1. ECONOMICS GRADUATE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION (ECONGSA) Sean Isakower Tess Forsell Irena Tsvetkova

2. Mission  Provide a means to foster discussion about economics research and economics related current events  Liaison between economic graduate students and the Economics faculty  Liaison between economic graduate students and other graduate students  Improve relationship with graduate economics alumni  Liaison between economic graduate students and the GSG

3. Goals  Provide advice to incoming graduate students and help to develop a sense of community amongst the students  Hold informal discussion sessions about life as an economics student  Plan extracurricular activities  Poll students about issues

4. Programming Ideas  Job search and interview workshops  Study sessions  Guest speakers  Workshops on statistical packages and languages  Informal welcome event for new students  Alumni student events  Gradute student page for the economics department web site  Host potential student tours

5. Recruitment Techniques  Incoming Student Orientation  Advertise in the Graduate Lounge  Email advertisements

6. Contribution to Student Life  Allow members better access to the resources that the GSG can provide  Provide a support network for economics graduate students  Improve communication between economics and other social science graduate students  Improve cross-school communication between graduate programs in economics

7. THANK YOU! ~The EconGSA