Greetings and Salutation
External Business:
· Vote
on providing $25 to PTE so they can apply for GSG funding for OT/PT Forum:
Voted YES!
· We
have the opportunity to add our OTSC events to the “Upcoming Events” listing on
the homepage of the department website.
Internal Business:
· Welcome
new MA-1 Rep Toshi and new PhD rep Leah!
· Accessing
OTSC blog
o Minutes
from the meetings will be posted by the secretaries
· Meeting
dates and locations for the semester:
o Monday
11/5 at 5-6:30pm (Room 111)
o Monday
12/3 at 5-6:30pm (Room 111)
· Update
on “Council Duties by Position” Google Doc-
have this done by Nov 5 deadline
Council Items:
· AOTA
(Sean & Colin):
o AOTA
Assembly of Students Steering Committee: elected group of students who discuss
concerns at AOTA
o Campaign
agreement
§
Give candidates a deadline for when they
can send out an email
· OTD
Representative (Bill):
o OT
24 hour virtual exchange. I am throwing the idea of a 1-2 hour session (around
5-7 pm) on the 29th at one or two of the classrooms (aside from where OT 620 is
going on) where all students who are available can participate in the
conference together so that you can have a live experience of what it is like.
Casual is totally fine for dress code, as I have seen photos of students
from some OT programs across the globe wear PJ’s to join the conference in
their classrooms. Also, a benefit of this is that it can give students
who have not been to any OT conference before a sampler (since it’s free) on
what they may expect in a future OT conference they may attend some day.
o Document
on our drive about OTalk/Occhat (TWITTER)- Again, I know this better than
anyone else in the room. This is related to professional development.
It is something students can participate weekly on the live portion of
the chat on Tuesdays. I think it’s a great experience because you can get
to talk to OT professionals and students, nurses, social workers, and/or even
“service users” who might benefit from OT services. Who might show up
will depend on the topic. I posted some ground rules for the chat on the
shared drive. It will be shared to all students “in the near future”.
§
Launch on Sun, Nov 4 on Twitter
§
Will continue on every Tuesday at
12/lunch hour
· Faculty
Liaison (Jane & Jen S.):
o Quick
update on what was brought up during faculty meeting
o Faculty
response to T-shirts and OT Global Day of Service
§
Dr. Rafeedie has sent info to faculty
§
Put notes in faculty boxes on who to
contact for t-shirt purchase
· Fundraising
Chairs (Kristina):
o Fundraising
Ideas
o Fundraising
Committee-- look out for an email!
o Gathering
people to help sell shirts at the Homecoming event on November 9th and/or 10th
§
Communicating with alumni- go through Dr.
Park
· MA-I
Representative (Toshi)
o Created
FB page as well as mailing list for MA-1 students
· OTAC
Representative (Tara & Alyssa):
o OTAC
experience & OTAC student delegate networking.
o Pending
discussion on OTAC conference for OT podcast
o Monthly
OTAC update flyer (student mailboxes) + collaboration w/other OTAC delegates
o Idea
for membership drive- Spring semester
§
Brainstorm ideas (meeting w/Dr. Rafeedie
and Dr. Gray)
o OTAC
Conference debrief
· OT
House Liaison (Jen W.)
o On
October 27th we have an awesome opportunity to attend a Halloween
Party at the home of Jaynee Taguchi-Meyer (the OT Fieldwork
Coordinator). It starts at 5pm and her home is in Buena Park, near
Knotts Berry Farm. The party includes dinner and Jaynee would love
to have you there! The party is an annual tradition
that has been held with OT students and OT House residents for the past several
years. If you have been thinking about attending the Knott’s Halloween Haunt,
this is a great way to start off your evening.
§
Space is limited, so e-mail Erika
Schnaps at Schnaps@usc.edu by no later than Monday, October 22nd to RSVP!
The address will be provided with confirmation of your RSVP
o We
are also planning a joint OT department/OT house fun run on December 8th
– the Santa Monica/Venice Christmas Run
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More details will be coming, but we did
this last year and it was a lot of fun. There is also an USC OT Runs group on
Facebook that people can join if they choose (Beth)
· Philanthropy
(Paula & Megan):
o Pharmacy
Interdisciplinary Community Health Fair-November 10th (10AM-1PM???). Ideas for
interactive interventions/activities for the community and public to be
involved in?
§
Ideas: stress balls, making
arts&crafts, offering occupational profile(s), balance wheel
o October
27th is World Occupational Therapy Day, we will be observing this day by
participating in OT Global Day of Service. We have 3 organized volunteer
activities for our student body to become involved in. These include CFY
(helping families train with new computer tech), Hollywood Heart
(administrative work but a great way to create a relationship between this
organization and OTs), and Volunteer Center of San Gabriel Valley (Make a
Difference Day involving various community service tasks). We are also
encouraging OT students who are unavailable to be involved by promoting OT in
their involvement in whatever they do in the day.
· Professional
Development (aka PDC) (Erin & Stacey):
o Faculty
Dinners (collective)
§
Ideas for faculty members/locations?
§
Create a deposit ($5) if you sign up
§
Create a cap of OTSC members to attend--
possibly 2?
o OT/PT
workshop series (Erin)
§
Applying for funding through GSG (joint
programs fund)
·
working with PT now
·
ideas for presenters/topics?
o Professional
Outreach (Stacy)
§
Speaking engagements at HS, community
college, etc (start with HS)
§
Opinions about how to go about reaching
out to schools?
§
Maybe people’s old HS and arrange to come
to an assembly or career fair or something
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Not conflicting with ambassadors, clarify
that role is different
§
Dr. Pitt’s opinion-- talk to Kim Kelton!
· PTE
Representative (Jessica & Jessica):
o OT/PT
Forum: Monday 11/12 5:30-7:30pm
§
More information will be available soon
· Social
Chair (Megan & Clarissa):
o November
3rd Tailgate (Oregon): join PT or just OT?
§
Decision: pair ups are good!
o November
10th Tailgate (ASU): alumni picnic + tailgate?
§
Provide students the option to choose?
Ask Amber Pollard
o October
26: Roofless
· Treasurer
(Susan & Mazelle):
o Arranging
a meeting with GSG Finance Director (Rohan) for Tuesday to discuss how we can
use our funds. Questions we are asking: how much is our budget for the
year, do we have to use 25% of our umbrella funds in the first semester to be
eligible for funding in the second semester, can we use the entirety of our
budget for the end-of-year celebration as in years past?
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