Spring Break
GSC reaches out to grad students
By: Melissa Appel
Issue date: 3/31/09 Section: News
The Aggie family extends beyond a four-year undergraduate degree through the work of the Graduate Student Council, which was established in 1994 as a way for graduate and professional students to ensure that their voices are heard on campus.
"The GSC provides a voice and an effective venue to address issues and develop initiatives that directly affect the quality of life and academic performance of graduate students in Texas A&M University," said Paula Lorente, GSC vice president for university affairs and doctoral student in urban and regional science.
GSC serves and represents a wide range of students; this has caused them to put special focus on uniting the members of the council and other graduate students through common ground.
"The GSC is challenged with a student population of very diverse backgrounds, ages and beliefs," Lorente said. "Also, students are scattered across campus and have few opportunities to interact with each other beyond the walls of their own academic departments and/or labs. The GSC is an organization that bridges these gaps by bringing graduate students together so that we can help and influence each other in a positive way."
GSC aids in the adjustment to life as a graduate student by sponsoring a Graduate Mentoring program and publishing a monthly newsletter, Nth Degree. Beside the educational goals, the council works for their substituents by hosting various socials through the Department of Student Life, recreational events in the Student Recreational Center and traditions programs with the Association of Former Students.
These connections with A&M departments and committees have presented all of the students, especially those who did not attend A&M for their undergraduate degree, with the chance to experience the Aggie network and family.
"We feel that it is important for the graduate students to become aware of and involved in the traditions that make this campus community so unique," said Executive Vice President Brandi Reese, doctoral student in the Department of Oceanography.
"The GSC provides a voice and an effective venue to address issues and develop initiatives that directly affect the quality of life and academic performance of graduate students in Texas A&M University," said Paula Lorente, GSC vice president for university affairs and doctoral student in urban and regional science.
GSC serves and represents a wide range of students; this has caused them to put special focus on uniting the members of the council and other graduate students through common ground.
"The GSC is challenged with a student population of very diverse backgrounds, ages and beliefs," Lorente said. "Also, students are scattered across campus and have few opportunities to interact with each other beyond the walls of their own academic departments and/or labs. The GSC is an organization that bridges these gaps by bringing graduate students together so that we can help and influence each other in a positive way."
GSC aids in the adjustment to life as a graduate student by sponsoring a Graduate Mentoring program and publishing a monthly newsletter, Nth Degree. Beside the educational goals, the council works for their substituents by hosting various socials through the Department of Student Life, recreational events in the Student Recreational Center and traditions programs with the Association of Former Students.
These connections with A&M departments and committees have presented all of the students, especially those who did not attend A&M for their undergraduate degree, with the chance to experience the Aggie network and family.
"We feel that it is important for the graduate students to become aware of and involved in the traditions that make this campus community so unique," said Executive Vice President Brandi Reese, doctoral student in the Department of Oceanography.
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