Meeting Minutes (1/10/12)

We first started off the meeting by recapping previous events: the BME Holiday and Adopt-a-family.  The BME Holiday party was a great success.  The turnout was large (comparable to last year), the room was a good size, and the games (trivia!) was EXCELLENT.  The Adopt-A-Family event was also successful.  Almost all items were collected for two medium-sized families. We are looking forward to upcoming events: BMES research fair, BME recruitment weekend, student/faculty dinner, and a BME ski trip.  There has been little interest in IM sports, so we are going to have to resume for next quarter. A design context for a BME t-shirt will be announced soon. See below for more detailed meeting minutes…

Meeting Minutes (11/29/11)

We started off the meeting by recapping previous events: the BME Halloween  party and the November 18th student-faculty luncheon. Although we did not have a large number of students attend the BME Halloween party, we had a HUGE TURNOUT for the student-faculty lunch! (See photos on the “Photos” page) Next time we will plan for a group of at least 50 people in order to prevent any shortage of food. We are looking forward the BME holiday party, in which Erica and Robin will be planning the entertainment (Holiday trivia, etc.).  Also, we are looking forward to BESA’s “Adopt-A-Family” volunteering opportunity, especially after seeing how much interest there was in the BESA Thanksgiving Day volunteering event, which ended up being a hit! (See photos on the “Photos” page) We will be having another BESA meeting in January to discuss the BMES undergraduate research fair, scheduled for January 19th at 5:00 pm (immediately following seminar).

Meeting Minutes (10/25/11)

We first started off this meeting recapping the BME Fall BBQ.  Although less people attended this year compared to last year, we still had a very good turnout (~100 people) with ample food and entertainment (Labnotes performance). We also had a pretty decent turnout for the BESA “Boom” events, especially with Sudwerks and the Ice Cream Social.  Unfortunately there we was not a high turnout at the Student Track-Specific discussion luncheon, and so we decided that next year we will change the name to “BME Grad Student Life Discussion” and make it a mandatory event for the first years.  Then, we discussed the agenda for our first BESA/BMES mentorship kickoff, to be held on November 10th, and also discussed a potential BESA/BMES research internship fair for mid-January.  Other upcoming events include the BMES Halloween Party (10/28/11) and the BME Holiday Party (12/5/11), as well as a BESA Thanksgiving volunteering at the Episcopal Church of St. Martin in Davis (11/24/11).  The IM sports (football, volleyball, and soccer) have a high turnout this year and are looking good so far! The next BESA meeting will be in early December.

Meeting Minutes (9/10/11)

We first started off this meeting discussing plans to develop the mentorship program between BESA (grads) and BMES (undergrads) for this upcoming year.  We then discussed the recent student/faculty lunch in August, which had a great turnout and high number of faculty present .  With this we discussed the BME Welcome BBQ (September 8th), for which we expect a turnout of over 100 people. Crazy indeed! We also talked about helping out with the first-year BME orientation and discussed the plans for our BESA “BOOM” week (see “Events” page for more details). Lastly, we discussed the logistics of the Track Specific Discussion for the first years and how we can build a solid foundation for discussion for this year.

Meeting Minutes (8/10/11)

The first meeting of the 2011/2012 school year was recently held with all of the new officers present. We discussed the outcome of the summer camping trip at Glory Hole (see pics on the Events page), and planned for some new Fall events, including a trip to Apple Hill Orchard and a trip to the Dixon Corn Maze. We also discussed plans for a BESA “Boom” week (Sept 26 – Oct 1) where we’ll hold extra social activities (i.e. Ice Cream Social, Sudworks, Woodstock’s Trivia) alongside orientation in order to further welcome the first year BME graduate students.  See more details below!

Meeting Minues (6/20/11)

The last meeting of the 2010/2011 school year was recently held with both old and new officers present. The spring BBQ was discussed, along with summer camping.  See the events page for more information on those two events, or continue reading below.  They will definitely be a blast!!

Meeting Minutes (May 24, 2011)

BESA officers met to discuss the activities for the remainder of this academic year. Some of the events coming up are the student prelim lunch, the spring BBQ, and a summer camping trip. Pasha may also plan a Woodstock’s trivia night after finals are over. Elections were also planned, with ballots to be sent the first week in June. To read more about the meeting, please continue reading below. If you haven’t voted in the elections yet, send us an email with your choice!