[GSAUCR] GSA Newswire 10/2/08

[President GSAUCR]

Dear UCR Grad Students,

Thank you to those of you that have been showing your support or interest in
your student government.   In this newswire you will find information about
the following:

1)   Council Meeting

2)   Appointed Officer Openings

3)   The GSA Graduate Community on Facebook



Council Meeting, Wednesday 10/8/08 6pm

Come join us for our first council meeting of the 2008-2009 Academic year.  It
will be held in Commons 355 at 6pm, the agenda is available now and officer
reports will be posted by Monday on our website www.gsa.ucr.edu (they can be
sent to you by request via email).  If you are your miniGSA representative
be sure to come!!!



AAO Openings, *DEADLINE* 10/15/08

The Academic Affairs Officer for each college/school will assist the Vice
President of Academic Affairs in meeting regularly with departmental GSA's.
They will also meet, along with the VP of Academic Affairs, with the Dean of
the college or school they represent to foster communication between the
students and the administration. They also serve as non-voting
representatives to the Executive Board and when necessary (and if possible)
on the search committee for the Dean of the college/school. They will sit on
a joint academic advisory committee for the VP academic Affairs that will
meet once a month. Lastly they are required to sit on one GSA committee
subject to the approval of the Graduate Student Council.  The colleges and
schools that require representation are: The Bourns College of Engineering
and the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. Please apply for one
position in your corresponding college by sending a CV and Cover letter
stating why you want to position to tony.yang at email.ucr.edu

ISAO Opening, *DEADLINE* 10/15/08



The International Student Affairs Officer will work closely with the
international graduate student communities assisting the President with
efforts to better serve this demographic.  If you are an International
Student and would like to be considered for this position, please email your
cover letter and CV to gsaucr at ucr.edu





Secretary Opening, *DEADLINE* 10/15/08



The Secretary/Webmaster shall keep minutes during Council, Executive and
Emergency Meetings.  In addition, this position is charged with updating our
website.  If you would like to be considered for this position, please email
your cover letter and CV to gsaucr at ucr.edu





The GSA Graduate Community on Facebook



If you are interested in joining our growing Facebook group, look for us
under "Graduate Student Association" and feel free to add yourself.  This is
the unofficial site for our graduate community.  This is also a forum to
exchange ideas, discuss important on-campus issues, talk about your work,
give "shout outs", promote your mixers, etc.





Cordially,

Alejandro Cortez
-- 

PhD Candidate
Cardullo Lab
Biology Department, EEOB
University of California Riverside

President
Graduate Student Association
University of California Riverside
www.gsa.ucr.edu
Office: (951) 827-3740
Fax: (951) 827-6358

"One's greatest nemesis is one's self when one dares not to think openly"  -
Anonymus
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