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2011-2012 GSA Executive Board Officers [Contact GSA!]

Elected Officers

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President
Rachel Cassel

Email: gsaucr@ucr.edu
Office hours: T 4 – 6 pm

Responsibilities: As your graduate student representative I am here to listen to your concerns be it academic, social, and personal. My main objective this year is to find ways of improving your "Graduate Experience" at UCR. So feel free to visit, chat, and offer your suggestions.

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Executive Vice President
Adam Jackson-Boothby

Email: aboot002@ucr.edu
Office hours: W 2 – 4 pm

Responsibilities: Information on the UC Student Association (UCSA); GSA Elections; GSA Bylaws; or any system-wide, state or federal legislation that affects the UC and its graduate students.

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Aaron Jones  

Email: vpaa.gsa@ucr.edu
Office hours: W 10 am – 12 pm
Responsibilities: Broadly, the VPAA is responsible for coordinating and implementing GSA academic policy campus wide.  Specifically, the VPAA oversees the Academic Affairs Officers (AAOs), the International Student Affairs Officer (ISAO), mini-GSA organizations across campus, and appoints graduate student representatives to internal and external committees.
 
PR Officer's picture Public Relations Officer
Stephanie Fousek

Email: publicity.gsa@ucr.edu
Office hours: By appointment
Responsibilities: GSA socials, grad bash, other events, and GSA publications.
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James Wong

Email: gship.gsa@ucr.edu
Office hours: F 11 am – 1 pm
Responsibilities: The GSHIP Officer works with the UCR SHIP Committee and participates with the UCSHIP Advisory Committee. Student insurance concerns are raised and discussed at the UCR SHIP Committee and UCSHIP Advisory Committee meetings. Recommended changes to the UCSHIP are enacted by the UCSHIP Executive Committee
Finance Officer's picture Finance Officer
Laura A. B. Terrill

Email: finance.gsa@ucr.edu
Office hours: R 3:30 – 4:30 pm, Sproul 2215
Responsibilities:
The Finance Officer will serve as the liaison between the GSA President and all other members of the Graduate Student Council with regard to budgetary policy, present an overview of the budget at each monthly GSA board and council meeting, assist all campus committees that have a line-item in the current budget with fiscal policy, provide updated copies of the budget, ascertain ways to reduce fixed costs of the Association.


Appointed Officers

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Secretary/Webmaster
John Terrill

Email: john.terrill@email.ucr.edu
Office hours: R 10 – 11 am (UOB 122)

Responsibilities: Record the minutes at GSA Executive Officer's Board meetings and GSA Council meetings. Maintain GSA website, make executive committee meeting and council meeting minutes available to the general public.

Conference Travel Grant Coordinator

Conference Travel Grant Coordinator
Katherine Djernes

Email: kdjer001@ucr.edu
Office hours: M & F 12 – 1 pm, & by appt.
Responsibilities: Conference Travel Grants.

International Student Affairs Officer
International Student Affairs Officer
Guanyang Zhang

Email: gzhan001@ucr.edu
Office hours: By appointment
Responsibilities: Represent the international graduate students.
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Academic Affairs Officer:
College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Brian Williams

Email:bwill012@student.ucr.edu
Office hours: By appointment
Responsibilities: Assisting the VPAA with regularly meeting the departmental GSAs in CHASS, meetings with the Dean of CHASS.
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Academic Affairs Officer:
Division of Biomedical Sciences
Olivia Sakhon

Email: osakhon@yahoo.com
Office hours: By appointment
Responsibilities: Assisting the VPAA with regularly meeting the departmental GSAs in Biomedical Sciences, meetings with the Dean of Biomedical Sciences.
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Academic Affairs Officer:
Bourns College of Engineering
Position Available!

Email:bcoe.gsa@ucr.edu
Office hours: Unscheduled
Responsibilities: Assisting the VPAA with regularly meeting the departmental GSAs in BCOE, meetings with the Dean of BCOE.
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Academic Affairs Officer:
College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Parry MacDonald

Email: amacd001@ucr.edu
Office hours: By appointment
Responsibilities: Assisting the VPAA with regularly meeting the departmental GSAs in CNAS, meetings with the Dean of CNAS.
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Academic Affairs Officer:
Graduate School of Education
Jennie Barranco

Email: jbarr011@ucr.edu
Office hours: By appointment
Responsibilities: Assisting the VPAA with regularly meeting the departmental GSAs in the Graduate School of Education, meetings with the Dean of the Graduate School of Education.
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Academic Affairs Officer:
Anderson Graduate School of Management
Position Available!

Email:agsm.gsa@ucr.edu
Office hours: Unscheduled
Responsibilities: Assisting the VPAA with regularly meeting the departmental GSAs in the AGSM, meetings with the Dean of the AGSM.
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Legislative Liaison
Position Available!

Email: ll.gsa@ucr.edu
Office hours: Unscheduled

Responsibilities: Liaison to state and local elected officials, assist the EVP.

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Campus Organizing Director
Position Available!

Email: cod.gsa@ucr.edu
Office hours: Unscheduled

Responsibilities: Liaison to campus community, assist the EVP.