Graduate Student Association

GSA Summer Hours and Temporary Office Location

Please note that as of Monday, May 13th the GSA will be operating on summer hours:

Monday – Thursday 8:30am – 4:00pm, closed on Friday (closed for lunch daily 1:00 – 2:00pm)

Additionally, due to the construction in the Student Union, the GSA office is being temporarily relocated to 306 Student Union as of May 20th. Staff will be working remotely for the majority of the summer, but we will still hold open office walk-in hours on Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 8:30am to 11:30am. Please plan accordingly.

All GSA staff and officers will be available by email for the summer. Please visit the Staff and Officers page on the GSA website for contact information.

Summer Events

Check out some of the great events GSA has to offer!

Provided by your mandatory student activity fee.

GSA Election and Referendum Results

The GSA Election Committee is pleased to announce the results of the 2024-2025 GSA Officer Elections and Referendum vote:

President:

Isaac Kolding: 333
(78 abstentions)

Vice President:

Sarah MacDougall: 336
(75 abstentions)

Treasurer:

Tamara Grosso: 338
(73 abstentions)

These elected candidates will officially take office on June 1, 2024.

Referendum:

That the student activity fee be MANDATORY for all graduate students: 269
That the student activity fee be VOLUNTARY for all graduate students: 142

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

Sincerely,

GSA Election Committee

Layne Jensen (EC Chair)
Jamison Garcia Ramirez (EC)
Nathan Lynch (EC)
Gollapudi Venkata Sai Revathi (EC)
Roisul Galib (EC)

Student Survey for VPAA Generative AI

UB’s VPAA Generative AI Task Force is looking for student opinions about AI! Complete the survey here: https://uboee.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3wOd2fuMD9yatuK

April Events

Check out some of the great events GSA has to offer!

Provided by your mandatory student activity fee.

March Events

Check out some of the great events GSA has to offer!

Provided by your mandatory student activity fee.

GSA Budget Survey

We would love to hear what you think about how GSA should compose its budget for next year! Please submit all responses by Monday, March 11^th.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScfLwmvgNsGUi-B0k0FmHq6OdNXStiQTgtZzCFIyZEdjVj4QA/viewform

Melanie March, GSA Treasurer
Isaac Kolding, GSA President
Sarah MacDougall, GSA Vice President

Broad Based Fee Consultation Period

The University is proposing an increase to students’ Broad-Based Fees by a total of $192. For graduate students, they are proposing to increase the Academic Excellence and Success Fee by $100, the Campus Life fee by $7.50, the Health fee by $36.00, the Technology fee by $31.00, and the Transportation fee by $17.50. There will be no increases to your mandatory student activity fee. Please let us know how these fee increases will affect you by emailing the GSA president, Isaac, at gsa-president@buffalo.edu. You can also share feedback directly with the University here.