Posted on: 24 September 2009
"University officials are looking to widely apply a sporadically enforced policy to hold tenured professors accountable in place of stronger measures the University Senate failed to pass last year." Click here to read the full story from the Diamondback.
Posted on: 24 September 2009
"Graduate students have collectively lobbied for more than a year for the creation of a separate writing center entity.
This issue remains a salient issue on the the Graduate Student Government's agenda this year, GSG president Anupama Kothari said." For more from the Diamondback, click here.
Posted on: 24 September 2009
Please be advised that the University Health Center has resumed its normal hours of operation as of Monday, Sept. 21. Sunday hours of operation are discontinued. The University Health Center will be open Monday through Friday, 8:00am-7:00pm; Saturday, 11:00am-3:00pm; and closed on Sunday. When the University Health Center is closed, please call the After Hours NurseLine at 301-314-9386. A University Identification number is required. This service is free of charge. If there is a medical emergency, call 911.
Posted on: 23 September 2009
The Stamp Student Union has specials for graduate students. They are different for each day of the week and involve discounts both at the food court and the bookstore. Head over to www.union.umd.edu/GSL/ID/ for more information!
Posted on: 23 September 2009
"The committee charged with reviewing student fees will reconvene after a 'misunderstanding' led SGA President Steve Glickman to leave a meeting early, said Ann Wylie, vice president of administrative affairs." For the full story, please go to the Diamondback.
Posted on: 21 September 2009
"Next year, mandatory student fees will likely increase by about four times as much as they did last year as the university struggles to maintain student services amid statewide budget cuts and an in-state tuition freeze." Read the full story at the Diamondback.
Posted on: 21 September 2009
"The campus will close for four days this academic year and even the lowest-paid university employees will be forced to take two unpaid days off under a furlough plan released this weekend." For the full story, head to the Diamondback.
Posted on: 16 September 2009
"We could just have the inauguration now. Former District 3 Councilman Andy Fellows is, barring the emergence of a contender by Friday, the next mayor of College Park. He faces no opponent and basically had the position handed down to him from Mayor Stephen Brayman." For the full article, please see the Diamondback.
Posted on: 14 September 2009
"Budget cuts. Furloughs. Swine flu. The university may be able to add another item to its list of woes: too few teaching awards. It may not seem like a big deal, but teaching awards can really count when graduate students begin their job hunts, graduate students said." For the full article, head to the Diamondback
Posted on: 14 September 2009
Registering your bike and locking it up is the best way to avoid bike thefts on campus. According to Campus Police, more than 80% of thefts on campus are related to cable locks. Come to the Transportation Services office in Regents Drive Garage to register your bike and get a free U-Lock while supplies last. For more information on campus biking, visit this site.
Posted on: 14 September 2009
To better accommodate ill students, the University Health Center will be open on Sundays from 12:00-4:00pm until the number of cases goes down. Please call the After Hours Nurseline at 301-314-9386 when the University Health Center is closed. This service is free for students; please have your University ID Number (UID) ready.
Posted on: 14 September 2009
The Graduate Student Legal Aid Office (GLAO) is seeking a graduate student to work approximately 6 hours a week in our office, located in The Stamp. Candidates must have prior work-related or academic legal experience, excellent research skills, good oral/written communication skills, and a strong interest in the legal field. Must be available to work Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:30am-1:30pm. $16.00/hour. Please email glao [at] umd [dot] edu for a full job description and information on applying.
Posted on: 13 September 2009
"This is a difficult year for us and for the university. We live in tough economic times. Many of us have seen our parents and friends lose their jobs and subsist on their savings for more than a year. Many of us have added to our already swelling student loans. Graduate tuition has not been frozen while undergraduate tuition has been frozen. Some of our constituents have been dismissed from their assistantships without due notice and they struggle to support themselves and their families." To read the whole speech, click more.
Moreabout:GSG President's Speech to the Assembly
Posted on: 04 September 2009
"A graduate student is running for the District 4 seat on the College Park City Council.
Marcus Afzali, a 24-year-old government and politics doctoral student who grew up in College Park, will be the first student council candidate since January 2007." To read the full article, please head to the Diamondback.
Posted on: 03 September 2009
"The university is having trouble with diversity, administrators say. But after years of programs, scholarships and initiatives aimed at bridging these divides, they're devising a plan to successfully address the issues, once and for all." To read the full store, please go here.
Posted on: 01 September 2009
"Graduate students and adjunct faculty members from around the state met yesterday in a university system workgroup, and many demanded the right to unionize." For the full story, please visit the Diamondback.
Posted on: 01 September 2009
"Academic quality at the university will take a hit as deans are forced to further slash budgets already cut to the bone. College deans are drawing up plans to cut around 10 percent of their budgets. Professors and staff members are preparing for furloughs. Administrators are worrying about morale." For the full story, click here.
