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15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">My fellow UCR Grad Students,</span></p>
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department representatives for coming out to our first council meeting of the
year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In this newswire you
will find information about the following:</span></p>
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font-family:Times-Roman">1)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">Appointed
Officer Openings</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">Softball
Tournament Sign-Ups</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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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 and the College of Natural and Agricultural
Sciences. Please apply for one position in your corresponding college by sending
a CV and Cover letter stating why you want to position to Tony Yang @ <a href="mailto:vpaa.gsa@ucr.edu">vpaa.gsa@ucr.edu</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">ISAO
Opening, <b>DEADLINE</b></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">
10/15/08</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">The
International Student Affairs Officer will work closely with the international
graduate student communities assisting the President with efforts to better
serve this demographic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If you are
an International Student and would like to be considered for this position,
please email your cover letter and CV to Alex Cortez @ <a href="mailto:gsaucr@ucr.edu">gsaucr@ucr.edu</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">Secretary
Opening, <b>DEADLINE</b></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">
10/15/08</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">The
Secretary/Webmaster shall keep minutes during Council, Executive and Emergency
Meetings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In addition, this
position is charged with updating our website.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>If you would like to be considered for this position, please
email your cover letter and CV to Alex Cortez @ <a href="mailto:gsaucr@ucr.edu">gsaucr@ucr.edu</a></span></p>
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15.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">Softball Tournament, 11/1/08</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">Time to get your co-rec team ready for a GSA
sponsored Softball Tournament Saturday Nov 1<sup>st</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Team roster forms will be available at
the beginning of next week at the front desk in Commons 202.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>In order for your team to be admitted
into the tournament, it needs to be comprised of predominately graduate
students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Faculty, staff, undergrads,
and family members can be included in your team.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>If you are interested in playing and don't have a team but
want to play, you can add your name to the "free-agent" list that will be
available next week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This
innagural tournament kicks off the series of tournaments we will host
throughout the year featuring other sports.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>For further information contact Alex Cortez @ <a href="mailto:gsaucr@ucr.edu">gsaucr@ucr.edu</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>
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<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>This is also a
forum to exchange ideas, discuss important on-campus issues, talk about your
work, give "shout outs", promote your mixers, etc…use it the space is yours!</span></p>
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<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<br></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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