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Graduate Student Organization
of Syracuse University

1968-2008
Celebrating 40 years of academic excellence

317 Bowne Hall, Syracuse University, 13244


 

Welcome to the Graduate Student Organization at Syracuse University. For over three decades the GSO has acted as the representative governing body for graduate students on Syracuse's main campus. The organization represents over 4,000 full and part-time graduate students on both the Syracuse and SUNY-ESF campuses. Our mission is to provide students and their families with services and events that make the graduate student experience in Central New York enjoyable and unique. Funded through the student activity fee, every year the GSO Senate provides affordable entertainment and outdoor recreation, reduced-cost day care, legal services, and a host of special events for departments and recognized graduate student groups on campus.

 
 

GSO NEWS and EVENTS

Join us this Saturday, May 2 for the 2009 annual GSO end-of-the-year picnic. Doors open at 5 p.m. (early birds don't get first dibs!) and the party will last through 10 p.m. This year's menu will be proivded by Dinosaur BBQ and will include:
- Pulled Pork
- BBQ Chicken
- BBQ Beans
- Salt Potatoes
- Cornbread
- One vegetarian dish (TBD)
- Cake for desert

While there, join in the fun at One-shot trivia for a chance to win one of 6 iPods. (Winners must be present to claim prize.)

Please remember to bring government-issued ID as proof of age: U.S. driver's license, passport, government ID card, etc. Remember - your SUID is not proof of age! Families are welcome but no children after 9 p.m. Also, there will be no parking at the Inn lot this year - please park across the street.

Come for the food - stay for the friends!

Events

JANUARY

1/26: Special Programming Funding application deadline for events occurring between 1st Feb and 28th Feb inclusive.

FEBRUARY

2/23: Special Programming Funding application deadline for events occurring between 1st March and 28th March inclusive.
2/24: Pedagogy not Policing: Positive Approaches to Academic Integrity at the University, Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center from 4 - 5:30 p.m. Please RSVP to Amy Roache-Fedchenko at asroache@maxwell.syr.edu.

MARCH

3/23: Final Special Programming Funding application deadline for the year - for events occurring between 29th March and through Summer 2009. Applications received after 23rd March can only be entertained when the new academic year starts in late August 2009.

APRIL

4/9: 2009-10 Annual Budget Proposal Submission Guidelines and Template
Please download the 2009-10 Annual Budget Proposal Submission Guidelines and Template to request monies from the GSO. All budget proposals with supporting documents are due by 3 p.m., April 9, 2009 at the GSO office at 317 Bowne Hall or via email sent to GSOFinanceComm@gmail.com.
Word: 2009 Submission form
PDF: 2009 Submission form


4/10-4/12: Easter break
4/18: GSO Annual Budget meeting and Elections for 2009-2010, 11 a.m., HL 207

MAY

5/2:Join us for the 2009 annual GSO end-of-the-year picnic at the Inn Complete. Doors open at 5 p.m. (early birds don't get first dibs!) and the party will last through 10 p.m. This year's menu will be proivded by Dinosaur BBQ and will include:
- Pulled Pork
- BBQ Chicken
- BBQ Beans
- Salt Potatoes
- Cornbread
- One vegetarian dish (TBD)
- Cake for desert

While there, join in the fun at One-shot trivia for a chance to win one of 6 iPods. (Winners must be present to claim prize.)

Please remember to bring government-issued ID as proof of age: U.S. driver's license, passport, government ID card, etc. Remember - your SUID is not proof of age! Families are welcome but no children after 9 p.m. Also, there will be no parking at the Inn lot this year - please park across the street.

Come for the food - stay for the friends!

5/9-5/10: Commencement weekend

New announcements

2009 End-of-the-picnic: Saturday, May 2
Join us this Saturday for the 2009 annual GSO end-of-the-year picnic. Doors open at 5 p.m. (early birds don't get first dibs!) and the party will last through 10 p.m. This year's menu will be proivded by Dinosaur BBQ and will include:
- Pulled Pork
- BBQ Chicken
- BBQ Beans
- Salt Potatoes
- Cornbread
- One vegetarian dish (TBD)
- Cake for desert

While there, join in the fun at One-shot trivia for a chance to win one of 6 iPods. (Winners must be present to claim prize.)

