senator welcome august 28 th, 2008 general assembly may 7 th, 2009

Senator WelcomeAugust 28th, 2008General Assembly

May 7th, 2009

General AssemblyMay 7th, 2009

IntroductionsOfficers:•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


Meeting Agenda• Introductions• Elections• Health Care Committee• State of the Senate• Upcoming Events and Committees• Any other business


SENATOR RECOGNITION PROGRAM• Initiative to encourage dissemination of information

to ALL GRADUATE STUDENTS!• BCC [email protected] on GSS updates you send

to your constituents• An email 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)


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


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


GSS Health Care Committee Update• Dental plan options

– Case’s student health plan will begin offering more dental options for the 09-10 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


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


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


State of the Senate

• Accomplishments and Future DirectionsJimmy Harris, GSS President


Biomedical Grad Student SymposiumFriday, May 8th from 9a-5p

• 9:00 - 12:00pm 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


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

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