[Gsaucr] GSA newsletter

[GSA Public Relations]

Dear Grads,

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

1.  Graduate Student Association Council Meeting Nov 7th

2.  Voice Your Concerns about Childcare to the Highlander

3.  December Conference Travel Grant Applications – Due November 1st

4.  Graduate Student Night at The Barn

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

6.  Candidates for GSA UCR Finance Officer

7.  The Search for the next UC President

8.  Register to vote!

9.  G.R.O.W. (GrassRoots Organizing Weekend) at UCR

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


Please read below for more information!


1.  Graduate Student Association Council Meeting Nov 7th

The next GSA Council meeting will be held on Nov 7th at 6pm in the Senate
Chambers at the New Commons.  The agenda for this meeting is available on
the GSA website.  Please print a copy if you would like one for the
meeting.

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2.  Voice Your Concerns about Childcare to the Highlander

The Highlander welcomes any responses to the questionnaire sent last week to
graduate students concerning child care for an article that will be
published early-to mid-November. I will begin writing this article on
Friday, Nov. 3, but if anyone would like to participate and cannot have a
submission in by then please contact Caitlin Smith at
highlandernews at gmail.com. I would be happy to enclose copies of the
questionnaire or answer any questions as well. Thank you to all who have
participated so far-- it's been a real eye-opener.

Thank you,
Caitlin Smith
UCR Highlander

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3.  December Conference Travel Grant Applications – Due November 1st


Just a reminder that if you are planning to present at a conference in
December and you would like GSA to supplement your funding, the application
form must be submitted to the GSA Office by 5:00 pm on Thursday, November 1
st.  If you have more questions about the application process, please go to
the travel grant website for more information:  www.gsa.ucr.edu/travelgrant,
or contact Joe Steirer, the Conference Travel Grant Coordinator at
gsagrant at yahoo.com.

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4.  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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5.  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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6.  Candidates for GSA UCR Finance Officer

The candidate statements for the GSA UCR Finance Officer are up on the GSA
Website main page.
Check it out to see who is running for the position and come hear their
speeches at the November GSA Council meeting.

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7.  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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8.  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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9.  G.R.O.W. (GrassRoots Organizing Weekend) at UCR

GrassRoots Organizing weekend is a training hosted by the United States
Student Association (USSA) where students have the opportunity to learn not
only grassroots tactics but organizational development skills as well. Come
and learn how to win viable campaigns for your organization while you
network with other students.
The weekend starts Friday, November 2, 2007 at 5:30pm and ends Sunday,
November 4, 2007 at 3:00pm.

If you would like to sign up, please email: ASUCRexternal at yahoo.com or go to
the ASUCR/GSA office 202 New Commons

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10.  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 <ahnika at 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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