iBioGO Racial Justice Statement
I. Purpose
The purpose of the Integrative Biology Graduate Student Organization (iBioGO) is to increase interactions among integrative biology graduate students; encourage student involvement in departmental academic and administrative affairs; and provide leadership opportunities through participation in departmental committees and committees of student-led activities.
II. Activities
The activities include the fall and spring semester welcome week events and the monthly graduate student informal seminars. The iBioGO monthly meetings (second Tuesday of the month at noon) where graduate students get together to socialize and discuss improving the quality of life of graduate students in the Department of Integrative Biology. Usually, speakers are invited to talk about a specific topic, but the format is flexible. The iBioGO officers determine the topic for each meeting and invite speakers; notifies the members about the topic of the following iBioGO meeting at least 1 week in advance; and makes a head count prior to the meeting to plan for food.
III. iBioGO Membership
Membership is open to all University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate students and post-docs whose advisor is in the Department of Integrative Biology (including zero-time appointments).
IV. Officers
The iBioGO officer committee is composed of a President, Social Chair, Treasurer, Outreach Coordinator, Colloquium Grad Representative, and the DEI Grad Rep. All positions have atleast a one year term, (s)elected at the final spring meeting in May. Present officers and representatives should meet once a month (prior to the iBioGO meetings). To better fulfill the officer’s mandate, it would be preferable (although not mandatory) that the organizers be distributed among the three main iBio buildings (Zoology Research, Birge Hall, and the Center for Limnology).
2023-2024 Officers
President: Maggie Langwig
Social Chair: Michelle Homann
Treasurers: Elizabeth Locke and Quinn Smith
Outreach Coordinators: Garrett Knowlton and Emily Adler
Colloquium Grad Representative: Ian Hart
DEI Grad Rep – Arielle Link