<div dir="ltr">Greetings everyone,<div><br></div><div>I am emailing because I noticed many people are not on the GSA roster, and I wanted to make sure everyone has the opportunity to show their support for our inner-department community. If you are not on our roster, I'll send you a direct invitation.</div><div><br></div><div>GSA can be an organization that provides peer support and advocates on behalf of graduate students in the department. To do that, we need to ensure everyone stays informed, and the best way to do that is to have everyone registered on UCR's
<a href="https://highlanderlink.ucr.edu/organization/gsps" target="_blank">HighlanderLink</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>HighlanderLink is UCR's internal system and official record for all campus organizations. This means our HighlanderLink membership has real consequences for our department. For example, <b>if we have more than 50 students on our roster, we get a bonus in our quarterly budget</b>, which means we can provide more services to POSC graduate students!</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for your time and I hope you enjoy your last bit of summer before Fall hits! Good luck everyone.</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Best Regards,</font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Donald Zarate</font></div></div></div></div></div></div>