Senator Welcome August 28 th, 2008 General Assembly May 7 th, 2009

General Assembly May 7 th, 2009 Introductions Officers: Jimmy Harris, President Chris Roberts, Vice-President Danny Anderson, Corresponding Secretary Olivier Arnoult, Treasurer Jeremy Marvel, Recording Secretary Executive Board: Scott Adams, Social Sciences Chris Ryan, Math & Natural Sciences Lucas ODonnell, Engineering Patrick Warren, Arts and Humanities Quentin Jamieson, Medical Sciences Maritza Rosales, At-Large Craig Rudick, At-Large Sreenath Narayan, At-Large UNFILLED, Professional Programs Deans: Dr. Chuck Rozek Dr. Denise Douglas

General Assembly May 7 th, 2009 Meeting Agenda Introductions Elections Health Care Committee State of the Senate Upcoming Events and Committees Any other business

General Assembly May 7 th, 2009 SENATOR RECOGNITION PROGRAM Initiative to encourage dissemination of information to ALL GRADUATE STUDENTS! BCC on GSS updates you send to your An qualifies you for chance to win $15 gift card (drawing at next GSS meeting) Meeting updates qualify too! (see gss.case.edu) SENATOR OF THE MONTH: Becca James-Neuroscience (contact Olivier)

General Assembly May 7 th, 2009 GSS Elections! President Vice-President Secretary Information Officer Treasurer Engineering Executive Arts+Sciences Executive School of Medicine Executive Professional Schools Executive Activities Cmte Chair Prof. Development Chair Mentor/Diekhoff Chair Organizations and Allocations Chair Graduate Professional Council (GPC) Liason

General Assembly May 7 th, 2009 GSS Health Care Committee Update Student Health Insurance survey – Closed 4/24 – 849 respondents (736 completes) – Will be working with other senators and Administration on analysis, to be completed by end of May – If you want to be involved in the analysis or recommendations process, let me know! Emily Hornack, Committee Chair, Communication Sciences Senator

General Assembly May 7 th, 2009 GSS Health Care Committee Update Dental plan options – Case’s student health plan will begin offering more dental options for the school year – Opt-in program, at cost to students – Looking at offering up to 4 options to meet variety of needs – Decisions made by end of May

General Assembly May 7 th, 2009 GSS Health Care Committee Update Your Health at Case: information for graduate and professional students Information for students on how to most efficiently and effectively access health care during their time at Case – Student-oriented Skills needed: communications/writing, research, public speaking at orientations, general common sense This is a summer only project, so please consider volunteering some time if your schedule is lighter in the summer than during the school year

General Assembly May 7 th, 2009 GSS Health Care Committee Update Comprehensive review of benefits – Committee being formed; students will be represented – Look at 2 major issues Are the health care benefits offered adequate, regardless of who pays for them? Is Case’s policy on health insurance premiums compatible with our desire to compete with top institutions for graduate students? – Needs of all students important

General Assembly May 7 th, 2009 State of the Senate Accomplishments and Future Directions Jimmy Harris, GSS President

General Assembly May 7 th, 2009 Biomedical Grad Student Symposium Friday, May 8 th from 9a-5p 9: :00pm Poster session Adelbert Gym 12:30 - 2:30pm Student Oral presentations ---SOM E501 3:00 - 4:00pm Keynote Speaker SOM E501 – Dr. Louis J. Ptácek Howard Hughes investigator at University of California 4:00-4:30pm Student Awards SOM E501 4:30pm-5:30pm Reception SOM E501

General Assembly May 7 th, 2009 Upcoming Events and Committees Activities – Early Summer BBQ – Wine Tour Prof Development – Financial Planning? Health Care (NEED MEMBERS) – Dental Options – Student Health Care Webguide Mentoring – Final Student Mentee Guidebook

General Assembly May 7 th, 2009 Other Questions or Business?

General Assembly May 7 th, 2009 How to stay informed? Look for s on GSSenate list – Forward and Post Flyers for events – GSS Newsletter – Web: Go to GSS.CASE.EDU – Google Calendar – News and Events posted daily Meetings: Many announcements will be made here