Mortar Board Chapter Meeting
September 13, 2012
I. Welcome!
The President opened the meeting at 10:00 PM
Those present: Katherine Genzink, Danielle Portfleet, Casey Baxter, Elizabeth Bilquist, Allie Hylen,
Irma Cruz, Madalyn Muncy, Kyle Sutton, John Zona, Lydia Thornbug, Jessica Wells, Carly Nelson,
Stephanie Nelson, Wayne Titus, Mark Donkersloot, Davis Vanderveen, Tessa Angell, Matthew Smith,
Derek Blok, Leah LaBarge, Pete Lawinger, Sarah Lidgard, Ariana Cappuccitti, Shelby Schulz, Alicia
Curtis, Aaron Sayfie, Ashley Bauman, Amy Gagliardi, Daniel Owens, Sam Tzou, Hanna Ogawa, Ellen
Milroy, Charles Patcheck, Dr. Portfleet, Mr. Pocock
Those absent: Andreana Rosnik (excused), Nicole George (excused – volleyball)
A. National Convention Recap--17 Project Excellence Awards, Golden Torch, Top 5!
B. Fall Retreat Reminder
1. Sept 23 at Dr. Portfleet’s house
2. 2:00--7:00ish
3. Carpool Drivers--Flagpole at 1:15
a) Need 6-7
b) Mr. Pocock
c) Kyle
d) Alicia
e) Danielle
f) Mark
g) Davis
h) Shelby
II.
Attendance Policy
A. 2 unexcused absences
B. 3 Required Events
1. Relay for Life
2. Mortar Board Week
3. Last Lecture Series
4. Dance Marathon
5. Wearing of the Blue Breakfast
C. Mandatory attendance of Disability Prom
D. Everyone sign agreement
III.
Appointing Chairs
Friendship Prom – sometime before Christmas, call friendship homes, verify date ALICIA CURTIS
Thanksgiving Dinner for International Students – HANNA OGAWA
Cancer Relay for Life – go online, mark yourself as chair and get sign-ups, organizing walkers for the
night, $1200 already – ARIANA
Dance Marathon – same commitment as Cancer Relay for Life, will have 2 dancers – DANIELLE
PORTFLEET
Mortar Board Week and Visibility Projects (Mortar Board Awareness) – did a week in November to
raise awareness, usually during week of Last Lecture for fall semester, have a table, put up posters –
STEPHANIE NELSON
Pumpkin Carving with CASA – getting 120 pumpkins, get pumpkins here and getting people to sign-up
– MATT SMITH
Stocking Stuffing for CASA – AMY GAGLIARDI
Tanzanian Scholarships – don’t need a chair
Compassion Child-Update – SARAH LIDGARD
Nursing student –ALLIE HYLEN
*Compassion Malaria Nets – DAN OWENS, will look for more project opportunities
Disability Awareness and Cottage Upgrade – might be good for Alumni to donate to making a cottage
disability accessible, already raised $2000 – ALUMNI CHAIR JOHN ZONA
Professor Appreciation Night – IRMA CRUZ, around Spring Break time rather than last week
Last Lecture Series – LEAH LABARGE
Kiva-Update – JESSICA WELLS
personal reasons, schooling costs, fruits and vegetables, lent out almost $3000, got $30 paid back
recently
Wearing of the Blue Breakfast – getting date set, invitations out to freshmen/sophomores on Dean’s
List, getting a speaker, went well last year, overspent the budget by about $1000 but large turn-out –
CHARLIE PATCHEK
Presidential swap – second semester because of basketball game, advertising and setting date – SAM
TZOU
*See if there is a desire to continue these projects
IV.
New Project Ideas
DRAW
Greg Martin – youth director at church, series of Tornadoes hit in Alabama, disaster relief, want to do
something to help, most homes were piles of rubble, trees down, sort through houses for valuables,
patched roofs, people saw themselves as survivors not victims and wanted to help with recovery, major
relief organizations missing some things that people need immediately following disasters, DRAW
(disaster relief at work) began in March, supply chain into 5-gallon buckets, be the bucket people/bucket
brigade, been to roughly six disaster relief areas [drawbuckets.org, facebook.com/drawbuckets], invite
people to fill buckets, have a bucket list, customized for different disasters, if you want to go, will train
on the way so anyone who wants to go can go, warehouse in Waterford, MI (2 hours away)
 awareness
 drive for stuff for the buckets
 bucket assemblers/organization
 get in the car
HEIGHTS OF HOPE PROGRAM
 Stratford Apartment Complex
 old desktops in community center (used for tutoring programs), need new laptops
 WHOA need water bottles first prize for this summer ($500-700), local community project
V.
Nominations for the Last Lecture Series – would like to have first one this fall
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VI.
Professor Pocock – NOPE
Tim Schoonveld – Athletic Director
Professor Jackson – Head of Business Department, Presidential Candidate, interesting resume
Ernest Cole – English professor, refugee during civil war, awesome voice
Montano – English department, entertaining, attention captured
Professor Martin – Accounting professor, retiring
Professor Emerson – English professor, Events and Conference, son been battling cancer
Maxine DeBruyn – founder of Dance department, influential in many lives
Dr. Hagood – cultural heritage class, History, connecting science and religion together
Dr. Chase (second runner up) – Chemistry department/Biology and head of Neuroscience, very
smart, relatable
Dr. Johnson – Chemistry department, research, relatable
Professor Hendrix – connects with internships, Accounting, looking to retire
Vicki T (first runner up) – teach senior students, Advisor for Baker scholars, hinted at retiring,
wise, ball of energy
T-Shirts!
t-shirts were handed out – wear Mortar Board apparel on meeting days
order sweatshirts
VII.
Meeting Adjourned