Please remember to bring government-issued ID as proof of age: U.S. driver's license, passport, government ID card, etc. Remember - your SUID is not proof of age! Families are welcome but no children after 9 p.m. Also, there will be no parking at the Inn lot this year - please park across the street.

Come for the food - stay for the friends!

2009-10 Annual Budget Proposal Submission Guidelines and Template
Please download the 2009-10 Annual Budget Proposal Submission Guidelines and Template to request monies from the GSO. All budget proposals with supporting documents are due by 3 p.m., April 9, 2009 at the GSO office at 317 Bowne Hall or via email sent to GSOFinanceComm@gmail.com.
Word: 2009 Submission form
PDF: 2009 Submission form


NEWS FROM THE COMMUNITY DARKROOM
There are a number of upcoming classes for photography and digital photography. Go to communitydarkrooms.com for more information or to register for a class.

THE RIVALRY RETURNS
What: Syracuse - Penn State Football game at the Inn Complete
When: Saturday September 13th from 3:00 - close
Why: Come join is our ongoing celebration of the GSO's 40th Anniversary on campus and meet some of our alumni officers who have come back to campus for the weekend
What's free? Hors Devours at Half Time and Beverages throughout the game
Proper ID required. Please bring both your student ID and government issued ID

ORANGELINK IS UP
To log on to OrangeLink go to syr-csm.symplicity.com/students. Below are the availabe training sessions:
9/8 at 11:00 a.m. in 228B Schine
9/11 at 12:00 p.m. in 060 Eggers
9/12 at 3:00 p.m. in 228B Schine
9/18 at 3:00 p.m. in 228B Schine
9/23 at 11:00 a.m. in 228B Schine
9/25 at 12:00 p.m. in 060 Eggers

PARKING
TO: All Graduate Students

RE: New Release of Parking Online Wait Lists for 2008-09

Graduate students and seniors may now go online and register themselves using the waitlist function for any student lot. Our waitlist option is being released today, which can also be accessed through the MySlice portal.

If the permit you wished to purchase was not available you may now add yourself to the waitlist using the add/edit waitlist link located above the purchase permit link on the parking online homepage. If space becomes available we will contact you via email. If you need assistance or have any questions regarding this new option, please contact the Parking Office at (315) 443-4652.

Al Sauer, Director

PLAGIARISM WORKSHOP

The Library does, by request, provide workshops on citing sources and avoiding plagiarism. Those are some of the options listed on the TRAILS ("Teaching Research and Information Literacy Skills") menu for faculty members who want to request library instruction sessions. Instruction in specific research skills such as selecting a research topic, evaluating search results, accurately citing sources, avoiding plagiarism and using the Web appropriately are available.

  • Research - The Human Element 30-80 mins
  • Evaluating Your Sources 30-80 mins
  • Citing Sources 30-80 mins
  • RefWorks 30-80 mins
  • Avoiding Plagiarism 30-80 mins
  • Google & Beyond: The World Wide Web as a Research Tool 30-80 mins
  • Selecting and Narrowing a Research Topic 30-80 mins
  • Ask the Librarian Information Sessions 30-80 mins

ONLINE VIDEOS OF PhD PANELS
Two videos are now ready for viewing. First, the presentation and PowerPoint by Prof. Gina Lee-Glauser on "Adjusting to Your First Year as Faculty" has just been posted on the Center for Career Services’ website. The second video is the panel of non-faculty PhDs employed at SU entitled "What Can You Do at a University with a Ph.D. Besides Teach?"
Both videos can be found by clicking on this link: http://students.syr.edu/careerservices/gradstu/acadsearch.htm and scrolling to the bottom of the page.

DOCTORAL CAREER ADVISORY BOARD
Roseanne Ecker is forming a group of doctoral students to advise her on career programming for doctoral students. This group, the Doctoral Career Advisory Board, will likely meet three times per semester, with its first meeting this month, (the next two meetings will take place in the fall). In addition to planning, volunteers from the board might assist with a program if they are able to. She is forming this board in order to ensure that programming for next year closely reflects doctoral student career needs.
If you are interested in serving on the Doctoral Career Advisory Board, please email her at recker@syr.edu including your year of study, your field, and a few sentences about why you would like to serve on the Board. She will need to balance the composition of the board with doctoral students from different fields and years, but will get back to any who contact her.
Whether you are interested in the board or not, if you have suggestions for next year’s programming, please email Roseanne Ecker at recker@syr.edu.

