Author: slfrank

Call for Volunteers~ Student Voices Action Committee

SUNY is looking for recommendations for students to serve on the Student Voices Action Committee for this coming academic year. It is a one-year commitment, with virtual meetings throughout the year. I’ve attached a press release from last year, for your information.

Students will participate in meetings with peers representing every sector of SUNY, from diverse backgrounds and fields of study. They come together to discuss emerging and critical issues facing students. Over the last year, they’ve informed numerous initiatives that have resulted in action – from mental health to food insecurity – directly benefiting students.

If you are interested, please email gsa-feedback@buffalo.edu with your name, major, current year, email and telephone number.

 

GSA Job Postings: Application Deadline June 18th

The GSA is currently hiring student staff positions for the 2021-2022 academic year.  Please see the descriptions of the Programming Coordinator and Hourly Associate Editor positions.  If you are interested in either of these postings, please email the required materials listed to the GSA Vice President, El Novak, at gsa-vicepresident@buffalo.edu by Friday, June 18th in order to be considered.  Applicants must be currently enrolled graduate students who have paid their mandatory student activity fee and must be able to serve for the full term of the position.

 

Grad Reps needed for PEI Oversight Committee

Three grad reps are needed for the PhD Excellence Initiative Oversight Committee. This committee plays a major role in determining the size of graduate departments going forward. However, the committee has run into a number of road blocks both in navigating the dean’s austerity policies, and in its reliance on an algorithm that has thus far not proven to be without bias. Which is all to say that having strong graduate voices on this committee can help to steer the committee and to make sure that graduate groups, like LSM, GSEU, and GSA, are aware of major decisions being made about graduate education at UB.

New reps would take over in late June. The committee will likely meet intermittently over the summer, and then every two weeks starting in the Fall.

The faculty oversight body has determined that the reps will rotate yearly, need to come from three of the four CAS divisions (Natural Sciences and Math; Social Sciences; Humanities; and Arts), and cannot be from any of the departments previously represented on the committee (so not from Chemistry, English, or Sociology, since the current reps come from those departments).

Please be in touch J Coley, jcoley@buffalo.edu, if you are interested in serving on the committee. And feel free to write to annash@buffalo.edu if you want more details about the committee and your potential role on it.

 

 

Survey on Health and Work Outcomes of Loneliness in Graduate Students

Hello,

I hope all is well. My name is Joel Hernandez, and I am an I/O Psychology Ph.D. student studying at SUNY Albany. I am reaching out to you as I, alongside my advisor, Dr. Ho Kwan Cheung, and fellow Ph.D. student Bhindai (Katie) Mahabir are recruiting graduate student participants for our survey that investigates the health and work outcomes of loneliness as we believe the experiences of graduate students requires further attention in psychology.

We will stress that your responses will be strictly confidential as we will not be collecting any personal identifiers within the main survey. This is to ensure that you can be honest in your answers without fear of being identified. Your compensation for finishing the survey is being entered into a raffle for one of three $50 amazon gift cards.

If you are interested in participating in this study, the link will be below.

https://albany.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3QTx5lCfJSJpf38

Thank you and if you have any questions you can reach out to me at jhernandez9@albany.edu or my advisor Dr. Ho Kwan Cheung, at hcheung@albany.edu or my colleague Katie Mahabir at kmahabir@albany.edu.

Best,

Joel.

Application Deadline Extended: GSA Job Posting for MDRF Director

The GSA is currently hiring an MDRF Director for the 2021-2022 academic year.  A detailed description of the position is attached.  If you are interested, please email the required materials listed to the GSA Vice President, Emily Novak, at gsa-vicepresident@buffalo.edu by Friday, April 23rd in order to be considered.  Training for the position will begin in early May and run through June.  The position will begin on July 1st, 2021 and will run through July 31st, 2022.  Applicants must be currently enrolled graduate students and must be able to serve for the full term of the position.

GSA Officer Election Results

The GSA Election Committee is pleased to announce the results of the 2021-2022 GSA Officer Elections:

President:
J Coley: 197
(32 abstentions)

Vice President:
Jennifer Schechter Powrie: 195
(34 abstentions)

Treasurer:
Joshua Joseph: 203
(26 abstentions)

These elected candidates will officially take office on June 1, 2021.

Thank you to all of the graduate students who participated in the vote!

Sincerely,

GSA Election Committee

Daniel Duran (EC Chair)
Tania Islam (EC)
Xingyu Chen (EC)
Mi Jin Jung (EC)
Gursimran Singh (EC)

Happy Retirement Gena!

As of April 1st, Gena Zimmerman has officially retired from the Graduate Student Association.  We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Gena and thank her for her 46 years of dedicated service to the organization.  The help and guidance she has provided to graduate students over the course of her career has been invaluable.  We wish her all the best as she starts this new chapter in her life!

Until further notice, please send all GSA related correspondence to Stephanie George at slfrank@buffalo.edu, or to any of the GSA E-board members if you need assistance.  Thank you.