Fall 2011
GPSO Staff Report
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GPSO FALL 2011 GENERAL REPORT
LaNita Gregory
Campbell, President
FALL 2011 SEMESTER GOALS
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Goal |
Accomplishments |
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Make
GPSO more sustainable. |
Made a concerted effort to document important information
regarding budgets, resolutions, and daily dealing of the organization. |
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Increase
funding opportunities for graduate students. |
Budgeted and distributed appropriate monies for research,
conference, and travel grants Promoted other campus-wide funding opportunities to
graduate students. |
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Promote
graduate community coalition and address issues that are relevant to student
well-being. |
Proposed resolutions and pilot programs on campus safety Developed better working relationships with the IUSA
president and other IUSA branches. |
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Provide
an ongoing mechanism for review and work on graduate student health care |
Identified a core group of graduate students that will
work closely with the Benefits officer to create proposals to present to IU
administration and Health Center Committee members. |
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Increase
representation and communication among assembly members |
Created an approachable and productive environment for
Assembly members and students from the larger graduate student community to
voice concerns. |
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Transparency
in procedural steps and shared knowledge/information |
Held representatives that serve on committees accountable
for relaying information to GPSO Assembly members and graduate student at
large. Shared voting, election, and hiring processes with
Assembly members. |
ADDITIONAL WORK
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With input from other officers, I
have attempted to professionalize Assembly meetings while also making them
more accessible.
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We currently have only three unfilled
committees of approximately 26 internal and campus-wide
council/committees.
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I began communication and created
working relationships with other graduate organization presidents from IUPUI
and MSU.
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I am working with the IU Student
Association (IUSA) to include more graduate and professional student issues
and voices as they begin to work on the VOICE REPORT.
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I am currently working with Stefan
Fletcher (MSU) to create a pilot program that allows graduate organizations
across the CIC to communicate more often and easier in order to share resources
and knowledge.
GPSO FALL 2011 EVENTS REPORT
Jennylynn Vidas,
Operations Coordinator
FALL 2011
SEMESTER GOALS
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Offer
a variety of events to reach the diverse graduate and professional student
population at IUB
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Attempt
to keep costs under budget while increasing attendance (don’t overspend for events
that won’t reach many people)
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Partner
with other departments/schools on campus as well as organizations/businesses in
the community
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ATTENDANCE |
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ORIENTATION WEEK EVENTS (BUDGET = $1500 FOR ALL EVENTS) |
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August 25, 2011 |
Get Oriented @
IU' Info Fair |
200 |
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August 26, 2011 |
Health Insurance
Q&A |
30 |
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August 26, 2011 |
FARM Root Cellar |
200 |
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August 28, 2011 |
New Grad Student
Picnic |
100 |
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SOCIAL NETWORKING HOURS (BUDGET = $250 OR LESS PER EVENT) |
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July 22, 2011 |
FARM Root Cellar |
90 |
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September 9, 2011 |
Nick's English
Pub |
75 |
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October 7, 2011 |
FARM Root Cellar |
80 |
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November 4, 2011 |
Yogi's Grill
& Bar |
75 |
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December 2, 2011 |
FARM Root Cellar |
100 |
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ACADEMIC EVENTS (BUDGET = $100 OR LESS PER EVENT, |
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October 28, 2011 |
Library Workshop
#1 |
7 |
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November 9, 2011 |
Tour of The
Kinsey Institute |
9 |
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November 11, 2011 |
Library Workshop
#2 |
11 |
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FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENTS (BUDGET = $50-$250 PER EVENT) |
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August 13, 2011 |
WonderLab Event |
25 |
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September 23,
2011 |
IMU Back Alley
Event |
80 |
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SPECIAL EVENTS (BUDGET = $250 OR LESS PER EVENT) |
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October 2, 2011 |
Oliver Winery Tour |
30 |
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October 13, 2011 |
BPP Event: BOMB l
SHELL |
45 |
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November 18, 2011 |
GPSO Night @ the
Opera |
40 |
SPRING
2012 SEMESTER GOALS
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Continue
to explore new and exciting event possibilities (venues, activities, workshop
topics)
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Increase
partnerships for events within the University community
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Increase
programming of relevant and innovative academic and professional development
events
UPCOMING
EVENTS
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GPSO
Social Hour, 7-9pm @ Crazy Horse (1/13)
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Ice
Skating at the end of January (date TBD)
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Night
at the Theater Valentine’s Event– The Boy in the Bathroom @ the BPP (2/9)
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PhD
Comics screening @ the IU Cinema (2/21)
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More
IUB Library workshops for grad students
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Patten
Lecture Series – Meet & Greet with visiting lecturers
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…and
MUCH more!
GPSO FALL 2011 COMMUNICATIONS REPORT
Anna Saraceno,
Communications Coordinator
FALL 2011 SEMESTER GOALS
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Goal |
Accomplishments |
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Make
new graduate students aware of GPSO’s mission, activities, and resources. |
Scheduled presentations by GPSO Executive Committee
members at 27 graduate department orientation sessions, reaching over 1500
graduate students. Distributed GPSO brochures, fall calendars, and health
insurance information. |
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Improve
GPSO’s online presence. |
Revamped and started regularly using GPSO Facebook group
and Twitter feed to disseminate news, resources, opportunities, and event
information to IU graduate students in venues they regularly use. Updated a large amount of content on GPSO website. Started
initial planning for complete website redesign. |
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Encourage
participation in graduate student opportunities and events. |
Distributed weekly e-newsletter to over 1400 IU graduate
students with news, opportunities, and events from the IU and Bloomington
communities. Solicited volunteers for research panels presented by the
Office of Research Ethics, Education, and Policy. Assisted in communications and recruitment to fill
graduate student positions on various campus committees. Established and facilitated planning committee to bring
PHD Comics film to the IU Cinema, which was requested by many IU graduate
students. Created and distributed Fall 2011 Graduate Student Survey. |
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Increase
transparency of GPSO practices, processes, and actions. |
Formed Graduate Student of the Month Committee to develop
official criteria and process for choosing award recipients. Added GPSO Assembly agendas to website, available a week
before each meeting. Created press release to announce Fall 2011 Travel Award
recipients, including information about money allocation and selection
processes. |
SPRING 2012 SEMESTER GOALS
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Work
with GPSO Executive Committee to analyze Fall 2011
Graduate Student Survey responses and formulate recommendations and plans for
improving GPSO practices, advocacy, and events.
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Collaborate
with staff from the University Graduate School to redesign GPSO website and
roll out a graduate student and alumni group on the Spirit of IU site.
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Distribute
Graduate Student of the Month judging criteria and solicit nominations from
faculty in diverse graduate departments and programs.
