UCSC Graduate
Student Association

What did we do for you in the last 12 months? Here are some answers:

1. Advocated graduate student rights on Administrative and Senate Committees.
   
2. Achieved improvements in your health insurance and mental health coverage for 06/07 in spite of medical inflation
3. Co-sponsored 11 events, organized by and for graduate students, and offered a tax seminar for grads
4. Successfully lobbied for lowering rents at Graduate Student Housing from $832 a month to $725
   
5. Threw 2 parties at Grad Commons.
   
6. Organized the International Student Night to focus on international student issues.
   
7. Gave average travel grants of $150 to 60 graduate students
8. Worked with the administration to establish mentoring guidelines at all levels of graduate education.
   
9. Drafted a new appeals process for graduate students and initiated its implementation by the administration
10. Obtained free summer bus passes for all grads working as GSRs over the summer
11. Offered an orientation event and resource fair for 200 new graduate students in Sept. 06
12. Organized and subsidized 4 outdoor events for grads: surfing classes and wine tasting
    

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Contact GSA:
gsa@ucsc.edu