September 6, 2011

 Officer Reports ◦ President-Beau Kessler ◦ Vice President-Carrie Alderman ◦ Secretary-Caroline Griggs ◦ Treasurer-Tom DiPiro ◦ Historian-Billy Grooms  New Business/Announcements  Next Chapter Meeting: October 4,

 Induction Ceremony: Feb. 15, 2011 ◦ Inducted 9 collegiate members, 1 honorary, 1faculty  Fall Leadership Seminar Series ◦ Mr. Bakari Sellers, Dr. Jim Withers, Mrs. Cindy Grosso ◦ 8 th year hosting event ◦ Attendance: 30 to over 100 participants per session  Leadership Conference: Jan. 29, 2011 ◦ Over 200 participants ◦ Speaker: Craig Zablocki- “Taking Charge of Your Life: The Ultimate Leadership Skills for Success”  Etiquette Dinner: Nov. 18, 2010 ◦ Anson Restaurant ◦ Speaker: Cindy Grosso

 Awards Program ◦ Submitted nominations for national awards in:  Proctor and Gamble National Leadership Award (Dr. Amy Blue)  Chapter Alumnus of the Year Award (Col. Mike Heath)  Founder’s Award (Kevin Curler)  Charles Thomas Leadership Challenge  PLS Annual Meeting ◦ 12 chapter members attended in Seattle ◦ Col. Mike Heath received alumnus of the year award  Leadership Challenge Proposal ◦ Leadership Summit

 Poster and presentation on 2 nd floor ◦ Increase visibility ◦ Promote leadership and involvement to P1’s  Small presentation to P1 class ◦ Promoted PLS events ◦ Promote leadership and involvement

 Will start promoting mid-fall semester ◦ Flyers and class talks with P2’s  Interviews??  Induction date of new members ◦ APhA Annual Meeting: New Orleans, March 9-12, 2012 (earlier this year) ◦ Week of Jan. 31, 2012?  Applications due beginning of December and Interviews will be held beginning of January

 Last Year’s Challenge ◦ Leadership Summit?? ◦ Supposed to take place at end of April  Plan on having the Summit and will contact MUSC SGA for funding  This Year’s Challenge ◦ “Leadership in the age of Social Networking”  Social networking must be some part of the overall program ◦ Deadline: Jan. 31, 2012 ◦ Possibility: Leadership Elective Course ◦ Other ideas???  The Exec. Board is currently working on the challenge

 Grant submitted to National Office ◦ Received Aug. 23, 2011 ◦ Will help with funding for Leadership Conference ◦ Status??  Still waiting to hear back from national

 Fall Leadership Seminar Series ◦ 1 st Seminar: Gary Cooper Aug. 29 th ◦ Meeting went very well with Gary and received all positive feedback from the SurveyMonkey that was sent out ◦ 2 nd Seminar: “The Medical Home Model”-Monday, Sept. 26 in BSB 100  Student Activities Fair ◦ Wednesday, Sept. 7 th 11:30-1:15pm in Horseshoe  Etiquette Dinner ◦ Campus-wide? ◦ Ideas??  Planning on a date in November and currently working on location. Cindy Grosso will be contacted as guest speaker

 Leadership Conference ◦ Jan. 21, 2012 at Trident Facility ◦ Speaker-Don Yaeger ( ◦ “What Makes the Great Ones Great?” “What is Greatness?” “Building and Maintaining Your Personal Brand”  Clarion Competition ◦ Need to start identifying judges and mentors ◦ Letter of Support ◦ Teamed up with SIPS  CV and Interviewing Workshop with Rho Chi ◦ Tentative date: Tuesday, Oct. 11 th 5:30-7:30 ◦ Sponsor-Target ◦ Presentations on interview skills and CV/Resumes, then mock interviews ◦ P2 encouragement ◦ The date above for the CV workshop is now CONFIRMED-flyers will go up soon

 APhA Foundation Student Scholarship Program ◦ Total of 12 annual scholarships (1 $1500, 11 $1000) ◦ General Criteria: One academic year completed, 2.75 GPA, active member in APhA-ASP*** ◦ Deadline: Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 ◦ Will attach documents to minutes  Other awards listed on PLS website ◦ Nominations at November meeting