Meeting 7, Spring Semester

 We decided to forgo the entertainment for this week and will begin new entertainment at the next meeting.  We have much to discuss and accomplish for the upcoming Stress Relief Day and Anthropology Symposium.  I will address each event separately and what we need for each to make them successful.  I also would like to add that the more successful events the Anthropology Club is involved in on campus this semester, the more financing for the club and opportunities we can potentially have in coming years; so your involvement is appreciated and needed for the future success of this club!  We received notice that our budget for the next school year has been slashed by special meeting, but if we can make our next two events successful we may be able to retain our original and proposed budget.

First to be addressed is Stress Relief Day that we will be co-hosting with the VSA and other groups.  The event will be held April 18th with set up beginning at 8am.  We will need people to help with set up and to run our tables and games.  We will be constructing a new game, involving mega fauna and atlatls and will need help for that as well.  Please let us know if you can help and review your schedule, we will create a sign-up and request help at the next meeting.   

Secondly to be addressed is our Anthropology Symposium to be held on April 20th at noon.  We are requesting that any interested parties inform myself or Dr. Mallery by this Friday, March 23rd, (email will suffice), or their intent to present, make a poster, etc.  Deadlines for titles or topics, (which means Dr. Mallery, myself or a club officer will need an official title of what your presentation/poster/etc. will be called and the correct spelling of your name), will be Friday March 30 so that we can begin constructing a program and agenda for the symposium at the following Monday club meeting.  As in the case of Stress Relief Day, we will need volunteers for the event and at the next meeting a volunteer sign-up sheet will be sent around.  

For general club business we have voted to remove the student holding office as the Graphic Designer, we are in current and desperate need of someone to fill this role.  Duties will include finalizing our logo and preparing it for t-shirts and promotional materials, creating posters and material for our future events as well as other duties to be determined.  I would love nothing more than to proudly wear a North Hennepin Anthropology Club t-shirt at field school this summer, which brings me to another point.  We have been forwarded applications and information regarding a field school opportunity from Dr. Fleming, whom we met at the Science Museum during our field trip there.  If anyone is interested I can forward them the information, you should act quickly however, the decisions for acceptance will be made on April 8th.  Just a reminder about the field trip this Saturday to the Science Museum to view the Pirates exhibit, plan on meeting at the map on the floor outside the gift shop at 6pm.  We will wait for a short while then proceed to the exhibit.  In addition to aforementioned we also recapped our Como Zoo primate viewing field trip over spring break.

The Anthropology Club hard at work on spring break observing the
Primates at the Como Zoo.

Hope to see you at the next meeting.  We will be committing to involvement in both of our campus-wide events with sign-up sheets and attempting to lock down some of our desperately needed graphic design materials.  We will also be starting new entertainment and recapping our SMM field trip.  

Hope to see you at the next meeting, and please remember that if you wish to volunteer for any of our events and cannot be present at the meetings please know that your contributions are always welcome.

Anthropology Club Meeting

3/19/12

New Science Building Approved

Kicked out current Graphic Designer

Symposium Notes

-Food-Coffee and snacks TBD

-Need for a Graphic Designer

-Deadline posed for people who are going to present

-Need for people to present

Stress Relief Day

-We will being running a table with games

-Chose coozies as promotional idea

-Need for people to set up

-need to create some kind of target

No Entertainment

Attendance

10 students

Dr. Mallery

Meeting 3 Spring Semester 2012

We had a fabulous meeting today and accomplished a lot.  We welcomed some new members to our meeting today; Jeff, Sydney, Ryan and Adam.  We held elections and the following formerly vacant seats have been elected by the group:

Vice President: Scott

Treasurer:  Kyle

Student Senate Representative:  Kyle

Secretary: Jeff

Marketing Maestro: Sydney

Kat will retain seat as president until the end of the semester and Andrew will remain in office as club documentarian.  Again, the next Student Senate meeting is Thursday, February 2, 2012 3:00PM upstairs CC.  

