Sylvia is a graduate student in the Department of Educational Administration. Her duties as executive chair include serving as the official representative of the GSA, chairing and preparing agendas for all GSA meetings, and meeting periodically with the GSA Office of Graduate Studies Liaison, the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, the Vice Chancellor of Research and Graduate Studies, and the University Chancellor.
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Vice-Chair of Internal Affairs - Jared Leighton
Jared is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History. His duties as the vice-chair of internal affairs include overseeing all standing and ad hoc committees, coordinating events requiring use of University facilities, and managing RSO related documents. He also chairs the Ad Hoc Committee on Graduate Student Governance.
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Vice-Chair of External Affairs - Grant Forssberg
Grant Forssberg is a Master's student in the History Department studying 19 century American social and cultural history. His duties as the vice-chair of external affairs include maintaining a list of all graduate students on external committees and the appointment process, serving as liaison to ASUN, maintaining a list of frequent contacts for the GSA, serving as a respresentative on the University Graduate Council, and coordinating activities with other university graduate student organizations. If you have any questions about the GSA, or would like to get involved don't hesitate to contact me!
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Vice-Chair of Finance - Annika Denkert
Annika Denkert is a PhD student in Mathematics with a focus in Algebraic Geometry. Her duties as vice-chair of finance include maintaing all GSA fiscal records in synchronicity with SOFS, providing reports at legislative assembly meetings, chairing the GSA Finance Committee, coordinating with the executive committee and standing committees on budgets and possible funding sources, and presenting fiscal requests to the university's commitee for fee allocation.
If you have any questions about the GSA or would like to get involved, don't hesitate to contact me!
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Vice-Chair of Representation - Paziljan Tursun
Paz is a PhD student in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering. His duties of the vice-chair of representation include maintaining the GSA website and listservs, managing the GSA email, chairing the Diversity Committee, and working with Campus Representatives to ensure each department is represented in the Legislative Assembly and that each representative understands the requirements of their position.
If you have any questions about the GSA or would like to get involved, don't hesitate to contact me!
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Vice-Chair of Social Events - Audra Nuru
Audra is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Communication Studies, studying Interpersonal and Family Communication. Her duties of the vice-chair of social events include communicating with other graduate students and the community about at-large GSA events, coordinating activities with other graduate student organizations with the vice-chair of external affairs, composing a monthly calendar of non-GSA events pertaining to graduate students, and chairing the GSA social events committee.
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Vice-Chair of Graduate Student Appreciation Week - Brandon Locke
Brandon Locke is a masters student in the History Department, studying 20th century American social and cultural history. His duties as the vice-chair of Graduate Student Appreciation Week include communicating with other graduate students and the community about at-large GSAW activities and events, organizing the year-end awards ceremony, coordinating GSAW activities with other graduate student organizations, and chairing the GSAW committee.
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Vice-Chair of Legislative Affairs - Ana Maria Velez
Ana is a graduate student in the Department of Entomolgy. Her duties as the vice-chair of legislative affairs include maintaining the GSA constitution and by-laws, chairing the GSA elections and constitution committees, and providing advice concerning the rules of order for all GSA meetings.
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Vice-Chair of Information - Jared McEntaffer
Jared is a PhD student in Economics. His duties as vice-chair of information include serving as recording secretary for all GSA executive and legislative assembly meetings, maintaining a current list of voting members as well as past voting and attendance records, compiling monthly committee reports and making them available to the legislative assembly, and maintaining the Blackboard site. Email Jared
2011-2012 Non-Exec Committee Chairs
Academic Affairs Committee Chair - Allysha Martin
Her duties as Academic Affairs Committee Chair are comprised of managing the committee which
identifies and advocates on behalf of University
graduate students any issues pertaining to the academic quality of life, including, but not
limited to, access to facilities and funding for research, the faculty-graduate student
mentoring relationship, and academic policies pertaining to graduate education for
University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate students.
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Quality of Life Committee Chair - Kat Shultis
Kat is a PhD student in Mathematics. Her duties of Quality of Life Chair include managing the committee that advocates on behalf of UNL graduate students any issues affecting the quality of graduate student life including, but
not limited to, housing, transportation and parking, child care, and health benefits for
University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate students.
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