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)
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Washington, DC 20001
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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

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.

EGSA Secretary

Due to the resignation of Anastasia Stepanova as Treasurer, there is a vacancy in the Graduate Student Association’s Executive Committee.

Please note as stated in the GSA Constitution:

“In the case of removal or resignation of any officer, said officer shall be replaced by a vote of the Senate from any willing graduate students in attendance who have attended and signed in at two Senate Meetings within the past twelve months during the meeting at which the replacement election is held.”

Effective immediately, there is a call for nominations to permanently fill this position.

The GSA Senate voted at the October 4^th meeting to require that all nominations for this position be received 10 days prior to the November 1^st Senate Meeting and must be accompanied by a statement explaining each candidate’s platform. Therefore, all nominations must be received by close of business (4:30 pm) on Wednesday, October 18^th.

Please send all nominations to the GSA President, Jennifer Schechter at gsa-president@buffalo.edu.

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