1 Nominations Dinner Sidney Graduate Community March 4 th, 2008 Pacific

2 Welcome! Overview of achievements and ongoing projects of the government Provide some inspiration on how you can make a contribution and join the government Overview of achievements and ongoing projects of the government Provide some inspiration on how you can make a contribution and join the government

3 Organize residence-wide social activities –Orientation –Outings, Athletics, IM Sports –Brunches, Coffee Hours Maintain a hub of campus-wide social life –Collaborations with organizations inside and outside of MIT –Dance Parties, BBQs Steward financial support for events Organize residence-wide social activities –Orientation –Outings, Athletics, IM Sports –Brunches, Coffee Hours Maintain a hub of campus-wide social life –Collaborations with organizations inside and outside of MIT –Dance Parties, BBQs Steward financial support for events Office of Residential Life

4 Summer Events Pool Party Cultural Festival BBQ Pool Party Cultural Festival BBQ

5 Sidney Pacific Orientation 2007 Campus-Wide –Prudential Skywalk –Rock and Roast BBQ & Movie Screening –Return to Lythion Dance Party –Orientation Brunch Campus-Wide –Prudential Skywalk –Rock and Roast BBQ & Movie Screening –Return to Lythion Dance Party –Orientation Brunch

6 Sailing on the Charles It’s a Small World Welcome Reception Return to Lythion Dance Party

7 Rock N’ Roast BBQ and Movie Screening

8 Orientation Brunch & Plant Sale

9 Fall/IAP Social Events Social –Masquerade Ball –Pumpkin Carving –Christmas Tree trimming Cultural –Coffee Hours (Russian, Greek, Indian) –Mentoring Program –Movie Screenings Outing –Isabella Stewart Gardner Outing –Blue Hills Hike Coffee Hours and Brunches ongoing Social –Masquerade Ball –Pumpkin Carving –Christmas Tree trimming Cultural –Coffee Hours (Russian, Greek, Indian) –Mentoring Program –Movie Screenings Outing –Isabella Stewart Gardner Outing –Blue Hills Hike Coffee Hours and Brunches ongoing

10 Ben Renkoski Social Chair Eric Lam Social Co-chair Lynne Waldman Orientation Chair Johnathan Lindsey Orientation Co-chair Dan Weller Coffee Hour Chair Christiana Athanasiou Coffee Hour Co-chair Kerwin Johnson Brunch Chair ZP Zhang Brunch Co-chair Tara Sainath Athletics Chair Hila Hashemi Cultural Chair Jessica Edmonds Outing Chair Swati Mohan VP of Residential Life

