Alpha Mu Gamma
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
FYI
Our domain name (alphamugamma.com) will be expiring in a couple of weeks on September 28. Since no one has posted here in over a year, I don't see a need to renew it. The site will still continue and can always be viewed at this address:
http://amg.blogspot.com/
If anyone at the BSU chapter would like to hold on to the expiring domain, please feel free to contact me, and I'll renew it. I can be reached at tvindy[AT]oddpost[DOT]com.
Thursday, October 02, 2003
New Administration
These are the new AMG officers for the 2003-2004 academic year:
President -- Rachel Wiegand
Vice-President -- Erin Keppel
Secretary -- Rafael Briones
Historian -- Mitch Aubuchon
Activities Chairperson -- Yolanda Collins
The following two entries will only make sense to people who were at our last meeting:
- The twenty-ninth country was Iceland. (I finally remembered.)
- All Your Base
Tuesday, September 23, 2003
[The following is a post by Rachel Wiegand.]
First meeting of the 2003-2004 academic year: September 17 at 5pm in NQ 134
Next meeting: October 1 at 5pm in NQ
1. Discussed requirements for AMG membership.
2. Discussed officer positions to be nominated and voted in at next meeting. The descriptions of these positions are as follows:
President –calls and runs all meetings, contacts professors and members regarding meeting times and locations
Vice-President – assists wherever necessary, assumes presidential duties in president’s absence
Activities Chairman – obtains location for meetings, prepares and distributes flyers, decides menu for meetings
Secretary – records minutes of all regular and officer meetings, posts minutes on website, updates Alpha Mu Gamma binder
Treasurer –- keeps records of all monies received, takes care of any necessary reimbursements
Historian – records the events of Alpha Mu Gamma through photography, is responsible for receiving the applications, and organizes the Induction Ceremony for new members (held in April).
3. Discussed ways to gain more recognition on campus.
~become actively involved with Student Volunteer Services
~partnering up with language clubs more frequently
~advertise beyond the walls of NQ
~add pictures of newest members/activites to bulletin board
4. Brainstormed about Harvestfest.
Location ideas:
Have two separate rooms, one for food and one for activities – use Center for International Programs, Student Center Ballroom
(needs to have a kitchen available, does it cost to have event in Ballroom when it is not catered by BSU?)
Activities/Content ideas:
Have an overall theme such as: dance, crafts, painting/art, games
Make it interdisciplinary, example: incorporate art dept/museum, speakers/profs
Each group introduces their activity in front of entire audience first then break off into separate areas. OR Have an introduction program that incorporates each group.
Divide the food into sections by country, region
Individual club ideas (done in past and some new ideas):
Classics: greek dancing, sculpture
Spanish: salsa/dance, music
French: make mardi gras beads/masks
German: polka
Japan: origami, hand clap games
(add: Chinese club & other language programs: Russian, Arabic, Korean)
Invite International Students!!!
5. Ideas for National Foreign Language Week
Toga Party (non-alcoholic of course)
International open mic nite = art displays, poetry readings, music, monologues,…
Saturday, September 20, 2003
Pictures & Elections
If you are interested in viewing or ordering prints of AMG photos, you can do so for last year's pictures from National Foreign Language Week and the Induction Ceremony. You can also view pictures from our 2001 Harvestfest extravaganza.
Officer elections are coming up. If you are interested in running, please read this entry from last year, which describes the duties of each position.
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
Wanna meet some cool people? Come to our meetings! We're waiting for you.
Friday, September 12, 2003
A New Year Begins
Now we begin a new year of Alpha Mu Gamma here at Ball State. I'm off to Oregon at the end of the month, so this is probably my last entry to this site. Rachel Wiegand (last year's Vice-President) will be taking over as webmaster.
It appears that the archived posts for the 2001-2001 academic year have mysteriously vanished. A few of them have been preserved at archive.org.
If anyone has a desire to follow my future doings, they can do so at my personal site.
Wednesday, April 09, 2003
INDUCTION PHOTOS
Last night's Induction ceremony went extremely well. To see the pics (taken by guest photographer Ronnie Crabtree), just click here.
