GPSC welcomes any graduate or professional students wanting to get involved. Here are a few ways; contact gpsc@email.arizona.edu for more information.

Become a Representative

Be the voice of and for your peers. As a Representative, you’ll take part in our meetings, serve on GPSC committees, and sit on Univeristy-wide committees. We also have funds for Representative Projects, so you can develop and implement ideas to better graduate and professional student life.

The following constituencies have vacancies (as of April 2008):

College of Business and Public Administration, Non-MBA

College of Education

College of Fine Arts

College of Medicine, MD (2 seats)

College of Medicine, Non-MD

College of Nursing

College of Public Health

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (2 seats)

Non-Degree Seeking Students

At-Large

Join an Internal Committee

There are four internal committees GPSC uses to accomplish its mission of furthering the academic, economic and social aims of graduate and professional students. While Representatives are required to be on these committees, we welcome any other graduate or professional students looking to get involved. Contact the chair of each committee for more information.

• Graduate Student Policy – This committee deals with issues relating to academic and employment policies affecting graduate and professional students.

• Graduate Student Relations – This committee deals with GPSC’s communications with our constituency. It’s in charge of the publication of our newsletter, the Grad Cat.

• Appropriations – This committee handles Club and POD Funding requests.

• Student Life / Outreach – Also known as the Social Committee, this committee organizes GPSC social events, such as Speed Dating and Happy Hours.

Apply for a Director’s Position

To help with the running of GPSC events and programs, we employ three paid directors, Events, Grants, and Research and Policy. The incoming GPSC Officers will appoint these positions. Formal announcements of the openings will take place after all elections have been completed and the new Officers have been inaugurated (usually occurs mid to late April).

• Events Director – The Events Director coordinates and plans four large events including: Graduate Orientation in August, Student Showcase (UA) in October, Student Showcase (Phoenix) in February, and Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week in April. This appointed position is a 12-month 1/2-time GA-ship.

• Grants Director – The Grants Director administers the GPSC Travel Grant Program. This appointed position pays by the hour.

• Research and Policy Director – The Research and Policy Director will perform research, and various other tasks, under the direction of the GPSC President. This appointed position pays by the hour.

Be a Travel Grant Judge

The GPSC always needs graduate and professional students to act as judges for the GPSC Travel Grant program. This is a great way to add some service to CV or resume.Also, by judging applications, you will learn more about the evaluation process, and increase the quality of your grant applications in the future. Contact gpscgrant@email.arizona.edu if you are interested.

Volunteer

GPSC has many events throughout the year for which we need extra hands - everything from registration at Graduate Orientation, to carrying snacks to Movie Nights. This is a great and simple way to get involved without a huge time commitment. Prefect if you just want to find out more about the GPSC and what we do.