1. Biomedical Engineering Society 2014-2015 Welcome to our first General Body Meeting!

2. Biomedical Engineering Society 2014-2015 Items to address: Dues: $10 per year or $5 per semester if going on a co-op Point system: Each event will be designated a point value (1,2,or 3) based on the amount of time required for the event. For example this meeting is 1 point; the picnic is 3. Freshmen Chair positions: THON and Social

3. Executive Board: Olivia Hoylman Chair: Brienna Phillips Networking Mentor Program 2 Tier Program Fresh./Soph. matched with Junior/Senior Mentor Junior/Senior matched with Grad Student Mentor Matching based on questionnaire

4. Executive Board: Olivia Hoylman Chair: Brienna Phillips Networking Plans for the year: Have company representatives from industry come to meetings and talk about job opportunities Have faculty in the department come talk about opportunities at Penn State Have graduate students talk about the research opportunities on campus Send you information on upcoming internship applications throughout the year

5. Executive Board: Olivia Hoylman Chair: Brienna Phillips Networking Dr. Dong Head of the Biomedical Engineering Department cxd23@psu.edu

6. Executive Board: Olivia Hoylman Chair: Brienna Phillips Networking Dr. Slattery Biomedical Engineering Advisor mjs436@psu.edu/mjsbio@engr.psu.edu

7. Executive Board: Olivia Hoylman Chair: Brienna Phillips Networking Contact if considering medical school: Christopher Hong Medical school student at Pitt Went to PSU for BME (chemical option) Hong.christopher@medstudent.pitt.edu

8. Executive Board: Olivia Hoylman Chair: Brienna Phillips Networking Industry Companies

9. Executive Board: Yan Gao Chair: Andrew Masteller Outreach Undergraduate Research Opportunity NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant FURP: Freshman Undergraduate Research Program WISER: Women in Science and Engineering Research (Freshmen) MUSE: Minority Undergraduate Laboratory Research Experience (Freshmen) STARTUP: University Undergraduate Research (Freshmen and Sophomores) Applications open soon Research for Spring (Freshman Year) and Fall (Sophomore Year) $400 Stipend per Semester http://pa.spacegrant.org/scholarship-opportunites-for-undergraduate-students

10. Executive Board: Brittany Banik Chair: Ryan Hatton Community Service Fall Semester Pumpkin carving at Shaver’s Creek Habitat for Humanity Animal shelter YMCA Spring Semester THON blood drive Maple Harvest Festival at Shaver’s Creek Nursing home Family Science Night

11. Executive Board: John Fadel Chair: Lauren Holleran Fundraising

12. Executive Board: Soo Park Chair: Kelly Ostrowski Social UPCOMING EVENTS Field Trips (hay rides, ice skating, bowling, movie nights) Trip to Penn State Sport Games IM Sports Graduate Student Happy Hour Series

13. Executive Board: Johanna Ryan Chair: Kylie Apelquist THON Last Year’s Total: $5,696.03 Two Guaranteed Dancers! Canning Weekends #1: October 17 th -19 th #2: November 7 th -9 th #3: December 5 th -7 th THON 5K: Sunday, November 2 nd $15 Fun Run & $18 Competitive Run THON Family

14. Biomedical Engineering Society 2014-2015 Thank you for coming! Join our Facebook page: BMES - PSU Chapter https://www.facebook.com/groups/577422125626371/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/577422125626371/ Look for our emails to keep you updated on events!