Tuesday, February 12, 2008

GSA News & Changes

A few changes that the GSA has made this semester:

(1) GSA Travel Grant Awards

In addition to those who present papers or posters, the $400 annual GSA travel grant awards will now be eligible to students who travel to academic conferences for the purposes of job interviews. Supporting documentation is required. This change takes effect retroactively to include any interview in the 2007-08 academic year. For more information, see here .

(2) GSA Council Meeting Schedule

GSA Council meetings have always have been open to all Fordham GSAS graduate students; however, because of varying schedules of the meetings, students often did not know the dates and locations of GSA Council meetings. To address this, we have instituted regularly scheduled Council meetings. The schedule for the Spring semester is:

Mon. Feb. 25 - 11:30 - 12:45
Mon. Mar. 10 – 12:30 - 1:45
Mon. Mar. 31 – 11:30 - 12:45
Mon. Apr. 14 – 12:30 - 1:30
Mon. May 5 – 11:30 - 12:45


Meeting will be held in Keating 124.

All graduate students are encouraged to attend. If you would like a copy of the agenda, please email the GSA Vice President Gary Gabor at gsa@fordham.edu the preceding Friday.

(3) GSA Office Hours

In a similar vein, the GSA has scheduled regular office hours for 2007-08. If you have any questions / concerns, please stop by.

The Spring 2008 office hours are:

M 1:30 - 3:00
T 1:30 - 3:00
W 1:30 - 3:00
Th 2:00 - 3:30
F 1:30 - 3:00

The GSA Office is located in Keating B18.

(4) Health Insurance Survey

If you have not already done so, please take the time to take part in the GSA Graduate Student Health Insurance survey, available here . This information will help us to track student satisfaction with the different health insurance options available, and to better serve the interests of graduate students.

If you have any questions or concerns about these changes, or have any other issues which you would like to bring to our attention, please do not hesitate to contact us:

By Email: gsa@fordham.edu
By Phone: 718-817-4408
In Person: Keating B18

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