Dear Fellow Graduate Students,
Are you interested in becoming involved in the Graduate Student Council (GSC)? Are you interested in advocating for student issues at the University level?
The Graduate Student Council elections will be held at our next general body meeting, Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at 7pm.
As per our Constitution, any graduate student shall be eligible to run for any of the executive board positions. Although there will be an election for each position, we would particularly like to emphasize that the following positions will be vacated at the end of the term:
If you are interested in running for these or any of the other positions the descriptions can be found below. Please email gsc_president@brown.edu if you are interested and attend our meeting next month.
- President
- VP of Student Advocacy
- Chair of Nominations
- Chair of Communications
- Chair of Finance
- Chair of International Advocacy
- Chair of Master’s Advocacy
- Chair of Social Events
- Chair of Student Life
- Chair of Technology
Together, the collective Graduate Student Council serves the following functions:
Within the graduate community, we:
- Serve as a forum for graduate students to express and act upon their concerns.
- Organize social events and activities that bring students together.
- Facilitate communication among graduate students via our website, wikis, email list-servs and social media channels.
- Oversee the only exclusively graduate student social space on campus—the Graduate Student Lounge.
- Distribute funding to support graduate student initiatives, group events, and research via a limited number of conference attendance awards.
- Select the Commencement Speakers and winner of the Wilson DuBlois Award and Bates Clapp Award for the Graduate School’s annual Commencement Ceremonies.
As the official liaison between graduate students and the University, we:
- Represent the graduate community at all levels of the Brown administration, advocating on issues of concern to graduate students.
- Appoint graduate student representatives to serve on policy-making committees within the University, across areas from parking enforcement and public safety to the recommendation of the University’s annual budget and the administrative policies of the Graduate School and its Student Handbook (decided by its administrative body, the Graduate Council).
- Inform students about developments at the University that affect us.