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<p><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Dear Grads,<br>
In this week's newsletter, you will find information concerning:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">1.<span style=""> </span>GSA
Council Meeting, March 5<sup>th</sup><br>2.<span style=""> </span>GSA
Conference Travel Grant Application Form Deadline for Conferences ending in
April – Monday, March 3<sup>rd</sup><br>3.<span style=""> </span>Grad
Student Experience Survey<br>4.<span style=""> </span>GSA
Conference Volunteers<br>5.<span style=""> </span>GSA
Research Awards<br>6.<span style=""> </span>Outreach </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Opportunity</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">, March 8<sup>th</sup>
<br>7.<span style=""> </span>It's
Raining Debt - Sign a Postcard to the Legislature's Budget Subcommitees Chairs!<br>8.<span style=""> </span>UC, CSU,
CCC Sustainability Conference@ CalPoly </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">San
Luis Obispo</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> <br>9.<span style=""> </span>Building
a Grassroots Coalition between UC Students and the UC Office of the President
(UCOP)<br>10.<span style=""> </span>Call for
Grad Student Art</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Please read below for more
details.<span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">-------------------------------------------------------------</span><br><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">1.<span style=""> </span>GSA
Council Meeting, March 5<sup>th</sup></span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Our next council meeting
will be on Wednesday March 5<sup>th</sup> starting at </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">6:30pm</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> sharp.<span style="">
</span>Location is TBD.<span style=""> </span>We will be
discussing funding for the Mechanical Engineer miniGSA Symposium.<span style=""> </span>See you then!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">-------------------------------------------------------------</span><br><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">2.<span style=""> </span>GSA
Conference Travel Grant Application Form Deadline for Conferences ending in
April – Monday, March 3<sup>rd</sup></span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Just a reminder that if
you are attending a conference that ends in April and would like support from
the GSA to present or attend the conference; the deadline for submitting the application
form is Monday, March 3rd.<span style=""> </span>If you have
any questions about deadlines or other questions about the Conference Travel
Grant program, refer to the website at <a href="http://www.gsa.ucr.edu/travelgrant">www.gsa.ucr.edu/travelgrant</a>, contact the
Conference Travel Grant Coordinator at <a href="mailto:gsagrant@yahoo.com">gsagrant@yahoo.com</a> or visit during his
office hours: Tues 1-2 and Thurs 11-12.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">-------------------------------------------------------------</span><br><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">3.<span style=""> </span>Grad
Student Experience Survey </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The GSA wants to know
about your graduate student experience here at UCR, so we've created a
survey.<span style=""> </span>Please check your UCR email for
the link to the survey (from <a href="mailto:gsaucr@gmail.com">gsaucr@gmail.com</a>).<span style="">
</span>Fill it out by </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">March 14th, 2008</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> and you'll be entered in a drawing to win a free
ipod shuffle or external hard drive … its your choice!<span style=""> </span>Questions/comments can be sent to
<a href="mailto:gsaucr@gmail.com">gsaucr@gmail.com</a>.<span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">-------------------------------------------------------------</span><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> <br>4.<span style=""> </span>GSA
Conference Volunteers</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Our annual GSA conference
chair, Vanessa Miller, is looking for volunteers.<span style=""> </span>Sign up as we strive to make it the biggest
conference in GSA's history.<span style=""> </span>For more
information contact: <a href="mailto:gsaucr@ucr.edu">gsaucr@ucr.edu</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">-------------------------------------------------------------</span><br><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">5.<span style=""> </span>GSA
Research Awards</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Applications for the GSA
Research Awards will be available next week.<span style="">
</span>In addition to the application form, you will be asked to provide an
abstract of your work and two support letters from the faculty.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">-------------------------------------------------------------</span><br><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">6.<span style=""> </span>Outreach </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Opportunity</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">, March 8<sup>th</sup>
</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Upward Bound is looking
for graduate students to share information about their graduate program and
experience for a panel of their students.<span style="">
</span>Upward Bound is a federally funded TRIO program that serves first
generation, low income high school students.<span style="">
