Botany Graduate Students' Association

Sports Teams

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Summer beach volleyball

Registration begins March 1st. We're looking for people interested in joining the BGSA sponsored beach volleyball team, the Punch Spikers!

Games run once a week from ~6-9pm during the summer, and are held on the beach at Spanish banks beach. Registration will cost roughly 40$ for 8 nights of beach volleyballin'.

There are two seasons of play, May-June and June-August. We have the option of playing Tuesday or Wednesday nights, and at either Spanish banks West or Spanish banks East. If you are interested please email Jonathan Griffiths and indicate whether you would be willing to play May-June and/or June-August, and if you prefer a Tuesday evening or Wednesday evening game time.

New players are always welcome! No experience necessary. This is a great chance to get out and spend a wonderful evening on the beach, with great views of the sunset and downtown Vancouver.

BGSA Symposium 2012

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Date: Thursday April 5th, 2012
Location: Michael Smith Laboratories, Auditorium
Guest Speaker: Dr. Brian Ellis
Organizers: Heather McFarlane, Teagen Quilichini, Greg Owens

Botany Clothing For Sale

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The BGSA is introducing an addition to the Botany clothing line: new T-shirts and hoodies! These items will sport a new logo designed by former student Scott Black.

T-shirts: $18. Available in black, brown and blue. Sizes range from S to XL and we will have ladies sizes too. Hoodies: $30 and are only available in green in sizes S to XL. The tree logo will be embroidered on hoodies.

Any questions? Please contact Patricia Lam (patlam@interchange.ubc.ca). Thanks for your support!

Invited Speaker

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Every year, the BGSA invites a professional from the field to present his or her research to the department. The speaker is selected by popular vote.

2011/2012 Invited Speaker
Our invited speaker this year is Xuemei Chen from UC Riverside. She will be visiting us January 31st, 2012. For more information, please see Dr. Chen's profile at http://facultydirectory.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/pub/public_individual.pl?faculty=2491

2012/2013 Invited Speaker
Voting for next year's invited speaker will take place sometime in November/December, 2011. Please contact Patricia Lam (patlam@interchange.ubc.ca) for more information.

Bagels, Baked Goods & Beer!

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Friday Bagels
Location: TBA
Bagel Meister: Lexcy Li

Regular Bake Sales
Meister: Kathryn Turner

Friday Beers
Beer Meister: Jonathan Griffiths

2011-2012 Events

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New Graduate Student Orientation

August 30th, 2011

Christmas Party

Organized by Yoshi Watanabe

Date: Dec 2nd, 2011. 6-11pm.
Location: GSS Ballroom (Thea Koerner House).
Dinner provided, alcohol for a small fee. Buy your tickets from Yoshi (Samuels Lab), Gabriel or Elahe (Haughn Lab).

Invited Speaker

Xuemei Chen from UC Riverside

Date: Jan 31st, 2012

Ski Trip

Organized by Jonathan Griffiths

Date: March 9-11, 2011
Location: Whistler (Creek Ridge, Creek Side)

Student Symposium

Organized by Heather McFarlane, Teagen Quilichini and Greg O.

Date: April, 2012

BGSA Positions

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The Botany Graduate Students' Association (BGSA) is a graduate student run organization at the University of British Columbia, Canada in the Department of Botany. We exist to create and improve academic, professional and social interactions and experiences for our members.

BGSA Executive Positions

President: Teagen Quilichini

Treasurer: Shumin Wang

Secretary: Tegan Haslam

Social Events Coordinator: Yoshi Watanabe

Representative to Faculty: Heather McFarlane

GSS Counsellor to Botany: Floyd Bardell

TA Union Rep: Caitlin Donnelly

Undergrad Liason: Jackie Dee

BGSA Events Volunteers

Christmas Party Planner: Yoshi Watanabe

Student Symposium: Heather McFarlane, Teagen Quilichini and Greg O.

Invited Speaker: Patricia Lam

New Student Orientation: Rebecca Smith and Teagen Quilichini

Bake Sale Meister: Kathryn Turner

Bagel Meister: Lexcy Li

Beer Meister: Jonathan Griffiths

Ski trip: Jonathan Griffiths

Webmaster: Teagen Quilichini

Additional volunteers are needed for the following positions:

Christmas Party, to assist Yoshi

Summer BBQs

Pop Meister

Please contact Teagen at tdquilic@interchange.ubc.ca if you would like to get involved.