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presented: May 18th, 2007 presented to WPI Board of Trustees as the President of the WPI Graduate Student Government The conversion of the org chart slide to this slideshare format (not in my control) came out humorously horribly! As a first upload, I'm happy overall. filename: reintro4c template: m3pro3 (my own)
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Graduate Student Reportfor the
Spring Meeting of the Corporation
Merrill B. Lamont III
President, Graduate Student GovernmentWPI
18 May 2007
“Promoting Graduate Life”
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The Past
○ 6 officers of equal footing– “Co-chair is no chair”
○ Unorganized, unrecognized, stagnant
○ Trustee recommendations (Oct 2006)– Value proposition– Department-level bond
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Definition & Mission
The Graduate Student Government (GSG) is the governing body of the graduate students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
PromotingGraduate
Life
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Broad Goals
○ Representation– Grad Student
Voice– Address concerns– Promote general
welfare
○ Communication– Grads-Admin– Grads-GSG– Transparency
○ Academic– Curriculum
changes– Science Cross-Talk– Conference funding
○ Social– Fund clubs– De-stress events
○ Orientation– Welcome to
“Woostah”
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Products & Services
○ Conference Funding ($300 x 20)○ Student Organization Allocation & Funding○ Events
– TSA, ISO, CSSA, dance, Office of Grad Studies workshops
– End-of-semester parties, bowling, Valentine’s Ball
○ Science Cross-Talk (NEW!)○Meetings: Advisory Board & General Body○ Office Hours
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Major Issues
○ Housing○ Funding○ Parking○ Health Insurance○ Orientation
○ Czar: dedicated Executive Board member
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Graduate Student GovernmentOrganization Chart
President
VP ofOperations
VP ofFinances
VP ofEvents
DepartmentGraduate
Representatives
VP ofAdministration
Relations
VP ofStudent
Relations
CommitteeGraduate
Representatives
OrganizationGraduate
Representatives
Advisory Board
Executive Board
VP ofMarketing
PRE: Merrill LamontVPO: Girish Mali (CZH) VPM: Ivor RodriguesVPF: Kunal Atigre (CZP) VPA: Terumi Hisano (CZF)VPE: Amit Bagadia (CZO) VPS: Judy Shum (CZI)
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Science Cross-Talk (SXT)
○ Graduate student interactions: notoriously limited to within departments– Untapped potential!– Social & Academic Growth
○ Promote Inter-disciplinary Communication– One department hosting another– Intimate + informal– Lunch + mini-lecture
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SXT I: Phy @ ChemEng
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SXT II: Math @ ECE
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NAGPS
○ National Association of Graduate-Professional Students– Develop and sustain a member network to
connect graduate and professional students and their associations
– Provide resources and support to empower members
– Advocate on local and national levels on their behalf
○ Health Insurance option○ North-East Regional Coordinator
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Task Force
○ Strategic & Campaign Planning– Match President’s Vision with WPI’s
Strategic Plan
○ Understand & am a fan of UG program
○ Promoting Graduate Education○ Silent Pillar: Entrepreneurship
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Summary of GSG Changes
○ Re-evaluation of our Mission & Effectiveness
○ Restructuring– Appropriate levels of influence into
departments
○ Refocusing– Knowledge Bank
○ Science Cross-Talk (SXT)○ Nation-wide Connections (NAGPS)
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The Future
○ Stronger GSG– New President: Terumi Okano– Continue framework– Grow SXT
○ Personal Direction– Develop & Grow SXT (Consortium, …)– Leverage NAGPS Connections– Promote Entrepreneurship on campus