Other Student Committees in CMB

This committee consists of at least 3 students and ideally, a faculty advisor. Students pick career topics they are interested in learning more about, and arrange events on these topics. In particular, CMB has recently started hosting an annual "Career Day" in March, which includes career talks by alumni in various career areas, a Q&A panel, lunch and a networking event. Planning for this event generally starts in October and continues through the event in March. Other previous career events have included one-off alumni panels, resume or job interviewing workshops, guest speakers, bringing campus representatives to present on professional development resources at CMB 850, and more.

Current Members: Faith Carranza-Connors, Ziad Sabry, Jordan Setayesh (updated March 2025)

Student monthly meetings were started a couple years ago by CMB students, in response to a need for greater community, information sharing, and collaboration between student committees. While not technically a committee, these meetings should generally be led by 2 CMB students who are willing to facilitate and prepare for student meetings each month. This would include creating an agenda and PowerPoint that has topics that are timely and relevant to CMB students (in collaboration with CMB leadership); sending agendas to CMB admin/directors to approve and contribute information to; sending out RSVPs for food; and creating a meeting summary with meeting outcomes, student questions and feedback, to relay back to the CMB directors and admin.

Current Student Leaders: Curtis Kuo, and Gabriel Jimenez-Pagan (updated March 2025)

Do you have an interest in photography? While not technically a committee, this would be 1-2 students who would get access to CMB's DSLR camera, in order to take photos of CMB events throughout the year. They would then make these photos available to CMB admin/directors for the website, and especially to the Newsletter Committee, to showcase the activities happening in CMB throughout the year.

Current Members: Michael Endow, Ye Yuan (updated March 2025)

This group has 2-3 members and involves typically putting together a program newsletter for Fall semester, and one for Winter/Spring. The format and content is almost entirely up to you (in coordination with CMB leadership and ideally a faculty advisor). This can include information about current issues affecting CMB, student or faculty awards and recognition, and other notable program news and achievements. The CMB Newsletter is posted to the website and sent out to program faculty, students and alumni. This group generally meets just a few times, but most of the planning/coordination can be done via email. All work should be completed in early December (Fall issue), and early May (Winter/Spring issue), with a couple extra weeks for revision and final data collection, before distribution.

Current Members: Jacob Horn, Sonya Royzenblat (updated March 2025)

This committee consists of at least 4 students and can include a faculty advisor; however, CMB also has a faculty admissions chair who can serve in this role. Students on this committee assist with the recruitment of new PIBS students, particularly during PIBS Interview Weekends, and provide outreach before, during and after this event, to interested students who interview for PIBS, with a primary interest in CMB. This committee is instrumental in coordinating student hosts for interviewees, providing the student perspective to recruits during information sessions, and coordinating a community-building activity for students during interview weekends. Each committee member serves as a lead host during one of the recruitment weekends. These students may be called upon later for other CMB recruitment activities, such as the PIBS Second Look virtual event, traveling to a recruitment conference or minority-serving institution to help recruit for CMB, or helping new PIBS students transition seemlessly to Michigan (providing advice on housing, connecting students to each other to make friends/find roommates, etc.)

Current Members: Jae Bucknor, Rodolfo Murguia, Hannah Navarrete, Sam Wheeler (updated March 2025)

This committee consists of usually 4 students who choose a keynote speaker for the Jessica Schwartz Lecture, help coordinate faculty talks, and plan community-building activities for the CMB Fall Retreat. These students facilitate a couple activities, coordinate certain logistics and supplies, etc. This group starts meeting in February to decide on a retreat keynote speaker and discuss the venue and general agenda. More regular meetings are not needed until probably May (every 2-3 weeks), through the retreat (typically late September). These students may also be called upon to help at the Spring Symposium - the assistance needed for this is extremely minimal, which is why we have determined it does not merit its own committee. It might include helping choose a faculty mentorship award winner, helping set up posters or tallying poster scorecards, or giving input on the menu. If any of this is needed, students would be notified probably in April.

Current Members: Michael Cadigan and Bonje Obua (updated March 2025) 

This committee consists of ideally 5 students, one for each of the 4 guest speakers, and one for the intro seminar/misc. CMB students plan the short course for each Fall semester. This begins in February, with picking a topic of interest, a faculty advisor who can present and advise on this topic, and guest speakers, and inviting them to campus to give talks. Speaker commitments are obtained ideally by May, with travel set up by CMB admins in May and June. The CMB short course advisor approves the course topic and speakers, helps suggest additional speakers, and in Fall, gives an introductory talk and serves as the Fall course advisor. It is helpful to include the course advisor in initial meetings in February/March, but generally the invitation of speakers can be coordinated by email. Regular committee meetings are not needed again until about July. Each student picks a guest speaker to host, helps coordinate their itinerary, and facilitates the CMB course discussion with that speaker. This is ideal for students who have an interest in seminars on a particular topic, or in networking with certain speakers they would love to bring to campus.

Current Members (Fall 2025): Rocio Cisneros, Sonja Danon, Sydney Clark, Hannah Navarrete, Aaron Renberg (updated March 2025)

This committee consists of at least 4 students who plan social/community-building events for the CMB program, including the Welcome Week Picnic and December Holiday Party, certain Happy Hours, and other activities of interest to students. Previous social events include Whirlyball, bowling, ice skating, etc.

Current Members: Grace Aleck, Nick Rossiter (updated March 2025)

This group can consist of as many members as needed. One or two students should spearhead this effort, including choosing a theme and format for the journal club, inviting guest speakers if desired, and setting a schedule for sessions. Often the group will pick a topic that interests them, such as research methods with faculty guest speakers, and meet weekly during the summer after the CMB 850 seminars have concluded in April/May.

Current Members (Summer 2025): Michael Cadigan, Adrienne Giannone, Luke Gohmann, Jacob Horn, Whitney Reid, Soumik Saha, Sid Ramesh (updated March 2025)

The following CMB committees also include faculty and have their own pages:

CMB Program Committee

CMB DEI Task Force

CMB Admissions Committee