GraduateStudent Council General Meeting Minutes May 7 @ 12:00pm

Waters 137

  1. Approval ofAgenda
  • Approved with additions

-Additions to the Agenda

  • Presentation of 2011-2012 GSC Committee/Board certificates.
  • Presentation of Sarachek Predoctoral Honor Fellowship & Scientific Travel Awards to Eric Olson and Vijayalakshmi Iyer
  • Presentation of GSC Student Teaching Awards to Robert Sparrow, Masters GTA and Santosh Ghimire, Ph.D. GTA

2. Approval ofApril 2, 2011 General Meeting Minutes

  • Approved as distributed

3. Quality ofGraduateStudent LifeSurvey– OverallResults (Dr. Shanklin)

  • Dr. Shanklin provided general results from the Quality of Graduate Student Life Survey. Preliminary results show that most graduate students are satisfied with their experience at K-State. Further analyses will be conducted to provide more detailed results from the survey.

4. Reports:

Officer Reports

oPresident -TammySonnentag

  • Tammy reminded those present that positions were still available for next year on several GSC committees. Please email for details.

oPresident-Elect– Taylor Wadian

  • Not present, No report

oSecretary–Jennifer Miller

  • Jennifer will be sending out an email within the next week or two to ask groups to begin re-registering for next year.

oTreasurer –KavithaPenugonda

  • SGA FY12 Travel GrantFunds

Spent $13,060.62

Allocated $ 20,500.00

Available $ 7,439.38

  • These funds have all been allocated, the balance reflects travel awards for which travel reimbursement has not been submitted.
  • SGA FY12 OperatingFunds

Spent $ 341.05

Allocated $ 500.00

Available $ 158.95

  • KSU Funds

Foundation Funds $ 2,490.55

StateGSCFunds $2,407.86

oAdvisors -Drs. Carol Shanklinand DuaneCrawford

  • Commencement is Friday May 11th. Dr. Shanklin reminded the Council that an honorary PhD would be given to Dr. Robert Gates, which is the first given in nearly 30 years.
  • All paperwork that has been submitted to the Graduate School that is not commencement related will be dealt with following commencement.
  • Dr. Shanklin reminded those who are graduating to order copies of the complete transcripts prior to commencement so that they will not have to pay the fee.

Dr. Crawford thanked everyone who participated in the focus groups and provided input for the Graduate School’s strategic plan.

Graduate Student Senator Reports

oGustavo Correa

oEric Dover

oCraigJohnson

oWinstonWolf

oAbbiePolys

oKatLopez

  • Kat reported that the last meeting of Senate involved the approval of appointments to the executive and judicial branches.
  • She also shared that all the Graduate School senators will be participating in senate committees this next year.

oAdam Ragoschke

CommitteeReports

oAllocations– Graciela Andrango

  • Not present, No Report

oResearchForums– JoeStandard

  • Not present, No Report

oStudent Affairs – GaylaAdams-Wright

  • Not present, No Report

oProfessional Development Seminar – Sherrill Cropper

  • Not present, No Report

oHealthInsurance –Grazelda MacDonald

  • Not present, report given by Dr. Shanklin
  • Dr. Shanklin reported that policy for 2012-13 for the GTA/GRA/GA health insurance is caught up in federal court due to new health care guidelines. Once the federal court makes the decision, the Kansas Board of Regents Health Insurance Committee is ready to sign the contract with United Health.

oFundraising– ShanieceMcNabney

  • Not present, No Report

oAwards and Recognition– Elizabeth Frink

  • Not present, No Report

Representative Reports

oUnion Governing Board– Kyle Probst

  • Not present, Report given by Kat Lopez
  • Kat announced several decisions that had been made by the UGB.
  • The first was an agreement was reached between the Union and the radio station to keep their spot in the Union.
  • The second decision was that the store, Greekdom, would be moving to the basement of the Union where Sheer Dynamics once was. Also, the campus computer store would return to its original location, where Greekdom is currently.
  • The third decision was that rates for Union room rentals will increase 10% for next year. Additionally, there will be a 6%increase in the price of food throughout the K-State Union, including catering.
  • The Union recently completed asatisfaction survey, and the overall results were that respondentswere pleased with the Union but would like longer hours and lower food prices.
  • The Union Recreation area (bowling and billiards) will be increasing the cost of food and beverage in order to cover costs of the rising prices charged by Union Catering.

oInternational Student Affairs Committee– Dajung Woo and Manpreet Rai

  • Not present, No Report

oLibraryCommittee – Jessica Reyes

  • No Report

oCampus Master Plan Committee-Pinakin Sukthankar

  • The committee met for a brainstorming session during the first part of May.
  • He shared some potential changes in the future relative to building upgrades, new buildings, and traffic flow. These include the addition of new buildings for general sciences and business and the closing off of Claflin Rd through campus with the opening of Jardine Drive across campus to make it more pedestrian friendly.
  • All changes/suggestions will be submitted by Early October.

o8020 Committee – CourtneyGeorge

  • Courtney stated that the last meeting was simply a wrap-up meeting. This position will be open next year.

oStateAffairs–LauraTeague

  • Not present, No Report

oWomen ofK-State– TammySonnentag

  • Wednesday, May 9th—Brownbag Event—Finding Your Passion 11:30-1:00 in Big 12 Room, K-State Student Union
  • Wednesday, May 23rd—Brownbag Event—Women Leaders in the Community 12:05pm Sunflower Room, K-State Student Union

5. Announcements

a. Welcome Back GSCPizza Party– August 31, 12:00p.m., Waters 137

b. NextGeneralMeeting– September 10thKSUStudentUnion 212

c. Kat Lopez is exploring the feasibility of creating an Ambassador Program for the Graduate School. The group would facilitate new student transitioning to K-State and assist with recruitment activities. If you are interested in participating, please email Kat ().

d. The baseball tailgate was poorly attended due to weather. Because of this, there are left-over shirts that will be distributed at other GSC events until they are gone.

6. May CalendarofEvents:

Graduation

oMay11th@1:00pm, BramlageColiseum.

7. Adjournment