Tentatively we have decided the date and time for the symposium will be Friday April 20th at noon.  The officers will look into room availability on this date and have more concrete date and times next meeting.  Again we still need presenters, papers, posters or any avenue you would like to communicate your anthropology knowledge to your peers for the symposium.  

We have field trips planned to the Como Zoo to view the primates and to the Science Museum of Minnesota to view the Pirates exhibit, doodle surveys to select the best day are in your email.

We ended the meeting with Part II of entertainment from the previous meeting.  Hope to see you at next Monday's meeting; CLA 125 2:30pm.

More Como Zoo Photos

A helpful chart inside the Primate House showing the
primate classification.  

Another helpful aid illustrating the habitat
of primates.  

More photos from the Como  Zoo primate observation trip.  These photos were taken by Kat Richards, club president.

The group and various onlookers observing the primates,
observing the humans.

Will they groom the onlooking humans?

Gorilla amusement.  

The group takes in the primate nap time.

The orangutan mother and juvenile.  

The sexually mature male orangutan.

Mom orangutang observing the humans.  

Photos from Como Zoo fieldtrip

Gorilla statue outside of the Primate House.

Enjoy some of the photos from our primate observing field trip at the Com Zoo.  These photos were taken by Andrew Riley, our new club documentarian.

Active mountain gorillas in the morning.

The female orangutan engaging the humans.

Gorilla action.

Orangutan play time.  

Spider monkey swinging from a prehensile tail.

Almost nap time for the mountain gorilla.

Juvenile orangutan attempting  to engage the mature male.

Meeting 4

Some highlights from the March 28th meeting and our upcoming events include:

*Our proposed "What is Anthropology?" week will be held in the Campus Center April 25-28th, if you would like to volunteer your special skills to help us put this together please come to our meeting or contact Kat or Dr. Mallery.

*A planned trip to the MIA to review the artifacts there. (A doodle survey to determine the best day will be sent out shortly).

*The King Tut field trip is temporarily postponed pending another attempt at funding, and explanation of why our funding request was denied.

*We welcomed some new members to the meeting.

*A study group is in the works, tentatively and unofficially, if you are seeking help in anthropology you can come to our next meeting where we hope to spend the second half of the meeting offering our services as a peer study group. We are pending "official" approval on this from the faculty here at NHCC, so for the next session it is informal, (April 4).

*Discussed the highlights of the Como Zoo field trip.

*Suggested a deadline of the end of summer for the book club book.

*Discussed anthropological news – Current events
                  U of M Undergrad Anthropology Conference April 9th and 10th, contact Kat or Dr. Malley of
                  you would like a registration form, (due by April 6th).

                 Social Science at the Science Museum of Minnesota, March 30th.

*Discussed projects still in the works:
                 Posters
                 Logo
                 Jeopardy game

As always, our meetings are in the Campus Center, (second floor), room 231, Monday at 3:30. We hope to see you there! Please also check our blog for continued updates.

Meeting 3 Re-Cap

Our third meeting has brought about some changes to the club's inner-workings.  Steve has stepped down as secretary, this position has been filled by Jamie Martel.  Additionally, Reuben has stepped down as treasurer and assuming the position is Katie Kowalski.  We really appreciate Katie and Jamie taking on the additional tasks to keep the club going.  

As a reminder to everyone, our Como Zoo field-trip is Sunday March 27th at 10am.  The zoo opens at 10am, we will convene at the zoo main entrance and make our way to observing the primates after everyone arrives. 

There will be a study group formulating for Anthropology hosted by the Anthropology Club.  More details on the dates and times coming soon.  This group is open to anyone looking to help other students learn about anthropology and prepare for anthropology exams and also to students looking for help.  

An email will be sent this week for the coordination of a date to view the King Tut exhibit at the Science Museum.  Funding for this event was denied by the Student Life Offices/Student Senate so admission fees will be the responsibility of the student.  

