Student Union, Room 213
Fall 2008 Office Hours
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8-10 |
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8-11 |
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13-15 |
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8-11 |
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Closed |
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Purpose of the Graduate Student Senate
To represent the graduate community within the University community.
To serve as an advocate of the graduate community's concerns and needs to both the University and non-University organizations.
To serve as a liaison between the graduate community and the administration.
To provide services to meet the special needs of the University's diverse graduate community.
To enhance and encourage cooperation and association within the graduate community.
To enrich the lives of graduate students at the University.
Participation in the Graduate Student Senate
As one of the five deliberative bodies at this University (along with the University Senate, the Graduate Faculty Council, the Undergraduate Student Government, and the Board of Trustees), the Graduate Student Senate is the sole body charged with the representation of graduate students. Its strength depends on the active participation of the entire graduate community. We have secured our recent gains because of new graduate student activism. Those times when we have been most successful, the Senate has had a strong core of representatives from across the graduate community.
The Graduate Student Senate (GSS) is composed of representatives from all of the academic departments across the University. Departments, ideally through graduate student organizations within them, choose their representatives. Each department is allotted representation based on its size, pursuant to the Graduate Student Senate Bylaws. Some of these positions are currently vacant, and all students are encouraged to inquire about representation. There are also at-large senators voted to the position by the Senate. All executive positions (President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, Parliamentarian, and Activities Director) are elected from within the Senate. Additionally, the Graduate Student Senate has representation on nearly all University committees which have an impact on graduate students.
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