The University of Texas Medical School at Houston Student Senate

The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Student Senate
Medical School Building, Room G.100 (6:00 pm – 7:00 pm)
Meeting Minutes for January 8, 2013
I.
Call to Order
Meeting was called to order at 6:08pm.
Attendees:
Senate Members:
MS1: Peter Haddad, Joe Guillory, Nick Valilis, Vikas Gupta
MS2: Gregory Larimer, Erfon Ekhlassi, Blake Baker, Stephanie Annor
MS3: Stephanie Logterman, Norman Ward, Grace Lee, Quinton Allen
MS4: Shelby Halsey, Mark Gold, Kamal Golla
Norman Ward
OSR/Curriculum Committee Members:
OSR: Kamal Golla
CC: Amy Trott
II. Guest Speaker
a. No Guest Speaker presented at this meeting.
III. Class/Organization Updates
Class Officers/Organization Leaders
a. MS1
i. Class Dues
1. About 40% of the class has paid dues.
2. Dues collections will continue for the month of January and afterwards officers
plan to reach out to the students who have not paid.
ii. Neuroscience Update
1. Students may do the pre lab at home
2. Post lab is still required
3. Suggested that a deadline be made for the pre-lab assignments.
iii. Semiformal Charity Ball
1. Sales are going well and anticipate more.
2. Extended the first deadline from Jan 6 to Jan 11 to allow more students to
purchase the sale price.
3. Planned to have class presidents send out notification to invite MS3 and MS4
class
iv. Elected all members for the OSR. Still need more sales for charity
b. MS2
i. Jacket Sale Fundraiser
1. Sold 125 Fleece and Soft Shell Jackets though the Bookstore.
2. Raised $1200.
3. Funds will go towards MS2 Class charity, Grace Care Center, an orphanage and
elder care center in Sri Lanka founded by MS2 Student Nitya Kumar.
ii. STEP
c. MS3
i. Sent out survey about Rotations.
ii. Upcoming meeting for Residency Fair.
d. MS4
i. Natalie Kjar Scholarship
1. Briefly discussed the meaning behind Scholarship.
2. Last known scholarship amount: $10,000
3. Office of Development sent out an email to the alumni in order to raise funds to
$25,000.
4. Plans for the scholarship to be awarded to one or two incoming medical
students.
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Student Senate
Medical School Building, Room G.100 (6:00 pm – 7:00 pm)
Meeting Minutes for January 8, 2013
e.
f.
ii. Upcoming Events
1. Match Day- March 21st in Weber Plaza. All are invited.
2. 4th year Banquet
3. Graduation- May 30 at George R. Brown Convention Center.
OSR
i. Dr. Schatte and Dr. Harper- OSR Faculty advisors. Both working on funding for OSR.
ii. Behind schedule in the website. In need of a web designer to help complete website.
Curriculum Committee
i. Last meeting in November. December meeting cancelled. Next meeting coming up.
ii. Given notice about invitations to upcoming Departmental meetings.
IV. Old Business
a. Current standing of the mistreatment project.
i. Held meeting with Dr. Ownby, Dr. Butler, and Dr. Uthman.
ii. Goals to improve awareness on what mistreatment is and reduce mistreatment.
iii. Dr. Ownby, Stephanie Logterman, Kamal Golla made a survey about mistreatment
awareness to be presented at upcoming meeting.
b. Current standing of the curriculum discussions.
i. Nick Valilis and Blake Baker should be at all meetings. Will continue to invite
c. Website update
i. Still looking for a developer to work out the small issues. Mike Hughes from SSA was
able to provide advice.
d. Photo project update
i. Nick contacted the secretary of Dean Colasurdo to inquire about what is to be expected
for the project. Once approved, classes will be informed.
V. New Business
a. Student Senate Budget: Greg Larimer presented his proposed budget and each item was discussed
and voted upon by the present SS members.
i. The proposed budget and approved budget are attached to these minutes. A copy of any
documentation used during the discussion of the applications will be attached to these
minutes.
ii. Unappropriated Funds of $500 added to Student Organization Allocation
iii. Organizations
1. American Medical Women’s Association-Granted $100. Items were not
beneficial for full request of funds.
2. Student Surgical Association- Granted $356.69 pending approval from Kara
Ramirez.
3. SIGHT- Granted $500
4. Latino Medical Student Association- Granted $351.36 for room fee pending
clarification about funds for the Conference.
5. APAMSA- Granted $500
6. Anesthesia Student Association- Granted $500
7. Texas Right to Life- Granted $500. Issues about double-dipping with SIGHT
arose but were resolved.
8. St. Joseph Moscati Catholic Student Association: Granted $500
iv. If pending grants are not approved, unappropriated funds will have another use
(Scholarship, Retreat, etc.) that will be voted on in the future.
v. Potential problem with Organizations not supplying an itemized list with proposal. More
than half the organizations did not provide a precise itemized list.
VI. Plans/Objectives
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Student Senate
Medical School Building, Room G.100 (6:00 pm – 7:00 pm)
Meeting Minutes for January 8, 2013
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b.
Previously discussed objectives will be specified and delegated.
Upcoming meeting with Dr. Cleary and the Administrative Counsel about where we stand in the
curriculum.
VII. Call to Adjourn
a. Meeting was called to adjourn at 7:19pm.
Norman Ward

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