A&Mgradquestionasker

Account created in order to participate in askOGAPS concerning covid and graduate studies

[Marijo Gauthier-Berube @marijogberube]

@TAMU_OGAPS Thanks for replying but that's not an answer to the many issues we are actually facing when we are being denied support as an employee and support as a student. Other offices at #TAMU then might need to be aware of our student-employee status before they reject us.

[A&Mgradquestionasker @AMgradquestion1]

@TAMU_OGAPS Thank you! Do you expect that this will continue into the fall?

[A&Mgradquestionasker @AMgradquestion1]

Online classes have become a necessity for this semester. Grad classes are small and benefit from a personal connection. Is TAMU planning to continue with online courses for grad students, even with awareness of these negative affects on specialized research? #askOGAPS

[A&Mgradquestionasker @AMgradquestion1]

@TAMU_OGAPS will there be another session or forum for grads to ask questions about our positions and the COVID-19 crisis? Only 6 questions were answered and no follow-ups were answered in the 30 minute period. Or will you be extending this question period? #askOGAPS

[A&Mgradquestionasker @AMgradquestion1]

#askOGAPS can you give me a sense of what TAMU will be doing to help students who are about to enter the job market? Will there be an increase in fellowships or more TA opportunities, for instance? Can individual departments be granted money to higher recent grads as lectures?

[A&Mgradquestionasker @AMgradquestion1]

@TAMU_OGAPS @michaelportal #askOGAPS I wonder if you could be more specific about how? As stated many of us are underpaid by TAMU’s own standard?

[A&Mgradquestionasker @AMgradquestion1]

@TAMU_OGAPS This is useful. But I wonder if their are any financial resources that could be added to “student well being.” Will the school be assisting with medical care or increased health benefits?

[A&Mgradquestionasker @AMgradquestion1]

Tamu has means-tested resources for students. The 12th can has made their services open to all students during the COVID crisis. Are there any other financial, health, or other services that are open to all grad students at this time? #askOGAPS

[A&Mgradquestionasker @AMgradquestion1]

@TAMU_OGAPS #askOGAPS can you give me a sense of what these options look like? Will there be an increase in fellowships or more TA opportunities, for instance? Can individual departments be granted money to higher recent grads as lectures, for instance?

[A&Mgradquestionasker @AMgradquestion1]

@TAMU_OGAPS #askOGAPS can you give me a sense of what these options look like? Will there be an increase in fellowships or more TA opportunities, for instance? Can individual departments be granted money to higher recent grads as lectures, for instance?

[A&Mgradquestionasker @AMgradquestion1]

Texas A&M is not alone in instituting an (indefinite?) hiring freeze. For many graduate students, the collapse of the academic job market is all but an inevitability. What is Texas A&M prepared to do for its graduate students facing an increasingly uncertain future? #askOGAPS