[Gsaucr] GSA newsletter (council mtg tonight!)

[GSA Public Relations]

Dear Grads,

In this week's GSa newsletter, you'll find information concerning:

 1.  GSA Council Meeting TODAY Nov 7th 6pm, Commons
2.  Graduate Diversity Summit Nov 19th 8:30pm-1pm,
UNEX
3.  Graduate Student Night at The Barn
4.  UCSA Student of Color Conference (SOCC) @ UC Santa Cruz
5.  The Search for the next UC President
6.  Register to vote!
7.  Letter to UC Professional Students from UCSA Graduate and Professional
Committee Chair

Please read below for more information!


 1.  GSA Council Meeting TODAY Nov 7th 6pm, Commons

Come join us for our second meeting of the year.  We will be holding
elections for the Finance Officer, please come meet the candidates.   Please
come by at 5:30pm for food and refreshments at our GSA office (Commons 203).
The meeting will start promptly at 6pm in the Senate Chambers in the new
Commons adjacent to our office.  The agenda is available on the GSA website
- please download a copy if you want one during the meeting!

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2.  Graduate Diversity Summit Nov 19th 8:30pm-1pm, UNEX


Registration is open through Nov 14th  (lunch will be provided)
http://diversity.ucr.edu, contact information: diversity at ucr.edu (951)
827-6223/4

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3.  Graduate Student Night at The Barn

The GSA Party Committee and Student Life are proud to present the
(rescheduled) first ever Graduate Student Night at the Barn (Building 358 on
the online campus map).  This extended happy hour event, featuring free
food, entertainment, and giveaways, will take place on Thursday, November
29th from 5-9pm.  Come meet your GSA officers and fellow graduate students!
Please remember to bring your ID as beverages may be available ;o)  For more
information, contact Kristy Richardson, the Public Relations Officer, at
krich003 at ucr.edu.

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4.  UCSA Student of Color Conference (SOCC) @ UC Santa Cruz

The UCSA Student of Color Conference (SOCC) will be held at UC Santa Cruz
this year on November 10-12th.
* Learn to organize your Student of Color Community
* Build unity
* Participate in safe spaces where race, gender, class, sexuality,
nationality and disability will be actively discussed

GSA UCR will pay for all transportation, registration, lodging, and per Diem
for GSA UCR grads that attend this conference. The deadline for applications
was Oct 25th, at 5pm, in order to have expenses paid by GSA.

If you have any questions or are interested in attending, and have not
signed up officially at this time, please contact the GSA EVP Louise
Hendrickson at evp.gsaucr at yahoo.com

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5.  The Search for the next UC President

The UC is looking for a new President of the system, as President Dynes
resigned in August. UCSA just appointed students from across the system for
the Student Advisory Committee.

The committee wants your stories/concerns! Tell us: What are things that
make it hard to attend a UC? What do you want the next UC President to work
on to make the UC better for students? Don't let these questions limit you;
we want to hear about any problems or concerns. Post or send your stories on
the UC Student Association Blog at: http://ucstudents.blogspot.com/
<https://webmail.ucr.edu/wm/mail/fetch.html?urlid=g1f2df210eeddf8e6ca3e8fb6087a841f4khp2h7mkl&url=http%3A%2F%2Fucstudents.blogspot.com%2F>
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6.  Register to vote!

Voter registration cards are available in the GSA office. Stop by to fill
one out if you have just moved to CA, if you have moved recently, or want to
update your political party or any other information.

GSA will mail the form in for you; just leave it with the GSA EVP Louise
Hendrickson or the ASUCR EVP Alex Johnson at the GSA/ASUCR offices!

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7.  Letter to UC Professional Students from UCSA Graduate and Professional
Committee Chair


Dear UC Professional Student,
The UC Regents this past September agreed to a 3 year fee-increase plan
specifically for professional students.  This plan calls for increases of
approximately 7-13% a year.  If you are in school now and have three more
years, you could be paying almost 150% of what you pay now in fees by your
last year!

While some professional students may graduate and pursue lucrative careers
in their respective industries, there are more than just a few of us who are
interested in public interest work. Unfortunately, without loan repayment
programs, as fees increase (and public interest work salaries remain low) it
becomes more and more prohibitive for us to give back to the communities we
wish to serve.

At present, the UC Student Association is trying to gather data from
individual professional schools from all ten campuses regarding their own
in-house loan repayment programs.  We are hoping to consolidate this
information to argue for more institutional funding for these programs.  The
Regents affirmed their interest in this endeavor by adopting a supportive
amendment to the fee policy passed in September of this year.  If you, or
anyone you know, are interested in helping us in this endeavor (specifically
by researching the loan repayment program options at your school), or if you
are simply interested in learning more about loan repayment programs, please
email: ahnika at gmail.com <http://ahnika@gmail.com%20/> (UCSF Medicine).

Good luck to you in your studies!

-Ahnika Kline

UCSA Graduate and Professional Committee Chair

UCSF Medicine and PhD.
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If you would like more information, please go to the GSA website or contact
the GSA at gsaucr at yahoo.com.


Graduate Student Association
203 Commons
University of California Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
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