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– Treasurer: Zheni Stefanova

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

What We Do

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

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

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

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

Need More Information

• Stop by our table• Email Kyna Betancourt:– kbetancourt@mail.usf.edu

• Email Jason Williams– jwilliams1@mail.usf.edu

• Email Zheni Stefanova– stefanova@mail.usf.edu