Tuesday, March 25, 2003
LATEST NEWS
Our celebration of National Foreign Language Week went well. You can view pictures from the events on our bulletin board in North Quad, or you can view them online and even order prints, if you like, here.
The next and final meeting of the year before Induction will be this Thursday, March 27th at 6 pm in NQ 137. Guest speaker Dr. B. K. Swartz Jr. from the Department of Anthropology will be giving a talk on petroglyphs and their use as a communication system. Dr. Swartz also gave us a lecture last year about the foreign origins of Christmas in this country.
Last, but not least, this year's Induction ceremony will be held Tuesday, April 8th at 7 pm in the Student Center Forum Room. The following new members will be inducted this year:
Mitchell S. Aubuchon
Jamie S. Carrico
Yolanda S. Collins
Haley A. DeWees
Rachel M. Wiegand
Regina L. Schouten
Rafael Briones
Hiltraut M. Johnting
Courtney A. Renard
The ceremony is open to all, and interested people are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Monday, March 03, 2003
NATIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE WEEK
This week is National Foreign Language Week, and Alpha Mu Gamma is celebrating by offering a series of lectures/activities/workshops Tuesday through Thursday. As always, all are welcome to attend, including nonmembers and nonstudents. For those of you still needing to fulfill your attendance requirement for membership, you'll be happy to know that these meetings do count. The schedule of events is as follows:
Tuesday, March 4:
4:30 pm to 6:30 pm The movie In the Time of the Butterflies will be shown in classroom #2 of EdRes.
5 pm - 6 pm -- Dr. Steves will be giving a workshop for non-Spanish speakers entitled "How to Speak Spanish in an Hour" in NQ 111 (on the east side of NQ).
Wednesday, March 5:
1 pm - 2 pm -- Dr. Zheng will be conducting a Kanji workshop in CP 257.
Thursday, March 6:
11 am - 11:45 am -- Dr. King's French 403 class will be performing act V of the play Trois Prétendants . . . un Mari by Cameroonian author Oyono-Mbia in NQ 137.
5 pm to 6 pm -- Dr. Warner and Kathy Samuelson will be giving a folk/polka/rock workshop in NQ 136.
5 pm to 7 pm -- (unconfirmed) The German Club will be showing a film in EdRes. (Film title and location yet to be determined.)
6 pm to 7 pm -- Dr. Swartz will be giving a presentation on petroglyphs with an emphasis on their use as a communication system in NQ 137.
Monday, January 20, 2003
INFORMATIONAL MEETING
Everyone mark your calendars. The first meeting of the semester will take place this Thursday, January 23rd at 6 pm in NQ. (The actual room has yet to be determined.) This will be an informational meeting where we once again explain what Alpha Mu Gamma is all about as well as discuss our plans for the rest of the year. Your input is welcome.
If you're interested in becoming more active in the organization, or if you would like to become a member, this is the meeting to attend.
Friday, December 13, 2002
FILLER
Okay, not much is going on with Alpha Mu Gamma right now. Actually, we're still recovering from Harvestfest, which went rather well. Johan will soon be posting pictures from the event.
Today is the last day of finals week, which pretty much wraps up the semester and the first half of the Doeden administration. Expect great things from us in the months to come. In the meantime, ponder this:
Wouldn't it be cool if BSU dismantled the new bell tower and replaced it with a gigantic lava lamp?
Wednesday, November 20, 2002
HARVESTFEST
Well, it's that time of year again. Our annual Harvestfest celebration will be this Thursday, November 21 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Wesley Foundation (the Methodist church on McKinley near Jackson -- click here for a map). There will be an all-you-can-eat buffet of delicacies from all over the world, provided by the faculty and language clubs, followed by various cultural activities, including Polka lessons, poetry reading by the Spanish Theatre Society, and Spanish karaoke. As always, the event is free and open to all, including non-students.
You can see photos from last year's Harvestfest here.
Wednesday, October 16, 2002
DUCKS AND A MOVIE
Our next meeting will be Wednesday, October 23rd at 5:30 pm. in the Student Center, room 308. This will be our first Movie Night of the year, and we have opted to show The Joy Luck Club. If you'd like to have input into what movies are shown in the future, we've set up an online poll where you can vote on suggested movies as well as make suggestions of your own. Please check it out; your input will help us to better serve you.
