USF Graduate Student Senate

We hope everyone had a great time at USF night at Oracle park cheering on our SF Giants! If you didn’t make it to this event, no worries. Stay tuned for more fun events at USF! ☺️

Have a great weekend!

Calling All USF Graduate Students!!! We would like to invite you to participate in our GSS Academic Showcase at USF! This is an opportunity to present and finished or unfinished research you have been working on or completed. Rules and guidelines are listed inside the application! Plus, get the chance to win some awesome prizes!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

LINK TO APP: https://forms.gle/DFKeWHgZbvC4ybKj6

Calling all Graduate students! Please fill out this survey so we can better understand and support our USF graduate community. 🙂

https://usfca.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1A038p9aZQrNGqW

2021-22 Graduate Student Senate Survey 2021-22 Graduate Student Senate Survey

The GSS would like to thank all students who participated in this year's Academic Showcase. All participants demonstrated our university's commitment to excellence and presented the potential to change the world from here. We would also like to recognize our two winners, April Qianyun Li and Zefitret Abera Molla, for their exceptional reports. To see this year's submissions, please visit the link below.

https://myusf.usfca.edu/graduate-student-senate/showcase/academic-showcase-submissions

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Calling all Dons! Elections for GSS end TODAY! Take a look at some of our amazing candidates! Please vote today at https://usfca.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2gi8mbVzZMHjlk2

GSS and the Scool of Management invite you to join a webinar at 11am this Friday, March 26th, covering how 2020 impacted Black business leaders. See below for more information on our speakers and how to register. We look forward to seeing you there! (Three students who join and participate in the discussion will win Air Pods or an iHome Mini! 🤑)

Registration Form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdnxSSim2KvASTxrilcARujnIjEaLGr8oYIEg51VtpjQBGLmQ/viewform?gxids=7628

USF GRAD STUDENTS 🎓 🤓Show off your research and WIN BIG PRIZES 🤑💸
Submit a 5-10 minute video of you presenting on previous, current, or even unfinished work to the link below and be entered to win!! It’s that easy!! Winners will be announced through social media and be contacted via email. We look forward to seeing your research!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1toLY4aLLOdPCnGTa-ga2skYsMQidn3GqzaaJqY_ZKZM/viewform?ts=603441d6&edit_requested=true

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Join our next GSS meeting, this Thursday (11/5) at 6PM to listen in on the latest events affecting our graduate education. There will also be a surprise guest speaker!

https://usfca.zoom.us/j/8028756636

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USF Graduate Students! We would like your feedback on topics for our next Town Hall, November 19th. Please use this very short Google form to provide us with questions you have about spring semester/remote learning/anything USF related. Thank you!! http://forms.gle/nqchjhHDHsPjYE3X6

Graduate Student Feedback for November Town Hall Please provide the Graduate Student Senate with some questions you have about the upcoming semester, so we can invite the appropriate panelists you'd like to hear from.

In this time of uncertainty, it is important that our fellow graduate students are aware of financial resources and events that provide them with the skills to take control of their financial future. Learn about the USF Student Life Emergency Fund and other resources at https://myusf.usfca.edu/hps/wellness-matters/financial

HPS Financial Wellness | myUSF Financial Wellness 72.1% of students feel stress about their personal finances and close to 60% of all students report that they worry about having enough money to pay for their education (nasfaa.org). Managing finances can be challenging especially on a student budget. Financial stress may compromi...

This Thursday (9/10) at 6:30pm, the GSS will be hosting a webinar to answer any questions graduate students have about the fall semester. In this 60-minute webinar, Vice Provost for Institutional Budget and Planning & Analytics Jeff Hamrick will go over how graduate students' tuition is being used in the 20-21 school year to advance their education while learning takes place remotely. Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Shirley Mcguire and Vice President of Student Life Julie Orio will be on hand to discuss the academic changes taking place in the fall semester. GSS President Rudra Sisodia will also briefly go over free resources available to all graduate students.

Register now! https://usfca.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sirPBtvrR7-OxH4LWBTg5A

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: GSS Town Hall 9/10: Following Your Tuition. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. In this 60 minute webinar, Jeff Hamrick, Vice Provost for Institutional Budget and Planning & Analytics, will go over how graduate students' tuition is being used in the 20-21 school year to advance their education while learning takes place remotely. Jeff leads the forecasting and modeling of the b...

USF graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), there are still two positions as CAS student representative positions left! The position is 4 hrs/wk and is compensated. For more details on that position and others, please apply though https://myusf.usfca.edu/sle/graduate-student-senate

GSS would like to congratulate another of our departing senator as she graduates this term. Thank you for all the hard work you have put in! Few words from her as she steps into new phase of life.

