Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Graduate Student Advisory Council (GSAC) representative

Timestamp:

11/03/08 08:01:06 (17 years ago)

Author:

jps@…

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Graduate Student Advisory Council (GSAC) representative

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 == What the handbook says ==
 
-''Currently, the GSAC is the student voice in governance of the Graduate
-School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS). The Council meets regularly with the
+''Currently, the [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gsac/ GSAC] is the student voice in governance of the [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gsas/ Graduate
+School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS)]. The Council meets regularly with the
 GSAS Dean and other GSAS officers to provide advice on GSAS policy and
 raise issues of common concern. Each September, the Astronomy Graduate
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 == Additional information ==
 
+GSAC meetings occur the last Tuesday of every month at 8 pm in Philosophy 301. It is the policy of GSAC is that for a department to be in "good standing", the department's GSAC representative or a proxy from the same department must attend all meetings throughout the academic year with two allowed absences. Departments who do not meet this obligation are considered to lose "good standing" and are ineligible to receive funding from GSAC funds (which are collected from student activities fees paid by every GSAS student).
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+Every two years or so, GSAC elects three student representatives to the [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/ University Senate]. One of the students must be from the natural sciences, one from the social sciences, and one from the humanities. Currently, an astronomy student is the natural sciences representative from GSAC.
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