GSO Office

Job Description

President

• An organizer and communicator
• Sets up meetings dates, reserves the room, and coordinates with the regions if the meeting is teleconferenced
• Proposes meeting agendas and helps with coordination of nearly all GSO events
• Works with the Treasurer to ensure the GSO money is spent appropriately and completely
• Sits on the Commencement Committee (4-5 meeting/year) to provide communication between graduate students and commencement planning

• Assists the President at the President's request
• Ensures that GSO follows the bylaws and updates them as necessary
• Prepares the ballot for elections of GSO officers
• Sets up the nomination and election process

• Keeps records of all meetings of the GSO
• Distributes the minutes to all GSO member
• Prepares the advertisement of GSO events and posts in the designated places

• Maintains a bank account for the GSO funds
• Keeps track of and report all expenses, all income, and the balance of funds in the treasury
• Orders the foods and drinks for all GSO events

• Participates in the school research meeting to review research proposals from the college of nursing awarded by the committee from a budget line item in the College of Nursing.

• Participate in curriculum faculty meetings (There are 2 meetings each semester which last approximately 2 hours each. One is usually towards the beginning of the semester and then one at the end. Sometimes they call special meetings as needed. They are held during the day, but the day and time tends to change based on the faculty's schedules)
• Attend the curriculum subcommittees meeting (Those are held monthly for about an hour. These are very informative but not necessary for the position)

• Representatives are expected to serve a one year term (Aug 1 to July 31)
• There are approximately five meeting per year (on Thurs 5pm to 7pm)
• Each representative is required to have an alternative representative
• GSC reps will bring concerns from their constituents to the meetings to be discussed
• Reps must be enrolled for one half of the minimum hours required for full time status
• GSC reps publicize activities of the GSC to graduate students

• Attend monthly meetings, Thursdays 5-7pm; Food is served (Two Reps from CON are expected to attend every meeting and need to stay for the entire meeting)
• HPSC reps will bring information and/or concerns from their constituents to the HPSC meetings to be discussed
• HPSC reps publicize activities of the HPSC to graduate students

• Participate in the highest faculty decision-making body at University of Illinois at Chicago
• Attend meetings and discuss issues that are beneficial to graduate students

• Being available to represent the interests of international graduate students
• Promote activities among international graduate students and national graduate students

• Create and maintain GSO web site: http://www2.uic.edu/stud_orgs/gso.con/
• Organize e-mail listserv of GSO officers

• The advisor will provide advice as needed for the GSO
• The advisor will need to be available to sign forms from time to time
• He/she is not required to attend GSO meetings or events

Regional Representatives: To be discussed