Hello to all incoming international students!
Our international graduate student advocate, Ryan Hartigan, has written up some tips for incoming international students, in order to help you all navigate the oftentimes tricky housing market. This is a great resource, and points you to yet further resources. It’s a short PDF—please download and share!
Come toast the 2013 graduates on May 24th between 7 and 9pm in the Graduate Lounge!
TOAST IS AT 7:30 — SHOW UP EARLY SO WE CAN FIT YOU IN!
We will provide the champagne and delicious cake to honor this occasion and you just need to stop on by and enjoy! There will even be a toast from our own GSC President Matt Lyddon to wish the soon-to-be grads luck with their future endeavors 🙂
You can also stop on by the Campus Dance afterwards, which begins at 9pm on the Main Campus. Remember to get your tickets ahead of time.
Look for more details on the GSC website and on our Facebook page. Hope to see many of you there!
Brought to you by the 2013 GSC VPs for Social and Student Life,
Jill & Acey
Saturday, May 18th, noon to 4pm in the Graduate Lounge.
Moving in May? Getting rid of stuff? Do you really need a toaster, an area rug, or some kitchen supplies?
Come to the Bring-the-GSBB-to-Life Swap and Charity Drive!
This event is dependent on you! so bring anything you would like to sell, swap or donate to the Graduate Lounge on Saturday, May 18 between noon and 2pm. The more stuff people bring, the better it will be! This is basically a live version of what happens on the GSBB listserv every spring and fall here at Brown, it just gives us a chance to get a lot of it all done in one afternoon!
Besides household items, feel free to bring (clean) clothing that you are looking to swap or donate. This gives us all a good reason to go through those closets and pick out the things you know you never are going to wear again. Remember, one person’s last season’s sandals are another person’s new summer fashion!
Be sure to get there early if you are selling and swapping goods!
All charity items will be donated to Savers in Providence after the event.
We will even provide coffee and cookies to keep your energy levels up during your rummaging adventures 🙂
Hope to see you (and your stuff) there!
Brought to you by the 2013 GSC VPs for Social and Student Life,
Jill & Acey
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If you’ve answered yes to all of the above, we want to hear from you!
The GSC Executive Board is seeking to appoint an interim Master’s Advocate, to cover the period between the graduation of the existing postholder and the election of the next officer at the September GSC.
The Master’s Advocate position is an essential element of the GSC leadership, and this summer post in particular offers the chance to have a direct impact on the experience of new Master’s students on their arrival this fall.
The term of office will be June 1 – September 6 (the postholder will then be eligible to run for election for the Fall Semester, if desired). Duties will be light for most of the summer, but the postholder will need to be in Providence for the last week of August, and ideally from August 21 onwards. Presence at the International Orientation on August 23 and the Graduate School orientation on August 30 are essential.
If you wish to be considered for this position, please email GSC President Matt Lyddon by 5pm on Thursday, May 23, identifying your program, your summer availability, and any relevant organizational/advocacy experience.
No matter your department, area of expertise, or whether you spend most of your time in the lab or the classroom, we all have a little bit of that ‘geek chic’ spice and style in us 🙂
What better way to express how awesomely smart and stylish you all are than at the GSC Spring Gala on Friday May 10 from 9pm to 1am at the Rhode Island Convention Center in downtown Providence! Show off your fashions and flavor to your fellow Brown grads and enjoy a night of fun to escape finals season!
Just $5 each will get you two (2) drink tickets and delicious appetizers. Included this year are a grilled sandwich station and desserts too! Yum! Remember you also get a plus one so bring a friend or partner, just be sure to bring your Brown Graduate ID and both of your 21+ IDs.
Shuttle Service will go from 9pm to 1am from the Graduate Lounge (Charlesfield and Thayer) to the RICC and back.
Check out our Facebook page for more information!
Your Gracefully Geeky VPs of Social and Student Life,
Acey & Jill
Brought to you by the Graduate Student Council, 2013 VPs of Social and Student Life: Anne-Caroline Sieffert and Jill Thorson.
During the Doctoral Education Committee‘s meetings with the graduate student body on February 13 and 27, comments and suggestions were solicited from GSC representatives and the community as a whole. In order to facilitate this conversation about the goals of doctoral education at Brown, at its March meeting, the GSC passed a resolution regarding the Doctoral Education Committee’s charge to develop mechanisms for the standardized evaluation of doctoral programs. The first paragraph of that document follows. Please contact gsc_secretary@brown.edu with any questions.
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In order to reiterate perspectives and concerns that have been raised in meetings (Feb. 6, 27) between the Doctoral Education Committee and the student body of doctoral candidates with respect to the use of standardized departmental evaluations, we would like to officially make the following recommendations to the committee as it nears the end of its process. This document has a limited scope: it is meant only to address the use of standardized evaluations, and to argue that such evaluations should not be used to apportion any cuts to doctoral programs.
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Read the full text here.