Friday, August 26, 2011

Join IE GSO on Facebook!

Stay tuned to all of IE GSO's news and events right from Facebook!

Visit the Purdue IE GSO Facebook group and become a member!

Note:
Before you join, you will need to be a part of the Purdue Network (if you aren't already).
You can add the network in the Networks section of your account settings.

August Social!!

Kick off the semester right! Catch up with your friends and make some new ones (we have a lot of new students)!!

Meet us at:

Nine Irish Brothers
119 Howard Ave.
West Lafayette, Indiana

Wednesday, August 31 · 7:00pm - 9:00pm

and we'll provide appetizers and soft drinks - just bring yourself and loosen up for a relaxed evening with your fellow peers, staff, and faculty!

See you there!

Friday, August 19, 2011

Scavenger Hunt

IE GSO has started the year off right again with the annual scavenger hunt.
Check out our pics from the event!

Monday, August 15, 2011

PGSG Outreach Committee (POC):

Primary Functions
The primary function of the PGSG Outreach Committee is to attend PGSG meetings on a regular basis and take active part in decisions pertaining to IE graduate students. It is expected that the committee will inform the GSO and IE students of developments in the senate in a timely manner.
The committee will be in charge of communicating to the senate of upcoming GSO events and ensuring that they are placed on PGSGS meeting agendas. This will enable senators from other departments to inform their departments of pertaining GSO events.
The committee will work on educating its members of senate rules, regulations and proceedings and create a continuous pool of future senators.
The committee will have the ultimate purpose of increasing its membership to 5 students which it will take on immediately once Fall semester begins (with the arrival of new students to campus).


POC Chair:
Karna Singh
Public Relations Committee (PRC):

Primary Functions
The primary function of the Public Relations Committee is to assist in the development of plans, programs and activities that will support and facilitate the public relations efforts of the IE Graduate Student Organization.
The committee will be in charge of improving and updating communications channels of the GSO with IE students, faculty and staff; specifically updating GSO’s BlogSpot with upcoming events and activities along with posting pictures from past events.
The committee will work on improving visibility of the GSO and as a first project; will take on designing and printing of t-shirts with the GSO logo for executive board and committee members, as well as for sale to students and others interested.
The committee will have the ultimate purpose of increasing its membership to 5 students which it will take on immediately once Fall semester begins (with the arrival of new students to campus).


PRC Chair: Nathan Hartje
Fundraising Activities Committee (FAC):

Primary Functions
The primary function of the Fundraising Activities Committee is to increase funding for the organization and pursuing sponsorship opportunities.
The committee will be in charge of organizing presentations to the Industrial Engineering Advisory Council, keeping them up to date of GSO’s activities and impact on students, faculty and staff.
The committee will work on outreach to alumni via organizing fundraising events.
Previous administrations have secured a pledge of $2,000 from a donor for 10 years beginning with 2010; however last year’s donation never made it into IE GSO’s account. Thus, initial project for the committee will be tracking of this donation and sorting out funds. And it shall be the committee’s responsibility to track this money for oncoming years in a timely fashion.
The committee will have the ultimate purpose of increasing its membership to 5 students which it will take on immediately once Fall semester begins (with the arrival of new students to campus).


FAC Chair: Ruby Li
Social Activities Committee (SAC):

Primary Functions
The primary function of the Social Activities Committee is to take responsibility for the organization of social activities that will positively impact graduate students of the School of Industrial Engineering as well as students from other departments. Specifically, the Social Activities Committee will be in charge of organizing monthly socials, to be held at the end of each academic month during Fall and Spring semesters.
The committee’s main purpose will be to create and foster a bond between incoming and existing students, faculty and staff of the IE department.
The committee will work on outreach to other departments via organizing sporting events and joint socials.
The committee will have the ultimate purpose of increasing its membership to 5 students which it will take on immediately once Fall semester begins (with the arrival of new students to campus)hair


SAC Chair: Wei Liu
Academic Activities Committee (AAC):

Primary Functions
The primary function of the Academic Activities Committee is to take responsibility for the organization of scholarly activities that will positively impact graduate students of the School of Industrial Engineering as well as students from other departments. Specifically, the Academic Activities Committee will be in charge of organizing the Second Annual IE Poster Symposium. Last year’s inaugural symposium was a great success and this year, we would like to put emphasis on outreach to other departments.
In addition, the committee will put an effort in taking a bigger responsibility in the organization of IE 697 which is a course consisting of a series of seminars, hosted regularly by the department. If need be, the committee will look into providing graduate students a medium for improving their presentation skills by organizing a student seminar series separate from IE 697.
The committee will also be in charge of representing the department during the Big 10 Expo as well as networking activities with undergraduate students in the department.
The committee will have the ultimate purpose of increasing its membership to 5 students which it will take on immediately once Fall semester begins (with the arrival of new students to campus).
Meeting Schedule and Process
The team will meet monthly or as required to keep track of issues and provide adequate support towards successful progress of the primary functions of the committee. It is the committee chair’s duty to delegate responsibilities amongst members and report to IE GSO Executive Board on the committee’s progress during monthly meetings.


AAC Chair:
David Liu

Welcome back students! Looking forward to a great semester~IE GSO!