1. General Assembly Meeting
General Assembly Meeting
 Sept. 6th, 2017

2. GSGA Office Hours 683 Steger Student Life Center
Arunkumar Muthusamy, President Tuesdays 3:00-5:00 pm, and Fridays 3:00-6:00 pm Jelena Vicic, Vice President Wednesdays 2:00-5:00 pm, Thursdays 4:00-6:00 pm Sid Sridhar, Treasurer Tuesdays 3:00-5:30 pm, Thursdays 3:00-5:30 pm
Mar Gámez, Campus Ambassador Mondays 3:00-5:00 pm, Tuesdays 5:00-8:00 pm
At times, we are called to committee meetings during scheduled office hours, so always call the office ( ) before your visit.
Officer s:
President -
Vice President -
Treasurer -
Campus Ambassador -
GSGA Website:

3. Contact: gsga-president@mail.uc.edu
President’s Report
Arunkumar Muthusamy
Office Hours:
Tuesday: 3:00-5:00 pm
Friday: 3:00-6:00 pm
Contact:

4. Student Health Insurance
Increase of $92 effective from Fall 2017 ($1,140 to $1,232)
What does the increase go towards?
$36 for Dermatology Services
$10 for the Pharmacy Benefits Manager
$ 6 for Long Term Acting Reproduction products
$39 for an additional capitation services
Update from the Graduate School → already overspending budget for GAs health insurance this year, so cannot cover $92 increase. While the Graduate School strives to maintain this level of funding, unfortunately we cannot guarantee this level for years beyond 2017–18. (

5. Bearcats Transportation System and METRO
METRO program - EZ Ride card retained Apply for EZ Ride card here (
NightRide shuttles

6. International Student Fee
SACUB has included the full coverage of the International Student Fee as one of its recommendations in its End-of-Year memorandum.
GSGA has actively pushed for full coverage or partial coverage of the fee by general funds.
Provost’s office decision pending.
Latest update: Decision has been taken on all of SACUB’s recommendations. Meeting between SG, GSGA and SACUB to discuss decisions this week.

7. Other updates Campus-wide and GSGA committee Printing services (wepa)
communication of GSGA updates

8. Contact: gsga-vicepresident@mail.uc.edu
Vice President Report
Jelena Vićić
Office Hours:
Wednesday: 2:00-5:00 pm
Thursday: 4:00-6:00 pm
Contact:

9. Group Budget Awards
Every GSA is awarded $300 for community building activities.
Additional funding may be available upon request.

10. Group Grant Awards Next submission deadline is September 15, 2017
See other deadlines for academic year 17/18 here:

11. Presidential Medal of Graduate Student Excellence
Eligibility Criteria
Graduation
Academic Learning and Discovery
Significant Leadership and Contribution
Significant Graduate Student Impact
Potential for Future Success and Achievement
Deadline: November 30, 2017
Link:

12. Opportunities for Graduate Professional Development
Cooperation with the Graduate School
First event:
Grad Café: Monday, September 18, from 11:00 a.m. until 01:00 p.m.
Guests: Office for Nationally Competitive Awards
Upcoming workshop: 4th week of September, date TBD
Theme: Awards and Fellowships NCA promotes, including opportunities for international students

13. Contact: gsga-treasurer@mail.uc.edu
Treasurer Report
Sid Sridhar
Office Hours:
Tuesday: 3:00-5:30 pm
Thursday: 3:00-5:30 pm
Contact:

14. Budget

15. FYTD
(From 07/01/17 to 09/05/17)

16. Campus Ambassador Report
Mar Gámez
Office Hours:
Monday: 3:00-5:00 pm
Tuesday: 5:00-8:00 pm
Contact:

17. Upcoming events: Next Grad Café: Sep. 18th 11am-1pm @ GSGA Office

18. Let’s donate our old clothes!
October 4th, 2nd general assembly meeting.
Today’s GSAs’ presentations: CECH, Geology, HSGA, and Psychology.

19. What 4 GSAs would like to volunteer for our second general assembly meeting?

20. Board of Trustees Representative Ryan A. Makinson

21. Highlights of Aug. 22, 2017 Board of Trustees Meeting
•The construction of new Business School building will require a change in location of the bus drop off location on main street to the front of the Campus Green Garage.
•Interim Provost, Peter Landgren, was appointed President of UC Foundation. Dr. Kristi Nelson will serve as interim Provost until a permanent replacement is named.
•UC student code of conduct was updated and changes approved by the BOT. Changes will only apply to new and future students.

22. GSGA Report
•The matriculating class for the graduate school is slightly up from last year. New UC international students is down by aprox. 60
•On Aug 4th, the graduate school awarded 986 masters degrees and 141 doctoral degrees!
•On May 10th, graduate and undergraduate students participated in the first annual UC-Buckeye day at the Ohio State House to advocate for the importance of higher education.