Graduate and Professional Student Council

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Graduate and Professional Student Council
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Who We Are

• An organized group of graduate and professional
  students working with administration to serve the
  needs of graduate and professional students
• Executive Board (in attendance)
• President Vishwani Persaud-Sharma
• Vice President Makarand Gawade
• Treasurer Salahuddin Syed
• Public Relations Lillian Doerfler

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What We Do

• Unite the graduate and professional voice to
  increase visibility
• Putting graduate and professional students on
  committees/boards/SG
• More collaboration with SG
• More direct voice to Graduate Dean
• Voting rights on budget and bills

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What We Do

• Enhancing graduate student experience
• Networking (professional and social)
• Professional development
• Physical location

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What We Do

• Advocacy
• Encompasses everything we do
• We are always working to get better services for
  graduate and professional students
• Standing up for the rights of graduate and
  professional students

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What We Are Currently Working On

• Working to be instated as an independent system
  to fund graduate and professional student
  organizations
• More money for organizations
• And graduate/professional students are making
  budget decisions
• Research funding
• Advocating for more funding for graduate and
  professional students to present at conferences

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How You Can Be Involved

• Become an active member of GPSC (come visit our
  table at orientation)
• Support our efforts to become an independent
  funding system
• Help us advocate for more conference grant money

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Need More Information

• Stop by our table
• Vishwani Persaud-Sharma - President
• vpersau1_at_health.usf.edu
• Makarand Gawade Vice President
• makarand_at_mail.usf.edu
• Salahuddin Syed - Treasurer
• ssyed2_at_gmail.com
• Lillian Doerfler Public Relations
• lilliand_at_mail.usf.edu