President’s Report

Ayca Mazman

Office Hours

Tue & Thur: 2:30 – 5:00

Email: president.ucgsga@gmail.com

Office: (513) 556-6101

Safety Update

• A gang of 8 people were arrested as

suspects in multiple robberies that took

place around campus and had UC

students as victims.

• The suspect for the sexual assault that

took place in Steger Student Life Center

early September was arrested.

Winter Season Days

• http://www.uc.edu/hr/winter-season-days.html.

• While you’re probably aware that UC will be closed the entire

week after classes, critical services like Public Safety, NightRide

and UCIT will run normal hours, and other services will be open

for limited hours (Parking Services, TUC Bookstore, the campus-

to-campus shuttle). BTS Shuttles will not operate!

Airport Shuttle

• There is a student-run shuttle service from UC’s Main Campus

(CRC Circle) to the Cincinnati-

Northern Kentucky Airport (CVG) – free of charge, for all UC

students.

• Shuttle service is reservation-only, and will occur between

Wednesday, December 10 – Sunday, December 14th.

Spots are limited, so sign up as soon as you are certain of your

travel plans. Registration is open now and is located

here:http://tribunal.uc.edu/airport_ride/ar.php

• If you have any questions, please contact us at

UCAirportRide@gmail.com.

Old-New Business

• College-level representation

• UC Press Taskforce (External

Environmental Scan, Scope of

Publishing, Business

Model/Sustainability)

Research Fellowship

• Deadline: Friday, November 21, 2014 at

5pm EST.

• Submit all completed materials in 1 PDF file

to the Research Fellowship Committee via

email: UCResearchFellowship@gmail.com

• Interested in serving in the committee?

Contact me!

• Questions (but not applications!) can be sent

to president.ucgsga@gmail.com.

Research Fellowship

• Statement of Purpose. Maximum 3 pages double-spaced, with no less

than 1″ margins and 11 pt font. If the Research Fellowship will be used

for travel, the location and dates must be mentioned here. The

Statement of Purpose should detail your research project for a non-

specialized audience. Please answer:

– Who, what, why, how, and in what time frame.

– The current status of your research. Applications must be for continuing

research.

– The relevance of your research to related fields and the contribution that

your research will add.

– Goals and future plans for the project (such as conference presentation,

publication, etc.).

– How your research will benefit the University and the UC community.

– Detailed description of how you plan to spend your Research Fellowship and

justifications for your spending plan.

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Misc

• Student Code of Conduct The Division of Student Affairs is

conducting a rewrite of the Student Code of Conduct and by

board rules, two representatives from GSGA serve on this review

committee. Anybody interested? Let me know!

• Thanksgiving Dinner: Our annual Thanksgiving dinner is

approaching. It will be held on Tuesday, November 26 at 6pm in

Great Hall at Tangeman University Center. RSVP required.

Graduate Trustee report

To the General Assembly of the

GSGA

Wednesday, November 5th, 2014

Highlights of October 21, 2014

Board of Trustees Meeting• President’s Report – UC Nationally Ranked –

50 Rankings in the Top 50 – See www.uc.edu/UCdifference; UC earned the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine; 100 Years of the Bearcat; Presidential Awards for Excellence given to Professor Emeritus Ira Abrahamson, MD and James Kautz (Kautz Lecture Series benefactor)

Highlight of October 21, 2014

Board of Trustees Meeting • Presentations from UC Foundation and UC Forward Gold

Rush Documentary Project – transdisciplinary course between

DAAP and CCM – third year of documentary into Gold Rush

Extreme Race

• Greer Glazer – Dean of the Nursing School and Co-Principal

Investigator – presented the findings from a national survey on

Holistic Admissions in the Health Professions

• Honorary Degrees (to be given at December commencement

exercises) – Bob Herbold (former P&G executive, former COO Microsoft)

– Dean Kereiakes, M.D. (world renowned cardiologist and founder of Ohio Heart)

– Amb. Andrew Young (former US Ambassador to the United Nations, former Mayor of Atlanta,

civil rights activist)

Vice President’s Report

Bertin Ondja’a

Office Hours

Monday 8:00am – 9:30am, Friday 11:30am – 3:45pm.

Email: vicepres.ucgsga@gmail.com

Office: (513) 556-6101

Cell: (513) 309-6335

GSGA GRAD CUP

GRAD CUP is an annual event hosted by GSGA

• 2 activities: soccer and cricket

• 18 teams

• 154 players

• Please join us next year for another GRAD CUP

GSGA GRAD CUP CRICKET

TOURNAMENT

GSGA GRAD CUP SOCCER

TOURNAMENT

Group Registration• Last day to register with GSGA was October

17, 2014

• The following groups have not registered

1. CCM

2. Chemistry

3. Classics

4. Communication

5. English

6. Environmental & Chemical

7. Human Resources

8. Geology

9. Literacy

Group Registration

• If you haven’t held elections, please let

me know

• Group pages with list of officers and

advisors is not updated yet

• SALD

Please email Dr. Nicole Ausmer directly

for questions about SALD

October Group Grant Deadline

• 3 proposals requesting:$1915

• Amount available: $2140

• Next submission deadline: December

19, 2014

• Grant reviewers needed!

Group Budget

• Any questions/concerns?

GSGA Treasurer

UpdateNovember 4th, 2014

Sagil James

Fall Semester 2014 Office Hours:

Mon 3pm-5pm, Wed 2pm-5pm

Email: treasurer.ucgsga@gmail.com

2014-15 FYTD (From 07/01/14 to 11/04/14)

• Presenter Conference Travel Awards (n=111) $39,863.33

• Non-Presenter Conference Travel Awards (n=11) $1,088.00

• Research Fellowship Reimbursement $0.00

• Group Budgets $2,147.24

• Group Grant Reimbursements $320.00

• GSGA Expenses $8,933.51

• GSGA Officer Honorarium/Tuition/Fees $84,994.00

• TOTAL spent $137,346.08

of 410,636.00 available for year

GSGA Campus Ambassador

UpdateNovember 4th, 2014

Daniel Traicoff

Fall Semester 2014 Office Hours:

Mon 9am-11am, Tue & Thur 4pm-5:30pm

Email: campusambass.ucgsga@gmail.com

Website

• New website up and running!

• Officer Information not yet updated

• New website is mobile friendly

• Subscribe to our Google Calendar

Grad Café

• First student run very successful!

• Need someone to host for next week

(and beyond)

Attending Meetings

• Email sent out last week, 4 responses

• Let me know when your meeting is!