2. Graduate Student Council General Body Meeting Oct. 18th, 2012

3. Announcement Graduate Student Research Day Tuesday Oct 23 rd Grand Ballroom of the Reitz Union.

4. Speaker From MCDA: --Language Exchange Program This program an initiative to preserve Asian culture through language and connect international students to UF. The Language Exchange Program gives students the opportunity to learn an Asian language in a personalized one-on-one or small group setting. Those with fluency in an Asian language will be paired with a student who is interested in learning this language. We are currently looking for both teachers and students to participate in this program. For more information, contact APIA Ambassador Lani Yu at LaniY@multicultural.ufl.eduLaniY@multicultural.ufl.edu Deadline to apply is November 26th. For Students: http://goo.gl/ZNxjd For Teacher: http://goo.gl/53k90http://goo.gl/ZNxjdhttp://goo.gl/53k90

5. Roll Call

6. Agricultural and Life Sciences Family Youth and Community Sciences Food and Resource Economics Forest Resources and Conservation Plant Pathology Animal Sciences Natural Resources and Environment Horticultural Sciences Entomology and Nematology Agricultural Education and Communication Agronomy Environmental Horticulture Food Science and Human Nutrition Microbiology and Cell Science Plant Medicine Soil and Water Science Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Fisheries & Aquatic Science Business Administration Accounting Finance Insurance and Real Estate Economics Information Systems and Operations Management Management MBA Programs Marketing

7. Journalism & Communications Mass communication Nursing Professional Schools Dentistry Dental School Dental Programs Law Graduate Programs Law Veterinary School Veterinary Medicine Pharmacy Medicinal Chemistry Pharmaceutics Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy Pharmacodynamics Medicine Medical School Molecular Cell Biology Neuroscience Genetics Physician Assistant Physiology, Pharmacology Genetics and Genomics (UFGI) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Immunology and Microbiology

8. Design, Construction and Planning Interior Design Urban and Regional Planning Architecture Landscape Architecture Building Construction Historic Preservation Education Teaching and Learning Special Education/School Psychology/Early Childhood (Counselor education) School of Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education Research and Evaluation Methodology

9. Engineering Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Industrial and Systems Engineering Chemical Engineering Environmental Engineering Sciences Civil and Coastal Engineering Computer and Information Science and Engineering Biomedical Engineering Agricultural and Biological Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Materials Science and Engineering Fine Arts Art and Art History Theatre and Dance Music

10. Health and Human Performance Health Education and Behavior Applied Physiology and Kinesiology Tourism, Recreation and Sports Management Health Professions Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Clinical and Health Psychology Speech, Language, & Hearing Science

11. Liberal Arts and Sciences German Studies Languages, Literatures and Cultures (French) Women Studies Mathematics Political Science Religion Astronomy Latin American Studies Psychology and Social Psychology Chemistry Classics Physics Anthropology Biology(Zoology, Botany, Biology) English Geography Geological Sciences History Linguistics Philosophy Sociology and Criminology Spanish and Portuguese Statistics Public Health Epidemiology Biostatistics Behavioral Science and Community Health (Rehab Counseling) Environmental and Global Health Health Services Research, Management and Policy Rehabilitation Science Doctoral Program

12. Treasure Updates Email Bryan for any questions: bryandgriffin@gmail.com

13. Internal Secretary Updating listserv – please complete sheet Upcoming meetings David Bradshaw davidbradshaw@ufl.edu

14. External secretary First GSC newsletter Grad cannon Whitney Fung: mui17@ufl.edu

15. Webmaster New GSC Website: http://tiny.cc/ufgschttp://tiny.cc/ufgsc or https://ahc-students-graduate-student- council.sites.medinfo.ufl.edu/https://ahc-students-graduate-student- council.sites.medinfo.ufl.edu/ Gator Connect: https://ufl.collegiatelink.net/organization/gsc GSC video on our YouTube Channel! Here’s an opportunity to see your ideas implemented!YouTube Email webmaster: tusharkrsna@ufl.edutusharkrsna@ufl.edu or Meet me after the meeting

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17. Social Updates Social Committee Meeting: October 24 th at 7:00pm @ the courtyard in front of the Orange and Brew Veterans Day Events Thanksgiving food drive at November’s GSC meeting: Bring canned food to the meeting and we’ll see that it gets delivered to a Gainesville food bank in time for Thanksgiving Bill: willschmahl@aol.com

18. 10/20 and 11/3 Kids Table to send cards to active military personnel We will have a Kids Club table set up at both the 10/20 South Carolina game and 11/3 Missouri game for people to draw pictures and write thank you cards to send to Active Duty Military. This will be located at FanFest, which is outside Gate 2 of the O’Connell Center beginning. 10/31 Gator Photos If you have any pictures of veterans/current soldiers, etc. serving abroad (with Gator gear, Gator flags, etc. would be awesome), we would love to post those on the board during the game. Please share with your colleagues to e-mail any pictures like this to GatorPhotos@gators.ufl.edu by October 31.GatorPhotos@gators.ufl.edu 11/17 Saluting Those Who Serve Football Game vs. Jacksonville St. Veterans, first responders and their families and friends can get discounted tickets to the Jacksonville St. football game on 11/17. (See Flier)

19. Graduate Affairs Updates GSC survey Student government open positions for graduate students Career resource workshop for graduate students Sarab Kochhar: skkochhar@ufl.edu

20. International Student Affairs updates Nalini Kumar: nkumar@hcs.ufl.edu

21. Senate Report

22. Grants Updates On track with grant numbers from last year Bad link in grants email is being fixed Problem with “create a SAR” button is not really a problem, just a very long load time Next grants meeting Monday, Nov 5 6-9pm in 1031 McCarty Hall - new reviewers welcome gscgrants@gmail.comgscgrants@gmail.com or grants@ufgsc.orggrants@ufgsc.org

23. Committee Reports Libraries Committee Faculty Senate Social Committee Grants Committee

24. Announcements? Chinese scholar team visit Archer Historical Society in early Nov. Contact: wenji@ufl.edu or dentonph@bellsouth.netwenji@ufl.edu dentonph@bellsouth.net

25. Don't forget to: Turn in the sigh-in sheet after meeting. Write down any departments you know are not listed or have changed names. Write down any suggestions. Find the University of Florida Graduate Student Council facebook Page. GSC IS HERE TO SERVE YOU!