18 January 2018: VPSA

ASCIT Board of Directors Meeting: VPSA

Minutes for January 18, 2018. Taken by Dana He.

Officers Present: Sakthi Vetrivel, Kavya Sreedhar, Rachael Morton, Sarah Crucilla, Alice Zhai, Dana He

Guests: Kevin GIlmartin, Joe Shepherd, Tom Mannion

Call to Order: 12:11 pm

President’s Report (Sakthi):

• Nothing to report.

Officer’s Reports:

V.P. of Academic Affairs (Kavya):

• Thinking of introducing course complements to recognize the good in courses. Students can submit recommendations for courses and could possibly tie this to Take a Prof. out to Lunch. Thinking of starting this on a monthly basis to try it out.

• Course capture has begun. Trying it on CS 21.

• Software seminar will be soon to teach Mathematica.

• Trying to bring back research list for professors looking for students during the school year.

• Looking to introduce undergraduate and graduate student research seminars.

• Math 13 course created to teach students multi-variable calculus for Physics 1b analytical. 50 students enrolled. Positive feedback.

• Creating committee for core curriculum revision.

V.P. of Non-Academic Affairs (Rachael):

• COUCH met with Joes last night about Polaris report. Will meet with faculty and staff groups soon.

Director of Operations (Sara):

• Not in attendance.

Treasurer (Sarah):

• Nothing to report.

Social Director (Alice):

• Saturday is a Six Flags Magic Mountain Trip. Used Marsh fund to subsidize tickets for 75 students. Sign-ups filled up in under 5 minutes. Tickets were $40 each for group tickets. Buses will take students at 10 am and leave at 6 pm. Could talk to Dean’s Office to try to get more tickets.

• Would like to use Marsh fund to subsidize tickets for Cirque du Soleil.

• Be a Kid Again Day will be Sunday, February 25.

• ASCIT Formal will be at Hotel Alexandria in downtown LA.

Secretary (Dana):

• Nothing to report.

If anyone has any questions or concerns about a section of the minutes please email the appropriate officer. We are happy to answer any questions.

Meeting Adjourned: 12:38 pm