From Rodman Scholars Program
Below are Rodman Council minutes . Links to older minutes can be found at the bottom of the page.
[edit] Spring Semester 2010
Spring 2010 minutes
[edit] Fall Semester 2009
[edit] October 11, 2009
I. Logistics and other concerns
- Budget
- We haven’t spent that much, but only have $7k left
- Still need to pay for beer brewing and dome room dinner
- Meet with Elzey this week
- Website Development
- Hit Counter has been added to the site
- Site will be down for a couple of hours
- Rodman Newsletter
- Get one person from each team to write a half-page summary about projects
- Articles from ropes course and Germany trip as well
- Respond to email and let Roy know if you would like to write something for the newsletter
- Midyear applicants are going to be coming soon
- Welcome event
- Set them up with an advisor
- Try to get a lawn room
- Rodsems
- Beer brewing is definite
- Music professor couldn’t teach one, but could pick out a quality grad student
- Manya is considering a cooking class from a professor in Darden
- Choose date for next meeting
II. Lockheed Grants
- RodSquad Free Home Energy Audits
- Sustainable Energy Research Grants
- Article was in CavDaily advertising it
- More emails would be good for advertising
- Maybe an email from Elzey
- Applications are due December 4th
- Going to start reading them mid-December
- Engineering for a Sustainable World Seminar
- Trying to get lectures lined up in the next couple of weeks
- Green Playgrounds
- Currently working on building a stationary bike to generate power
- Didn’t want the liability of a swingset
- Wanted a report on how to replace the groundcover material with something that is recyclable
- Get a kids bike, stand, and generator
- Rodman Supplemental Applications
- Mike met with the person handling Rodman admissions
- He didn’t like the application idea
- He wasn’t really sure what Rodmans were looking for in program
- Currently go for research in high school, high GPA, academic extracurricular activities
- Maybe we’ll let this project die out
[edit] September 2, 2009 8 pm
I.Feedback
- Ropes course for first years was fantastic
- Garden Party
- Better than last year
- Invite more professors
- Chairs and plates for next year
- Trash bags need to get there earlier
- Advising Program
- Most first years haven’t met their advisors
- Kelly will send another email to remind advisors to meet with advisees
- Rodsems
- We have two as of now
- Start next week
- Mindfulness and meditation and dramatic structure
- Fourth years are disappointed that wine tasting is not offered
- Beer brewing will be offered in spring
- Manya will send out an email to fourth years that wine tasting will not offered
II.Ideas for the coming year
- Will continue with lecture series
- We want to strengthen Rodman networking, especially after graduation
- We will implement an incoming student application to require effort to become a Rodman scholar
- We recently received $100,000 from Lockheed Martin for sustainability projects
- Out of that, $50,000 is specifically for Rodmans
- Predominantly focusing on electrical, computer, and systems engineering
- $25k for RodSquad project
- Team of rodmans to conduct home energy audits
- Funding for sustainability research grants
- 5 $3000 grants for sustainability grants
- Green playground project - $5000
- Educate kids about sustainability through a swingset system
- $10000 for Engineering for a Sustainable World Seminar
- Starts next semester
- We will have to plan that soon
[edit] September 16, 2009 8 pm
[edit] Spring Semester 2009
[edit] January 28, 2009; 6:00 pm
I. Spring Lecture Series
- 5 speakers lined up, 6th on the fence
- Business team
- Coppock has not responded
- Needs to be done by Friday, or new speaker needed
- "Cut our losses and move on"
- Healthcare Team
- Advertising Team
- First Year Party
- $100 may or may not be enough
- Squigglies and Popouts
- Kicks off after Friday, needs to be confirmed by then
II. Rodsem Update
- Digital Art
- Beer Brewing
- Technical Drawing (freehand sketching) from Elzey
- English class on dystopias
III. Draft Budget
- $6000 "bailout" from Dean Aylor
- Officers should check estimates and evaluate them
IV. High School Packets
- Already have one version, needs some modification
- Need letter from Presidents
V. Social Event
- Ice Skating?
- No money, but could give rides to first-years
- Rodman movie night in Chemistry building in February
- Hiking with Prof. Gorman?
VI. Community Service
[edit] February 12, 2009; 6:30 pm
I. Engineering Open House (Sat, 2/21/09, 9 am – 3 pm)
- We would like to have some Rodmans there, for many perspectives will undoubtedly be asking about the program
- Ian to pass out a sign up sheet
II. Update on VEF (Virginia Engineering Foundation)
- Responsible for procuring funding for SEAS
- We needed money for Days on the Lawn and the Rotunda Dinner, so Chris and Blair met with several VEF officials
- Deal: corporate donors to pay $2000 increments to be able to attend Days on the Lawn and the Dome Room Dinner (probably one single team member)
- This will NOT be a recruiting event, they will be guests at our dinner
- This should be a strategic move in that we will be moving in a more corporate-focused direction, although the goal is still to bond with other Rodman Scholars.
III. Days on the Lawn (Bobby – Saturday April 4th)
- To be a catered event
- Additional funding for food can be used to sponsor additional events
- Money could also filter into the Rodman research program…
- Events previously done:
- Presentation by Professor Elzey and Dean Aylor (~20 mins)
- Rodman speaker panel (no more than 5 this time)
- Engineering design challenge (fun hands-on event)
- Visiting room installed with Rodman research project exhibitions. Should these be presented?
- Chris: Stage, etc...
- Blair: Walking around and mingling more attention to HS attention spans…
- Matt: Perhaps only a few presenters
- General ideas for new events:
- Matt: Do the outside event in Darden Court!
- Bobby: please feel free to help out with this (rsa8q@virginia.edu)
- Chris: We should print new T-shirts, find the ideal venue, etc…
- Bobby: Will Will Jacobs be able to organize the research portion? Perhaps, could simply have a group of 5 strong Rodman researchers.
- Bobby to assemble a team and send out an information/help request email
IV. Lecture Series Update
- Some flyers have been posted
- Forward the informational email as much as humanly possible!
- Manya and Kelly to print larger flyers and have another chalking session
- Matt: Tabling Newcomb will probably be a good publicity idea
- Will have an impromptu chalking and flyering session after this meeting
- Current lecture schedule is listed on the pdf emailed to the listserve
V. E-week Events (Blair, Matt – Next Week! Our day is Friday, 2/20)
- Jell-O, Dodgeball, stapling, calculator quick draw (can replace Pictionary)
- Blair and Matt will round up helpers, Luke to help with the Jell-O and calculators
VI. Newsletter (Bobby)
- Will be printed and mailed shortly, then is out of Bobby’s hands
- Business concerning receipt reimbursement
VII. Tassel’s and Diplomas (Me)
VIII. NEXT MEETING: Next Wednesday, 2/18/09, @ 6 PM in the Rodman Room
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