UTD GSA meeting, April 5

meeting over elections for 2012-2013.

  1. If you have questions for any of the #utdgsa exec board candidates, please send them to @utdgsa! Meeting (and tweet chat) at noon today.
  2. GSA meeting begins in five minutes. Please send questions for the candidates. Elections begin tomorrow! #utdgsa
  3. President Lora Burnett: announces April 24 at 12:30, brown bag #poetry reading in GSA lounge by poet Andrea Witzke Leavy. #utdgsa
  4. 2012 year in review: it was great! Please send your feedback, too. #utdgsa
  5. Courtney Dombroski talks about #rawconf, and the great feedback from faculty and presenters. #utdgsa
  6. Sherry Clarkson Prize is still being evaluated. #utdgsa
  7. Our Facebook page has increased its reach exponentially since #rawconf. #utdgsa
  8. Website views at utdgsa.com has increased tenfold in the last month, mainly due to #rawconf publicity. #utdgsa
  9. What types of topics would you (all GSA members) like to submit or see submitted to the GSA website? #utdgsa
  10. Graduate life experience, projects you are working on, conference or publication news, etc...? #utdgsa
  11. What topic might motivate you to write 250 words for your colleagues on the GSA website? #utdgsa
  12. You could always write a blog post while you procrastinate writing your final papers... #utdgsa
  13. Spring Social: next Saturday, April 14, 2-5pm, all UTD A&H grad students and their families/guests are invited. #utdgsa
  14. Spring Social will be a picnic-type occasion; precise venue TBA. #utdgsa
  15. Elections: begin April 6. UTD A&H grad students will receive a link to the survey monkey via email. #utdgsa
  16. Candidates now speaking: Incumbent President Lora Burnett, running unopposed. Platform of professionalism for grad students. #utdgsa
  17. Lora Burnett speaks about importance of getting those new to the program involved in the GSA - strong, functioning committees. #utdgsa
  18. Incumbent Vice President Courtney Dombroski, running unopposed. Platform: expansion of #rawconf, creating longevity for #rawconf. #utdgsa
  19. Candidate for Secretary: Eda Sarac. Platform: involvement, mutual understanding, seeing more and different faces at GSA meeting. #utdgsa
  20. Candidate for Secretary (Incumbent): Sara Keeth: Platform: open access to information, connectivity for grad students. #utdgsa
  21. Candidate for Membership, running unopposed: Rebecca Sader. Platform: Social involvement of GSA members, variety of activities. #utdgsa
  22. Question for Rebecca: Do you have a plan for making new members feel more connected and welcome? #utdgsa
  23. A: While students also carry responsibility to join and socialize, it is the GSA's job to become more of a presence on campus. #utdgsa
  24. Lora speaks to the 1st yr grad students at the meeting today, this is "already a transformation in the visibility and reach of GSA." #utdgsa
  25. Q for Rebecca: how do we increase our reach in the building(s) itself? (A&H being spread out over several buildings) #utdgsa

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The Graduate Student Association provides professional development and social networking opportunities for graduate students in Arts and Humanities at UTD.

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