[Bgsa] Fwd: Fee Increase

[Ian King]

Hi all,
  Please find below an email from Erik Kolb with a detailed  
explanation of the recent fee increase. Thanks to Erik for this  
information.
              Ian

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>      As you may know, our quarterly fees were just increased from  
> $105.00 to $199.18 starting Fall 2007.  This is the "out-of-pocket"  
> expenditure that every biology student must make regardless of  
> whether they are a GSR, TA, etc.
>      This fee increase is attributable to two sources: a GSA fee  
> increase, and a Student Center fee increase.
>      The GSA fee increase was voted on and approved by the graduate  
> student body last spring and represents an increase of $4.18/ 
> quarter (from $20.00/quarter to $24.18/quarter).  This is something  
> that all graduate students who voted for this increase were made  
> aware of during the last election cycle.
>      The Student Center fees were increased by $90.00/quarter (from  
> $20.00/quarter to $110.00/quarter).  This comprises the majority of  
> the overall fee increase (96%).  Michelle Bierman has said that the  
> fee increase represents a cost passed on to students from the  
> construction of the new Student Commons Center.  In other words,  
> all graduate students will be paying an additional $270.00 a year  
> "out-of-pocket" to fund the new Commons.
>       Given that many people in the biology department may not have  
> checked their recent financial statements on GROWL, this may come  
> as unexpected and unwelcome news.  You may want to forward this e- 
> mail on the BGSA listserve.  Best wishes,
>
> Erik
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> Erik Kolb
> Ph.D. Candidate
> Physiology Track
> Department of Biology
> University of California, Riverside
> Riverside, California 92521
> (cell) 626-226-7817

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