Graduate and Professional Student Council

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Graduate and Professional Student Council

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Graduate and Professional Student Council. Who We Are. An organized group of graduate and professional students working with administration to serve the needs of graduate and professional students Executive Board (in attendance) Vice President: Jason Williams Secretary: Kyna Betancourt - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Graduate and Professional Student Council

Graduate and Professional Student Council

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Who We Are

• An organized group of graduate and professional students working with administration to serve the needs of graduate and professional students

• Executive Board (in attendance)– Vice President: Jason Williams– Secretary: Kyna Betancourt– Treasurer: Zheni Stefanova

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What We Do

• Unite the graduate and professional voice to increase visibility– Putting graduate and professional

students on committees/boards/SG– More collaboration with SG– More direct voice to Graduate Dean– Voting rights on budget and bills

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What We Do

• Enhancing graduate student experience– Networking (professional and social)– Professional development– Physical location

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What We Do

• Advocacy– Encompasses everything we do– We are always working to get better

services for graduate and professional students

– Standing up for the rights of graduate and professional students

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What We Are Currently Working On

• Working to be instated as an independent system to fund graduate and professional student organizations– More money for organizations

• And graduate/professional students are making budget decisions

– Research funding• Advocating for more funding for

graduate and professional students to present at conferences

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How You Can Be Involved

• Become an active member of GPSC (come visit our table at orientation)

• Support our efforts to become an independent funding system

• Help us advocate for more conference grant money

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Need More Information

• Stop by our table• Email Kyna Betancourt:– [email protected]

• Email Jason Williams– [email protected]

• Email Zheni Stefanova– [email protected]