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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 [email protected]
• 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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Open Discussion
• Extending representation for students• Conflict resolution progress• Ideas for the GSA Forum?• Ideas for new GSA events?
