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Date: 10/22/2014
Meeting Information
Name of the Meeting: GSS General Assembly Meeting
October 22, 2014
12pm
Rauch 091
Attendees
Name
Nipun Goel
Dustin Dannenhauer
Jingjing Lin
Area/Organization
President
Vice president
Secretary
Name
Kathleen Hutnik
Alex Wiedorn
Area/Organization
Director
GLO-GA
Agenda
I.
Upcoming Events
1) Pumpkin Carving: TONIGHT 6 - 7:30PM.
2) Chair massages: 15 minute chair massage at Packer House on Tuesday, November
18, 11:00-2:00 for only $5
3) What’s Brewing: TOMORROW 10/23 7-9PM Packer House. Topic: Water in
Crisis: How can Lehigh secure a clean, plentiful resource for our plant?
4) Turkish Breakfast - Thursday, October 30th - Packer House at 10am
5) Dissertation Boot Camp – November 8 & 9, 2014 Wood Dining Room in Iacocca
Hall Register with GLO
6) Zoellner Discount Tickets: $10 each for Rhythmic Circus 11/9. Pick up at Packer
House
7) International Week November 7th – 15th
II. Club approval
1) LUWiSE and LU Fullbright Association are both approved to join GSS.
III. Halloween Party
1) FERS, Thai, CheGA, Yes+, India, Fullbright are willing to help organize this year
Halloween Party.
IV. Open Questions from faculty committee on student life
Faculty Committee would like to gather info for the following questions. If you have
time, please take a look and send the answer back to [email protected].
1) Tell me about your perceptions of the quality of student life and sense of
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community at Lehigh. What opportunities and challenges do you see?
2) What are some of the actions your group has taken to positively impact the sense of
community and/or quality of life at Lehigh?
3) How could your efforts be benefited by faculty support/involvement/partnership?
4) What are two specific suggestions you have for our committee about how we can
help to enhance community and quality of student life at Lehigh?
V. New club Presentation– Comparative and International Education club
Coming activities:
1) 11/11 Movie Night and PechaKucha 20*20
2) 11/13 International Poetry Night
3) 11/7-15 Children of Cambodia Photo Exhibit
VI. Guest Speaker--Dr. Bruce Taggart (Vice Provost for Library and Technology
Services)
1) Form a group; get several grads, undergrads, faculties and architects together to plan
the reconstruction for FM library.
2) The group will start to work at around Dec 1st. The group is expected to complete
the redesigned plan by July 2015.
3) The redesigned plan will cover the FM library, media center and computer center.
In addition, the vision for the plan would be creating a new age library. A library
that provides teaching, learning, research, group discussion spaces.
4) It is really a great opportunity to get involved in changing Lehigh landscape and
making Lehigh a better place to study. If you are interested in being part of this
group, please email [email protected].
5) Q&A:
Q: Will there be more software available for students?
A: Yes, we will work on that. For example, we are thinking expanding the access
to matlab.
VII. Committees Representatives
1) Facilities Planning (new) (1 Rep)
2) Professional Development Committee (1 Rep from College of Education)
3) Lehigh Environmental Advisory Group (2 Reps)
4) Printing/Green Committee (1 Rep)
5) Transportation Sustainability plan implementation (1 Rep)
If you are interested in being part of it, please email [email protected]
VIII. Ongoing Events
1) Farmer’s Market – Farmer’s Market returns at Campus Square every Thursday
Starting May1st 11:00AM – 3:00PM Ends October 30th
2) Tuesday’s at 10: Start your day with free breakfast and coffee.
3) LU Shuttle Bus Service to LVM and Walmart. Schedule available on student
affairs website.
IX. Open Floor
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1) December 2nd International campus happiness day. People all over country
meditate at the same time
Discussion
Commitments
Responsible
Follow-up previous commitments
Responsible
Status
Future Meeting: November 5, 2014
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