{"id":1264,"date":"2015-11-15T20:52:38","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T01:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu\/macaulayscholarscouncil\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2015-11-15T20:52:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T01:52:38","slug":"november-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/2015\/11\/15\/november-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"November 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Date: 11\/15\/2015<\/em>
\nChairs: Drew Adair, Chris Daversa,\u00a0 Sara Louie<\/em>
\nScribe:\u00a0Ariella Trotsenko\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Club Updates<\/span>\n
      \n
        \n
      1. Macaulay Business Club<\/span>\n
          \n
        1. Just had a Marketing Industry Overview event<\/span><\/li>\n
        2. Upcoming events- Internal workshop (how to make a good linkedin profile), entrepreneurship event, and December 8th Annual Conference with 40 professionals<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
        3. Macaulay Chamber Music Society<\/span>\n
            \n
          1. Currently preparing for their concert on December 4th<\/span><\/li>\n
          2. General overview of the club- musicians gather in small groups and play together; different than bands\/orchestra because they’re small and more communication is involved between members. Most groups are trios + duets. <\/span><\/li>\n
          3. The club, as well as many other performing clubs, would like benefit from the a purchase of an electronic keyboard<\/span>\n
              \n
            1. Macaulay is actually in the works of purchasing keyboards and getting rid of the piano in cabaret<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
            2. Macaulay Creative Writing Club<\/span>\n
                \n
              1. Next event- December 12th Poetry Slam (free + refreshments)<\/span><\/li>\n
              2. Deadline for submitting to 67th street scribe is November 20th macaulay.cuny.edu\/67thstreetscribe<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
              3. Macaulay Dancers<\/span>\n
                  \n
                1. Held a hip hop and tap workshop<\/span><\/li>\n
                2. Competition team has been rehearsing for their competition in April<\/span><\/li>\n
                3. John Jay= great space for rehearsal! <\/span><\/li>\n
                4. Bollywood team will be performing on 11\/22<\/span><\/li>\n
                5. Send Drew\/Chris a blurb about upcoming performances if you want it on Macaulay Monday<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                6. Macaulay Honors College Debate Society<\/span>\n
                    \n
                  1. Just had their NASA Debate \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
                  2. Involved in intercollegiate competition w CUNY<\/span><\/li>\n
                  3. Going to Fordham to compete this weekend<\/span><\/li>\n
                  4. Working to get a greater Macaulay involvement<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                  5. Macaulay Games Society<\/span>\n
                      \n
                    1. Had their 1st event in October<\/span><\/li>\n
                    2. Hoping to have another one first week of December <\/span><\/li>\n
                    3. Looking for a graphic designer to help create a logo<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                    4. Macaulay Gastronomy Club<\/span>\n
                        \n
                      1. Absent<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                      2. Macaulay Gender Equality Club<\/span>\n
                          \n
                        1. Absent<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                        2. Macaulay Global Brigades<\/span>\n
                            \n
                          1. Applications for membership were due 11\/14; interviews will be conducted this week<\/span><\/li>\n
                          2. Cookie Decorating competition w\/Gastronomy Club<\/span><\/li>\n
                          3. Another event with Karaoke soon<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                          4. Macaulay Habitat for Humanity<\/span>\n
                              \n
                            1. 2 builds in October- both with large turnouts<\/span><\/li>\n
                            2. Upcoming build 12\/5 9am-4pm; details will follow soon<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                            3. Hillel<\/span>\n
                                \n
                              1. Planning a first Macaulay Hanukkah night \u2192 dreidels, Hannukah food, music played by Chamber Music Society<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                              2. Humans of Macaulay<\/span>\n
                                  \n
                                1. 2 events; winter summit & quiz bowl<\/span><\/li>\n
                                2. Trying to recruit more people to interview for CSI & City<\/span><\/li>\n
                                3. Introducing faculty pictures and stories \u00a0from all 8 campuses<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                4. Mabuhay: Filipino Culture Club at Macaulay<\/span>\n
                                    \n
                                  1. Absent<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                  2. Macaulay Marauders Quidditch Team<\/span>\n
                                      \n
                                    1. Did not make world cup<\/span><\/li>\n
                                    2. Will continue to compete at local tournaments <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                    3. MATHaulay: Macaulay Math Club<\/span>\n
                                        \n
                                      1. Math of Wall Street event went well- good turnout<\/span><\/li>\n
                                      2. Math Symposium next Sunday with 4 speakers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                      3. Macaulay Messenger Online Newsletter<\/span>\n
                                          \n
                                        1. New deadline on 11\/30, that edition will be up by the week after<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                        2. Macaulay Musician’s Collective<\/span><\/li>\n
                                        3. Macaulay Photography Club<\/span>\n
                                            \n
                                          1. Facebook + Flickr up and running. Posting pics with their monthly theme<\/span><\/li>\n
                                          2. If you have submissions, email <\/span>mhcphotographyclub@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
                                          3. Trip coming up to the highline and whitney museum<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                          4. Macaulay Pre-Health Professions Club<\/span>\n
                                              \n
                                            1. Going to Brooklyn Law school on 11\/21 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                            2. Macaulay Pre-Law Club<\/span>\n
                                                \n
                                              1. Absent<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                              2. Pied Filmmakers Collective<\/span><\/li>\n
                                              3. Psychology Club at Macaulay<\/span>\n
                                                  \n
