[Gsaucr] GSA News (Council Mtg Tonight)

[GSA Public Relations]

Dear Grads,

In this week's newsletter, you'll find information regarding:
*1.  GSA Council Meeting - Tonight!!!
2.  **Grad Bash – this Friday (May **9th**)**
3.  GSA Research Conference Call for Abstracts
**4.  GSA Special Election for the 2008-2009 School Year**
**5.** Days of Action for Fighting Student Fee Hikes! May 14th and 19th,
2008**
6.  Grad and Professional Students Testimonials about Financial Aid-Fill out
one Today!*
**

Please read below for more information.

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*1.  GSA Council Meeting - Tonight!!! *

Come join us tonight for GSA council meeting at 6pm in the Senate Chambers
in the Commons.  Be sure to drop by the GSA office for free pizza at 5:30pm.


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*2.  Grad Bash – this Friday (May **9th**) *

Come join the GSA Party Committee for our last Grad Bash of the year!


On Friday, May 9th, from 5-7pm, at the Getaway Cafe, we'll have free pizzas
and snacks for grad students (while they last!  Please be sure to bring your
ID.

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*3.  GSA Research Conference Call for Abstracts*

The GSA is currently conducting a call for abstracts for our annual research
conference. The conference will be held on Saturday, June 7, 2008 in the UCR
commons, rooms 302A, 355, 383. Registration is free. We are giving out
$3,000 in awards for best poster presentation and talk (per college and
discipline). We are currently accepting abstracts for both poster
presentations and talks. The conference is open to both UCR graduate
students and graduate students from other universities. However, only UCR
graduate students are eligible for receiving cash awards. Everyone in
attendance will be eligible for winning raffle prizes. Breakfast, lunch, and
an evening reception will be provided at no cost. Abstracts should be less
than 1000 words and include the title of the presentation, all authors'
names, all authors' departments, and whether you are interested in giving a
talk, presenting a poster, or both.

Please submit your abstract to the following e-mail address:
UCRGSAResearchConference at gmail.com
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*4.  GSA Special Election for the 2008-2009 School Year*

The positions for GSA President and Finance Officer are still open for the
2008-2009 school year. There will be a special election held at the June 4th
Council meeting. For more information about each position and for an
application form please visit the GSA website at http://gsa.ucr.edu/

To apply for candidacy, please fill out an application form and email it to
gsaelection at yahoo.com by the deadline of May 21st, 2008 6pm. If you have any
questions, please contact the GSA EVP Louise Hendrickson at
evp.gsaucr at yahoo.com.

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*5.** Days of Action for Fighting Student Fee Hikes! May 14th and 19th, 2008
*

Big decisions are going to be made in the next two weeks about the future of
fees at the UC. UCSA is planning two key actions for this and we need your
help to let both the UC Regents and State lawmakers that we don't want to
see your fees raised. The first is on for the UC Regents meeting on May 14th
at UCLA and will focus on turning out students to show the Regents we don't
want our fees raised. The second is a "study-in" May 19th on the steps of
the State Capital to show lawmakers that they need to prioritize funding for
higher education in the state budget.

If you are interested in taking part in these actions, or want more
information, please contact our Legislative Liaison at
UCRsociologyTA at gmail.com

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*6.  Grad and Professional Students Testimonials about Financial Aid-Fill
out one Today!*

Are you a grad student greatly impacted by student debt?  Do you pay your
own fees or take out loans to pay for grad school?  Do you care about how
your financial aid package is administered?  GSA is collecting surveys from
grad and professional students about how they would prefer their financial
aid packages to be administered!  Fill out a loan testimonial at a GSA
event, at the GSA office or online at the GSA website:
http://www.gsa.ucr.edu/UCSA.html  Make sure your voice and your experience
is heard!

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