Stationary )

Financials

Dr. Berger’s Talk: Keys to successful research • Total Requested: $ 370.00• Receipts for: $ 158.45• Balance: $ 211.55

Item Estimated

Requested

Speaker $250 0

Pizza and Pop

$200 $200

Advertisement

$70 $70

Takeaways $100 $100

Total $620 $370

Item Spent

Pizza 4 Buckeyes

$117.92

Pop20 Sprint & 24 Water

$ 10.89

Ice and Cups

$ 12.65

Gift $ 16.99Table 1: Keys to Successful Research

BudgetTable 2: Expenses

Financials

Teaching in Academia (5/18/2011)• Total Requested: $ 482• Receipts for: $ 0• Balance: $ 482

Item Estimated

Requested

Spent

Speaker $ 300 0 0 (so far)

Gift $ 100 $ 100 0

Pizza and Pop

$ 250 $ 250 0

Advertisement(Lantern and Fliers)

$ 92$ 25

$ 92$ 25

00

Feedback Forms

$ 15 $ 15 0

Total $ 782 $ 482 0

Table 3: Budget for Teaching in Academia Forum

Feedback

Were the events useful? Did you know about the events?

What made you come? What could we have done better? What were the best parts of the event?

What’s in store next and your input

Where we are headed

Upcoming Events

Careers in Academia (May 18th) Faculty Panel Q&A

Entrepreneurship for Engineers (May 25th) Turn research into business

Grad Student Careers and Internships (May 31st) Engineering career services Office of international affairs

Other Ideas

Social Grad student lounge initiative Graduate student socials International pot luck Intramural teams / Day tournaments

Research Student research day Informal peer presentations / paper reading Distinguished lecturers / department

fellows

Ideas Continued

Career development Industrial contacts resume/career seminar Graduate student presence w/faculty

search Build alumni network Informal gathering with Columbus

professionals

Let’s hear it

Your Input

Feedback

Were the events useful? Did you know about the events?

What made you come? What could we have done better? What were the best parts of the event?

Events Thus Far

Networking / Social Graduate Student Orientation (40-50) Autumn Picnic (20) Fortune Social (30)

Research “Keys to successful research” (35)

Careers “H-1B Visas and Green Card Processing”

(150)

Brainstorming

Which ideas do you like? Which suck? Do we need other missions? What other ideas would you like to see

us pursue?

Ideas

Career development Industrial contacts resume/career seminar Graduate student presence w/faculty search Build alumni network Informal gathering with Columbus professionals

Social Grad student lounge initiative Graduate student socials International pot luck Intramural teams / Day

tournaments Research

Student research day Informal peer presentations /

paper reading Distinguished lecturers /

department fellows

Closing

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