MSE GSAG

Friendsgiving 2018
2018-11-15 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | LOVE Atrium, 2nd Floor
GSAG and WiMSE invite you to join the MSE Community at this fun, food-filled event! We will be coming together to eat delicious food favorites, get to know each other better, and vote on “best” dish! We hope to see you there!

Proposal Workshop 2018
2018-11-15 11:00 - 12:00 | LOVE 299
GSAG will be hosting a Proposal Workshop on Thursday, November 15th, 2018. The workshop will go over how to prepare for your proposal, find committee members, prepare your proposal document and answer any questions regarding the rules and procedures. We encourage anyone who is thinking about proposing to attend this session.

Mentor/Mentee Halloween Spooktacular
2018-11-02 16:00 - 17:30 | LOVE Atrium, 2nd Floor
The weather is getting cooler, the days are getting shorter, and Halloween is approaching! Come out to celebrate the spooky holiday at GSAG’s mentor/mentee Halloween Spooktacular on Nov. 2nd from 4-5:30 pm. Costumes are OPTIONAL but will certainly be appreciated.
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GSAG Fall Townhall
2018-10-02 11:00 - 12:00 | MRDC 4211
GSAG has been working on a stipend improvement proposal MSE grad students for the last few months. We presented our proposal at the MSE faculty meeting on September 18th. The goal of this presentation was to gather feedback from the faculty and make them aware of the financial issues that the grad students in MSE are facing. Just to keep you all in the loop, the majority of the faculty recognizes that low stipend levels are a serious issue, both in terms of quality of life and competitiveness with other schools. At the same time, a few faculty members were concerned about the budgetary implications of raising the stipends per GSAG proposal, given that they have to pay overhead on our salaries (i.e. stipends). We presented them with multiple options to incorporate the raise. We are presenting next to the Graduate Committee sometime mid-October and eventually to the external advisory board of MSE, on October 26th.

As a part of bringing transparency in this whole process, we plan to brief all grad students in detail at the GSAG town hall, on October 2nd, 2018 in MRDC 4211 11 AM- 12 PM. As usual, Pizza will be provided!
