Graduate Student Council

This year the Supreme Court will be hosting a week of events towards the end of the this spring semester with the goal and intention to bring more awareness to an unfortunate and distressing issue on college campus’s Nationwide; Sexual Assault. The name of the Campaign is “IT’S ON US”. The campaign will encompass events…
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Whole grade system does not subtract GPA points based on minus or plus grades, and some other universities awards A+ grades a 4.3 GPA. But NMSU departments were allowed to opt out of the fractional system, leading to different grading throughtout the university. Some professors follow the fractional grading, where they will give you an…
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The purpose of this is to share the Council of Graduate School (CGS) report providing recommendations for advancing graduate education at NMSU.  The comprehensive review resulting in this report took place on November 14-16, 2018 and was conducted by Jasbir S. Dhaliwal, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs & Dean of the Graduate School at the…
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 LGBT+ Programs is introducing a new student group especially for NMSU graduate students. The first meeting will be held this coming Monday, February 4th at 4:00 pm in the LGBT+ Programs Office, room 146 Garcia Annex. Everyone is welcomed to join and socialize with the community. If you have any questions, please address them to lgbt@nmsu.edu or call…
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GRAS is a research conference hosted by the GSC which provides graduate students the opportunity to present their research to the larger NMSU community. Here is the link for abstract submissions: https://nmsubusiness.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_24PE0zvVuEVc3Dn Deadline to submit the abstract is 02/25/2019 at 11:59PM MST

Please fill out the survey if you care about tuition waivers and health insurance coverage! This survey is being circulated among the various graduate student organizations in order to submit a “formal proposal to demand that tuition be covered and our health insurance to be partially subsidized by the university”. It asks various information about your personal…
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PFLAG announces an amazing, FREE event that will be taking place on campus.  The event will be a showing of “Raising Zoey”, a documentary about a transgender teen on a journey to find her voice—as a daughter, sister, student, and activities.  The film covers topics pertaining to growing up transgender in a working-class Latino home. …
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Do you identify as Mexican, Mexican American, or Chicanx (or Chicano/a)? If so, we would like to invite you to participate in a study that explores your thoughts and feelings about your culture and being a student. We think this study is important, since very little is known about this topic! If you agree to participate in…
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Indian festival of lights will be celebrated on 11/17/2018, 5.00PM on-wards at the auditorium, Corbett Center Student Union, Second Floor. There are cultural programs (Dance and fashion show) followed with Indian buffet dinner which would be free. This event also includes fireworks. Join the event and make it a great success.

The GSC is accepting nominations now and the election will be conducted on 29th of October (next Monday) at the general meeting. Graduates students who are interested can e-mail the GSC president, Tara Young, at youngt92@nmsu.edu with your name. The duties and the responsibilities of the GSC VP are as follows; Attending committee meetings (Also…
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