gpsc executive board: who we are and what we do! 2012-2013
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GPSC Executive Board: Who We Are and What We Do!
2012-2013
Bill Hunt-President-20-30 hours per week. GPSC Meetings. University Priorities Committee. BoT Committee for Institutional Advancement. Graduate Advisory Board. NAGPS. PCOBA . West Union Advisory Board. DUU Board… et cetera…et cetera
Vice PresidentName: Shannon O’Connor
Hometown: Billings, Montana
Undergraduate Institution: Johns Hopkins
University
Academic Program: MD/PhD student,
department of Biomedical Engineering (4th
year)
Former GPSC Position: GA rep for the Medical
School
Research: Cartilage Tissue EngineeringGoals:
Help facilitate efficient, effective, and interesting meetings.
Connect people, and provide the foundation and support for new exciting endeavors!
Vice President• Chair meetings every Tuesday
– GA meetings: schedule, set agendas, coordinate speakers, make room reservations, organize meet the rep, answer emails, anticipate questions
• Cast deciding vote if there’s a tie!
– Exec meetings: schedule, set agendas, answer emails– Set up food schedule– Assure everything runs smoothly! Make it fun!
• I’m the “go-to” person for internal affairs of GPSC– Committees– Executive Board chairs– Coordinate contact between schools when requested– Edit GPSC news
• Organize Retreat– Goals, speaker, venue, food, agenda, run
• Coordinate with the President – Make sure the organization is meeting its goals– Attend functions, meetings with administrators and BoT, etc
• Make sure people’s time is well spent!
Attorney General
•Who is this obnoxiously dressed guy?•What does he do?•Why should you want to do what he does when he graduates in May?
Who am I?
Name: Chris Marsicano
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Undergraduate Institution: Davidson College
Academic Program: Master of Public Policy
Former GPSC Position: Member of the General Assembly
Research/Academic Interests: The manner in which colleges
and universities operate and participate in community and
economic development.
What do I do?
• Chief Judicial Officer of GPSC• Responsibilities:
– Act as Parliamentarian for the General Assembly– Review By-laws each year for revisions– Chair Judicial Committee– Serve on Executive Committee– Try cases of gross misconduct within the General
Assembly and Executive Board
Why should you do what I do?
• The by-laws are super fun… well they will be.• You get to work with a dedicated, fun group of
people in the Judicial Committee.• You get $100 (Well, not you, but the
committee… Nanataco anyone?).• You get to hang out with the Executive
Committee (and they are relatively cool too).
TreasurerAmol Yadav
• Who am I ?o 3rd year PhD student, BME
o Spinal cord stimulation for treating Parkinson's Disease
• What I do ?o Manage GPSC accounts, approve
expenses, maintain receipts and reimbursements and prepare annual budget.
o Chair Finance committee, manage student groups funding
• What I’ve tried this year: o Make funding process more
transparent, easier and peaceful.
o Update GA regularly about finances
o Research current fee structure
Executive Secretary
Who Am I ?
Pamela Mosley
▪ 3rd Year Chemistry PhD student
▪ Double Dukie
▪ 2nd year in GPSC
Executive Secretary
What I Do:
apportionment (create/update GPSC rep list)
GPSC rep listserv (add/delete subscribers)
attendance and rep placards
take awesome meeting minutes
CHELSEA GAW- UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS
DUTIES
• Coordinate with NAGPS
• Reach out to various campus groups
• Serve on Various Campus Committees
• Place individuals on University Committees
Pan Wu, Academic Officer
Hub between Students and various Academic Offices:1. students -> academic offices2. academic offices -> students3. gather and maintain academic affairs information
Consult with students regarding academic-related questions and concerns
LibraryGraduate School academic affairs
Career CenterStudent health center
CAPSOmbudsperson
Graduate student affairs
Student Group Liaison– Brad Hover
• Originally from Essex, UK• Unoriginally from Ithaca, NY
– 4th Biochemistry PhD student• Mechanistic enzymology in
pathogenic bacteria
– 4th year in GPSC
Student Group Liaison– What would you say you do here?
• “I’m a people person”
– Job: • Connecting student group leaders with GPSC and UCAE • Connecting student groups with other student group• Organize student group affiliations with GPSC:
– Fund code applications– Managing DukeGroups for GPSC-affiliated clubs– Processing affiliation applications for new and old GPSC clubs
• Monthly meetings with UCAE – Discuss student groups and their accounts
• Serve on finance committee – Decide on student group funding
Student Life Co-Chairs
Alexis Mann
• 3rd year, JD/LLM Candidate
• 2nd year as a Student Life Co-Chair and 3rd year with GPSC
• Yale '09
• Swim Team
• Interests: swimming, running, cooking, reality TV, craft beers, traveling
Andrew Schicho
• 2nd year, PhD Candidate Mechanical Engineering
• 1st year as a Student Life Co-Chair and 2nd year with GPSC
• URI 2011
• I love all sports outdoor activitiesand Duke Basketball!
What We Do
• Organize all events related to Student Life
• Thirsty Thursdays
• Football Tailgates
• Basketball Tailgates
• Brewery Tours
• Beer/Wine Tastings
• Winter Formal
• Bar Crawls
• Durham Bulls Outing
• Brewery Tours
• Speed Dating
• Tickets to Games, NC Fair
Community Outreach Coordinator
Daniel Brown• Who I am
o 4th Year Toxicology PhD Candidateo I like doing community serviceo Gym rat/IM sports weekend warrior
• What I doo Organize Community Outreach programso Improve Duke Grad/Durham relationship
• My goalso Increase graduate student volunteerismo Generate a volunteer facebook pageo Attach GPSC brand to volunteerism
Time and Vision
• Depends…2-3 hrs per week, 5-6 hrs per event, planning, emails, arranging contacts…
• Utilize facebook group to increase volunteer awareness
• Encourage volunteerism in graduate students by competition (school that logs the most volunteer hours)
Career and professional development chairNick Brandley
- Work with graduate school specific staff on career and development issues
- Search committees (hiring)- Event planning- Focus groups
- Work with the alumni association on increasing grad/prof school involvement and opportunities
- Small budget to fund student events that do not meet normal funding criteria
- Communicate events of wide interest to the GA and constituents
Communications Coordinator
• Chris Rowland• 4th yr BME PhD• Cartilage Tissue
Engineering
Communications Coordinator• Maintain listserves: Moderate messages, add/delete
subscribers (4hrs/yr)• Maintain GPSC Website: Update site content, meeting
minutes, policy changes, funding deadlines, schedules, and announcements (20hrs/yr)
• Attending GA/exec meetings (2hrs/wk)• Upload events to Events@Duke Calendar (1hr/wk)• Email: handle event submissions, questions, and
complaints• Write the GPSCNews 7hrs/week
– Figure out which events are going in the news (1hr)– Figure out the order of events, the Did You Know “tip”, the Free
movies (1hr)– Formatting hyperlinks and content in HTML (5hrs)
Something Fun/ AwesomeEvents are
ordered by Impact, then chronologic
Events are numbered for easy reference and hyperlinked
Awesome tips, resources, facts
2 FREE movies every week! Thanks to DUU
All titles are hyperlinked to more information
*All locations are hyperlinked to Duke maps or google maps!
All names are hyperlinked to email