Graduate Student Association Northwestern University

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Graduate Student AssociationNorthwestern University

Winter General Meeting

12 January 2011

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Meeting Agenda

• Introduction• Fall Quarter Re-Cap• Upcoming Events• Discussion!

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Introduction

• Graduate Student Association• Advocates for students on the Evanston and Chicago campuses

• Fosters relationships between graduate students, the university as a whole, and the surrounding communities

• Officers, 2010-2011• Kate Bjorkman, President

• OPEN POSITION, Secretary

• Justice Alaboson, Treasurer

• Jeremy Gouldey, Operations Chair

• Anna Terwiel, Co-Advocacy Chair

• Stacey Parrott, Co-Advocacy Chair

• Lisa Kelly, Co-Social Chair

• Qiuping Yu, Co-Social Chair

• Laurel Childress, Service Chair

• Jenna Luque, Communications Officer

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Fall Quarter 2010 Events

• Service Events– Larimer Park Clean-Up– Fairy Tale Trails at Women’s Club

of Evanston

• Social Events– GSA/KSA Tailgate at

NU/Purdue football game– Weekly Trivia at Bar Louie– Monthly Happy Hours at Nevin’s– Ice Skating at Millennium Park

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Board of Trustees Meeting

• The Graduate Leadership Council (GLC) compiled the results from the Annual Survey, and wrote a report (posted on our website) to present to the Board of Trustees in November

• Three major “big ticket” items:– Conflict Resolution, with the creation of a Ombudsman office to

better assist students with conflicts– Transportation, for improving the Intercampus Shuttle and a

partial subsidy of the U-Pass– Childcare, for an on-campus facility affordable to graduate

student parents

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NAGPS Conference

• This fall, the GLC also submitted a grant to join the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS) and attend the annual conference at MIT

• NU presented on two topics:– GLC Annual Survey– Increasing graduate student

representation at the University level

• Met several other graduate student representatives for future contacts and collaboration

• Christine McCary was elected to Employment Concerns chair

Will add some pictures here

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NEW GSA Forum!!

• The GSA Forum is designed to provide a platform to discuss graduate student concerns, as well as be a direct link to the GSA Board and your program/department representative

• Access at nugsa.home-forum.com, or from the Dept Reps tab at our website, nugsa.com

• Open to all graduate students, just use your NU email account to register

• Two major sections– Information for department reps, and other general postings by

GSA officers– Discussion for all graduate students to post topics and

concerns

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Movie Night in GSC!

• Winter Quarter Social on Friday, January 28th in the Graduate Student Commons at Seabury– Doors open at 7:30 pm, feature begins at 8 pm– Snacks will be provided– YOU pick the movie we watch! Register for the GSA

Forum and vote in the poll until next Wednesday, January 19th (nugsa.home-forum.com)

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More Upcoming Events!

• Volunteer with GSA at First Look for Charity at the Chicago Auto Show with the Cradle -- February 10, 2011 (sign-up sheet)

• Tax Seminar with GSA – TBA• GSA 5K/10K Run and Walk – May 22, 2011

• Weekly Trivia at Bar Louie in Evanston – Wednesdays at 9 pm

• Monthly Happy Hour at Nevin’s -- 1st Thursdays 5:30 – 7:30 pm

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Communications

Advertise your event through the GSA Listserv!

Goes out around 1st and 15th of every month

E-mail the following information to nugsacommunications@gmail.com

• Name, Date, Time, and Location of Event• Sponsoring Organization• Small Blurb Describing Event• Contact Information

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Contact Information

Interested in getting involved in GSA?

Want to know more?

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northwestern.gsa@gmail.com

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Open Discussion

• Extending representation for students• Conflict resolution progress• Ideas for the GSA Forum?• Ideas for new GSA events?