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Graduate Student Association Northwestern University

Graduate Student Association Northwestern University. Fall Quarterly Meeting October 9 th , 2013. Introduction.

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Graduate Student Association Northwestern University

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  1. Graduate Student AssociationNorthwestern University Fall Quarterly Meeting October 9th, 2013

  2. Introduction Graduate Student AssociationWe advocate on behalf of graduate students and organize social and service events to promote relationships between grad students, the university and the community. Officers, 2013-2014 • President – Stephanie Brehm • Secretary – Nancy Auyeng • Advocacy Chair – Pritha Ghosh • Communications Officer – Xi Chen • Treasurer – Zafir Zaman • Service Chairs – Janet Bourne and Roman Kazantsev • Social Chairs – Jeremy Needle and Jia Wu

  3. GSA Advocacy ChairResponsibilities Primary Role: Serve as the voice of the TGS graduate departments to TGS Facilitated By: • Organization of and communication with department representatives • Project/initiative development based on student feedback and concerns

  4. Nominations for Advocacy Chair • Want to be on Exec Board? • Nominations at the end of the meeting!

  5. GSA Secretary • The Secretary will: • Take down the minutes of each meeting of the Executive Board.  • Take down the minutes of the meetings of the Graduate Student Quarterly Meeting (by forwarding to the webmaster). • Maintain the records of the Graduate Student Association. • Reserve rooms for the spring quarterly meeting and coordinate the schedule for bi-monthly executive board meetings.  The Secretary will also help other board members when needed.  

  6. Communications Officer Description • Checks and Responds to GSA E-mail every day. • Gathers information about events for graduate students happening on campus. • 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. --Email --Twitter

  7. Communications Officer Description can add flier The newsletter is sent every other Monday. The deadline for entries is the Friday before the newsletter.

  8. Communications Officer Description • Runs the Twitter account and update the day of GSA event. • 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. • Has the option of revamping the website if necessary. • Helps other board members with GSA events.

  9. 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

  10. GSA Treasurer Initiatives • Financial planning seminars • Kenneth Brown (TBD) • Student loan management • Dress for Success • In partnership with UCS • IT related seminars • Research site/webspace management • High performance computing resources

  11. GSA Service Events Harvest Toy Drive/Gift Wrap (TBD) USPS Letters to Santa (TBD) Fairy Tale Trails (Oct. 25th)

  12. Service Initiatives An inspirational quote project aimed at improving the lives of NU students Goal: Increase awareness of NU for their surrounding and themselves

  13. Service Initiatives Quote Funny / goofy cartoon Picture of author Biographical info about author

  14. Service Initiatives

  15. Fall Social Events • IM Sports (Co-rec) • Volleyball, Sun 4pm • Football, Mon 7pm • Dodgeball, Tue 7:30pm • Football Tailgate: 10/19 • With Material Science Student Association • vs. Minnesota

  16. Social Events • Upcoming Events! • Camping trip • Happy Hours • Game Nights • Movie Nights Recent Events! • Welcome BBQ • TGS Night Out

  17. University Career Services

  18. QPR Suicide Prevention Training Oct 22, 2013 12-2p Seabury Graduate Student Commons

  19. Nominations for Advocacy Chair • Want to be on Exec Board? • Nominations : Deniz Alpay • Deniz is our new Advocacy chair! Thank you, Deniz!

  20. Contact Information Interested in getting involved in GSA? Want to know more? www.NUGSA.com www.facebook.com/northwestern.gsa http://planitpurple.northwestern.edu/calendar/3594 http://twitter.com/NUGSA1 northwestern.gsa@u.northwestern.edu

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