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
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!
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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