We're in our Final Stretch!

So, I was in the GSO office and someone said, "I want the end of the semester to happen without the next two weeks!" I couldn't agree more. As of today I have one lab, one paper, two finals, and one project to complete. Somehow it all gets done and there is hope!

If you've looked at the GSO calendar this Friday is packed beyond belief! Betty Shadrick from the Graduate Studies office is having a Spring Bling with free food and a time to relax in the Terrace Lounge from 3pm - 5pm, the Art RGSO is having an exhibit at the Fuze Box on Central from 5pm - 9pm and the GSO GALA Annual Awards Evening will take place at the Patroon Room, free for all graduate students, from 6:45pm - 8:45pm! I recommend, if you're distracted tomorrow anyway to go to the Terrace Lounge at 3pm, grab a bit and take off at 4:30pm to hit the Art GSO exhibit downtown till 6:00pm and head back to the Uptown Campus Center at 6:45pm to catch the GALA in the Patroon Room and then chill and schmooze with fellow graduate students, faculty and staff afterwards. Just remember 25 years from now you won't remember what your finals were on, but you will remember the experiences you had in graduate school and the GALA promises to be one of them.

~VOTE!~ VOTE!~ VOTE!~ VOTE!~ VOTE!

This year has been a tremendous year for the GSO. We've focused on building the graduate student community and stressed the need for our community to take ownership of our organization. Many graduate students have responded to the call and with that we've seen so many more possibilities as to how we can better serve the entire graduate student population. We've updated our website, rearranged the GSO Office, purchased new equipment, printer, computers, monitors, conducted a graduate student survey, held GSO Socials which are fantastic events in our local downtown, raised awareness of the graduate student housing situation to Administration with the result from University Life Council to address the recreation of Off-Campus Housing Services, along with a long list of events, services, RGSO co-sponsorships, and the list goes on and on... We're working with graduate students on the East Campus to plan for services there and we've been open to partnering with graduate students on the Downtown Campus to do the same! Now the year is coming to a close we need you to participation in the GSO Elections.

Time to VOTE! From May 1st to May 3rd, the GSO elections are taking place!
On the ballot we need to vote:

1. For new GSO Officers
2. On updating GSO Constitution
2. On increasing the Graduate Student fee by $7

To read the bios on the candidates click here.
To read about the changes in the constitution click here.
To read about reasons why we should increase the graduate student fee click here

As a graduate student at University at Albany it is your right to voice your opinion through this democratic process. Please vote!

To Vote go to MyUAlbany and logon. There will a link on the right side of the page for Graduate Student Elections!