Who we are, what we’ve done, and where we’re headed Tonight’s Agenda  Food & Socializing  Quick Presentation  Group Feedback and Discussion Welcome!

Roadmap  Intro to Organization  Who we are, why we were formed  Goals and missions  State of the Union  Events we’ve had  Feedback  Looking Forward  What we plan to do  What you want us to do!

Who we are and our goals Group Intro

What is the IEEE GSB  Organization for graduate students  Comprised of IEEE members  Exist to serve the graduate students  First IEEE Graduate Student Branch  What is IEEE ?  “Largest professional association for the advancement of technology”

But Don’t We Already Have an IEEE Student Branch  Existing OSU Student Branch  Graduate students welcome  Events geared towards undergraduates  What’s different about Grads?  Research/technical focus  Diverse backgrounds  Career paths  GSB formed to serve grad student needs specifically

Member Intro  Current Members Share  Name / Office  Degree / Year in School  Research Area / Advisor  What are the benefits of a strong GSB?

Missions  To promote a better graduate experience  Social and professional development  Student resources  To support your research efforts  Skills presentations  Informal peer research talks  To support your career search  Networking events  Informational events

Preliminary Vision  Provide an informal settings to  Build networks/connections  Share and develop ideas  Enjoy your time at OSU  Why?  Interdisciplinary world  Benefit from diverse experiences

How do we get money?  Fundraising  E-Council  Others?  IEEE Columbus  Provides other resources  Note: May 12 th Spring Banquet!  Ohio Union  Funds broadly applicable events

Events thus far and group feedback State of the Union

Events Thus Far  Networking / Social  Graduate Student Orientation (40-50)  Autumn Picnic (20)  Fortune Social (30)  Research  “Keys to successful research” (35)  Careers  “H-1B Visas and Green Card Processing” (150)

Web-Presence

Financials Resource Room (Allowance) Yearly Budget:$ Recent Purchases: $ 1.50 (Misc) $ 8.00 (Kick-off Fliers ) Current Balance: $ Operating Funds Yearly Budget: $ Current Balance: $ Outstanding:$ 22.00( Postage ) $ ( Branch Kick-Off ) $ 50.00( Stationary )

Financials Dr. Berger’s Talk: Keys to successful research Total Requested:$ Receipts for: $ Balance: $ ItemEstimatedRequested Speaker$2500 Pizza and Pop$200 Advertisement$70 Takeaways$100 Total$620$370 ItemSpent Pizza 4 Buckeyes $ Pop 20 Sprint & 24 Water $ Ice and Cups$ Gift$ Table 1: Keys to Successful Research Budget Table 2: Expenses

Financials Teaching in Academia (5/18/2011) Total Requested:$ 482 Receipts for: $ 0 Balance: $ 482 ItemEstimatedRequestedSpent Speaker$ (so far) Gift$ Pizza and Pop$ Advertisement (Lantern and Fliers) $ 92 $ Feedback Forms$ 15 0 Total$ 782$ 4820 Table 3: Budget for Teaching in Academia Forum

Feedback  Were the events useful?  Did you know about the events?  What made you come?  What could we have done better?  What were the best parts of the event?

What’s in store next and your input Where we are headed

Upcoming Events  Careers in Academia (May 18 th )  Faculty Panel  Q&A  Entrepreneurship for Engineers (May 25 th )  Turn research into business  Grad Student Careers and Internships (May 31 st )  Engineering career services  Office of international affairs

Other Ideas  Social  Grad student lounge initiative  Graduate student socials  International pot luck  Intramural teams / Day tournaments  Research  Student research day  Informal peer presentations / paper reading  Distinguished lecturers / department fellows

Ideas Continued  Career development  Industrial contacts resume/career seminar  Graduate student presence w/faculty search  Build alumni network  Informal gathering with Columbus professionals

Let’s hear it Your Input

Feedback  Were the events useful?  Did you know about the events?  What made you come?  What could we have done better?  What were the best parts of the event?

Events Thus Far  Networking / Social  Graduate Student Orientation (40-50)  Autumn Picnic (20)  Fortune Social (30)  Research  “Keys to successful research” (35)  Careers  “H-1B Visas and Green Card Processing” (150)

Brainstorming  Which ideas do you like?  Which suck?  Do we need other missions?  What other ideas would you like to see us pursue?

Ideas  Career development  Industrial contacts resume/career seminar  Graduate student presence w/faculty search  Build alumni network  Informal gathering with Columbus professionals  Social  Grad student lounge initiative  Graduate student socials  International pot luck  Intramural teams / Day tournaments  Research  Student research day  Informal peer presentations / paper reading  Distinguished lecturers / department fellows

Closing  Interested?  Sign up for our Google Group  Meetings: 5:00 in CL 277 Thanks for coming!