The GAPSA Executive Board is pleased to announce successful advocacy for graduate and professional students by way of a significant increase in funding for student government activity over the next three to four years.

The increase will begin during the next fiscal year (FY10) in July 2009, when GAPSA will receive an additional $100,000 on top of the usual increase (3.72% or $23,925 for FY10) tied to the increase in the graduate and professional student General Fee. This will bring the overall GAPSA budget to a total of $787,078 in FY10, a 19.2% increase over the FY09 budget of $643,153. The new budget will account for about 4.12% of the graduate and professional student General Fee pool.

For more information, check out the recent GAPSA press release.