GPSA seats open to graduate students

Danny Hernandez, GPSA Council Chair, is running for re-election and is unopposed.

“ The deadline for candidates to file will be this coming Wednesday,” Hernandez said.

Hernandez said that Knudsen will run for re-election, but

candidates usually don’t turn in their applications until the final due date.

GPSA holds two separate elections every spring for the positions, he said. The council chair election takes place at the April 17 meeting, according to the GPSA Web site, where GPSA Council representatives vote. the election for GPSA president takes place online on April 19-22. All graduate students are eligible to participate.

Hernandez said a council chair leads and organizes meetings and creates the meeting’s agenda. e president represents graduate and professional students at Board of Regents meetings, he said.

Anyone taking graduate level classes is considered a GPSA member and is eligible to vote for GPSA president.

Hernandez said he got involved in GPSA in August 2007, when he became a dual master’s degree candidate.

“GPSA allows me to help and represent graduate students,” Hernandez said.

Many departments have graduate student representation, including fine arts, English, the School of
Law, and political science, according to the GPSA Web site.

GPSA funds many events and programs, provides funding for health care to graduate students and grants for research programs, the Web site said.