SUMMER CONSULTATIONS AVAILABLE
Summer is a great time to get your materials ready for your job search. The Center for Career Services is open during the summer. Just call 443.3616 to set up a one-hour appointment, or come to our 15-minute, first come, first served, drop-in hours, M-Th from 1-3 p.m. to introduce yourself and get a one-on-one introduction to our services.

FEEDBACK
The Grad School is looking into developing a position specifically for graduate mentors within departments across campus based on the idea that people are already spending a lot of time doing this and should be compensated/recognized accordingly. We are in the very early stages of developing this idea, but if you have any insights or comments on this such as whether this position is already built into the FPP within your departments, whether your department would have extreme/moderate/no need for such a position, and what YOU envision such a position doing within your department, please Sam Rebovich at sarebovi@maxwell.syr.edu. We are looking for a wide range of feedback from different departments.

OFF-CAMPUS LIVING
For news and information about off-campus life, go to oocp.syr.edu.

FELLOWSHIP
This year's DELAY THE REAL WORLD Fellowship will award $5,000 to the twentysomething who proposes the best plan to avoid the cubicle. For contest details and full bios of past winners, visit delayingtherealworld.com/fellowship08/. Deadline is April 23, 2008.

Old announcements

GRADUATE FORUM
The GSO and the Graduate School are putting together a ½ day forum on Public Scholarship and Graduate Education on April 25, from 8:45 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Participants receive continental breakfast, lunch, and lots of new ideas to support your interest and work in publicly engaged scholarship.
Consider attending to explore your own publicly engaged scholarship. This forum is planned particularly for interested graduate students who would like to learn more about public scholarship and ways that they could incorporate these ideas into their scholarship, teaching, and graduate education. We hope you can join us. Please RSVP to Lee Pomeroy (at etpomero@syr.edu) by April 22, indicating if you can join us for part or all of the morning. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Nisha Gupta at ngupta@syr.edu.

MIDDLE STATES TEAM
From March 30 through April 2, Syracuse University will host selected members of our Middle States evaluation team. We ask that graduate students attend the open meeting with graduate students Monday, March 31 from 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Please RSVP to this event to Tina Mishko at tmmishko@syr.edu.

BUDGET PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS
Please download the 2008 Annual Budget Proposal Submission Guidelines and Template to request monies from the GSO. All budget proposals and attached documents are due by 5 p.m., March 28, 2008.

INTERNATIONAL FIBER COLLABORATIVE
Want to meet other graduate students AND make a statement about the environment AND have fun?
In this amazing project, an abandoned gas station on Nottingham Road will be completely covered by 3' x 3' fiber art panels, and you can participate in making one of them! No artistic experience necessary!
This local get-together on Feb.15 from 2:30-4:30 p.m at the Inn Complete. is part of a national project. To learn more, open the attachment. To sign up, just RSVP to recker@syr.edu.
Click here for more information.

GRADUATE STUDENT FUNDING
Please click here for a current list of funding opportunities for Syracuse University graduate students.

STUDENT ORGANIZATION REGISTRATION
All graduate student organizations [including those from academic departments] need to be registered ("recognized") by the Office of Student Life (OSL) as official student organizations before you can claim any use of funds from the GSO.
Registration is an annual requirement and needs to be done even if you have gone through it in previous years. Upon registration, OSL will assign you with a OGLEL organizational consultant that you must work with in the planning of your events. This is above and beyond any advisors you may already have from your departments. Please contact Jared Halter [jmhalter@syr.edu] or call OSL at 443-2718 for information about the registration process.

ATTENTION GRADUATE STUDENT JOB SEEKERS
Make sure that you visit the newly updated Career Services Resources for PhDs. Go to the Career Services Web site, students.syr.edu/careerservices and in the upper-right hand corner, visit the PhD Career Resource page. Or click here.

INFORMATION ON FUNDING FOR STUDENT ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES
Please click on FORMS on the left for relevant forms and instructions on how to access or apply for funds from the GSO. Please note that the GSO can only work with student organizations that are registered with the Office of Student Life (OSL) - see below for information on getting registered.

BRING YOUR ID TO THE INN
Prices will be going up at the Inn Complete but not for graduate students. Just show your graduate student ID and pay the same low prices that you have always enjoyed.

 
 
 
 
 
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