Group Interview with Basil, Jeanine and Nora

What does Nora do?

Research coordinator: operation management for GUND. Manage budgets, and bring speakers series together. Call speakers to come and talk and coordinate research. Work with faculty to develop and funded.

Nora does more administrative things.

What does Jeanine do?

Invites

Make sure the students agree to host the event.

Making sure space and food is available.

Following up and making sure everything is planned and in place for the event.  

Sending out emails to faculty and students seeing who wants to submit what they would like to submit

Where do you plan on hosting the event?

Silver pavilion at the alumni house

What time and date?

Time 1-5 on 4/20

What happens during the GUND slam?

What the slam is = 4 minute talk.

Each participant explains their research and projects

Student, faculty and deans are all welcome

Present what research that they are doing through the GUND institute

Are other schools invited?

JUST UVM in terms of presentation

In terms of who comes possible special guest outside of the University

VIP list from places outside of UVM- presenting will be UVM

Will there be WIFI available?

There is but we do not know if it is UVM WIFI

Is the alumni house part of UVM?

Venue:  it is alumni, but is it UVM? Still up in the air

Who is your target audience?

Graduate and master PHD students who attend

Anyone who has interest in sustainability or environmental issues

Social science= want to help a research project go further

Folks who have come previously have come from the Rubenstein school

Needs faculty from the other colleges.

Is the event catered?

Still up in the air. There may be different flows of groups-people may not be staying the whole time.

Refreshments

Who is the director of the GUND institute?

Director of GUND institute=Taylor Rickets

Equipment for Facebook live:

Library equipment for Facebook live

Do you still want a marketing plan?

Love our perspective on how to reach that key audience.

General email invites

Maybe posters/social media

Do you want to do social media with the event

Want representation from all departments

Facebook and Twitter posts

How many people do you expect to attend?

Room capacity is 150

Interested in people who study:

Topics along with the environment and along with sustainability.