Macaulay Scholars Council Meeting #3
\nDecember 2nd, 2012 — 1PM<\/p>\n
I. Welcome and Announcements from Drew<\/p>\n
Macaulay is doing its best for support relief efforts for Hurricane Sandy.<\/p>\n
During finals week, from December 13-21st<\/sup>, the Macaulay Building<\/strong> at 67 Street is open 24\/7.<\/strong> There will be coffee, tea, and snacks.<\/p>\n Macaulay participates in the National Conference On Undergraduate Research<\/strong> (NCUR), which will take place from April 11-13, 2013 at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. If you have done research, you can submit abstracts to participate in the conference by December 4th<\/sup>. http:\/\/macaulay.cuny.edu\/community\/now\/2012\/10\/ncur-2013-abstract-registration-opens-october-1\/<\/a><\/p>\n Macaulay Kitchen<\/strong><\/p>\n Permission is necessary to use the kitchen at the Macaulay Honors College Building.<\/p>\n You have to submit a request to Andrew Adair (andrew.adair@mhc.cuny.edu<\/a>) and\/or Olga Barskaya (Olga.barskaya@mhc.cuny.edu<\/a>),a week in advance. There have been students randomly using kitchen without permission, which cannot happen anymore. [after updates, club representatives not on Council<\/em> may leave] Carla Hall has an author event, Monday Dec. 10, 7-9. This is for foodies.<\/p>\n VI. Committees<\/p>\n VII. Campus Updates<\/p>\n Next meeting Date: TBD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Macaulay Scholars Council Meeting #3 December 2nd, 2012 — 1PM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meeting-minutes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/mhcsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nII. Club\/Pub Updates<\/p>\n\n
\nThere is a talk by Dr. Bruce Gordon, a physician at NY Presbyterian Hospital, at the Macaulay Building on Friday, December 21st<\/sup> from 1:30 pm onwards. To RSVP, email Anthony Ventimiglia (anthony.ventimiglia@macaulay.cuny.edu<\/a>).<\/li>\n
\nOn Thursday the 6th<\/sup>, 7 pm -8:30 pm, there will be an informational session by NYU School of Law. To register, go to: http:\/\/macaulay.cuny.edu\/community\/rsvp\/event-registration\/?ee=197<\/a><\/li>\n
\n<\/strong>Model UN members are in the process for registering for a conference at NYU that will take place a week after Spring Break. The cost for attendance is $55, which will later be refunded by Macaulay Honors College. For more information, contact Hansol Lee (hansol.lee@macaualy.cuny.edu<\/a>)<\/li>\n
\nThere was a film Blue Gold<\/em> screening by the Global Brigades Club and the Movie Club on November 30 at 6:00 pm.<\/li>\n\n
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\nThey made the regionals for college Acapella groups. If they do well, they will go to Nationals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
\nCuff committee will be meeting this week on Thursday, December 6th<\/sup> at 7 pm. This will be at the Dean\u2019s Conference room.<\/li>\n
\n<\/strong>They had 3 meetings and have collaborated in movie screenings with the Gastronomy Club and the Global Brigades club.<\/li>\n
\nThey are having a collective on Saturday, 15th<\/sup> [check with Mariam, for the exact date]<\/li>\n
\nThey have an event \u201cDeconstructing the Ivory Tower\u201d in the Macaulay Building\u2019s Lecture hall on Friday, December 7th<\/sup> at 5 pm. Register here: (http:\/\/macaulay.cuny.edu\/community\/rsvp\/event-registration\/?ee=203<\/a> ). The group is also showing a paper they present at National Collegiate Honors Conference<\/li>\n
\nThey made the world cup. They were at a tournament at Hofstra on Sunday, December 2. They are ranked 5th<\/sup> in the region out of 600 teams internationally and they one of the top 50 teams in the nation. The world cup is in April in Florida, Tampa.
\nThey will be doing a lot of fundraising, because they need to raise $10,000.<\/li>\n
\nThey had a food drive that ended last week. There will be a movie night where there are films of musicals towards the end of finals.<\/li>\n
\nThey are publishing more events. They need more staff members who will be covering events.<\/li>\n
\nThe group was on hiatus for this semester. There will be a format change it will be revamped to focus on Macaulay talent including writing, art, music,<\/li>\n
\nThey met recently and had a workshop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nIII.Events: Recap and Upcoming<\/p>\n\n
\nFirst 25 people to sign up will get $10 off for skate rentals. There will be a movie in the screening room after students are finished skating.<\/li>\n
\nDr. Gerald Rosenfeld, who NYU Proffessor, is leading workshops that provide information about credit card debt, investments, etc. There will be workshops on January 8th<\/sup>, 9th<\/sup>, and 10th<\/sup>. The timigs are from 4:30 \u2013 7:30 pm. Sign up by December 7, 2012. Register using: (http:\/\/macaulay.cuny.edu\/community\/now\/2012\/11\/enroll-in-the-basics-of-financial-literacy-workshop-3\/<\/a>)<\/li>\n
\nThis is the 4th<\/sup> annual year with this event. There are different cultural shows, food, etc. The event will be most likely conducted in Late March.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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\nCollege Council is now almost like a defunct council. They are making a special committee for redoing governance document.
\nSuggestions for improving MHC classes curriculum should be emailed to Joe Borello, so that Dean Kirschner, Pearl and Ugoretz can hear the ideas.<\/li>\n
\nThere is a huge database of volunteer work with volunteer organizations in US and even the world.<\/li>\n\n
\nA new webmaster is necessary for handling My Macaulay& the MSC website, and someone needs to handle facebook. If you are willing to help with any of the tasks, please contact Kannika Khanna (kanika.khanna@macaulay.cuny.edu<\/a>)Kaitlyn and Kannika are thinking of creating an online Macaulay Honors College yearbook. Seniors are requested to help.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\nClasses have been reescheduled to Sundays. They are making a park close to Baruch so they are closing a street nearby.<\/li>\n
\nSouth Asian Student Association had an event.<\/li>\n
\nIncreased MHC student body has started affecting the college. Conflicts of BME and honors classes have been taking place. Some departments have had to modify class schedules as a result of these conflicts.<\/li>\n
\nMost student body is still displaced because Brookdale is still closed. Makeup date for classes is on December 13th<\/sup>.
\nOn Wednesday, December 12th<\/sup>, there Macaulay students at Hunter will conduct their first event for Macaulay Hunter.
\nThere is a meeting regarding Brookdale Tomorrow. .<\/li>\n
\n<\/strong>The College has posted up Honors Classes for students. This will be availiable via My Macaulay portal.<\/li>\n
\nChair: David Kane
\nMinutes: Kaitlyn O\u2019Hagan<\/p>\n