Council of Graduate Students General Assembly Meeting February 6th 2008

Agenda Overview  Collaborative Leadership Focus Group  Senator Elections  P&R Councils  Issues for discussion Events to connect graduate students with companies interested in hiring DDF Poster Session  Reminder: Into the Wild Thursday 7pm Bell Museum Auditorium

Collaborative Leadership  Char Klarquist  Focus group volunteers

Senators and P&R Council Reps  Senators and Alternates 6 people needed  P&R Councils Language, Literature and Arts (5) Tuesday, April 8 Biological Sciences (5) Tuesday, April 22 Social Sciences (4) Wednesday, April 23 Engineering, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Wednesday, April 2 Health Sciences Tuesday, April 15 Education and Psychology Wednesday, April 16

Connecting to the outside world  Academic Corporate Relations Center  Events your program holds that a company might sponsor  Let us know,

FYI: Tax Help for International Students  Every Thursday evening February 14 - April 10  TIME: 6:00 - 8:45 pm  PLACE: Carlson School of Management Room L-117 (Lower level)

Any Announcements?  Into the Wild Thursday 7pm Bell Museum Aud. Next film Feb. 22 nd 7pm Bell Museum  Doctoral Dissertation Fellows Poster session April 15 Noon-2pm Mississippi Rm. Coffman Union  Adjourn

 Animal Sciences  Applied Plant Sciences  Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics  Biological Science  Biology (DULUTH)  Cellular and Integrative Physiology  Comparative and Molecular Biosciences  Conservation Biology  Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior  Entomology  Food Science  Integrated Biosciences (DULUTH)  Landscape Architecture  Medicinal Chemistry Biological Sciences  Microbial Engineering  Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology  Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology and Genetics  Natural Resources Science and Management  Neuroscience  Nutrition  Oral Biology  Pharmaceutics  Pharmacology  Plant Biological Sciences  Plant Pathology  Soil Science  Toxicology  Wildlife Conservation

Health Sciences  Biostatistics  Clinical Laboratory Science  Clinical Research  Dentistry  Environmental Health  Epidemiology  Health Informatics  Health Services Research, Policy, and Administration  History of Medicine and Biological Sciences  Nursing  Occupational Therapy  Otolaryngology  Physical Therapy  Rehabilitation Science  Social, Administrative, and Clinical Pharmacy  Surgery; Experimental Surgery  Veterinary Medicine

Engineering, Physical and Mathematical Sciences  Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics  Architecture  Astrophysics  Biomedical Engineering  Biophysical Sciences and Medical Physics  Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering  Chemical Engineering  Chemical Physics  Chemistry  Civil Engineering  Computer Science  Control Science and Dynamical Systems  Electrical Engineering  Geological Engineering  Geology  Geophysics  History of Science and Technology  Industrial and Systems Engineering  Infrastructure Systems Engineering  Materials Science and Engineering  Mathematics  Mechanical Engineering  Mechanics  Physics  Scientific Computation  Software Engineering  Statistics  Water Resources Science  DULUTH: Applied and Computational Mathematics; Chemistry; Computer Science; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Engineering Management; Geological Sciences; Physics

Language, Literature & Arts  American Studies  Arabic  Art  Art History  Asian Literatures, Cultures, and Media  Classical and Near Eastern Studies  Comparative Literature  Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society  Creative Writing  Design, Housing and Apparel  DULUTH: Art; English; Music  English  English as a Second Language  French  Germanic Studies  Hispanic Literature  Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Linguistics  Hispanic Linguistics  Italian  Liberal Studies  Linguistics  Luso-Brazilian Literature  Music  Rhetoric and Scientific and Technical Communication  Theatre Arts

Social Sciences  Anthropology  Applied Economics  Business Administration  Business Taxation  Communication Studies  DULUTH: Business Administration; Criminology; Liberal Studies; Social Work  Economics  Family Social Science  Feminist Studies  Geographic Information Science  Geography  Health Journalism  History  Human Resources and Industrial Relations  Management of Technology  Mass Communication  Philosophy  Political Science  Public Affairs  Public Policy  Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy  Scientific and Technical Communication  Social Work  Sociology  Strategic Communication  Urban and Regional Planning

COGS Executive Committee  President: Carol Powers, Applied Plant Sciences  Executive Vice President: Bryan Gordon, Linguistics Bryan Gordon  Vice President for Internal Relations: Eric Grashorn, Physics & Astronomy  Vice President for External Relations: Matt Kaplan, Rhetoric  Vice President for Finance: Andy Exley, Computer Science  Vice President for Communications: Jenny Corcoran, Soil, Water & Climate  Past President (ex-officio): Aeleah Soine, History  Parliamentarian: open position Policy and Review Council Chairs  Languages, Literature and Arts: Eden Kaiser, Linguistics Eden Kaiser  Biological Sciences: Geoff Hart, MICAB  Health Sciences: Sarah Stoddard, Nursing  Engineering, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences: Scott Johnson, Computer Science  Social Sciences: Eli Meyerhoff, Political Science  Education and Psychology: Caroline Hilk, Education Psychology