Many students receive all information directly from Dr. Williams and/or track directors For those who have interacted with COGS office, experiences have been good 2015 Graduate Research Forum Speaker Itinerary Update Should have a final itinerary by end of the month will meet with Dr. Flaherty Thursday late afternoon/early evening MD/PhD’s Judge Recruitment Update—Adam Dr. Cooper has expressed interest in judging final round currently – confirming schedule 18 volunteer faculty judges counting judges that can judge oral and poster – sessions, there are 15 faculty available to judge poster sessions and 11 available to judge oral presentations Adam will email department chairs today to encourage remaining faculty to sign up as judges Duties Members signed up for remaining duties Abstract booklet—Brian Printing color copies with assistance from Marianne Pohlman; main campus – copy center can bind booklets Brian presented rough draft of cover page, forum schedule, thank you page, poster/oral presentation groups, and abstracts Decision made to send electronic version of abstract booklet to students before publishing Students will have 48 hours to review booklet and report – any mistakes to Council Will include page about Dr. Flaherty in booklet Jennifer (with possible assistance from Shweta) will obtain blurb about Dr. Flaherty for inclusion Food Selections—Carmen Carmen presented breakdown of food options for Thursday breakfast, Thursday lunch, Keynote dinner, and Keynote reception Decided on coffee and donuts/bagels from for Thursday Tim Horton’s breakfast Decided on for Thursday lunch (unless vegetarian option is Potbelly’s not adequate) then will most likely order Panera – Friday lunch with Dr. Flaherty Mediterranean self-serve: Oasis or – Grape Leaf Keynote dinner Registry, Carmen has private room reserved. Will – inquire about vegetarian options Keynote Reception use our table cloth, will inquire with – restaurants/grocery stores for cheaper catering options (catering through school is too expensive) Blade Advertising/Reporting—Dr. Williams Discussed options for advertising GRF in Blade Include article introducing GRF and inviting attendance at Dr. Keynote Speech Flaherty’s Make sure Dr. Keynote speech is advertised in JCCTR Flaherty’s newsletter possibly reach out to medicine – Article describing forum and some of the research, post fact
Many students receive all information directly from Dr. Williams and/or track directors For those who have interacted with COGS office, experiences have been good 2015 Graduate Research Forum Speaker Itinerary Update Should have a final itinerary by end of the month MD/PhD’s will meet with Dr. Flaherty Thursday late afternoon/early evening Judge Recruitment Update—Adam Dr. Cooper has expressed interest in judging final round – currently confirming schedule 18 volunteer faculty judges – counting judges that can judge oral and poster sessions, there are 15 faculty available to judge poster sessions and 11 available to judge oral presentations Adam will email department chairs today to encourage remaining faculty to sign up as judges Duties Members signed up for remaining duties Abstract booklet—Brian Printing – color copies with assistance from Marianne Pohlman; main campus copy center can bind booklets Brian presented rough draft of cover page, forum schedule, thank you page, poster/oral presentation groups, and abstracts Decision made to send electronic version of abstract booklet to students before publishing – Students will have 48 hours to review booklet and report any mistakes to Council Will include page about Dr. Flaherty in booklet Jennifer (with possible assistance from Shweta) will obtain blurb about Dr. Flaherty for inclusion Food Selections—Carmen Carmen presented breakdown of food options for Thursday breakfast, Thursday lunch, Keynote dinner, and Keynote reception Decided on coffee and donuts/bagels from Tim Horton’s for Thursday breakfast Decided on Potbelly’s for Thursday lunch (unless vegetarian option is not adequate) – then will most likely order Panera Friday lunch with Dr. Flaherty – Mediterranean self-serve: Oasis or Grape Leaf Keynote dinner – Registry, Carmen has private room reserved. Will inquire about vegetarian options Keynote Reception – use our table cloth, will inquire with restaurants/grocery stores for cheaper catering options (catering through school is too expensive) Blade Advertising/Reporting—Dr. Williams Discussed options for advertising GRF in Blade Include article introducing GRF and inviting attendance at Dr. Flaherty’s Keynote Speech Make sure Dr. Flaherty’s Keynote speech is advertised in JCCTR newsletter – possibly reach out to medicine Article describing forum and some of the research, post fact
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