                                                1. Inside Out Movie Screening on 11\/20<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                2. South Asian Health & Development Initiative<\/span>\n
                                                    \n
                                                  1. Indian food workshop coming up<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                  2. Few projects with South Asian countries<\/span>\n
                                                      \n
                                                    1. Hoping to have a box that can stay at Macaulay so they can collect supplies\u2192 email Drew\/Chris to set that up<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                    2. Macaulay S.P.A.R.K.: Students Partnering and Reaching Kids<\/span>\n
                                                        \n
                                                      1. Absent<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                      2. Macaulay Theater Club<\/span>\n
                                                          \n
                                                        1. Just had their fall production Putnam County Spelling Bee<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                        2. In the works of planning a spring showcase- more updates to come<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                        3. Macaulay Triplets A Cappella Group<\/span>\n
                                                            \n
                                                          1. Sang at global brigades fall event and yesterday with NYU + Columbia @NYU <\/span><\/li>\n
                                                          2. Upcoming sings- singing at TedxCUNY, 11\/21 a cappella event<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                          3. Will be performing some christmas gigs at the Botanical Gardens<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                          4. List of participants for their national contest (in January) will be announced soon<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                          5. Macaulay Venture Club<\/span>\n
                                                              \n
                                                            1. Absent<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                            2. Macaulay YES: Youth Events for Seniors<\/span>\n
                                                                \n
                                                              1. Absent<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                              2. Administrative Updates from Drew and Chris<\/span>\n
                                                                  \n
                                                                1. Bryant Park Ice skating- last day of finals. typically done from 3-5\u2026 let know of time change so we can make reservations<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                2. Able to get Columbia’s school of health 12\/11 1pm-2:30pm\u2192 for pre-health club, touch base in terms of working with them. talks about graduate programs and such<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                3. Working with Kaplan and Princeton Review for graduate event 12\/14<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                4. 12\/15 finals exam wellness week (dogs, healthy snacks, free massages)\u2192 will touch base with psychology club<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                5. CUNY Film Festival 4\/16\/16<\/span>\n
                                                                    \n
                                                                  1. 2\/18 film submission deadline<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                  2. More info on that to come<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                                  3. TEDxCUNY (11\/20) Updates <\/span>\n
                                                                      \n
                                                                    1. 20 speakers set to speak<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                    2. During the breaks, attendees can visit the interactive art exhibit, bone density testing station, and some other cool workshops<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                    3. Live streaming parties to 9 cuny campuses will be set<\/span>\n
                                                                        \n
                                                                      1. Expecting 50-75 attendees for the live streams<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                                      2. tedxcuny.com for all information<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                      3. If tickets are sold out, email Jake- tedxcuny@gmail.com<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                      4. Macaulay Triplets will open with their performance<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                      5. Sessions broken up into 9am-11am, 1130am-1pm, 2am-330pm, 4am-530pm<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                                      6. Arts Nights <\/span>\n
                                                                          \n
                                                                        1. Building a Macaulay Art Tank<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                        2. Building online art resource for people in macaulay<\/span>\n
                                                                            \n
                                                                          1. Online art gallery<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                                          2. Club Macaulay- only 4 clubs left to register<\/span>\n
                                                                              \n
                                                                            1. Place to put events up- it will show on the calendar<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                            2. Submit budgets here too<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                            3. Review club budget workflow (please review pdf for budget approvals to go forward with spending your money)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                                            4. Global Politics Society<\/span>\n
                                                                                \n
                                                                              1. No community for Macaulay to talk about politics and have events about political issues<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                              2. Not intended for debate; more of an open forum with speakers\u2192 events such as jeopardy, q&a sessions with speakers<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                              3. Club approve- all in favor<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                                              4. Club Updates<\/span>\n
                                                                                  \n
