What is the Student Facilitation Board?

The purpose of the Graduate Student Facilitation Board is to coordinate and facilitate student-led activities and efforts, act as an interface between students and the administrations, and centralize any documents and records that student-led efforts yield. The Board aims to increase transparency and accountability, better coordinate efforts among a variety of committees and organizations, and ensure that all student needs are being adequately represented and met, with a particular emphasis on the needs of underrepresented and disenfranchised students. The Board will be responsible for maintaining a shared google drive that documents all identified student needs, and maps those needs to ongoing efforts to address them.

The Board was started to improve communication between the various student organizations, EPP and ETIM faculty and staff, and the student body. Further, the group started with the explicit goal of creating an environment in EPP and ETIM that is supportive of all students, with a particular emphasis on supporting underrepresented and disenfranchised students including students of color, international students, and LGBTQ+ students.