The Graduate Student Association would like to meet with each graduate group in order to find out what issues are most
important to you at UC Merced. While discovering what services need improvement and how we can work to maintain
the services that you do like, we hope to receive nominations and cast votes for the Delegate Assembly:

The Delegate Assembly aims to increase consistent communication among individual graduate groups and your Graduate
Student Association officers. Representatives on the Delegate Assembly will be responsible for relaying graduate group
specific academic and non-academic grievances and working with GSA officers on improving graduate student satisfaction.

We will be holding graduate group specific focus groups this week in order to accomplish this. Please see the attached flyer for specific dates, times, and room assignments. We really hope to see a good turnout for each graduate group. Due to the feedback we got from last year’s focus groups, Dean Traina expedited a planned audit of our hiring process into the spring of last year. The report suggested a complete overhaul of the system, by moving the hiring into the schools. This will eventually be implemented; a pilot of it will hopefully be taking place next semester. The audit has already made appointments a priority, creating a more efficient hiring process that was hopefully noticeable this past semester.

Domino’s Pizza will be provided and by taking the survey you will enter to win one of three $50 gift cards to the University bookstore!!

If you can’t attend but would like to submit a nomination for the delegate assembly or cast a vote, please let us know as soon as possible (gsa@ucmerced.edu).

We hope to see you there!

GSA

GSA is accepting applications for travel grants for the 2011 spring cycle. This cycle is for travel that occurred between January 1, 2011 and April 30, 2011. Completed applications must be submitted in person to the Office of Student Life by June 10th. Please note that email submissions are no longer accepted. Upon submission to the Office of Student Life, you are responsible to notify the desk attendant to obtain a time stamp and then ask the attendant to place your application in the GSA mailbox.

We will process these applications as quickly as possible and you will receive notification concerning your award no later than June 24, 2011. All applicants must use the attached form, no prior versions of this form will be accepted. All applications must be typed. Notice that original itemized receipts must be submitted with your completed application. Incomplete applications will be immediately disqualified. GSA will not contact any applicant for additional information, therefore all required materials must be included with your submission. More information concerning eligibility and application requirements can be found on the first two pages of the attached document. Additionally, you may request an in-person review of your application for eligibility and completeness. Please contact UCMercedGSA@gmail.com to request a review. The rubric for application scoring can be found on the last page of the attached document.

Important notice: As of September 1, 2010, graduate students are eligible for an academic year maximum of $400 from GSA travel awards. This policy began with the Summer 2010 cycle. No awards prior to September 1, 2010 will be counted towards each students maximum. Please plan if you would prefer to receive the maximum amount that you are eligible for in one academic school year from GSA ($400) or if you would prefer to receive partial funding so you can re-apply for further travel grants during this school year. You can only apply for funds within 6 months of travel.

If you have any questions on preparation of your application, please contact the GSA: UCMercedGSA@gmail.com

Download the Spring 2011 Travel Award Application

GSA elections are on April 19th! 
 
It is VERY IMPORTANT that we have a good turnout this year for elections.  If we have less than 20% of our population vote, our vote on the Athletic Fee Referendum will be lumped in with the undergraduate decision.  There will be an open voting location in the OSL conference room (KL 184 H) from 11:00 AM -2:00 PM with FREE FOOD.   You can also vote online all day. Ballots will be sent out the day of elections. 


We are currently taking nominations for officer positions and would like YOU to participate.  If you or anyone you know is up for the task, let us know! We are accepting nominations until April 16th.  The officer positions available for 1 year terms (starting July 1, 2011) are:

 
President: Attend GRC meetings/ chair GSA meetings/ liaison between Administration and students

External Vice President: Attend select UCSA meetings/ attend select meetings of the Regents/ stay up to date on UC issues

(NEW) Internal Vice President: Facilitate the creation of the Delegate Assembly and preside over (Delegate assembly will be made of one representative from each graduate group) / manage elections / assist students with non-academic grievances

Academic Affairs Officer: Attend CAPRA meetings/ appoint committee members / liaison between Deans on campus

 Public Relations Officer: Stay up to date on events off-campus/ facilitate community and volunteer events sponsored by GSA

Secretary: Keep meeting records/ update website/ once a month newsletter with GSA info

Treasurer: Keep record of financial activity / facilitate travel grant allotment / attend SFAC meetings

If you think you are ready to run for one of the positions, or you would like to nominate someone, please e-mail us at ucmercedgsa@gmail.com with the following:

 

Name:

Graduate Group:

Year:

Position you are running for:

Small blurb of why you want the position (don't need if you are nominating someone):

 
If you have any questions, please contact us!  We'd be happy to talk to you!

GSA officers

The recent special election to amend the bylaws resulted in the adoption of all proposed changes.

These were grouped into three categories:
1. (64/0) Campus Affairs and External Affairs changed to President and External Vice-President, respectively
2. (64/0) New officer position added: Internal Vice-President
3. (63/1) Addition of optional non-voting Ex-Officio position (appointed by council if needed)

Votes reported in parentheses: (yea/nea)

Please, see the new bylaws at:
http://sites.google.com/site/ucmgsa/files/2011_UCMGSA_Bylaws.pdf?attredirects=0

You can also see how the bylaws were changed from the 2010 bylaws here:
http://sites.google.com/site/ucmgsa/files/2011_UCMGSA_Bylaws_edited_numbered.pdf?attredirects=0

Dear UCM Graduate Students,

I am pleased to share with you a new opportunity for UC graduate students: the UCEC Institute for Training in Educational Evaluation. The goal of the Institute is to offer an excellent opportunity for graduate students in the University of California system to participate in an intensive training in educational evaluation over a period of three days in Santa Barbara. Participants will attend method, theory, and skill-based workshops in educational evaluation conducted by nationally recognized UC scholars. Additionally, graduate students will have the opportunity to share their individual research interests and receive feedback from UC professors and other graduate students from a variety of disciplines who are also interested in educational evaluation.
 
You can learn more about this opportunity from the Institute web page http://www.education.ucsb.edu/ucec/Institute.html. Application information is available on the site.
 
Please note that the deadline to receive all required materials is April 30th at 5pm Pacific.
 
If you have any questions about the Institute, please contact the UCEC via email ucec@education.ucsb.edu with a subject line of “UCEC Institute Inquiry” or via telephone at 805-893-7678.
--
William R. Shadish                      
Professor, Founding Faculty, and       
Chair, Psychological Sciences Section

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Mailing Address:
William R. Shadish
University of California
School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
5200 North Lake Rd
Merced CA  95343

Physical/Delivery Address:
University of California Merced
ATTN: William Shadish
School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
Facilities Services Building A
5200 North Lake Rd.
Merced, CA 95343


209-228-4372
 voice

209-228-4390
 fax

wshadish@ucmerced.edu
http://faculty.ucmerced.edu/wshadish/index.htm
http://psychology.ucmerced.edu

Come get free pizza, enter a drawing to get $75 gift card, and tell us the good and the bad goings on in your graduate group. Schedule attached.

Mosaic–UCEC Innovative Evaluation Research Award (IERA)

See the Travel Awards section of the website for more information.

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GSA is sponsoring this community service opportunity helping 4th & 5th graders with science fairs this semester.  For more information, please visit: http://gsa-step.ucmerced.edu/