Jakobsen Conference - Committee Chairs

The Event Planning Co-chair is in charge of reserving facilities for Friday evening and Saturday events; managing the physical set-up of these facilities including poster boards and audiovisual equipment; arranging catering; arranging for the keynote speaker(s) and Spriestersbach speaker(s); organizing the professional development panel(s); scheduling Conference committee meetings; setting and keeping major deadlines in check.
2010 Event Planning Co-chair: Kate Stopa

The Judging and Submissions Co-chair is in charge of recruiting and managing faculty judges; reviewing and updating submission instructions and judging criteria; recruiting and directing the division heads; recruiting and directing student moderators and judges; managing the faculty judge survey after the Conference; arranging for winners' certificates and monetary awards.
2010 Judging and Submissions Co-chair: stef shuster

The Publicity Co-chair is in charge of designing, printing, and distributing-letters, mass emails, and posters to call for abstract submissions and to publicize the Conference to potential attendees; invitations for VIPs and faculty judges; thank-you notes for faculty judges; the Conference program; posters and signs for the event-day facilities; coordinating with the GSS webmaster and other co-chairs to keep the GSS Conference website updated; publicizing the Conference in the GSS Bulletin; giving the Conference committee report at GSS general meetings and a Graduate Council meeting.
2009 Publicity Co-chair:Keith Avin