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Sunday, December 15, 2013

December SC Meeting Minutes

December Meeting Agenda:

OHSU Student Council (SC)
12/13/2013, 12:00-1:00/1:30pm
Location: MRB 310
Called to order:

Attendants: Nate Risley, Monica Luttrell, James Rohlfing, Nick Brody, Susan Lou, Daniel McMaster, Chris Fangel, Alex Cioara, David Kyle Robinson, Cristina Butterfield, Kelly Chacon, Soroush Amali, John McLennan, Lauren Leyland, Adam Fox, K.C. Gilbert, Andrew Sloan, Daniel Egbert, Greg Kiene, Matt Van Sickle, Erich Knipschild, Heather Ennis, Karen Seresun, Laura Zeigen, Amelia Stoker, Quinn Halverson, Quinn Martin

·      Welcome/Food/Drinks (10 minutes)
·      Approval of Past Minutes (1 minute)
o   Minutes approved
·      All-Hill Ski Trip (Kenneth Gilbert, 10 minutes)
o   Trying to get a possible extension for the deadline to turn in waivers and payment to next Wednesday, Dec. 18
o   Still trying to find a DJ for the Saturday night dance party
·      Inter-professional Education Steering Committee (Jennifer Boyd & Jeffery Stewart, 10 minutes)
o   Would like student input as to what students have heard and like, what they don’t like, and ways that we think there can be improvement
o   Difficult for students to attend the committee because they meet 4 hours per week during school hours
o   Have foundations
o   April 4th for patient safety and quality improvement
o   Developing an intermediate curriculum and advanced curriculum program
o   Currently trying to align scheduling differences and make it so more people can participate
o   Advanced curriculum focuses on what is going on in a practice setting
o   Possibility of having students sit in on meetings
·      All-Hill Volunteer Ideas (Monica Luttrell)
o   Want to start a volunteer project for All-Hill
o   Something collaborative we can all participate in
o   Email ideas to Monica Luttrell (luttrell@ohsu.edu)
o   Yellow brick road, food bank
o   Pamphlet called “Give” wweek.com
·      Awards Banquet (Monica Luttrell)
o   Trying to set a date for the banquet
o   March 6th and March 13th
o   Leaning toward March 6th, further away from finals and end of term issues
o   Reminder emails will be sent out when it comes closer for nominees
o   Will need help in the Spring for volunteers
·      Regular Updates (20 minutes)
o   Website Coordinator (Quinn Martin)
§  Student portal is working
§  Student.ohsu.edu
§  Separate All-Hill page
o   Student Health Center (Sarah Lemley)
§   Not present
o   Student Health Advisory Committee (Lilly Winfree)
§  Not present
o   Student Newsletter Committee (David Edwards)
§  Draft is completed and waiting for permission to be published from the Lund Report
o   Student Center Planning Committee (Karen Seresun)
§  Should use the OHSU alcohol distribution policy and use it for event
o   Intramurals/Student Center Events (Heather Ennis)
§  New Intramural season starts Tuesday, Jan. 22
o   March Wellness (Erich Knipschild)
§  New classes offered
§  Intro to personal training is the best option for students interested. $99 for two sessions
o   Library (Laura Ziegen)
§   
o   OHSU Communications (Matt Vansicale)
§  Feedback on the portal is helpful, there is a feedback button
§  Homepage for all the student computers

Next Meeting:  Friday, January 10, 2014, 12:00-1:00/1:30pm at MRB 310*

November SC Meeting Minutes

November Meeting Agenda:

OHSU Student Council (SC)
11/8/2013, 12:00-1:00/1:30pm
Location: MRB 310
Called to order:

Attendants: Andrew Sloan, Pooja Saini, Alex Cioara, John McLennan, Alyssa Bamba, Lauren Leyland, Christina Butterfield, Niels Brady, Quinn Halverson, James Rohlfing, Lilly Winfree, David Edwards, Daniel Egbert, Quinn Martin, Nate Risley, Matt VanSickle, Dana Director, Karen Seresun, Heather Ennis, Laura Zeyen, Ian Tagge, Sarah Lemley

·      Welcome/Food/Drinks (10 minutes)
·      Approval of Past Minutes (1 minute)
o   Minutes Approved
·      Funding Request (10 minutes)
o   JBT Yoga (Ian Tagge): Requesting $1,000 for the continuation of yoga classes offered by the Joseph B. Trainer Health and Wellness center.  Classes are held every Thursday from 12:10-1:00 pm.  Yoga classes are open to all students.
§  Have received donations previously from snacks and yoga equipment
§  Class is focused on medative aspects to help manage stress
§  10 to 4 funding request passed.  Funding request passed as a way for JBT to bridge the gap for finding new funding for the yoga class and will not be accepted at a future date. 
·      Blazer Recap
o   332 tickets sold
o   specific gate and time in order to enter early, if the email address was not submitted with the order, those who purchased the tickets will not receive the information
·      All-Hill Ski Trip (K.C. Gilbert, 10 minutes): Two representatives from every school need to be responsible for collecting waivers, money, and room assignments.
o   Some programs are not represented and will need to contact additional programs to make sure all programs are represented
o   Ski trip takes place at Sun River resort; usually we get discounted ski tickets.  Have different sized rooms and there is a get together hosted on Saturday night
o   All students should conduct themselves in a manner that is representative of OHSU
·      Regular Updates (20 minutes)
o   Website Coordinator (Quinn Martin)
§  Quinn and Monica made a check list for the Halloween party for everything that needs to be done before the party happens
o   Student Health Center (Sarah Lemley)
§  Two new providers are starting at the student health center, a family practitioner and a psychiatrist
o   Student Health Advisory Committee (Lilly Winfree)
§  Cover Oregon’s website is having issues and probably won’t be fully functional until the end of December
§  Our health insurance may be affected by this but hopefully will be kept as low as possible
§  If any student has any questions about cover Oregon, they can email Lilly
o   Student Newsletter Committee (David Edwards)
§  There are enough articles from students and they are still accepting articles if you want to enter a contest.  The topic is an interdisciplinary opinion paper
o   Student Center Planning Committee (Karen Seresun)
§  Next Friday and the Friday 2 weeks later, Zip the therapy dog will be there
§  Thursday Nov. 21st contact holmesp@ohsu.edu for
§  Thursday Nov. 21st there will be a speed dating event to promote interdisciplinary communication
§  Student center will close early on Wednesday before Thanksgiving
§  Nucleus café will have warm food items for lunch again starting next week
o   Intramurals (Heather Ennis)
§  Cancellations during the week of Thanksgiving
§  Can do a Blazer game on Dec. 4th if the students want it
§  Next week there will be a holiday movie showing. Email requests to Nate Risley 
o   March Wellness (Erich Knipschild)
o   Library (Jackie Wirz)
§  Laura filling in for Jackie
§  Computer people have set up a different log in system and there will be a survey on the new system though Nov. 20th
§  At the end of the term sometimes there will possibly be coffee and cookies out the week of the 9th of December for
o   OHSU Communications (Matt Vansicale)
§  Student.ohsu.edu is now open

Next Meeting:  Friday, December 13, 2013, 12:00-1:00/1:30pm at MRB 310*