UNC Graduate & Professional Student Federation Welcome to UNC! Below is a short presentation about GPSF, what we do, and why this might be useful to you.

What do we do? Connect Advocate GPSF Collaborate with graduate and professional students both socially and intellectually across disciplines. Advocate policies for improved campus and community resources GPSF In general, our mission is to advocate for the needs of the graduate and professional students at UNC. We have the means of doing so through funding efforts, administrative relationships, and connectivity throughout the entire Graduate school. We are here for you! For more information about specific initiatives, visit the GPSF website minutes at http://gpsf.unc.edu. Collaborate to create policies that respond to the particular needs and interests of all graduate and professional students.

Money & Membership Funding: GPSF’s activities are funded by the Student Government Activities Fee assessed to ALL students; we receive 25% of the fee revenues Membership: All fee paying graduate & professional students are members! Thus, YOU are able to participate in all GPSF events Holding a position: The President and members of Student Congress are elected; all other positions appointed pending application Every graduate and professional student at UNC can participate in GPSF activities. Everything that our organization does is funded by those $970 of student fees that you pay each semester. Since you’re already paying for it, you might as well come see what you’re paying for!

External Appointments How do we work? Legislative Executive Judicial Congress Senate Executive Board Honor Court GPSF is broken down into three main groups: Executive: Executive Board and GPSF Cabinet Advocates on behalf of the interests of the graduate and professional student body Legislative: GPSF Senate: members from all graduate and professional programs at UNC Allocates student fees Creates legislation that reflects the interests of the community Judicial: Graduate Honor Court Academic violations (i.e. plagiarism, cheating) Conduct violations (e.g. drug possession, DUI). The senate needs someone from every department – you can look up your department’s senators on our website (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqHQHWrHewW8dDNGcllQcWhESlYxNGtGVkJiaURjckE&pli=1#gid=0) If your senator shows up to all the meetings, your department gets money at the end of the year (money is allocated based on department size). Departments can use this money for anything. You can find your senator at http://gpsf.unc.edu/gpsf-bodies/senate/. Cabinet External Appointments

GPSF Cabinet: who to contact https://gpsf. unc Cabinet Position Representative Academic policy Robert Kurzydlowski Campus and Personal Safety VACANT City and local relations Sabrina Willard Diversity/LGBTIQ Gar Yeung and Lauren Townsend Health policy Alyse Moses-Lebron Information technology International student advocate Legislative affairs Public Relations Megan Broad Public Service Andreas Jozwiak Cabinet Position Representative Mentoring Chair Rachel Tyson Transportation Maureen Devlin Social Chair Autumn McClellan Special projects Ashley Moody Student Family Advocate Katie Wouk Student professional development Jennifer Kernan Student Opportunity Advocate Manny Hernandez Sustainability JP Rippe TA/RA Advocate Matthew Haynes If you have questions on a specific topic, you can email one of our Cabinet members on the GPSF website. **We also have several vacant Cabinet positions, so if you’re interested in being part of GPSF, please consider applying! The application is on the front page of our website.

Past GPSF-sponsored social and educational events UNC Academic Research Conference Socials Service Projects GPSF Grad Games Socials: Seasonal socials, speed dating, ice cream social, spring social/fundraiser for Our Three Winners Trust UNC Academic Research Conference: venue for students to present their research to the UNC community; in February Service Projects: Habitat for Humanity, Toys for Tots, Ronald McDonald, holiday food drive Grad Games: games for graduate students during orientation; fun get-to-know people activities – in August GPSF forum: Open-source tool for graduate students to share:

GPSF Resources www.gpsf.unc.com Student Life Resources GPSF Newsletter GradAlert! GPSF Resource Guide Funding Resources Travel Awards Senate allocations Social budget Visit http://gpsf.unc.edu/resourceguide/finances-and-funding/ for a detailed list. Travel Awards – Available for all graduate and professional students; can use it once every 2 yrs. There’s money for about 20-30 people every application cycle, and there’s usually about 30 applications per cycle. Application cycles are quarterly. Senate Appropriations – Departments can ask senate for money for events (ex: bringing in a guest speaker or hosting a social event). Need to justify your budget well and you’ll usually get approved. Senate is more willing to fund events that are interdepartmental. Also willing to help you get in touch with other departments. Student Life Resources – Newsletters go out 1/month during summer, 2/month during school year – join the listserv at ***GPSF Resource Guide*** - This document has all sorts of info to help students get situated (healthcare/insurance, stuff to do in the area, financial stuff, transportation, etc.). They will get hard copies at the whole Grad School Orientation, but they can also see it online now at http://gpsf.unc.edu/student-resources/gpsf-resource-guide/.

getting involved Your program Senator: https://gpsf.unc.edu/gpsf-resources/senate/ Cabinet: https://gpsf.unc.edu/gpsf-resources/cabinet/ Honor Court: https://gpsf.unc.edu/gpsf-resources/graduate-honor-court/ On the home page of our website, we have an “Ask a Senate or Cabinet member” suggestion box – this will go directly to a Cabinet member’s email address, so that someone should be following up with you over the next few days.

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