The Graduate Student Senate consists of senators representing constituencies whose members pay the Graduate Student Activity Fee, as well as At-Large senators representing all graduate students who pay the Graduate Student Activity Fee. If you are interested in being a senator or have any questions about your group’s representation please contact our Parliamentarian (GSSParliamentarian@uconn.edu). To be a Senator, submit your required Kuali Senator form for the school-year to the Parliamentarian by Sept 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM. If you or the your head of Department are having issues with the Senator form, email the Vice President and Parliamentarian by the deadline (Sept 3). Department Heads may email the Vice President and Parliamentarian directly to nominate their Senator(s) (make sure to fill out the Kuali form soon thereafter). You must have an active constituency and complete E-Board with fee-paying grad students by the Senator submission deadline for all Tier-II organizations. 

GSS Senator Candidacy Application AY 2025-26

Senator-At-Large Form AY 2025-26

To determine the number of available Senate seats, we use data compiled from the Registrar’s Office, the Graduate School and the Bursar’s Office.  The spreadsheet lists the most current numbers from Spring 2025 of programs and departments that pay into the Grad Activity Fee fund for GSS.

Current Graduate Enrollment Numbers for GSS Apportionment (AY 2025-26)

The data in this chart will be used to update our Apportionment Table for GSS Membership.  This is the last Apportionment Table completed by GSS which is a useful reference.

GSS Apportionment Table (Updated 10/15/2020)

Legacy Senator Applications:

GSS Declaration of Intent Form

GSS Senator Candidacy Application Form AY 2024-2025

GSS At-Large Senators, Senators representing Departmental and Tier II organizations for AY 2025-26 :

Some Senators still pending decision by the Procedures Committee. All Senators (including pending constituencies who wish to gain Senator status) must attend the Orientation and be marked present to initiate their Senator status.