We are still hoping to have a book discussion about the Jared Diamond book Guns, Germs and Steel.  If you are interested in participating please start reading!

The club is in the process of creating an Anthropology Jeopardy Game.  If you would like to help create this game please create your question/answer and write it on an index card, (answer one side, question the other), deliver it to one of the anthropology club officers or Dr. Silas.  Feel free to make more than one question/answer card.

The Anthropology club is in the process of organizing a "What is Anthropology" event in the Campus Center the last week of April, dates including the 25-28 from 11am-1pm.  If you have any ideas or would like to contribute please contact the Anthropology Club Officers or come to the next meeting and help us plan this campus-wide event.  

Don't forget to check you email for the upcoming date survey for the King Tut exhibit.  Hope to see you at the next meeting!

Meeting 2 Notes

Our second meeting of the Anthropology Club was held today, March 7, 2011.  Here are the highlights:

Field-Trips:
We have decided on a date for our first off-campus activity, our trip to the Como Zoo to observe the primates.  Anyone interested in attending is welcome, we will convene at the Zoo main entrance at 10am.

We are currently in the process of requesting funding to attend the King Tut exhibit at the Science Museum.  A poll will be emailed to everyone where you can select your preferred date of attending, should we receive funding.  We will compile the results and select a date based on everyone's preferences.

Club Meetings:
We will continue to hold weekly meetings in CC 231 at 3:30pm every Monday, with exceptions such as the following Monday, there will not be a meeting the week of Spring Break.  Our next meeting will be held March 21st.  All students are welcome.  If you will be attending, please bring an anthropology related news story to share with the group.

Club News:
In the works are an Anthropology Student Study Group, an Anthropology Book Club, as well as some campus-wide anthropology events.  If you have interest in participating in the book discussion, start reading Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond.

Also, we are looking to fill the position of treasurer.  If you would like to be considered for this position, please prepare a statement and be ready to speak at the next meeting.  There will be a group vote to confirm this position.

Como Zoo Field-Trip

The Anthropology Club will be having their first off-campus event Sunday March 27th at 10am.  Join your Anthro-Club pals at the Como Zoo to view the primates.  There is no admission fee at the Como Zoo, although there is a suggested donation of $2 per person.  Meet us at the front entrance at 10am, or catch up with us later on.  Hope to see you there.      

First Meeting Notes

Our first meeting was held today, additionally, we received our room assignment.  Our subsequent meetings will be held weekly in 231CC, Mondays at 3:30pm.  Students met each other and talked about their anthropology experiences and ideas for the club, under the advisement of Dr. Silas Mallery.

Katie Kowalski and Jamie Martel showed initiative in assuming the roles and responsibilities of Representative to the Student Senate and Alternate Representative, respectively.  The Anthropology Club commends their enthusiasm and commitment.  Katie will be representing the Club at the March 30th Student Senate meeting.  Kelly will be representing the Club for the March 9th meeting, her collaboration is additionally appreciated.

The Club has proposed it's first event, a field trip to the Como Zoo to view and learn about the primates.  In the democratic nature of the club, we are requesting that students submit their preferred day to attend the zoo from the given dates, (bear in mind that the zoo's spring hours are 10am-4pm):

Sunday, March 20th
Sunday, March 27th
Wednesday, March 23rd
Wednesday, March 30th

Please email Kat with your vote, or vote on the poll in the margin.  The final decision will be made based on the majority vote at the  March 7th meeting and announced thereafter.  Carpools will be available for those who require transportation.

Plans are also in the works to attend the King Tut exhibit at the Science Museum of Minnesota.  For funding reasons, also email Kat if you are interested in attending this event so a general count of interested people is available.  You can also vote in the poll in the margin for this proposed event.

Thanks to everyone who made it to the first meeting of the Anthropology Club, we hope to all of you and more can attend next time!