11 SP-wide hall events Hall Councilor BBQ Orientation Hall Dinner Hall Councilor BBQ Orientation Hall Dinner

12 Eating Sidney-Pacific 2S eating club 9th floor eating club Le Petit Bistro 9th floor eating club Le Petit Bistro

13 Brought to you by your hall councilors 3/2/08: Multi-hall game night 2/28/08: Unofficial eating club 2/24/08: Dessert making & tasting 2/18/08: Burritos night 2/17/08: Dumpling night 2/11/08: Burritos night 2/10/08: Back to School 2/10/08: Eating club fondue 2/10/08: Movie night 1/31/08: Ice cream social 1/29/08: IAP pizza & ice cream 1/17/08: Ice cream social 12/20/07: Holiday snacks 12/17/07: Hall Pepper Sky's 12/16/07: Sunday study break 12/16/07: Pizza study break 12/16/07: Study break w/ pizza, drinks, and snacks 12/13/07: Dinner from Muqueca 12/4/07: Eating club 12/2/07: Thai dinner from Pepper Sky's 11/28/07: Eating club 11/16/07: Pizza & movie night 11/11/07: Family Guy 2nd part 11/6/07: Ice cream social 11/5/07: Pizza from Beauty's 11/4/08: Family Guy 100th episode 11/4/07: Multi-hall potluck 11/4/07: Zoe's 10/30/07: Hall breakfast 10/21/07: Welcome to fall 10/21/07: Dim Hei la Moon 10/20/07: Bowling outing 10/17/07: Eating club 10/10/07: Wednesday movie night 10/3/07: Multi-hall board game night 10/3/07: Eating Club (Indian) 10/1/07: Heroes viewing 9/28/07: Multi-hall salsa outing 9/23/07: Chocolate fondue night 9/23/07: French eating club 9/16/07: Know where your neighbors are from 9/14/07: Pizza social 9/13/07: Toscanini's 9/8/07: Ice cream social 9/6/07: Hall meeting w/ ice cream 9/5/07: Target trip 9/5/07: Ice cream social 8/30/07: Ice cream social 8/27/07: Eating Club (BBQ) 8/25/07: Multi-hall movie outing (Bourne Ultimatum) 8/19/07: Movie & dessert 8/14/07: Eating Club (Indian) 8/5/07: Multi-hall movie Night (Click) 8/2/07: Ice cream social 7/29/07: Dessert night 7/25/07: Multi-hall BBQ 7/23/07: Ice cream social 7/22/07: Ice cream social 7/19/07: Miracle of Science 7/18/07: Eating Club (Italian) 7/15/07: Movie outing (Harry Potter) 7/13/07: movie outing (Transformers) 7/9/07: Eating Club (Iranian) 6/28/07: Magnetic Poetry Night 6/11/07: Final event before summer 6/10/07: Pepper Sky 6/10/07: Asgard 5/31/07: Eating Club (lasagna) 5/29/07: Delicious Grilling (Korean & Persian) 5/27/07: Leftovers Party 5/27/07: Ice cream sundaes 5/23/07: Transition Thai dinner 5/22/07: Donuts & coffee break 5/21/07: Floor Thai Dinner 5/20/07: Study Break 5/20/07: Study Break 5/19/07: Dinner & movie 5/15/07: Ice Cream Social 5/14/07: Pizza & ice cream social 5/9/07: Hall event … and more

14 Brought to you by your hall councilors 3/2/08: Multi-hall game night 2/28/08: Unofficial eating club 2/24/08: Dessert making & tasting 2/18/08: Burritos night 2/17/08: Dumpling night 2/11/08: Burritos night 2/10/08: Back to School 2/10/08: Eating club fondue 2/10/08: Movie night 1/31/08: Ice cream social 1/29/08: IAP pizza & ice cream 1/17/08: Ice cream social 12/20/07: Holiday snacks 12/17/07: Hall Pepper Sky's 12/16/07: Sunday study break 12/16/07: Pizza study break 12/16/07: Study break w/ pizza, drinks, and snacks 12/13/07: Dinner from Muqueca 12/4/07: Eating club 12/2/07: Thai dinner from Pepper Sky's 11/28/07: Eating club 11/16/07: Pizza & movie night 11/11/07: Family Guy 2nd part 11/6/07: Ice cream social 11/5/07: Pizza from Beauty's 11/4/08: Family Guy 100th episode 11/4/07: Multi-hall potluck 11/4/07: Zoe's 10/30/07: Hall breakfast 10/21/07: Welcome to fall 10/21/07: Dim Hei la Moon 10/20/07: Bowling outing 10/17/07: Eating club 10/10/07: Wednesday movie night 10/3/07: Multi-hall board game night 10/3/07: Eating Club (Indian) 10/1/07: Heroes viewing 9/28/07: Multi-hall salsa outing 9/23/07: Chocolate fondue night 9/23/07: French eating club 9/16/07: Know where your neighbors are from 9/14/07: Pizza social 9/13/07: Toscanini's 9/8/07: Ice cream social 9/6/07: Hall meeting w/ ice cream 9/5/07: Target trip 9/5/07: Ice cream social 8/30/07: Ice cream social 8/27/07: Eating Club (BBQ) 8/25/07: Multi-hall movie outing (Bourne Ultimatum) 8/19/07: Movie & dessert 8/14/07: Eating Club (Indian) 8/5/07: Multi-hall movie Night (Click) 8/2/07: Ice cream social 7/29/07: Dessert night 7/25/07: Multi-hall BBQ 7/23/07: Ice cream social 7/22/07: Ice cream social 7/19/07: Miracle of Science 7/18/07: Eating Club (Italian) 7/15/07: Movie outing (Harry Potter) 7/13/07: movie outing (Transformers) 7/9/07: Eating Club (Iranian) 6/28/07: Magnetic Poetry Night 6/11/07: Final event before summer 6/10/07: Pepper Sky 6/10/07: Asgard 5/31/07: Eating Club (lasagna) 5/29/07: Delicious Grilling (Korean & Persian) 5/27/07: Leftovers Party 5/27/07: Ice cream sundaes 5/23/07: Transition Thai dinner 5/22/07: Donuts & coffee break 5/21/07: Floor Thai Dinner 5/20/07: Study Break 5/20/07: Study Break 5/19/07: Dinner & movie 5/15/07: Ice Cream Social 5/14/07: Pizza & ice cream social 5/9/07: Hall event … and more 13 Hall Councilors 307 days in office 120+ hall events

