Student committees
Positions for 2019-2020
Positions become effective on July 1st of each year.
EECB Student President (1)
Steve Hromada
EECB Student President should be a student who has passed written comprehensives.
- Organize a minimum of two student meetings per year (more if needed)
- Serve as liaison between students and EECB director and faculty
- Join faculty listserv in order to receive all pertinent emails
- Faculty contact: Lee Dyer, EECB Director
- Organize beginning of year social function
- Engage EECB students to participate in decisions, functions, etc. related to EECB
- Keep in touch with other EECB officers to ensure duties are being met
- Jenkins Award: solicit nominations from EECB students, select finalists, and collect votes. Engrave Jenkins Award plaque and announce recipient at final spring colloquium.
- Attend and welcome new graduate student cohort at New Student Orientation
Admissions Representative (1)
Stephanie Coronado
Coordinator should be well into their Ph.D. research or possess a Masters degree.
- Attend admissions committee meetings and review prospective student applications
- Faculty contact: Marjorie Matocq
Colloquium Logistics Committee (6)
Julia Brockman (F), Kirsten Charles (F), Josh Hallas (F), Lacy Hankin (S), Madeleine Lohman (S), Kelli McKeegan (S), Danielle Miles (S), Masoud Rostami (F)
- Send email announcements [if the host prefers] and post fliers
- Ensure all reimbursement paperwork is complete
- Help speaker get set up properly in colloquium room before the talk
- Provide snacks for reception
Colloquium Nomination Committee (4)
Aramee Diethelm, Trevor Faske, Chris Halsch, Kelly Robinson
- One representative for each section: Ecology, Evolution, Conservation Biology, and Ecosystem/Plant Science
- Solicit nominations for colloquium speakers before the fall and spring semesters
- Organize schedule of speakers for each semester
- Work with website committee to ensure colloquium is up-to-date on web page
Diversity Committee
Valentina Alaasam, Lydia Doan, Stephanie Coronado, Anjana Parandhaman, Saw Sudta
- Collect survey data on the experiences, needs and resource access of underrepresented students and faculty members within EECB
- Organize spaces and events for underrepresented students within the EECB program
- Coordinate with the EECB program director to ensure all underrepresented students have needed resources and support
- Establish connections with diversity committees outside of the EECB program to share ideas and community space
Ecolunch Coordinator (1-2)
Fall: Avery Grant
Spring: Devon Picklum
- Reserve meeting room through UNR Reservations and Scheduling
- Schedule speakers to give Ecolunch and send out announcements
- Arrange for pizza delivery and handle itemized receipts
- Apply for club funds from GSA [optional]
Grants Committee (1+)
Alison Agneray
- Manage grant calendar and send grant deadline reminders to listserv
New Student Orientation Committee (1-2)
Steve Hromada, Kelli McKeegan, Angela Pitera, Keely Rodriguez
- Add contact information to Ph.D program page and respond to emails received
- Organize new EECB student orientation before the fall semester each year
- Update and distribute student orientation handbook to all new and transfer students
- Organize post-orientation meet-up for new and continuing students
Outreach Coordinators (2+)
Tessa Behnke, Ally Coconis, Jen Heppner, Nadya Muchoney, Angela Pitera, Dani Salcido, Ben Sonnenberg, Santiago Villamarin
- Establish and maintain connections with on- and off-campus community service and science education organizations (e.g., Museum of Natural History, Darwin Day, Upward Bound, TRIO, BBBS, TINS, Nevada Bugs & Butterflies, Discovery Museum, etc.)
- Organize two outreach activities per year and encourage EECB student participation
Political Outreach (6+)
Tara Christensen, Trevor Faske, Leah Prescott, Dani Salcido, Ranae Zauner
- Work with EECB faculty to provide resources to politicians about the effects of global change in Nevada to a global scale.
Representatives to Faculty (2)
Anson Call and Nadya Muchoney
- Attend faculty meetings and report meeting minutes to EECB students
- Faculty contact: Lee Dyer, EECB Director
- Attend curriculum meetings, suggest student ideas for new classes and restructuring or elimination of old classes, and report meeting minutes to EECB students
- Faculty contact: Angela Smilanich
Representative to GSA Council (1) [optional]
EECB does not have a dedicated GSA representative position; interested students should run for election in their respective college.
- Serve as a liaison between EECB students, faculty, and the Graduate School
- Alert EECB students and faculty to relevant issues
Social Committee (2+)
Casey Adkins, Valentina Alaasam, Ericka Kay, Ciara Sheets, Anna Tatarko
- Plan EECB student parties (responsible for communication with faculty host, purchase of food and beverages and coordination with Graduate Director)
Website Committee (3+)
Lauren Benedict, Leanne Diss, Katy Uckele
- Designate at least one committee member for CMS training and site access for content updates
- Designate at least one committee member for calendar administrator account
- Solicit information annually and update pages of students, postdocs, faculty, and alumni (CMS account required)
- Update news feed regularly with major grants, publications, awards, media coverage, etc. (CMS account required)
- Update calendar regularly with colloquium, ecolunch, candidate seminars, defenses, outreach, grant deadlines, etc. (calendar administrator account recommended)
- Ensure new students are subscribed to the EECB student sympa listserv (sympa owner/administrator account required)
- SUBSCRIBERS: to subscribe or unsubscribe from eecbstud listserv, follow the directions at the UNR OIT services.