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ISU GPSS

@ISUGPSS

Official twitter page of ISU Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS)

gpss.iastate.edu
Joined June 2014
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GPSS President Christine Cain said a petition required for Iowa State graduate students to vote on unionizing has reached around 550 graduate student worker signatures. iowastatedaily.com/?p=288934…
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Graduate students, we would like to invite you all to register and submit abstracts for our 12th Annual Graduate and Professional Student Conference, which is a free opportunity for graduate and professional students to highlight their work while practicing presentation skills!
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While we are sad that Efraín will be leaving us, we are also excited to announce and welcome Charity as our incoming GPSS Senate Engagement Officer! Charity was unanimously elected to take over the SEO position from Efraín in January 2024 at our general meeting this week.
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The Graduate and Professional Student Senate unanimously passed three measures, including one to uphold activities with the Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) office and a redistribution of unused funds. iowastatedaily.com/286253/ne…

GPSS passes DEI resolution, budget amendments

A Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS) resolution supporting DEI initiatives and amendments to the GPSS FY24 budget passed at the GPSS meeting.  Charity Njeshi, the College Chair for the...

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Hey everyone, friendly reminder that nominations for GPSS Teaching, Research, and Leadership Awards are due this Friday at 11:59 PM. Nomination forms can be found at: gpss.iastate.edu/students/aw…
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Hey everyone, just wanted to share this update regarding ISU discontinuing the CyCash system from the Division of Operations and Finance: Iowa State will be discontinuing the use of CyCash on May 10, 2024. For more information visit: inside.iastate.edu/bulletin/…
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Efrain Rodríguez-Ocasio will step down as the GPSS Senate engagement officer at the end of the semester to work at a national lab in California and an election will be held to fill the vacancy during the next GPSS meeting. iowastatedaily.com/284154/ne…

Iowa, UNI StuGovs “very cautious” to join resolution supporting DEI

During the Graduate and Professional Student Senate’s (GPSS) monthly meeting on Monday, the body’s Vice President Eddie Mahoney, a graduate student in computer science, said that the Student Govern...

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The Iowa Board of Regents will discuss study group reports and university recommendations for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at their meeting next week. iowastatedaily.com/?p=284946…
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For a shot at competing in St. Louis, eight graduate students pitched a thesis Thursday. iowastatedaily.com/285047/ne…

Three minute thesis: Graduate student competition

The Graduate College at Iowa State University hosted its eighth annual three-minute thesis competition final to showcase the best of the best within the college in terms of communication and public...

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Changes to the CYTown plan, the diversity, equity and inclusion report and a strategic plan update headline the agenda set for the November Board of Regents meeting, which will take place at UNI on Wednesday and Thursday. iowastatedaily.com/285377/ne…

University requesting changes to CYTown plans

Changes to the CYTown plan, the diversity, equity and inclusion report and a strategic plan update headline the agenda set for the November Board of Regents meeting. Here’s what to know heading into...

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Together, as graduate student workers, we show respect the dean and Graduate College administration for their service and recognize the continual challenges they face as we operate a public university more and more like a business. iowastatedaily.com/285494/op…

Graduate Student Voices: A response to the Graduate College

In the Iowa State Daily on Sep. 14, Dean William Graves of the Graduate College wrote an op-ed in response to recent publications about Graduate Student Voices (GSV) and our efforts to bring a vote...

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Not updated since 1976, the Iowa State task force team hopes to receive approval to initiate a new educational materials policy in the fall 2024 semester. iowastatedaily.com/285506/ne…

Improvements suggested for educational materials policy

The educational materials policy has not been updated since 1976. At the Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday, Steven Lonergan, Morrill professor in animal science, and Barbara Biederman, university...

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After a petition gathered more than 1,000 faculty and staff signatures, Faculty Senate spoke about the increasing health insurance policy. iowastatedaily.com/282518/ne…

Faculty, staff speak on insurance rates

Faculty spoke up about their concerns regarding their insurance rates rising during the Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday, just weeks after the Board of Regents approved a change to university insurance...

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36 years without a name, a College of Veterinary Medicine building has been named after the founder of the United Negro College Fund, Frederick Douglass Patterson. iowastatedaily.com/282119/ne…

Built in 1976, Vet Med building receives name

On Oct. 4, 100 years after he graduated from Iowa State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, Frederick Douglass Patterson’s name was honored upon the college’s main academic building.  The...

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Check out a recap of what the Board of Regents approved this week, and the requests the board made for fiscal year 2025: iowastatedaily.com/281624/ne…

Regents wrap up state appropriations requests, building project permissions

A two-day Board of Regents meeting featured increased state appropriations requests, STEM workforce initiative funding requests, the termination of a major, changes to employee health and dental...

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In a presentation shown to GPSS, a member of GSV said they are nearly at the 10% mark with a total goal of 1,065 signatures to hold a vote for unionization. iowastatedaily.com/281519/ne…

GPSS sees unionization update, elects college chairs

The Graduate and Professional Student Senate saw a program from Graduate Student Voices (GSV) regarding their efforts to unionize. GSV is a movement of graduate students at Iowa State who support the...

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Alycia West, a graduate student in education, was confirmed as human sciences college chair and social media chair. iowastatedaily.com/281519/ne…

GPSS sees unionization update, elects college chairs

The Graduate and Professional Student Senate saw a program from Graduate Student Voices (GSV) regarding their efforts to unionize. GSV is a movement of graduate students at Iowa State who support the...

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In addition to the changes to copays and premiums, another big change to the plan is the removal of the waiver for mental health and substance abuse. iowastatedaily.com/281542/ne…

Concerns arise as insurance rates increasing in 2024 for employees and students

At this week’s Board of Regents meeting, the proposed changes to the health and dental insurance rates are concerning faculty and students. Rates for ISU faculty and students registered for the...

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