Welcome Back!

Join us for the Second Annual GSA Kick-Off!

Saturday, September 13, 2008
Location: Fort Johnson on James Island

The GSA Senate Meeting scheduled for Friday, September 5 has been rescheduled for Friday, September 12.
The location is in the Tate Center.

How to sign up for the GSA events listserv: send an email to LISTSERV@listserv.cofc.edu with nothing in the Subject line and the following in the body of the email: subscribe GSAevents <first name> <last name> (hit the return/enter key).  IE: subscribe GSAevents Joe Smith

What can you do in 365 days?

Here's what the Graduate Student Association did:

• Became the official governing body for graduate students
• Recieved our own budget
• Raised around $3000 for Dance Marathon charity supporting MUSC's children's hospital
• Gained a seat on
  • the Board of Trustees Student Affairs Committee
  • The Campus Sustainability Committee
  • The Strategic Planning Committee
  • The Spirit Panel
• Formed three new graduate student organizations:
  • The History Program Student Government
  • The Education Program Student Government
  • The Green Graduates
• Met on a monthly basis to recognize studets' needs
• Elected our first officers
• Participated in Habitat for humanity blitz build
• Cosponsored events with SGA, such as the bike auction and blood drive
• Hosted the first social event for all graduate students at Grice Marine Laboratory
• Cosponsored a graduate student mixer with the student goverments for MUSC and the Charleston School of Law
• Watched our Interim President, Otis Pickett, speak at Graduation