October CGS Delegate Meeting Notes

10/28/16

  1. OUTSIDE SPEAKERS
    1. Senior VP for Student Life, Dr. Javaune Adams-Gaston aka Dr. “J”
      1. Buckeye Village- University remains committed to having good housing for students with families/ spouses. However there are changes coming to Buckeye Village availability/ reduction of people able to move in. 18% of BV will go away in the fall of 2017, everyone who is there now will stay there. But they will be able to accommodate the 18% loss (because not accepting new residents), no one will be displaced. Lead in water issues are all taken care of and over.
      2. Second Year Transformation Experience Program (STEP)- the reason why second year undergrads are now required to live on campus. Created to increase retention, sense of place and community, and academic success. Has so far proven to be a great success, OSU is currently the national model. OSU is working on a model that can be used for retention of graduate students (not necessarily dictating where grad students live, but in other ways).
  • Student Health Insurance- SHIP- had the possibility of being in danger for people on GRA, GAA (funded graduate students) because of national legislation (Affordable Care Act). Right now we are still covered under student health insurance, there are ongoing conversations going on between federal agencies and graduate student orgs to monitor the situation.
  1. Scarlet and Gray Financial Wellness Program- will help students understand how do taxes especially if they are on fellowship. Cannot help you prepare your taxes, but will help graduate students (esp those on fellowship) understand the forms they need etc.

 

  1. Officer Updates
    1. Treasurer- CGS Delegate Grant- Give a summary about how CGS can impact your graduate students, and write up the event. Up to 200$ for event. Google CGS OSU Delegate Outreach Grant- there is a new application.

 

  • Committee Chair Updates
    1. Research Committee for the University- Thinking to switching to electronic lab notebooks. What are your thoughts on this? Committee thinks this would be hardest for science and anthropology departments. Trying to become a university wide policy. To increase security of data, patents, etc. Can still keep written notebooks but must also keep electronic records.

 

  1. NEW BUSINESS
    1. President Drake is visiting next month’s CGS Meeting- any topics you would like his to address? Topic discussed- A position being created for someone who can handle ethical issues/ PI problems (especially useful for smaller departments) who can mitigate problems and help create anonymity; fostering interdisciplinary contact; what is his vision for the graduate school.

 

  1. Issues
    1. Carmen- Carmen has a size limit (500 MB) per class for uploads.

 

 

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