Welcome to the New GSO Website!

Hi, I'm Maria Chau, the President of the Graduate Student Organization (2006 - 2007). Thanks for visiting the new GSO website and thanks for reading my blog. I'm pleased to bring this site to you and excited to introduce you to the new features we've incorporated. I hope that you'll find this new format helpful in connecting with the graduate student community at University at Albany.

Classifieds / Message board
For one thing we're adding a Classifieds / Message board which any graduate student who registers at our office for a copier code will be able to use. You'll be able to advertise for roommates, sell books and other items, start a forum to discuss issues and ideas, or anything else you may thing of! (this feature will be available soon!)

GSO /RGSO Calendar
If you're interested in what's going on or what events are happening on campus and around area the GSO Calendar is a great way to find this information. You'll be able to find out when the next trip to Boston or New York City will be, when you can catch the broadway hit "Rent" at Proctors, where a discussion on "Genomic Fossil Record" is taking place, and when and where the local farmer's market will be. We also added a calendar for RGSO groups to announce the events that are happening in different departments and groups which you are all welcomed to participate in, like the Chinese Scholar Student Association and their Chinese New Year Celebration happening at "The Egg" this coming Sunday or where you can learn to cook a vegetarian meal on Mondays with the Student Yoga Society!

GSO Grants, RGSO, MCAA, Office Hours, Forms
Like the previous GSO Website you'll be able find out information about the GSO Grants, RGSO groups (Recognized Graduate Student Organization), GSO Office Hours, etc. And now we've added a convenient "Forms" page where you can download all our forms like the Grant and RGSO forms as well as our governance documents. The forms will also be linked to their respective pages, but we thought this might be easier for quick reference.

Photos, News
We have photos from the graduate student orientation, photos from the Graduate Student Lounge in the Business building, and we'll be adding photos and news from time to time on events.

Weekly Announcements and Convenient Links
Our weekly announcements are featured on our homepage and there's a link to the details as well as an archive of these announcements in case you missed something. We've added convenient links to the home page for MyUAlbany, WebMail, Graduate Studies, and other useful UAlbany sites too!

Updated GSO Directory
If you'd like to contact me or any of the E-Board Members, Senators, Councilmen, Judicial Board Members, Office Managers, etc. we have an updated directory which lists the committees of each Senator, Councilmen, and Graduate Representative!

I hope you enjoy this new site! Feel free to contact us if you have any comments or ideas for the website. I will be updating my blog periodically so I hope you'll visit again!

Maria Chau
President, GSO
2006 - 2007