About Us

Mission Statement:

The Graduate Student Council exists to empower and enhance the experience of graduate and professional students at NMSU, ensuring their needs are understood and considered in the adoption of policies related to academic excellence, tuition, fees, finance, and research.

Core Values:

  • We strive to be transparent in our decisions and actions, always careful to behave ethically and responsibly.
  • We must be professional and diligent, striving to communicate clearly and thoroughly, and act as good stewards of members' time and resources.
  • We strive to maintain an attitude of humility and service, remembering our responsibility to represent the needs of graduate and professional students.
  • We must be able to adapt, making us more effective in an ever-changing environment.
  • We must cultivate an environment of mutual respect and well-being for our membership, recognizing that words and actions matter.
  • We must be unified, transcending our diverse individual social locations and ideologies to create a more just NMSU.

Goals:

  • To become an ex-officio member of the Board of Regents.
  • Work to improve lines of communication between Graduate Students and University Administrators.
  • To become a voting member of the Regent’s Student Success Committee.
  • To establish a committee to review University and ASNMSU policies and procedures as they relate to graduate students.
  • To obtain the opportunity for Graduate Assistants to qualify for Faculty/Staff parking permits.
  • To continue to work with the Administration to address housing issues for international and domestic graduate students.
  • To work toward 12-month compensation for GSC officers.
  • To create an advisory board, recruiting faculty and graduate students from diverse backgrounds and each of the colleges.
  • To enhance our webpage by integrating features such as an interactive calendar and access to a diverse array of resources sourced from throughout the university and community.
  • To become an organizational member of the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students.

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