GSA
Graduate Student Association
Events
Friday June 27- Buffalo Bison Baseball Game vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees at Dunn Tire Park, 7:00pm
Tickets will be $3 each (date available to be announced)
Friday July 11- Buffalo Bison Baseball Game vs. Louisville Bats at Dunn Tire Park, 7:00pm
Tickets are sold out
Friday July 25- GSA sponsors Shakespeare in Delaware Park presentation of “The Merry Wives of Windsor”
We will have reserved VIP seating and light refreshments available for a limited number of students.
These presentations are free to the public, but in order to get one of the VIP seats you will need to have a ticket.
These free tickets will be given out in the GSA office (310 Student Union) on a first come, first served basis until sold out (date available: July 14).
News
- GSA Summer Office Hours:
Monday-Thursday 8:30am-4:00pm (closed on Fridays),
Please note the office is closed for lunch from 1-2pm
- Congratulations to the newly elected GSA Executive Officers:
President: Daniel Kehoe
Vice President: Nicole Jowsey
Treasurer: Jeff Chow
- Please take a moment to answer our environmental survey questions and receive a gift! (Email address required in order to claim your gift in the GSA office)
- Your Input is Welcome
If you have any questions, concerns or comments about the GSA, you are welcome to e-mail us at gsa-feedback@buffalo.edu. The pre-filled subject of your message needs to stay intact in order for your message to be processed appropriately. -
Senate Meetings
April, 2008
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March, 2008
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February 6, 2008
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December 5 , 2007
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November 7, 2007
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October 3, 2007
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September 5, 2007
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GSA Listserv
Would you like to know about all the GSA activities and announcements? Then stay connected with GSA’s listserv. The new graduate listserv is sent to all the GSA staff, club members, and other interested graduate parties.
Welcome
The Graduate Student Association (GSA) is the representative body for graduate students at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Its two key purposes can be divided into representation and services. Its funds are derived from the Mandatory Student Fee ($48 on your bill) and are used to pay GSA staff and fund numerous programs and services offered to GSA members.
GSA is one of six student governments at the University at Buffalo. These governments have seats on numerous University Committees ranging from the Recreation & Intramural Service Board to the President's Review Board on Promotions and Tenure. GSA representatives sit on these committees and represent the best interests of graduate students. GSA also represents the interest of the organization on the Sub Board I, Inc. Board of Directors, which is the student corporation of which the six student governments are members.
The GSA President is the key representative to all of the administration, such as the Dean of the Graduate School, the Provost and the President of the University. GSA also represents graduate students beyond the University. The National Association of Graduate-Professional Students, of which GSA is a member, is an organization that exists across the country to represent the needs of graduate and professional students.
The Graduate Student Association was created in 1962 to give graduate students a voice. In the 1960s, it was the creation of a student lounge in the New Norton Union(today Norton Hall) that originally got GSA on its feet. From that beginning, GSA expanded to providing services for graduate students as well. It also became one of the caretakers in what Dennis Black, Vice President of Student Affairs, calls "the great experiment." This "great experiment" was to allow students to control their own Mandatory Student Fee, that is its collection, amount and disbursement, for programs that the students feel they need.
GSA membership consists of all graduate students (i.e. students NOT enrolled in medical, dental, law, MBA or undergraduate depree programs). The membership is organized by departmental clubs. Each of which elects Senators to the GSA Senate. The Senate is the key governing body of GSA. It meets on the first Wednesday of every month and its approximately 100 Senators vote on decisions of policy and allocations of monies GSA possesses. The graduate students elect the executive committee.
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310 Student Union
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260-2100
Phone: 716.645.2960
Fax: 716.645.7333