recent appointments to councils and committees

the GSS has recently made the following appointments:

tom heydt-benjamin and julia beyer to the faculty senate's graduate council
arnold ssali to the faculty senate's health council
sally greenhouse and jeannie-marie brown to the university's arts council
nancy deprosse to the university's search committee for the new director of housing
tom taaffe to the university's search committee for the new vice chancellor for the center for student development.

all graduate students with an interest in serving on faculty senate or university councils and committees should contact me at gss-pres@resgs.umass.edu. this is a good way for grad students to provide input into university governance. i am especially interested in finding representatives for the following committees:

the faculty senate's research council
the faculty senate's program and budget council
the faculty senate's status of women council
the faculty senate's status of minorities council
commuter services and housing resource center advisory board (you must be a parent to serve on this committee)

there are also a number of standing and ad hoc GSS committees that we would like to fill, such as child care committee, finance committee, space issues committee, research committee, communications committee, social committee and elections committee. these committees are where much of the work of the graduate student senate gets done. there is no upper limit to involvement in these committees, and the more participation, the better. to get on one of these committees, you need to be appointed by the senate. contact me for more details.