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Graduate Student Distinguished Service Award

Posted on: 10 February 2009

Nominate yourself or a deserving fellow graduate student for the University Graduate Student Distinguished Service Award. The award celebrates graduate students who have made outstanding contributions to the University community. Nominations, including a letter of nomination highlighting the criteria above and any supporting materials (e.g., vitae, letters) are due by Friday, Feb. 27 at 5:00pm. Click here for more information, including judging criteria.

GRID Call for Abstracts

Posted on: 10 February 2009

GRID is a conference-style event for graduate students to get feedback on their research and hone their conference skills in the comparative intimacy of their own campus. Prizes will be awarded to winners in each theme category. For GRID 2008, a total of $15,000 was given in prizes. Register and submit an abstract of your research here. The final deadline for submissions is March 15 by 5:00pm. Two entries submitted by March 1 will be selected for "early bird" prizes of gift cards. Early submission shall also guarantee your space at GRID.

Submit an Event!

Posted on: 10 February 2009

You can now securely submit an event, a news item, or a link that you think should be on the website! Just go to www.gsg.umd.edu/login to start the process. You will be asked to submit your directory id (e.g. xxx for an email xxx [at] umd [dot] edu) before being forwarded to the University wide login system (your password is not kept by GSG at any point!)

Graduate Student Award - PCWI

Posted on: 19 December 2008

Each year the President's Commission on Women's Issues (PCWI) honors outstanding women on our campus for their exemplary contributions and positive impact at the University of Maryland and its community. The PCWI had created an award for graduate students. We would like to encourage you to nominate outstanding graduate students who have made significant contributions. For the nomination materials and more information, click here. The deadline is January 30, 2009.

Happy Holidays

Posted on: 18 December 2008

The GSG Offices will be closed for the Holidays until January 5th, 2009. Please be aware that after this week, the Stamp will be closed as well until Jan. 5th. If you need to contact someone at the GSG, please email gsg-office [at] umd.edu .

Division of Research Newsletter Submissions

Posted on: 01 December 2008

The Division of Research newsletter will feature one graduate student and his/her research in the "Spotlight" section of the February edition. Click on 'More' to find out how to submit your research and win a prize! Moreabout:Division of Research Newsletter Submissions

Feedback on Univ. Bookstore Needed!

Posted on: 19 November 2008

The contract for the University Bookstore is up for renegotiation, and we need your input. Please contact your representative and let them know your thoughts.

Grad Student Discounts at Stamp

Posted on: 14 November 2008

The Stamp Student Union has graduate student discounts throughout the week. To find out more, click this link for the full list. Moreabout:Grad Student Discounts at Stamp

Grad Discounts

Posted on: 29 September 2008

Coffee Bar and University Book Center no longer offer weekly discounts for graduate students. UPDATE: the discounts are back! Moreabout:Grad Discounts

Website Problems

Posted on: 28 September 2008

During scheduled maintenance downtime of the website, we encountered some problems, and had to backtrack some functionality. Please bear with us as we recover from this slight failure. Moreabout:Website Problems

New website unveiled!

Posted on: 14 September 2008

GSG is proud to present a redesign of our website. Please bear with us as we transfer all the information over to the new system! To access the old website, please go to www.gsg.umd.edu/old. If you would like to leave any feedback, please go here. Moreabout:New website unveiled!

Grad Pub!

Posted on: 25 August 2008

Friday, September 5 at Adele's in the Student Union Moreabout:Grad Pub!

President's Postings: Public-Private Partnerships: Lessons Learned

Posted on: 18 June 2008

This is the original, unedited version of a column authored by Laura Moore and Devin Ellis that ran in the Diamondback on June 19, 2008. Due to space considerations, the edited version left out some key points. Moreabout:President's Postings: Public-Private Partnerships: Lessons Learned

President's Postings: Textbook prices and graduate students

Posted on: 10 January 2008

The Maryland General Assembly is currently considering various of pieces of legislation aimed at reducing the cost of textbooks in higher education. I was a part of the student panel that spoke before the committee and answered questions. Moreabout:President's Postings: Textbook prices and graduate students

President's Postings: Open letter to University Senators

Posted on: 14 November 2007

The following letter was sent to all members of the University Senate on November 14, 2007. Moreabout:President's Postings: Open letter to University Senators

President's Postings: The Proverbial Graduate Center

Posted on: 19 September 2007

When Graduate Gardens and Graduate Hills were privatized back in 1994, this created a revenue stream for the University. 30% of all rents paid go back to the University, and this has yielded the University a total of $13.5 million. Moreabout:President's Postings: The Proverbial Graduate Center

President's Postings: Obstruction

Posted on: 02 August 2007

Available housing for university graduate students should have doubled this month with the planned opening of the Mazza Grandmarc apartment complex. Instead, the proposed site in north College Park remains empty due to a prolonged negotiation between the developer and Prince George's County Councilman Tom Dernoga. Moreabout:President's Postings: Obstruction

President's Posting: Letter of complaint to Maryland Media, Inc.

Posted on: 18 April 2007

On April 18, 2007, GSG President Laura Moore sent the following letter to the Board of Directors of Maryland Media, Inc., the company which owns the Diamondback, the University of Maryland's "student" newspaper. Text of the letter follows. Moreabout:President's Posting: Letter of complaint to Maryland Media, Inc.

President's Posting: Letter in support of SGA housing demonstrators

Posted on: 12 April 2007

On April 12, 2007, GSG President Laura Moore sent a letter in support of SGA and other demonstrators who camped out at McKeldin "Hall" to highlight the fact that over 600 rising seniors were denied housing for the next academic year. Text of the letter follows: Moreabout:President's Posting: Letter in support of SGA housing demonstrators