                                                                                1. Baruch: Opportunities Fund approval problems<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                2. Brooklyn: possible problems with advisors but no real problems yet<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                3. Hunter: 1) people are mad about tuition policy change- took away $400 merit scholarship. 2) Is Macaulay administering any trips in the summer? 3) Unstandardized seminar classes across all 8 campuses is a big problem<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                4. City: 1) City honors council is planning a las vegas games night and Thanksgiving potluck night. 2) budget cuts rally was held on Thursday on campus. <\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                5. CSI: Recent debate hosted on CSI campus (good PR), goldwater scholar on campus<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                6. John Jay<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                7. Lehman: international food festival coming up<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                8. Queens: Made a calendar to connect Queens college events + Macaulay events<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                                                9. Candlelight Ceremony for all the international problems that happened 11\/13<\/span>\n
                                                                                    \n
                                                                                  1. Sharon will spearhead the event with Ariella for social media help<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                  2. Use Macaulay directors for help & individual student governments on campus<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                  3. Where to hold? Each individual campus vs in central park<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                                                  4. General Updates <\/span>\n
                                                                                      \n
                                                                                    1. Join FB group!<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                    2. Macaulay Formal\u2192 moved to MHC (debate with venue being City College)<\/span>\n
                                                                                        \n
                                                                                      1. Promote google form to find out which details need to be finalized (ex. location, free vs not free)<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                      2. https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1jKo18Toj5VADWJ-tF7bj97yco-1M4qrMCIetJMPaqrQ\/viewform<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                                                      3. Curriculum Committee: <\/span>\n
                                                                                          \n
                                                                                        1. Should the GPA requirement be changed from 3.5 \u2192 3.3? <\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                        2. Are people not taking Macaulay classes because they feel like they won\u2019t be able to keep the gpa requirement?<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                        3. New classes at Macaulay? <\/span>\n
                                                                                            \n
                                                                                          1. Business <\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                          2. Computer Science<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                          3. More interdisciplinary courses<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                                                          4. Issue about how the class would show on someone\u2019s transcript<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                                                          5. Ice skating in Bryant Park- no final time has been set, can be anywhere between 12pm-8pm<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                                                          6. Communication with Macaulay and Macaulay campus faculty<\/span>\n
                                                                                              \n
                                                                                            1. Macaulay Monday: general information there<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                            2. Seminar professor asked what Macaulay is in class<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                            3. Advisors don\u2019t really know what\u2019s going on<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                            4. Info shared from campus advisors is only campus based<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                                                            5. Vote on Finance Budget<\/span>\n
                                                                                                \n
                                                                                              1. Budgets were dependant on many factors like: number of members and event-goers, impact like traveling and competing vs having general meetings at Macaulay. Also looked at the resources Macaulay can already provide<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                              2. Committee who decided this was: Holden S, Sara L, Nicolette H, Anthony M<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                              3. Clubs can request additional funding too if it comes down to it<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                                                              4. VP of Community Service<\/span>\n
                                                                                                  \n
                                                                                                1. New VP will be Rabia M- 16 approved votes, 0 not in favor<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                                                                2. Council Updates<\/span>\n
                                                                                                    \n
                                                                                                  1. Apparel and board outing\u2192 due to time constraints, this update will be emailed by President Sara<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                                  2. Use your MHC email for any Scholars Council related work<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                                  3. Keep the Macaulay spirit- when we have events, promote them personally! Keep getting students involved<\/span><\/li>\n
                                                                                                  4. Expectations; if you\u2019re going to miss a meeting, email Chris, Drew, AND Sara<\/span>\n
                                                                                                      \n
                                                                                                    1. If you miss more than 2, you may be taken off the council<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                                                                                                    2. Increase MHC spirit with more apparel; we can hold a design competition for new logo?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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