1. 2017-18 Kickoff meeting Wed, Oct 4th 2017

2. Welcome to MGLC! McCormick Graduate Leadership Council
Student-led leadership organization
Strive to achieve the following goals:
Build a graduate student community among the departments within the McCormick School
Organize social, academic, and professional activities
Facilitate communication between McCormick graduate students and the McCormick Dean’s office 2

3. Who are we? Any current PhD or MS student in McCormick can join!
Have ~30 members across the McCormick departments
Advised by Bruce Lindvall, Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies
Paula Straaton (McCormick Graduate Studies Business Administrator) is our Finance Director (Tech L254) 3

4. Fall Quarter Meeting Schedule
Meetings every other Wednesday, 5-6pm, Room TBD.
Tentative schedule:
October 4th
October 18th
November 1st
November 15th
November 29th
December 13th (?) 4

5. Examples of Past Events
Alumni Wine & Dine
Transferable Skills Workshops
MGLC: Graduate Student Night at Bat17
MGLC Goes to the Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago
Engineering Grand Prix
Preparing Future Professionals
MGLC Presents: Beers & Wings
MGLC: Night Out at The Second City
MGLC: Adler After Dark
And many more! 5

6. 2017-2018 Event Schedule U-Pass Distribution New Student Luncheon
Norris Center Graduate Student Organization Fair
Ongoing: Transferable Skills Workshops, PFP/PFF
Fall: Beer & Wings, “Cooking, Culture, & Communication Night”, Museum Outing, SICC
Winter: Alternative Careers Panel, McCormick Talent Show, Trivia Night
Spring: Wine & Dine, Science and Engineering Grand Prix
New ideas? 6

7. Positions
Co-Chairs: Hussain Sangji and Shay Wallace (previously Chris Mizzi and Shawn Chen )
Website and Social Media: TBD (June Lee & Aymeric Punel)
GLAC Representative: TBD
Grand Prix Co-chairs, Challenge Leads, Volunteer Coordinator TBD (Jaye Harada, Chris Mizzi, Curtis Wang)
Alumni Relations: TBD (Garrett Lau?)
Professional Development: TBD (Hussain Sangji & Amr Elfar)
Transferable Skills Workshops: TBD (Eric Earley)
Event Planners and Volunteers: Everyone! 7

8. Things to Consider When Planning Events
Reserving rooms:
Jason Grocholski
Tax-exempt forms and reimbursements:
Paula Straaton
Advertising via McCormick student listserv:
Bruce Lindvall
Advertising via Tech Monitors/Plan-it-Purple
TBD 8

9. Website and Social Media
Role Responsibilities:
Update member headshots
Keep website current (links, names, etc.)
Maintain listserv
Run Facebook Group/LinkedIn Page
Past Contacts:
Aymeric Punel
June Lee
Shay Wallace 9

10. GLAC Representative Role Responsibilities:
GLAC - Serves as a liaison between graduate students and administration for graduate issues, represent the 'voice of graduate students' on campus
Attend GLAC meetings (Monthly)
Attend GLAC Chicago campus meeting (Quarterly)- may be done via Skype, etc.
Keep MGLC informed about relevant information from GLAC 10

11. Grand Prix Chair & Challenge Leads
Role Responsibilities:
Chairs: Coordinate with local Evanston school district to plan middle school engineering competition
Challenge Leads: Design and test challenge events for Grand Prix
Volunteer Coordinator: Recruit graduate student volunteers
Past Contact:
Jaye Harada
Curtis Wang
Chris Mizzi
Andrew Lai 11

12. Alumni Relations Chair
Role Responsibilities:
Reach out to NU alumni
Planning Alumni Wine & Dine and Alternative Careers Panels
Past Contact:
Garrett Lau
Hussain Sangji
Peter Rios 12

13. Professional Development
Role Responsibilities:
Coordinate with panel speakers or professors to arrange workshops and talks
Past Contact:
Hussain Sangji
Amr Elfar 13

14. Transferable Skills Workshops
Role Responsibilities:
Develop & operate workshops
Past Contact:
Eric Earley

15. Other Important Information
To contact all MGLC members…
Listserv:
To contact individual MGLC members…
Check website:
When planning events…
Check documentation in the MGLC Dropbox (contact Hussain/Shay for access) 15

16. To Do Before October 20th:
Make sure you’re added to the MGLC listserv
Send headshot for website
Start thinking about events you would be interested in leading or helping:
Transferable Skills Workshops, Beer & Wings, Museum Outing, PFF, PFP, SICC, Grand Prix, Other? 16

17. Questions? 17