Graduate Student Association Graduate Leadership Council Northwestern University Spring Quarterly Meeting April 30 th, 2014

Introduction Graduate Student Association We organize social and service events to promote relationships between grad students, the university and the community. We advocate for graduate students through the Graduate Leadership Council. Officers, President – Stephanie Brehm Advocacy Chairs – Pritha Ghosh and Deniz Alpay Service Chairs – Janet Bourne and Roman Kazantsev Social Chairs – Jeremy Needle and Jia Wu Treasurer – Zafir Zaman Secretary – Nancy Auyeng Communications Officer – Xi Chen

GLC vs GSA Graduate Leadership Council Liaise between graduate students and TGS administration on issues reported to us through the survey as well as via department reps. Delegates are members of 8 different graduate student organizations and hold monthly meetings in which solutions are sought to the most pertinent issues of graduate and professional students Co-presidents: Deniz Alpay, Keila Torre-Santiago Treasurer: Stephanie Brehm Communications Chair: Pritha Gosh Department Representative Coordinator: Kristi Ward NAGPS Liaison: Resham Singh

GLC? GSA? A graduate/professional student with a concern: GSA GLC I need a drink My advisor is mean to me. I want to make new friends outside my department I want more parking space.

Support GLC Department Representatives –Interested in advocating for your community? –Report back to DRC, or reach out to us –Other advocacy opportunities available Have a concern? Tell us any time or us at: Are you a TGS recognized GSO? Have your GSO join!

GSA Advocacy Chairs Primary Roles: Serve as the voice of the TGS graduate departments to Graduate Leadership Council Actively participate in GLC coordination, survey-creation, and other advocacy initiatives

May Calendar

June Calendar

GSA Social Chairs Primary Roles: Coordinating Social and Sports events Co-sponsoring events with other graduate student groups Writing and implementing social community building grants (CBGs)

We want your input! Choose 3. Vote at table in the back.  Board Game Night (Dominion/Poker Tournament)  Beer School #2  Bike the Lakefront Trail (to museums/downtown)  Potluck/Bonfire  Movie Night  Hiking (Blackwell Forest Preserve)  Glow-stick Capture-the-Flag

GSA Service Chairs Primary Roles: Coordinating service events Co-sponsoring events with other graduate student groups Writing and implementing service community building grants (CBGs)

GSA Spring Service Events CPR Training (all 2PM) Dates: May 15 June 3 July 22 5K / 10K at the lake fill May 10 th race date Registration now open!

GSA Treasurer Treasurer Responsibilities: Preparing the annual budget request and submitting it to TGS Maintaining the budget and making adjustments as necessary Completing reimbursements in a timely manner Planning financial seminars

GSA Treasurer Upcoming Initiatives/Events Treasurer Events/Initiatives: Spring Financial Seminar Basic Financial Planning Tuesday, May 6 th 12-1pm Seabury Graduate Student Commons Working with University Career Services Working with Alumni Association Professionalization Events

GSA Secretary Primary Roles: Taking notes at exec board meeting Organizing shared information and files on Google Drive Maintain the records of the Graduate Student Association.

Communications Officer Primary Roles: Checks and Responds to GSA every day. Writes the bi-weekly newsletter detailing different events and notifications for graduate students and sends it out to the graduate student population. Sends announcement on the day of GSA event Twitter Updates Plan-it Purple Calendar with GSA Events. Manage people on the listserv--subscribe or unsubscribe the newsletter. Updates the website with the most recent information.

GSA President Primary Roles: Lead executive board meetings Participate in GLC-advocacy Represent GSA whenever required Delegate and coordinate events/budget/etc…

President’s Initiatives/Events Thank you for an AMAZING First Annual Northwestern University Graduate Student Appreciation Week April 7-11 Interested in seeing improv comedy May 30 or May 31? GSA and SPG Improv are co- sponsoring to get group rates. Students will be paying for their own tickets at the group rates.

Nominations for Wildcat Excellence Awards

Nominations for Wildcat Excellence Awards The Wildcat Excellence Awards is an annual event that recognizes and honors the outstanding achievements of our students, student organizations, and their advisors. The award categories recognize excellence in leadership, community and service in the Northwestern community. Nomination form: – pdfs/se/2014%20Wildcat%20Excellence%20Awards %20Descriptions.pdfhttp:// pdfs/se/2014%20Wildcat%20Excellence%20Awards %20Descriptions.pdf

Want to join the GSA Exec Board? Want to be on Exec Board? –GSA is a great way to make new friends, engage in Northwestern life, transform Northwestern into an exciting, welcoming, and productive graduate community! –Contact and she will put you in contact with the person currently in that

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