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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.

Group Photo from First Meeting of the Year



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.






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