</span>For more information contact Lena Tisdale: </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="mailto:lenat@ucr.edu">lenat@ucr.edu</a></span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">-------------------------------------------------------------</span><br><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">7.<span style=""> </span>It's
Raining Debt - Sign a Postcard to the Legislature's Budget Subcommitees Chairs!</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The Governor's proposed
budget cuts $332 million from the UC System, which translates into fee hikes
upwards if 30% and possible enrollment halts. If the state continues to divest
from higher education, students are in for floods of debt! Tell the Budget
SubCommitee Chairs to stop the rain. There are postcards at the GSA office and
at GSA events. Please sign one and GSA will send it to the legislature for you. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">For more information
please contact the GSA Campus Organizing Director Ching-In Chen at <a href="mailto:echen014@student.ucr.edu">echen014@student.ucr.edu</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">-------------------------------------------------------------</span><br><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">8.<span style=""> </span>UC, CSU,
CCC Sustainability Conference@ CalPoly </span></b><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">San
Luis Obispo</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></b><br><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Have you been working to
make your campus environmentally or socially sustainable? We would like to hear
your story!<br><br>The Seventh Annual UC,
CSU, CCC Sustainability Conference at CalPoly San Luis Obispo is looking for
student leaders who are reducing their campuses and their own environmental
impact and working towards a more environmentally, socially and economically
equitable world.<span style=""> </span><br>Deadlines: <br></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Presentation
proposals due </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Feb 26, 2008</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Poster proposals
due </span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">June 1, 2008</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Registration opens
in March 2008</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Conference dates
July 31-</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Aug 3, 2008</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">For more information,
visit the GSA Website at <a href="http://www.gsa.ucr.edu/UCSA.html">http://www.gsa.ucr.edu/UCSA.html</a> or visit the
conference website at: <a href="http://sustainability.calpoly.edu">http://sustainability.calpoly.edu</a> and click on the Call
for Proposals</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">-------------------------------------------------------------</span><br><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">9.<span style=""> </span>Building
a Grassroots Coalition between UC Students and the UC Office of the President
(UCOP)</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">UCOP recently met with
UC Students in an effort to build a grassroots coalition and to establish more
lines of communication between UC students and UCOP.<span style=""> </span>UCOP wants to register as many students as
possible at <a href="http://www.ucforcalifornia.org">www.ucforcalifornia.org</a>. Please sign up, so you can let UCOP know
what issues are of importance to you, how you feel about rising fees, and
anything else you want them to know about. Pass the link on to your friends,
parents, and fellow students.<span style=""> </span>In
addition, as more students get involved, a blog will be created so that
students can comment directly to UCOP about how they feel regarding rising
tuition costs, etc.<span style=""> </span>There is also a
Facebook page…so again…sign up!<br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.ucforcalifornia.org">www.ucforcalifornia.org</a> <br><a href="http://uci.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6756592601">http://uci.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6756592601</a><br>
<a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/advocacy">www.universityofcalifornia.edu/advocacy</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">-------------------------------------------------------------</span><br><b style=""><span style="font-family: Georgia;">10.<span style=""> </span>Call for
Grad Student Art</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">If you are a musician,
have a demo tape/CD that you would like to have featured in our lounge……If you
are a writer and would like to display your work on our poet's block or story
wall….If you have paintings, that you would like featured in our art
gallery…..Please contact Alex Cortez: <a href="mailto:gsaucr@ucr.edu">gsaucr@ucr.edu</a></span></p>
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<br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">If you would like more information, please go to the GSA website or contact the GSA at </span><a style="font-family: georgia,serif;" href="mailto:gsaucr@yahoo.com" target="_blank">gsaucr@yahoo.com</a><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">.</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;">
<br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Graduate Student Association</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">203 Commons</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;">
<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">University of California Riverside</span><br style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Riverside, CA 92521</span>
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