ISU GPSS

Official twitter page of ISU Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS)

[Iowa State Daily @iowastatedaily]

GPSS President Christine Cain said a petition required for Iowa State graduate students to vote on unionizing has reached around 550 graduate student worker signatures. https://t.co/L11o7IAIo5

[ISU GPSS @ISUGPSS]

Graduate students, we would like to invite you all to register and submit abstracts for our 12th Annual Graduate and Professional Student Conference, which is a free opportunity for graduate and professional students to highlight their work while practicing presentation skills!

[ISU GPSS @ISUGPSS]

While we are sad that Efraín will be leaving us, we are also excited to announce and welcome Charity as our incoming GPSS Senate Engagement Officer!
Charity was unanimously elected to take over the SEO position from Efraín in January 2024 at our general meeting this week.

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The Graduate and Professional Student Senate unanimously passed three measures, including one to uphold activities with the Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) office and a redistribution of unused funds. https://t.co/Ku8Els5Vm9

[ISU GPSS @ISUGPSS]

Hey everyone, friendly reminder that nominations for GPSS Teaching, Research, and Leadership Awards are due this Friday at 11:59 PM.

Nomination forms can be found at: https://t.co/eMGnqFE2hK

[ISU GPSS @ISUGPSS]

Hey everyone, just wanted to share this update regarding ISU discontinuing the CyCash system from the Division of Operations and Finance:

Iowa State will be discontinuing the use of CyCash on May 10, 2024.

For more information visit: https://t.co/nSLxjszEsy

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Efrain Rodríguez-Ocasio will step down as the GPSS Senate engagement officer at the end of the semester to work at a national lab in California and an election will be held to fill the vacancy during the next GPSS meeting. https://t.co/nVTHKheszH

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The Iowa Board of Regents will discuss study group reports and university recommendations for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at their meeting next week. https://t.co/YHbiOLg5su

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For a shot at competing in St. Louis, eight graduate students pitched a thesis Thursday. https://t.co/4ZoWH4kVIe

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Changes to the CYTown plan, the diversity, equity and inclusion report and a strategic plan update headline the agenda set for the November Board of Regents meeting, which will take place at UNI on Wednesday and Thursday. https://t.co/Zt4e8GOmn9

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Together, as graduate student workers, we show respect the dean and Graduate College administration for their service and recognize the continual challenges they face as we operate a public university more and more like a business. https://t.co/rkKaBqMhtM

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Not updated since 1976, the Iowa State task force team hopes to receive approval to initiate a new educational materials policy in the fall 2024 semester. https://t.co/3DDwu7nZ5A

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After a petition gathered more than 1,000 faculty and staff signatures, Faculty Senate spoke about the increasing health insurance policy. https://t.co/twpPONp2sg

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36 years without a name, a College of Veterinary Medicine building has been named after the founder of the United Negro College Fund, Frederick Douglass Patterson. https://t.co/FQPgQFTkDi

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Check out a recap of what the Board of Regents approved this week, and the requests the board made for fiscal year 2025: https://t.co/m5iC70A8kz

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In a presentation shown to GPSS, a member of GSV said they are nearly at the 10% mark with a total goal of 1,065 signatures to hold a vote for unionization. https://t.co/B7d7O0Nicw

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Alycia West, a graduate student in education, was confirmed as human sciences college chair and social media chair. https://t.co/B7d7O0NQ24

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In addition to the changes to copays and premiums, another big change to the plan is the removal of the waiver for mental health and substance abuse. https://t.co/vE9NIzukUG