[Gsaucr] GSA Newsletter

[GSA Public Relations]

Dear Grads,
In this week's newsletter, you will find information concerning:

*1.  GSA Council Meeting, March 5th
2.  GSA Conference Travel Grant Application Form Deadline for Conferences
ending in April – Monday, March 3rd
3.  Grad Student Experience Survey
4.  GSA Conference Volunteers
5.  GSA Research Awards
6.  Outreach **Opportunity**, March 8th
7.  It's Raining Debt - Sign a Postcard to the Legislature's Budget
Subcommitees Chairs!
8.  UC, CSU, CCC Sustainability Conference@ CalPoly **San Luis Obispo**
9.  Building a Grassroots Coalition between UC Students and the UC Office of
the President (UCOP)
10.  Call for Grad Student Art*

Please read below for more details.

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*1.  GSA Council Meeting, March 5th*

Our next council meeting will be on Wednesday March 5th starting at
6:30pmsharp.
Location is TBD.  We will be discussing funding for the Mechanical Engineer
miniGSA Symposium.  See you then!

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*2.  GSA Conference Travel Grant Application Form Deadline for Conferences
ending in April – Monday, March 3rd*

Just a reminder that if you are attending a conference that ends in April
and would like support from the GSA to present or attend the conference; the
deadline for submitting the application form is Monday, March 3rd.  If you
have any questions about deadlines or other questions about the Conference
Travel Grant program, refer to the website at www.gsa.ucr.edu/travelgrant,
contact the Conference Travel Grant Coordinator at gsagrant at yahoo.com or
visit during his office hours: Tues 1-2 and Thurs 11-12.

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*3.  Grad Student Experience Survey *

The GSA wants to know about your graduate student experience here at UCR, so
we've created a survey.  Please check your UCR email for the link to the
survey (from gsaucr at gmail.com).  Fill it out by March 14th, 2008 and you'll
be entered in a drawing to win a free ipod shuffle or external hard drive …
its your choice!  Questions/comments can be sent to gsaucr at gmail.com.

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4.  GSA Conference Volunteers*

Our annual GSA conference chair, Vanessa Miller, is looking for volunteers.
Sign up as we strive to make it the biggest conference in GSA's history.  For
more information contact: gsaucr at ucr.edu

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*5.  GSA Research Awards*

Applications for the GSA Research Awards will be available next week.  In
addition to the application form, you will be asked to provide an abstract
of your work and two support letters from the faculty.

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*6.  Outreach **Opportunity**, March 8th *

Upward Bound is looking for graduate students to share information about
their graduate program and experience for a panel of their students.  Upward
Bound is a federally funded TRIO program that serves first generation, low
income high school students.  For more information contact Lena Tisdale:
lenat at ucr.edu

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*7.  It's Raining Debt - Sign a Postcard to the Legislature's Budget
Subcommitees Chairs!*

The Governor's proposed budget cuts $332 million from the UC System, which
translates into fee hikes upwards if 30% and possible enrollment halts. If
the state continues to divest from higher education, students are in for
floods of debt! Tell the Budget SubCommitee Chairs to stop the rain. There
are postcards at the GSA office and at GSA events. Please sign one and GSA
will send it to the legislature for you.

For more information please contact the GSA Campus Organizing Director
Ching-In Chen at echen014 at student.ucr.edu

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*8.  UC, CSU, CCC Sustainability Conference@ CalPoly **San Luis Obispo** *
Have you been working to make your campus environmentally or socially
sustainable? We would like to hear your story!

The Seventh Annual UC, CSU, CCC Sustainability Conference at CalPoly San
Luis Obispo is looking for student leaders who are reducing their campuses
and their own environmental impact and working towards a more
environmentally, socially and economically equitable world.
Deadlines:

   - Presentation proposals due Feb 26, 2008
   - Poster proposals due June 1, 2008
   - Registration opens in March 2008
   - Conference dates July 31-Aug 3, 2008

For more information, visit the GSA Website at
http://www.gsa.ucr.edu/UCSA.html or visit the conference website at:
http://sustainability.calpoly.edu and click on the Call for Proposals

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*9.  Building a Grassroots Coalition between UC Students and the UC Office
of the President (UCOP)*

UCOP recently met with UC Students in an effort to build a grassroots
coalition and to establish more lines of communication between UC students
and UCOP.  UCOP wants to register as many students as possible at
www.ucforcalifornia.org. Please sign up, so you can let UCOP know what
issues are of importance to you, how you feel about rising fees, and
anything else you want them to know about. Pass the link on to your friends,
parents, and fellow students.  In addition, as more students get involved, a
blog will be created so that students can comment directly to UCOP about how
they feel regarding rising tuition costs, etc.  There is also a Facebook
page…so again…sign up!

www.ucforcalifornia.org
http://uci.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6756592601
www.universityofcalifornia.edu/advocacy

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*10.  Call for Grad Student Art*

If you are a musician, have a demo tape/CD that you would like to have
featured in our lounge……If you are a writer and would like to display your
work on our poet's block or story wall….If you have paintings, that you
would like featured in our art gallery…..Please contact Alex Cortez:
gsaucr at ucr.edu
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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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