Before showing the film, we will once again be discussing our upcoming plastic duck release. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, the best way to learn more about it would be by reading our online press release. We also now have our own duck website located at hitchhikingduck.com. It's supercool! Bags of ducks will be available for pickup before the movie. The following day (Thursday) you will be able to pick up ducks in the main office of the department of foreign languages (NQ 138).
Friday, October 04, 2002
FOREIGN STUDY/EXCHANGE SHOWCASE
Our next meeting will be this Monday, October 7th from 5pm to around 8 in NQ 133. We will have a number of guest speakers talking about various study abroad programs available to Ball State students. Speakers will discuss such programs as the Far East Asia Programs, the London Center, ISEP, and Tokyo University and Sapporo University programs.
Tuesday, September 10, 2002
NEW ADMINISTRATION
Here is a list of our new officers for 2002-3:
President -- Johan Doeden
Vice President -- Rachel Wiegand
Secretary -- Sara Thompson
Activities Chairperson -- Yolanda Collins
Historian -- Thomas McManus
Treasurer -- Kinsey Swartz
Our next meeting date will be determined shortly, once the new officers have had a chance to get together.
The information on scholarships available to Alpha Mu Gamma members can be found here. Also the link to the site of the National Office of AMG has been repaired. Plus the FAQ has been posted.
I've added a section to the website dedicated to blurbs for people who either missed that part of a meeting or who want to explore the topic at more depth. (Check out new link on the left.)
Thursday, September 05, 2002
OFFICER ELECTIONS
We will be electing this year's officers at our next meeting at 6 pm Tuesday, September 10th in North Quad 137. If you would like to run or if you would just like to vote, please come.
Description of Officer Duties
President -- Calls and presides over meetings. Coordinates the activities of the other officers. Serves as a spokesperson for the organization and go-between with the faculty advisor. Must be willing to take on or reassign additional duties when other officers are unable to fulfill them.
Vice President -- Works in conjunction with the President in an active partnership. Must be able to perform the duties of the President if the President should become temporarily unavailable. If the President leaves office, the Vice President automatically becomes the new President.
Secretary -- Is responsible for taking minutes at both general and officers' meetings. Must keep track of who agrees to do what, when and how, and should be able to provide that information when requested. Serves as our memory so we don't become disorganized and forget anything important.
Treasurer -- Keeps track of the organization's funds, including our current balance, debts, and expected future expenditures. When someone needs to be reimbursed, the Treasurer collects their receipt and fills out and submits a reimbursement form to the department. This person must be highly organized, since a mislaid receipt will make it impossible to reimburse someone.
Activities Chairperson -- In charge of planning and coordinating the organization's various activities throughout the year. This officer is not expected to plan or organize every activity, but she must keep track of and oversee them to make sure everything goes smoothly and that everyone knows what they are doing. She also has a big say in what refreshments are served at the meetings.
Historian -- The Historian's main duty is to familiarize herself with the rituals and history of the Induction ceremony held at the end of the year. She plans and presides over the ceremony and contacts the inductees beforehand to see when they will be available and what sort of ceremony they would like.
Running by Proxy
If you are unable to attend the election meeting but would still like to run for office, you may campaign by proxy. To do so, send us an e-mail at vote_me_in@alphamugamma.com. Tell us your name, office for which you are running, and your qualifications. We will announce this information at the meeting, and people will have the opportunity to vote for you. Your e-mail must be submitted before midnight on Monday, September 9th.
If you have questions/comments/complaints, we encourage you to e-mail us at info@alphamugamma.com.
Thursday, August 29, 2002
FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR
Our first meeting will be Tuesday, September 3rd at 6 pm in North Quad 137 (the day after Labor Day). We will be getting to know one another, discussing this year's elections, and revealing the mystery surrounding the plastic ducks.
Friday, August 16, 2002
ALPHA MU GAMMA ACQUIRES HUNDREDS OF PLASTIC DUCKS
What's up with all the ducks?
Have Johan and Kinsey gone quackers?
Come to our first meeting of the year and find out!