“Thank you for the opportunity to represent GSS as their senator for the School of Nursing and Health Professionals this school year. Despite the challenges we have faced this semester, I am grateful for what we have been able to accomplish. I’ve enjoyed collaborating and working alongside leaders from different disciplines working on supporting the betterment of graduate students.”

GSS would like to thank our departing Senator for all her work and wish her all the best on her future endeavours as she is graduating this term. Few words from her as she steps into a new phase of life.
“It has been an honor to serve as a GSS SONHP Representative and the Board of Trustees Committee on Information Technology Graduate Representative. GSS has given me the wonderful opportunity to work with a driven and empowering group of students with the similar goal of supporting our graduate students development, cura personalis. I hope the very best on all future endeavors the next senate will embark on. Thank you for the memories, and cheers to the Class of 2020!”

Our VP of Mission is graduating this term. We would like to thank her for all her work she has done for the graduate community and wish her all the best on her future endeavours! Some words from her about her experience in GSS.
“I have been honoured to serve as VP of Mission over the last academic year. It was wonderful being part of such amazing team, working together to help address the needs of our graduate community.”

Congratulations to our Vice President of Internal Affairs as she graduates at the end of this term. We would like to wish her all the best on her future endeavours and thank her for services. Few words from her about her experiences at GSS.

“Being in GSS has taught me about leadership and teamwork. I enjoyed working with the executive team and senators! GSS has pulled me out of my comfort zone and I learned what it means to work with leaders who care about engagement!”

Congratulations to our President as she will be graduating this term. GSS thanks her for all the work she has put in and wishes her all the best in her future endeavours. Few words on her experience with working with GSS as the President.

“It has been my pleasure to serve on the Graduate Student Senate for the past 3 years with my most recent position as your president. This has truly been a time of personal and professional growth that will stay with me as I transition into the role of a pre-doctoral psychology intern for my final year at USF. My wish for the oncoming Senate is to persevere in creating opportunities for face-to-face engagment with fellow graduate students, strive to develop stronger relationships with folks at the Beyond-the-Hilltop campuses, and most importantly have fun in the process!

Cheers to your new GSS President Rudra, and the new senate!”

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Good morning students! If you missed the email from Student Leadership and Engagement, here is the reminder to vote!
The Dons Elections for 2020-21 have begun! Learn about the candidates running for office in ASUSF Senate and the Graduate Student Senate. Choose your representative to voice your concerns. Vote before Friday, April 24 at 4 p.m.
This is the link:
https://myusf.usfca.edu/sle/elections/vote

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Dons Vote!
Monday, April 20–Friday, April 24

The Dons Elections for 2020-21 have begun! Learn about the candidates running for office in ASUSF Senate and the Graduate Student Senate. Choose your representative to voice your concerns. Vote before Friday, April 24 at 4 p.m.

To view candidates and vote: https://myusf.usfca.edu/sle/elections/vote

Vote on the representative positions of ASUSF Senate and Graduate Student Senate. It's your school, your voice, and your vote!

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For those interested in Graduate Senate student positions but got caught up in other responsibilities the past few weeks, the application cannot be reopened unfortunately, but students can still run as write-in candidates.

Students who want to run as write-in candidates should email [email protected] with their name, what position they intend to run for, and stating that they intend to run.

Please share this information with any other students who have expressed interest.

To all graduate students, please join your student government for our general meeting this Thursday (April 2nd) at 7 PM using this zoom link:
https://usfca.zoom.us/j/283507324
Meeting ID: 283 507 324
We will be discussing the matter of moving funds into the emergency student funds and where our efforts are going to be redirected during these pressing times in order to serve both the student body and our university community.

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The Student Academic Showcase has been cancelled. We are working to redirect those financial resources and our efforts towards alleviating the ongoing situation to better match our student's needs.

Good afternoon Graduate Student! Thank you for visiting our pizza stations and filling out the survey! We would like to apologize for not having everyone’s degree/program on that particular question and will make those changes for the future.

TODAY (3/5/2020)! GSS General Meeting from 7 pm - 8 pm at Malloy 405. All graduate students welcomed to the meeting!

Are you interested in running for Graduate Student Senate? Application is open and will close March 27th! https://myusf.usfca.edu/sle/elections/run

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Want your voice heard? Take the graduate student survey today (3/3/2020) at Cowell 316 from 11:00 am- 12:30 pm! FREE PIZZA!!! 🍕🍕🍕

Thank you for everyone who attended the glow golf event!