WELCOME &
INTRODUCTION
12:00-12:10 Check-In
& Potluck!
12:10 Begin official business
GENERAL UPDATES
Internal Business
1.
Spring 2018 Meetings - Mondays from 12:00-12:45pm. Attendance is mandatory;
email Co-Chairs (Sarah and Rachel) if you have to miss. Spring meetings -
Meeting dates are as follows:
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April 9th in CHP 112
2.
Welcome DiversOT!
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Representative: Patrice Zhao
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April 16th - first event during lunch
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Watch an episode of New Girl re:
cultural appropriation and African-American culture.
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Conversation about the episode.
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Future events on cultural dilemmas
presented by professors.
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Will create a spot on google doc for
“DiversOT” to write in for future meetings.
3.
Future Ideas Update:
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Monthly newsletter
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The first OTSC E-Newsletter of the
semester went out on March 25th! Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
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Positive feedback!
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All events listed on the e-newsletter
are pulled from the OTSC minutes.
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Email Co-Chairs and Philanthropy for
review.
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Goal is to send out the e-newsletter
one week after OTSC meeting.
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Protocol
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2nd years should meet with 1st years
prior to the end of the semester to make sure protocols are complete.
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Student Health Advisory Committee
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Meets 1-2 times per semester to get
feedback from students on the university’s health and wellness initiatives.
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New officer position or added to the
responsibilities of a current position?
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GSG position - possibly rename title
to “student representative”?
COUNCIL
ITEMS BY POSITION
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Faculty Liaison (Wesley & Jesse)
DISCUSSION:
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Planning for Fieldwork Experience
Exchange Event
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Experience allows 1st year to be paired
with 2nd year based on Level II fieldwork.
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Monday, April 23, 12-1pm (room TBD)
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Hoping this can be an ongoing event.
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Budget for pizza: $70 (approved)
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Last Faculty Meeting on Friday, April
13th @ 10am
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OTSC Suggestion Box Meeting w/ Dr. Gray
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Will announce how the meeting goes.
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Fundraising (Eddie & Melinda)
DISCUSSION:
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Possible movie night with a food truck.
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Pair with Professional Development
movie night event.
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Approximately $15-20 per ticket
(leaning towards $15) - will need minimum 20 orders for food truck to be able
to run promotion for us (food pick-up or delivery).
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Will provide soda/water to accompany
the food (should cost less than $20) if it proceeds with enough interest.
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Professional Development will send out
survey for the movie night and have the option to choose food.
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Need deadline to sign-up/pay so we can
contact food truck.
UPDATES:
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T-shirts have arrived, and ready for
sale! $20 each; SUPPORT OT MONTH!
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Alumni even asking to buy t-shirts.
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Email shirt info to OTSC gmail account.
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Melinda will figure out shipping
details first.
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Possibly sell for $30/each for S&H.
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Cinnabon fundraiser successful - all
Cinnabons sold, but mostly to faculty/staff.
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Thank you Melinda for your continued
support in these food-related fundraisers!
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Total sales of merchandise this year
(including Summer 2017 sales of sweatshirts): ??? (will need to calculate)
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GSG Senator (Katherine & Sarina)
DISCUSSION:
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IT Services at USC is forming a focus
group and need graduate students for a few one hour meetings. No IT experience
is necessary. Please contact gsgpres@usc.edu to participate.
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GSG is looking into the option of
securing access to the New York Times for graduate students. Gathering input on
whether this would be valuable for students’ graduate experience.
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Historian (Kiana & Julian)
UPDATES:
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Email to collect pictures for EOTY
slideshow has been sent out. Will post about events on social media as
necessary.
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Notify Historians if you want Facebook
pages created for upcoming events (will update as part of job description).
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International Relations
(Phil & Carlos) MAI: (Josh)
DISCUSSION:
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International Forum was a great
success! Thank you to everyone that helped in the process.
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Undergraduate
Representatives (Christine &
Angela)
UPDATES:
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Undergraduate/Graduate Social with
Pre-OT Club went well! We had good discussions and Q&A about pursuing OT
post-grad, and Pre-OT club is open to more collaborations in the future. Thank
you to Eddie for coming out!
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Pre-OT Club sold shirts. If you bought
one, it should be available in a couple of weeks.
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OTAC Representative (Kaitlyn & Evan)
DISCUSSION:
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Letter writing party next Monday 4/16
at lunch, CHP 112
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Pizza will be provided!
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10-15 minute talk, choose ⅓ issues,
letter writing!
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Evan will take these letters to State
Hill Day.
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Possible creation of an advocacy and
government affairs position to capture state and national information.
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State Hill Day - May 9th.
UPDATES:
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Region 2 Legislative Reception April
26th, 6pm at West Coast University
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Sunday May 6th - first annual Intercollegiate
Student Retreat in Orange County.
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Local OT schools are invited.
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ASD REP (Hong & Brittanie)
UPDATES:
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Compiling list of “Must See” sessions
for conference from faculty
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AOTA ASD meeting Wednesday April 18th
before conference. Will share information via email since next meeting won’t be
until Fall.
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Will plan for Boardroom to Classroom
Fall semester!
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Social Chair (Trisha & Jackson)
UPDATES:
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EOY party updates: ticket sales,
appetizer menu finalized, etc.
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Philanthropy (Henna & Elissa)
DISCUSSION:
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Need 11 more people for the Festival of
Books on 4/22!
UPDATES:
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March events
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17 OT students marched with LG + co for
March for Our Lives.
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Represented OT at Kid City Urban
Foundation.
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KASEC Dev Screening + collaboration
with Professional Development.
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Would love to do more collaborations
with other OTSC positions in the future!
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OT Month events been going well, 74/86
spots filled!
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170 RSVP’ed, 100 people attended FITE
Night
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Five student changemakers with lived
experiences from USC, UC Berkeley, CSULA, CPP
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Dr. Tessa Milman, Jody Armour JD (from
law), with Dr. Mary Lawlor facilitating
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Partnered with GSG, Revolutionary
Scholars, USC Gould
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Raised over $620 for Painted Brain
(goal was $500), got 120 totes donated by LG, will be packaging in a week
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MOSTe is this weekend! Panel with chan
OTR alumni and time management workshop led by Dr. Rashelle Nagata.
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Prize party for cohort that has the
most points = crepes with Dr Baranek, OTSC advisors Drs. Rafeedie & Chu,
FITE panelist Dr. Milman
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Writing an OTAC article about OTSC
Philanthropy + OT Month - stay tuned!
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Next Philanthropy Committee meeting is
4/23, 12-1pm PLEASE COME :)
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Professional
Development (Delaney & Catherine)
UPDATES:
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Bill Wong Brown Bag Lunch (April 9th)
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Life After USC (April 11th) in CHP G37
from 12-12:50pm
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Faculty panel will be sharing insights
regarding what life would be like after USC.
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Kelly’s Hollywood (April 23rd) in CHP
G37 at 5:30pm
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Free screening and possible food truck.
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Fliers and emails for sign-up will be
sent out.
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KASEC (April 21st, May 5th, May 19th,
June 2nd)
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Developmental screening events in LA
and Irvine.
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Treasurer (Lina & Nicha)
UPDATES:
UPDATES:
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Current amount: $4,342.18
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Give copy of receipts to Treasurer.
