1. WELCOME! Fall Dinner: Fellows of the Graduate School October 13, 2015

2. Thank President Santa Ono Returning this year to update us on the state of UC… and graduate research & education in particular!

3. Thank Chip Montrose, Dean of the Graduate School Covering half of cost of Fellow dinners Staff support Support of a new graduate student mentoring initiative Bill Ball, VP for Research Covering other half of dinner costs

4. Thank Lori Griffin in Graduate School Assisting with all things Graduate Fellows! Megan Tischner in Graduate School Updating and improving our website https://grad.uc.edu/fac-staff/fellows.html

5. Important Functions of Graduate Fellows Invite distinguished speakers to UC Distinguished Seminar Committee Recognize outstanding researchers Rieveschl Committee for Awarding Distinguished Scientific Research Increase quality & number of our members Membership Committee

6. Fellows Distinguished Seminar Series Pat Limbach, Chair George Deepe, Miguel Roig-francoli, Mary Sue Morrow, Santa Ono

7. Graduate Fellow Speakers Louis Langrée Music Director, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; November 24, 2015, 4pm, CCM: "Challenges and Rewards of a Conductor in the 21st Century" (with CCM as co-sponsor) John Watson, PhD Professor of Bioengineering, UCSD; April, 2016, National Academy of Engineering, Former NIH Institute Director; Artificial Hearts, NIH Clinical Trials: Details to follow (with CEAS as co-sponsor)

8. Co-Sponsorship Program Support for a speaker recruited elsewhere at UC Up to $1,000 for travel and/or honorarium Received five excellent requests Before our September 18 th deadline Able to fund three of these in 1 st round May entertain additional requests in Spring, 2016 Depending on available funds

9. Distinguished Speakers in this Round Eduardo Bonilla-Silva; Duke U (April 26, 2016) How ideological beliefs explain acts of racism Hosted by Jennifer Malat (Sociology) Geoffrey Parker; OSU (February, 2016) Environmental crisis and its social and political impact in 17 th century Europe Hosted by Tracy Teslow (History) Tyler VanderWeele; Harvard U (April 20, 2016) Causal inference- mediation & interaction methods Hosted by Chris Sullivan (CECH)

10. Our Continuing Role Invite distinguished speakers to UC Distinguished Seminar Committee Recognize outstanding researchers Rieveschl Committee for Awarding Distinguished Scientific Research Increase quality & number of our members Membership Committee

11. Reorganized Our Rieveschl Awards Committee John Hutton, interim chair Joe Caruso, Edna Kaneshiro, Litsa Kranias

12. Rieveschl Committee Call for Nominations in late September Award Recognizes distinguished achievements of national and international acclaim in an area of scientific research Given for particular work or sum of faculty member’s accomplishments, especially at UC Deadline for submissions of 20-page nominations is Friday, December 4, 2015

13. Our Continuing Role Invite distinguished speakers to UC Distinguished Seminar Committee Recognize outstanding researchers Rieveschl Committee for Awarding Distinguished Scientific Research Increase quality & number of our members Membership Committee

14. Retain Our Membership Committee Bruce Ault, chair Kathryn Gutzwiller, Milind Jog, Barbara Ramusack, Alison Weiss

15. Membership Committee Call for Nominations in late September Seek nominations from all graduate colleges of the University Nominees should have Demonstrated excellence in research/creative/scholarly works Extensive record of graduate mentoring Deadline for submissions of nominations is Friday, December 4, 2015

16. Recent Change in Leadership of Fellows Elect an Incoming Chair in odd- numbered years Provide a smoother transition in leadership Andrew Steckl was elected Incoming Chair of the Graduate Fellows 2015-2016 to “learn the ropes” Assuming Chair of the Fellows on September 1, 2016

17. Expanded our Executive Committee Dave Butler and Sandra Degen; current and past chairs Andrew Steckl; incoming chair Bruce Ault, Joe Caruso, Pat Limbach; committee chairs Valerie Hardcastle, Jeff Whitsett; members at large

18. Goals of Executive Committee Re-define our mission and vision Active input from all Fellows Improve our finances Building a reserve account for investment Increase our visibility inside & outside UC Improving the website (photos and bios) Co-sponsoring speakers and events Mentoring young faculty and students

19. Graduate Student Fellows Chip Montrose and I developed a program to recognize and mentor Five talented PhD students/ yr. from all across UC who have advanced to candidacy GSF would join group of faculty mentors Fellow, emeritus/emerita faculty, others Goal is to broaden perspective of each GSF Keep strongest students interested in academic career by having them learn the breadth and depth of the university system Suggestion from President Ono

20. GS Fellow Program Sought valuable feedback President Ono, Provost Davenport and GF Executive Committee GS Fellow would receive $2,000/yr Up to 4 yrs to support stated career goals Conference travel, workshops, exhibitions, etc. Contract signed by all team members Networking to select teams & max interactions Program supported by Graduate School First group to begin in September, 2016 20 GS Fellows at steady state ($40,000/yr.)

21. Interviews Begin Tomorrow for Vice President for Research Please come prepared and participate in this important recruitment!

22. Time for Dinner! Fellows of the Graduate School October 13, 2015

23. Thank You for Attending Tonight See you at the Louis Langrée lecture November 24 th and the Winter Dinner