Minutes from Meeting (12-6-08)

GSC Minutes Dec. 6^th, 2008

1. Preparation for the general interest meeting

- Venue: Newcomb Ballroom—we need to book them early

- Brochure/fliers: brief introduction about GSC—we need to come up with the design during the winter holiday since the general interest meeting will be held in the first week of spring semester.

- Funding: we can get funding for Ms. Laura Casteen’s office (i.e. VPSA Student Program Funding), Miloni and Siling will be working on this.

- Introduction about the individual projects

- We shall keep on brainstorming for the programs during the general interest meeting.

2. Preparation for a student activity fair at the beginning of spring semester

3. Nanette’s High School Visit update (Link: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=36434737279)

- McIntire School of Commerce preferred not to be mentioned specifically during the HSV

- McIntire are working on compiling a spread sheet about the international student alumni—we can share the database with them.

4. We need to build up our blog for GSC

5. Ms. Laura Casteen’s suggestion: include the international student groups

- We could have Ms. Laura Casteen invited the presidents of these groups and talked to them about it.

- We hope that we can automatically include these groups under the umbrella of GSC

- Nanette’s suggestion: we may also want to collaborate with CIOs whose activities are related to the international community, e.g. SEED (Students of Economics and Entrepreneurship Development)

6. Ms. Laura Casteen’s suggestion: Greek life has been a good way for international students to integrate into the local community—we may also work with IFC (Inter-fraternity Council)