GSA Office Winter Break Schedule

The GSA Office Winter Break schedule will be as follow:

  • Office open through Monday, December 18th
  • Office closed Tuesday, December 19th – Monday, January 8th
  • Office on Summer Hours Monday, January 8th – Friday, January 26th
    • Open Monday – Thursday 8:30am – 4:00pm, Closed on Fridays
  • Office closed Monday, January 15th for MLK Jr. Day (University Closed)
  • Regular Business Hours resume Monday, January 29th

NAGPS Action Plan, Call Congress Day

As you know, the House’s plan includes tax​ing  tuition waivers, and eliminates deductions for people paying off their ​student ​loans.​

​The next step is to convince ​Congress to remove these provisions during reconciliation of the House and Senate plans.

Attached is ​a summary of our action plan for the upcoming weeks. Here is our event page for upcoming Call Congress Days including a call script for addressing ​​Section 117(d) when speaking with the offices of your Senators and Congressional Representatives. Here is our petition on change.org.

​Please share these with your constituents and campus partners.

​Please also share your call day results with us, and use #ReworkTheReform on social media​. Thank you for your efforts.

If you have any questions feel free to email legislative@nagps.org.

Best,

Joe

Joseph Verardo
Vice-President
National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS)
1050 K Street NW #400
Washington, DC 20001
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3 Minute Thesis Competition ~ Prepare to Enter!

Prepare your 90-second audition video now.  Enter between 11/27-12/8 for a chance to win $1,000 in UB’s 3 Minute Thesis Competition!

This spring, UB’s Graduate School and Blackstone LaunchPad are hosting the University’s second annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition. This competition provides doctoral students a unique and invaluable professional development experience and competition winners are awarded monetary prizes:

$1,000     1st Place
$750        2nd Place
$500        3rd Place
$250        People’s Choice, selected by the audience

Doctoral students currently enrolled at the University at Buffalo and actively engaged in dissertation research who have completed their Application to Candidacy are eligible to participate. A competitive candidate should have a well-conceived dissertation project, compelling data collected and a novel story to share. Work presented must have been conducted at the University at Buffalo for the student’s current degree program.

Participants must be available to present, in person, at the 3MT Competition on Friday, March 2, 2018 in the UB Center for the Arts Screening Room.

For Information on how to enter, visit the 3MT Website:  grad.buffalo.edu/3mt

Registration opens: Monday, November 27 at 9:00 a.m.

Registration deadline: Friday, December 8 at noon.

The Graduate School is pleased to provide the 3MT Competition in collaboration with UB’s Blackstone LaunchPad.
Questions?  Please contact us at gradprofessionaldevelopment@buffalo.edu

Come join GSA for the 14th Annual Jingle Jangle Jam!

Friday, December 1st from 7:00pm – 11:00pm at Templeton Landing

(2 Templeton Terrace Buffalo, 14202)

Open Bar, Buffet Dinner, Music and Prizes!!

Tickets on sale now at the SBI Ticket Offices (221 Student Union and 135 Diefendorf Hall) for $20 each/$25 at the door (if still available).  2 per UB ID.

Student Council for Inclusive Excellence

Hi everyone,

I am writing you all on behalf of the Student Council for Inclusive Excellence to inform all of you of a great opportunity to encourage diversity, inclusivity and equity on our campus.

Currently, we are looking for new members as a number of our members graduated this past May.

The student council serves as a branch of the Office of Inclusive Excellence Council, which is comprised of faculty, staff, and alumni. The student council meets once a month with the Vice Provost of Inclusive Excellence to advise her on diversity concerns regarding students.

The minimum responsibility of the council is to attend the monthly meeting in an advisory capacity, but it can be what the council members make of it. The council membership is yearly, with no meetings during winter break.

The council is open to any student, graduate or undergraduate, traditional and non-traditional; we’d like to see a diverse group of individuals who show interest in making UB a more inclusive place. Vice Provost Miller is primarily looking for students who have leadership experience or have a great potential for being a leader on campus.

This is a great opportunity to be more involved on campus as well as a chance to make UB a better place for every type of student.

If you are interested in joining the council or would like more information, please email me at cj69@buffalo.edu.

Please contact me by next Tuesday if you are interested in joining.

Best,

Christiana Johnson

 

Call for Co-Sponsors ~ English GSA

An English PhD hopes to bring Nick Mullins, who writes the Thoughtful Coal Miner blog, to UB, both to talk and possibly screen Blood on the Mountain. There’s a press release describing Mullins’ work attached.

The talk would take place either 10/23 or 10/24.
Josh Flaccavento has secured some funding from Dr. Schiff and the Ecocriticism Reading Group. However, in order to make the trip to Buffalo worthwhile for Mullins, he is attempting to secure further funding/co-sponsorship.
If your department or GSA is interested, please either reply to this email or contact Josh directly at jfflacca@buffalo.edu.
Thanks,
Macy McDonald

EGSA Secretary