GSA Politics and Organization
The Graduate Student Association (GSA) is a government body maintained by and for the graduate students of the University with the purpose of enhancing the academic, intellectual, and social opportunities of its members. Officers and members of the GSA Senate, who are elected annually from the entire graduate student body, distribute GSA funds to graduate students and other qualifying groups, organize social events, and serve as graduate student representatives on University-wide committees.
Every graduate student at URI donates to the funds of the GSA through the student activities fee. All GSA programs, events, activities, and decisions are managed by the GSA executive committee, as mandated by the GSA Constitution. The executive council is composed of the president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, operations manager, and a represenative at large. Each council member is responsible for the traditional duties of their respective position. Each executive council officer is elected on an annual basis by voting members of the senate. GSA senators attend monthly meetings with the executive council to discuss and vote on GSA policy decisions. Executive council members have no voting privileges. Any graduate student may sign up to be a GSA senator; for every 20 graduate students, a graduate department is entitled to one department senator, up to a maximum of two. All GSA policy, constitution, and by-law decisions are made by the voting senators. All council members and senators are paid for their duties and contributions to the GSA.
2009-2010 Executive Council Officers
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Vice President |
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Treasurer |
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Secretary |
Represenative At Large:
Webmaster |
2009-2010 Senators
| Department | Name |
| Applied Mathematical Sciences | Arthur McDonald |
| Business | Jonathan Brito |
| Business | Rama Krishna Kompella |
| Chemistry | Joe Brady |
| Chemistry | Patrick Bowden |
| College of Student Personnel | Munirat "Muni" Adebimpe |
| College of Student Personnel | Emily Housecamp |
| Communication Studies | Kai Zhang |
| Communication Studies | Kalyana Champlain |
| English | Becky Greene |
| Geosciences | Joe Boreman |
| Graduate School of Library & Information Studies | Eleni Tsoukatos |
| History | Alexander Blunt |
| Human Development & Family Studies | Riley O'Neill |
| Human Development & Family Studies | Alisha Kutzler |
| Kinesiology | Greg Thoelke |
| Labor Relations & Human Resources | Joshua Oberle |
| Marine Affairs | Eleni Gesch-Karamanlidis |
| Natural Resource Science | Josh Atwood |
| Physical Therapy | Amanda Leighton |
| Physical Therapy | Andrew Horton |
| Physics | Ben Young |
| Speech-Language Pathology | Sarah Murphy |
| School Psychology | Allyson Esposito |
| School Psychology | Karen Stamm |
| Writing | Rosaleen Greene-Smith |
2009-2010 Committees
| Graduate Council | Jack Szczepanski, Becky Greene |
| Constitution, By-Laws and University Manual | Josh Oberle |
| Teaching Effectiveness | Sarah Murphy |
| Council for Graduate Research | Marcella Thompson |
| President's Commission on the Status of Women at URI | Munirat "Muni" Adebimpe |
| Athletics Advisory Board | Greg Thoelke |
| Library Committee | Rosaleen Greene-Smith, Eleni Tsoukatos |
| Honors Program & Visiting Scholars | Kai Zhang |
| Academic Standards & Calendar | Sarah Murphy |
| Learning Outcomes Assessment Oversight Committee | Josh Oberle |
| Graduate Student Academic Appeals Board | Josh Atwood, Becky Greene |