The Graduate Student Association

Attend November’s Graduate Council Meeting

All graduate students are encouraged to attend November’s Graduate Council meeting this Friday, November 6 at 5:30. We will meet on the fourth floor of the Stern Center.

Welcome from the Social Activities & Student Outreach Committee Chair

Welcome new graduate students,

On behalf of the Graduate Student Association (GSA), I would like to inform you of a few things available to you throughout your time at the College of Charleston. But fi rst a little bit about the GSA. The GSA’s primarygoal is to facilitate the relationship between graduate students and the College of Charleston community.

In addition, we bring unity to the graduate students as a whole in the form of social activities and student outreach.

The executive council board for 2009-2010:

President: Rachel Collins
Vice President: Jose Goncalves
Secretary: Hilary Lentz
Treasurer: Lindsey Graham

Meetings are the first Friday of the month at 5:45 pm on the 4th Floor of the Stern Center on George St. The first meeting for the 2009-2010 school year will be September 4th.

There are two senators from each graduate program. If you are interested in the opportunity to participate, please contact your program director to see if there are spots open. If the spots have already been fi lled, feel free to participate in the monthly meetings, events or even a committee (you do not have to be a senator to be on a committee). Elections for the following year’s offi cers are held in the spring, and you must have participated in the GSA for at least one semester to be eligible.

If you would like to know about graduate student happenings, make sure you sign up for the list-serv. You will get emails from the chair of the Social Activities and Student Outreach Committee informing you of upcoming events that are for the graduate student community. To register for the list serve is simple. You can use whichever email server you prefer. Just do the following: Send an email to LISTSERV@listserv.cofc.edu with no subject and the following in the body of the email:

subscribe GSAevents <your first name> <your last name>

Good luck with your upcoming fi rst year as a graduate student and remember, do not hesitate to contact your program’s senators, any of the GSA executive board offi cers, or attend any of the monthly meetings if you have any concerns or comments.

Sincerely,
Bryan Danson
Social Activities and Student Outreach Committee Chair
bryan.danson@gmail.com

Welcome to the 2009/10 Academic Year!

Fellow Graduate Students,

I would like to welcome you all to what I am sure will be another wonderful year at the College of Charleston.

For those of you who are new to the College of Charleston family, you are now a part of an excellent academic tradition and a stimulating graduate community. It is my greatest pleasure to be able to serve you as the President of the Graduate Student Association (GSA) for the 2009-2010 academic year. The GSA serves as the preeminent student government for the Graduate School at the College of Charleston, and has for the past three years helped to define and solidify the graduate students’ place on campus.

Even though the GSA is still rather young in comparison to the College’s long history, we have been able to accomplish many exciting things. Just a few of our involvements include participating in Dance Marathon raising money for the MUSC’s Children Hospital, raising money for the Lowcountry Food Bank through a jointly sponsored oyster roast with the Charleston School of Law, hosting a leadership luncheon open to all graduate students and holding monthly senate meetings to discuss the issues and concerns of all graduate students.
Our organization is more than merely a social outlet for students, but we strive to provide academic and philanthropic opportunities as well to facilitate a well-rounded experience here at the College.

The GSA was founded with three core values in mind: scholarship, service, and community. Through our many events and engagements we strive to uphold these values and therefore ensure the continuation and integrity of our organization. I strongly encourage each of you to attend a GSA meeting or a GSA sponsored event and get involved! This organization was built on the idea of bringing graduate students together and to enhance the already unique experience that is being a student at the College of Charleston. I look forward to meeting all of you! And Go Cougars!

Sincerely,
Rachel Collins
President
Graduate Student Association