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15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">My fellow Grads,</span></p>
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yes"> </span>Your Graduate Student
Association welcomes you to the 2008-2009 Academic year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In this newswire you will find
information about the following:</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">Block
Party</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">Council
Meeting</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">Academic
Affairs Officer Opening</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">The
GSA Graduate Community on Facebook</span></p>
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15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman"> </span></p>
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none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:
15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">Block Party, Friday 9/26/08 4:30pm-10:30pm </span></p>
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none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:
15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">Don't miss out on the 10<sup>th</sup> Annual
Block Party happening on the lawns near the belltower.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In addition to the free concert and the
beergarden, there will be both game- and food- booths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>For more details, please visit the
event site <a href="http://www.blockparty.ucr.edu">http://www.blockparty.ucr.edu</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>GSA will be hosting a karaoke booth,
come join us!</span></p>
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15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">Council Meeting, Wednesday 10/8/08 6pm</span></p>
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none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:
15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">Come join us for our first council meeting of
the 2008-2009 Academic year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Location is TBA, the agenda and officer reports will be posted on our
website <a href="http://www.gsa.ucr.edu">www.gsa.ucr.edu</a> by October 1<sup>st</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Stay tuned.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>If you are your miniGSA representative be sure to come!!!</span></p>
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none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:
15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">AAO Openings, <b>DEADLINE</b></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman"> 10/15/08</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">The
Academic Affairs Officer for each college/school will assist the Vice President
of Academic Affairs in meeting regularly with departmental GSA's. They will
also meet, along with the VP of Academic Affairs, with the Dean of the college
or school they represent to foster communication between the students and the
administration. They also serve as non-voting representatives to the Executive
Board and when necessary (and if possible) on the search committee for the Dean
of the college/school. They will sit on a joint academic advisory committee for
the VP academic Affairs that will meet once a month. Lastly they are required
to sit on one GSA committee subject to the approval of the Graduate Student
Council. The colleges and schools that require representation are: The
Bourns College of Engineering, College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences,
School of Education, Anderson Graduate School of Management, and the Division
of Biomedical Sciences. Please apply for one position in your corresponding
college by sending a CV and Cover letter stating why you want to position to <a href="mailto:tony.yang@email.ucr.edu"><span style="color:#001AC5">tony.yang@email.ucr.edu</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">The
GSA Graduate Community on Facebook</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">If
you are interested in joining our growing Facebook group, look for us under
"Graduate Student Association" and feel free to add yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This is the unofficial site for our
graduate community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">At
your service,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times-Roman; font-size: 20px;">Alex Cortez</span></p>
<br>-- <br>Alejandro Cortez<br>PhD Candidate<br>Cardullo Lab<br>Biology Department, EEOB<br>University of California Riverside<br><br>President<br>Graduate Student Association<br>University of California Riverside<br><a href="http://www.gsa.ucr.edu">www.gsa.ucr.edu</a><br>
Office: (951) 827-3740<br>Fax: (951) 827-6358<br><br>"One's greatest nemesis is one's self when one dares not to think openly" -<br>Anonymus<br>
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