Graduate Student Association http://www.ugagsa.org http://www.ugagsa.org/images/logos/ Copyright 2010 Graduate Student Association First General Body Meeting; 8/26/10; 6:30: MLC 150 Read More ]]> Jason O'Rouke http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/211 http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/211 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:31:00 EST GSA President's Council

For the 2010-2011 academic year, GSA will be developing a new way to maintain contact with more graduate students.  Starting this Fall, we will be starting the GSA President's Council.  The GSA President's Council will be a way for the President of specific graduate student groups to have a defined role in GSA.

Read More ]]> Jason O'Rouke http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/210 http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/210 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:01:00 EST Graduate Student Reception Read More ]]> Jason O'Rouke http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/209 http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/209 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:05:00 EST Graduate Student Health Insurance Coverage Read More ]]> Jason O'Rouke http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/208 http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/208 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:18:00 EST Greetings from the New GSA Officers Read More ]]> Jason O'Rouke http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/207 http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/207 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:39:00 EST GSA Meeting Minutes - April 20, 2010 The last official GSA meeting of the semester took place on April 20, 2010.  Thank you to everyone who attended.  

The meeting included an introduction of the incoming 2010-2011 GSA Officers, an update on graduate student health insurance, and a discussion of GSA goals for next year.  

If you were unable to attend, we encourage you to review the meeting minutes provided here.

Read More ]]> Jenna Drenten http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/206 http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/206 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:20:00 EST New GSA Officers and General Body Meeting Last week the GSA Officer Elections ended with Jason O'Rouke (Public Administration) winning the presidency, Lauren Moret (Education Administration and Policy) winning the vice presidency, and Richard Kerr (Veterinarian Medicine) choosing to serve as GSA Chief of Staff and Secretary.

To meet them and ask questions about next year, please attend the GSA meeting on Tuesday, April 20th at 7:00pm in MLC 153. For more information about the meeting and to RSVP pelase visit the facebook event page at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=115446255142055

Read More ]]> Robert Shostak http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/205 http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/205 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:28:00 EST Cheers for Charity!

Cheers for Charity!

What: GSA Social/Philanthropy/Art Event!

When: April 16th from 7:00-9:00pm

Where: Walkers Pub (downtown Athens)

The GSA is hosting a percentage night at Walkers Pub located in downtown Athens on April 16th from 7-9pm. Ten percent of the sales will be donated to The Cottage, a local non-profit organization which provides support services for victims of sexual violence.

Not only is this a great opportunity to meet new people from around campus and to raise money for a worthy organization, art from around campus will also be showcased! A UGA student art exhibit will be located upstairs at Walkers Pub while downstairs will host various performance art events.

More information can be found at the Cheers for Charity facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=112231835463339

Read More ]]> Lauren King http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/204 http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/204 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:35:00 EST GSA Election Results The elections results are in and Jason O'Rouke and Tyler Suggs were the top winners. Without either one of them receiving 50% of the overall vote we will be having a runoff election from April 12 at 8:00am to April 15 at 5:00pm. During that time graduate students can vote through their Oasis account https://oasisweb.uga.edu/

In terms of the Vice President position Lauren Moret won and will be serving next year as the GSA VP.

To learn more about Jason, Tyler, or Lauren please view their candidate flyers on the Graduate School's Webpage. http://www.grad.uga.edu/archive/GSAElections2

Read More ]]> Robert Shostak http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/203 http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/203 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:10:00 EST GSA is now on Twitter Read More ]]> Robert Shostak http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/202 http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/202 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:03:00 EST GSA Elections - Polls are Open! The official GSA elections will begin on Thursday, March 25 at 8:00pm and end on Thursday, April 1 at 5:00pm, and graduate students can vote through their Oasis accounts. https://oasisweb.uga.edu/

Candidates for GSA President

* Christian Avalon - Adult Education
* Jacob Cole - Journalism and Mass Communication
* Anna Ferguson - Journalism
* Richard Kerr - Veterinarian Pathology
* Jason O'Rouke - Public Administration
* Tyler Suggs - Political Science

Candidates for GSA Vice President

* Lee Moore - Professional Counseling
* Lauren Moret - Education Administration and Policy

Information about the candidates is posted on http://www.grad.uga.edu/archive/GSAElections2010.html.

Read More ]]> Robert Shostak http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/201 http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/201 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:18:00 EST Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference - Saturday, March 27! Conference Date: Saturday March 27, 2010, 10:00am-5:00pm

Location: 1st Floor of UGA's Miller Learning Center

Themes of Concurrent Sessions
Eyes, Women's Issues, Language, New Methods, Health and Society, Trauma, Speech, Environment, Arts, Spiritual, Disease, Food, International Health, Health of Profession, Learning

For a more detailed schedule and to view presenter's abstracts please visit the conference web site at: http://sites.google.com/site/ugaconferencesite/home

Read More ]]> Lauren King http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/200 http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/200 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:43:00 EST GSA Meeting Minutes -- Candidate Forum + Budget Update -- March 23, 2010

On Tuesday, March 23, 2010, GSA held a candidate forum for the 8 graduate students running for the President and Vice President positions of GSA. At the forum they each gave a short speech, then took questions from the current president and audience. After the forum, the GSA president provided a short presentation about the University of Georgia's current budget situation and its' possible impacts on graduate students.  

Thank you to everyone who attended.  If you were unable to attend, we encourage you to review the meeting minutes.  

Voting for GSA Elections will take place on Oasis beginning on Thursday, March 25th at 8:00 a.m. and ending on Thursday, April 1st at 5:00 p.m. 

Read More ]]> Jenna Drenten http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/199 http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/199 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:47:00 EST GSA Meeting Minutes - January 26, 2010 The first official GSA meeting of the semester took place on January 26, 2010.  Thank you to everyone who attended.  If you were unable to attend, we encourage you to review the meeting minutes.  Our next meeting will take place in February 2010, date and time to be announced.

Read More ]]> Jenna Drenten http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/198 http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/198 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:09:00 EST GSA Interdisciplinary Conference, New Extended Deadline! Because additional students want to participate in the GSA Interdisciplinary Conference, being held on Saturday, March 27, GSA is extending the deadline to submit research abstracts to January 31, 2010.  This will give students another chance to submit their research abstract and participate in the conference.

To find more information about how to submit abstracts, please visit our conference website at: http://sites.google.com/site/ugaconferencesite/home. Again, we want to emphasize that ALL disciplines and fields are invited and we are accepting very broad and creative interpretations of "health." Right now we have a lot of submissions in public health, psychology, and the sciences, but desire more submissions from additional fields. In addition, we are accepting abstracts for research in any stage, whether it is completely finished and published, in progress, or a future research proposal. We look forward to all the submissions. Please e-mail us if you have any additional questions at ugaconference@gmail.com.

Read More ]]> Lauren King http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/197 http://www.ugagsa.org/news/view/197 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:05:00 EST