15 1 2N 2S 3N 3S4NChair4S5N 5S6789 Hall Council Austin MinnichJack ChuLeslie Rogers Galen Li Chris Dodd Alex McCauley Carol Hua Rosaria Chiang Daniel Klein Chris Chuang Monica Martinez-Bravo David Uniman Emily Shen Hoda Eydgahi

16 Resources Added over 150 movies/series to the movie library Computer Upgrades: Purchase of 9 new computers, FP monitors and a new scanner Purchase of additional piano Upgrading Zipbikes Outings to classical concerts, Jazz clubs, theater, aquarium, plant shows Extension of permanent arts collection Started drama group Improvements in Aquarium maintenance (new filter and new fish) A/V upgrades for MP, seminar room, lounges Improved key checkout system Regalia PhD graduation gown rentals Additional inventory database and more… Added over 150 movies/series to the movie library Computer Upgrades: Purchase of 9 new computers, FP monitors and a new scanner Purchase of additional piano Upgrading Zipbikes Outings to classical concerts, Jazz clubs, theater, aquarium, plant shows Extension of permanent arts collection Started drama group Improvements in Aquarium maintenance (new filter and new fish) A/V upgrades for MP, seminar room, lounges Improved key checkout system Regalia PhD graduation gown rentals Additional inventory database and more…

17 Office of Resources Bike Coffee Hour Blue Hills Hiking Trip Bonsai Workshop Artist Reception

18 SP-MORE Sidney Pacific – Move Out Recycling Exchange Collected any reusable items over the summer from residents who moved out and distributed them to new incoming residents for free Donation of boxes of clothing to Goodwill Collected any reusable items over the summer from residents who moved out and distributed them to new incoming residents for free Donation of boxes of clothing to Goodwill

19 Matt Abel A/V Chair Robin Stewart A/V Co-chair JunJay Tan Aquarium Co-chair Romain Levy Aquarium Chair Chia-hung Wu Controller Charles Lin Arts Chair Vivienne Sze Inventory Chair Tim Chen Music Chair Adrienne Li Plants Chair Daniel Myers Bikes Chair Chris Mandy IT Chair Michelle Sander VP of Resources

20 Office of Information Web server backup Photo sharing / photo contests All-inclusive inventory system SPTV shuttle tracking Poster “barcoding” Newsletter improvements Overall: Day to day maintenance of systems and effective communication within SP and between SP and the MIT-wide community Web server backup Photo sharing / photo contests All-inclusive inventory system SPTV shuttle tracking Poster “barcoding” Newsletter improvements Overall: Day to day maintenance of systems and effective communication within SP and between SP and the MIT-wide community

21 Streamlined and efficient Feedback on request status Foster communication Streamlined and efficient Feedback on request status Foster communication Task tracking Archival of all material “My created requests” view Task tracking Archival of all material “My created requests” view Unified Publicity Interface Requests from within SP and the wider graduate community flyers Website Interface SPTV SP-Anno SP calendar/website

