Attendees:
Mir Farooq Ali, Robert Capra, Nathan Conklin, Ragavan Srinivasan, Kimberly Woods
Not present: Tracy Lewis, Pankaj Poddar
Meetings:
The next meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 17, 2000 at 8 p.m. The meeting will be held in McBryde 655. Nathan Conklin will be available via teleconference.
Objective:
This meeting was designed to compile and discuss the results of the Graduate Student Survey, distributed on Friday, April 28, 2000.
The results have been compiled in the spreadsheet included below.
An informal brainstorming session was also held to further add to the list of suggestions made by graduate students. Some of the suggestions include:
| Curriculum Improvements | Facility Improvements | Social Improvements | Graduate Council Improvements |
| Cognate Courses | Space | Suggestions | Communicate ideas via: |
| Business school courses | more space between computers in grad lab | compulsory events at beginning of semester | mailbox in grad lab |
| ECPE Net-2 course | lost and found box | trivia night | |
| ECPE 5534 Design Automation | meeting room for group projects | game night | update web pages more frequently |
| Designing UIs for Virtual Environments | 659 schedule posted on door | include other departments | listserv |
| Designing System Representations for Virtual Environments | keep spaces clean | movie night | direct communication w/ council members |
| Virtual Environments | more lab space | faculty vs. grads quiz show | surveys |
| Compilers | no locked machines | sightseeing at southern exposure. | letters |
| EE Networking courses | no friends in lab; only CS majors | trip to Cascades | discussion board |
| Human Development 5344 Prospectives on Human Sexuality | more space for office hours | bowling | chats |
| more research space | luncheons | questionnaires | |
| no printer quota | restaurant outings | ||
| reduce noise level | tubing | ||
| partitions | cow-tipping | ||
| centralized research labs | new student mixer | ||
| picnics | |||
| non-bar social | |||
| Pi Day Celebration | |||
| Curriculum | Resources | Reason for missing events | Keep informed via: |
| programming refresher course | another printer | too much work/ didn't know anyone | |
| research methods | color printer | not informed | event calendar in grad lab |
| more HCI courses | updated software | no food | better website |
| more theory courses | more UNIX software | on travel/ limited number of events | posts in grad lab |
| TCP/IP Programming | G4s w/ OS/X | lack of interest | flyers |
| Internet computing | paper cutter in mail room | too busy | newsletter |
| fewer breadth requirements; CS students are forced to take courses that aren't useful | arrange mailboxes so most are above waist level | ||
| Advanced Networking (ATM) | more printer paper | ||
| Supercomputing courses | keep record of lockers | ||
| Parallel programming | more FreeBSD or Linux machines that aren't dual boot | ||
| Data warehousing | updated list of software and how to access it | ||
| Distributed software design | graphics program (e.g. PaintShop Pro, MS Publisher) | ||
| High-level OO theory | fax machine | ||
| more networking courses | stapler | ||
| advanced Internet Technology | CD burner | ||
| Advanced Numerical Methods | larger refrigerator | ||
| CSGIs, Parallel labs | |||
| more PCs | |||
| supercomputing resources | |||
| 1 workstation per grad student | |||
| dual boot machines | |||
| lockers for everyone | |||
| larger lockers for GTAs | |||
| larger HD space on NT profiles for GTAs | |||
| pencil sharpener | |||
| digital camera | |||
| newer scanner | |||
| RS6000s, SGIs | |||
| coffee machine | |||
| phone/coffee machine in 128 | |||
| voice mail on phone in 565 | |||
| Alphas running Linux |
Graduate Council Member Suggestions
Curriculum Improvements
· Provide counseling session for new graduate students before they select classes.
· Assign graduate counselor to each student
· Have formal/informal meetings with Grad Council during orientation
· Design ‘packet’ for new students, including apartment information, financial aid info, etc.
· Have financial aid person available in CS Office at beginning of each semester for individual consultation
· Compile a list of scholarships, grants, fellowships, and other aid targeted to CS students
· Arrange meetings with prospective students
· Have standard list of facilities to show each prospective student
Facility Improvements
· Organize ‘cleaning team’; group of volunteers to clean grad lab twice per month, including refrigerator and microwave. Pay clean team with software.
· Secretary of Interior will handle schedule for clean team.
· Schedule CS Grad Lab clean up in fall
· Purchase larger refrigerator/coffee maker for McBryde 659
· Purchase another printer/copier for McBryde 659
· Make more paper available in McBryde 659
· Have centralized research space
· Turn McBryde 659 into research space controlled by Graduate Council
· Turn McBryde 133 into GTA Offices for office hours only
· Turn McBryde 128 into ACM Office
· Turn McBryde 607 into meeting space
· Reserve 1 room in McBryde 133 for Graduate Council Office
· More network drops in McBryde 565
· More telephones in McBryde 565
Social Improvements
· New student mixers w/ and w/o Grad Council present
· Assign each new student an ‘upperclassman partner’ in their specialty to provide guidance
· Dating Game w/ other departments in McBryde
· Mixers with other departments in McBryde
· Movie night ($1.00)
· Luncheons, socials
· Bowling night
· Recognize and celebrate international student holidays
· Keep students abreast of GSA social activities
· Hiking trips
· Trips to zoo, amusement park, beach
· Miniature golf
· Cricket
· Volleyball
· Keep activities on campus!!!
· Camping/canoeing/kayaking trip
Graduate Council Improvements
· Newsletter
· Update web page
Submitted by: Kimberly Woods May 17, 2000