BE Board

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Welcome to the BE Board's <wikionly>wiki</wikionly><nonwikionly>website</nonwikionly>. From here, you can find out who we are, what we do and what's happening now. <wikionly>As a wiki, you can add content, post pictures from events, participate in discussions etc. To do so, you need an openwetware account. Most BE students already have accounts but if you don't, see this page to sign up.</wikionly> <nonwikionly>This website is based on a wiki that can be found here. If you are a BE student and have an openwetware account, you can edit that wiki.</nonwikionly> This site replaces our old site which you can still find here.

Coming Soon

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Recent announcements

• 2/23/06 - The department is meeting faculty candidates, please remember to send us your feedback!
• 2/23/06 - Sign up for BE intramural teams!
• 12/10/05 - BE wins IM graduate (American) football! Congratulations to captain Kirk Maurer and team!
• 11/28/05 - The next talk in the BE Industrial Seminar Series is this Friday, Dec. 2nd - see details here.
• 11/28/05 - Our next meeting is next Thursday, Dec. 8th. at 12pm in TBA. See the agenda here.
• 11/28/05 - We have a winner - Brian Cook and design 4A wins the shirt competition.
• 11/14/05 - BE wins IM B league tennis!
• 11/10/05 - New designs for BE intramural shirts have been posted - take a look!
• 10/31/05 - The coordinators are attempting to document what they do at various times of the year so that in future years there will be a blueprint available for board coordinators suggesting what they should do again and what they shouldn't do again!
• 10/31/05 - Our next meeting is this Thursday, Nov. 3rd. at 12pm in 56-614. See the agenda here.
• 10/15/05 - We just presented student feedback about the graduate program at the faculty retreat, see the presentation here. Thanks to all those who contributed to the this feedback. Expect feedback on how this went very soon!
• Welcome to the incoming BE students! Enjoy all the Orientation events!
• Congratulations to the newly elected 2005-2006 Biological Engineering Graduate Student Board!
• Would you like to get involved in organizing one of the BE Board events? Volunteers are welcome at any point, just contact us (as a group, or personally).

Goals of the BE Board

• Represent student views and interests to the faculty and the Institute.
• Take appropriate actions to ensure student views and interests are respected by the Division.
• Maintain and improve graduate student life within the Division.
• Act as liaisons between the students, faculty, administration, and the Institute.
• Promote the unification of the Division through social events, academics, and outreach.