22 Wen Liu Web Chair Kai Iamsumang Web Co-chair Biliana Kaneva Web Co-chair Matthew Walker Newsletter Chair James Lee Publicity Chair Jonathan Ragan- Kelley Publicity Co-chair Karthik Balakrishnan SPTV Co-chair Michael Eilenberg SPTV Co-Chair Jeewoo Lim Photofile Chair Wendy Iskenderian VP of Information

23 Outreach Turkey Drive –29 Turkeys to Margaret Fuller House –14 Turkeys to Bread and Jams Shelter Treat Wrapping –Over 60 bags of treats GSVD –Charles River Conservancy Turkey Drive –29 Turkeys to Margaret Fuller House –14 Turkeys to Bread and Jams Shelter Treat Wrapping –Over 60 bags of treats GSVD –Charles River Conservancy

24 Cross-departmental Learning Sangeeta Bhatia “Tiny Technologies and Medicine” Sangeeta Bhatia “Tiny Technologies and Medicine” Eric Grimson “Image Guided Surgery” Eric Grimson “Image Guided Surgery” K. Daron Acemoglu “Rethinking the Wealth of Nations” K. Daron Acemoglu “Rethinking the Wealth of Nations” Barry Rosen “US Grand Strategy, Concensus, and Critique” (March 20 th ) Barry Rosen “US Grand Strategy, Concensus, and Critique” (March 20 th ) Farish Jenkins “Fins to Limbs: The Evolutionary Transition from Fish to Tetrapods” Farish Jenkins “Fins to Limbs: The Evolutionary Transition from Fish to Tetrapods”

25 External Organizations Work with the GSC-HCA: –Dental Plan –Cost of Living –Northwest Shuttles Work with the GSC-AC (and other dorms/off- campus): –Scheduling events –Collaborative efforts Work with Ashdown: –Brunches funded for 1 calendar year (with possibility of permanent funding) Work with the GSC-HCA: –Dental Plan –Cost of Living –Northwest Shuttles Work with the GSC-AC (and other dorms/off- campus): –Scheduling events –Collaborative efforts Work with Ashdown: –Brunches funded for 1 calendar year (with possibility of permanent funding)

26 Collaborations Ashdown and SP Brunch SP and Chinese Student Scholars Association Olympics and Pool Party SP and GSC-Orientation Committee International Cultural Fair, Prudential Skywalk Ashdown, Off Campus, SP, and GSC-Activities Committee Bowling Trip Ashdown, SP, GSC-Activities Committee, and Harvard Harvard-MIT Dance Parties Edgerton/Ashdown lent SP dance floor SP lent Edgerton projector Ashdown and SP Brunch SP and Chinese Student Scholars Association Olympics and Pool Party SP and GSC-Orientation Committee International Cultural Fair, Prudential Skywalk Ashdown, Off Campus, SP, and GSC-Activities Committee Bowling Trip Ashdown, SP, GSC-Activities Committee, and Harvard Harvard-MIT Dance Parties Edgerton/Ashdown lent SP dance floor SP lent Edgerton projector

27 Ardavan Farjadpour Scholarly Interactions Natalija Jovanovic GSC Representative Yuri Loktionov Housefellows Liaison Anusha Kothandaraman Outreach Mihir Mehta External Relations/Alumni Shirin Pillay Theta Representative Nan Gu President

28 Sidney-Pacific is the one of the premier student groups in terms of organization and professionalism Division of Student Life Visiting Committee Student Activities Financial Office Trial Program Sidney-Pacific is the one of the premier student groups in terms of organization and professionalism Division of Student Life Visiting Committee Student Activities Financial Office Trial Program

29 Sidney-Pacific Executive Council Why run for spec? Make a contribution to graduate student life and the Sidney Pacific community Satisfaction from serving the community Decide what events and initiatives occur in SP Gain valuable leadership experience, management and social skills Make Lifelong friends Enjoy weekly dinners with the housemasters