1. SACNAS UMich chapter
2nd meeting

2. Student organizations
1. Myelin
2. Engineering

3. Pen pal outreach activity
Communicate through a pen pal program with 6th graders at Cesar Chavez Middle School.
Student participants will be matched up with one to two kids.
Volunteers will write a letter to their pen pal every other week and will receive letters on "off" weeks.
Please note also that this is a full year commitment, so you will be writing letters to your pen pal next semester as well.
Contact Nick Silva:

4. For more information check out: ummnh.org
Science Café: Science, Politics, and Power
Wednesday, October 21
5:30 - 7:30 PM
Conor O’Neill’s Irish Pub
Can research be objective? Should scientists be political? Researchers are embedded in a system of funding dependent on politics and power, and the relationships can be complex.
Join John Vandermeer, Asa Gray Distinguished University Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ivette Perfecto, George W. Pack Professor of Ecology, Natural Resources and Environment, and graduate student Theresa Ong as they give us some tools for analysis of these relationships.
We will discuss the history and reemergence of scientists as advocates and activists, including reflections on more subtle aspects, from funding sources to “actively naive” assumptions about sociopolitical structures.
Science Cafés provide an opportunity for audiences to discuss current science topics with experts in an informal setting. Hors d’oeuvres at 5:30 PM; program 6:00-7:30 PM.
For more information check out: ummnh.org

5. Fun Activities! 1. Design Your Own Getaway
Plan a fall camping, biking, hiking, or canoe trip and pull it off with our oh-so-affordable equipment rentals. We're talking tents for as little as $10/day, cook stoves for $4, bikes for $5 and canoes for $15. (Or plan ahead for winter. We even have snowshoes!)
2. Be Adventurous
Join us for an Outdoor Adventure of backpacking at beautiful Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in western Michigan. No experience necessary. Hurry! Space is extremely limited! We offer a variety of Outdoor Adventures throughout the year, so DO bookmark our page and check back regularly.

6. General Meetings’ Notes