Latest GAPSA news and announcements

OUtgoing GAPSA Vice Chair for Student Life Nikki Thorpe (Design) and Outgoing Vice Chair for Social Activities Jessica Kim (Education) have both been selected to receive the President and Provost’s Citation for Exceptional Commitment to Graduate & Professional Student Life.
Also selected was former GAPSA Representative Brian Coleman (Social Policy & Practice), who is currently [...]

The Division of Public Safety’s Commendation Ceremony is an annual event held during the spring conducted jointly with DPS, GAPSA and the Undergraduate Assembly (UA). Commendations of merit and commendatory letters will be presented to members of the University of Pennsylvania Police Department (including the Detective Unit), the PennComm Center, and AlliedBarton Security. Letters [...]

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 [...]

At the request of one of the school student governments, GAPSA has conducted a review of the apportionment of School Representatives seats in the GAPSA General Assembly in accordance with the GAPSA Constitution.
The new seating will take place in September 2009 and will affect the following schools.
The School of Veterinary Medicine (+1 Research Seat)
The Law School (-1 Professional [...]

Congratulations to the student recipients of the 2009 Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching!
Roshan Abraham (Classical Studies)
Roy Anati (Computer and Information Sciences)
Philip Ernst (Statistics)
Greg Hall (Philosophy & Law)
Fern Lin (Marketing)
Goran Lynch (Electrical and Systems Engineering)
Laura Napolitano (Sociology)
Jon Pogach (Economics)
Nathaniel Prottas (History of Art)
Shalini Roy (Economics)
Charles Sharpe (History)
Hannah Voorhees (Anthropology)

GAPSA and the Office of the Provost are pleased to announce the 2009 recipients of the GAPSA-Provost Award for Interdisciplinary Innovation. Congratulations to these individuals and teams which will each receive a $6,000 summer research stipend!
A detailed press release can be found here.

On April 8, 2009 the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly elected its 29th Executive Board! Congratulations to the following individuals who will begin their year-long term on May 1, 2009.
Chair: Corbett Brown (Nursing, PhD)
Vice Chair: Lee Solomon (Medicine, PhD)
Vice Chair for Communications: Allison Sullivan (SAS, PhD)
Vice Chair for Equity & Access: Michelle Jacobson (Arts & [...]

On March 25, 2009, the Assembly passed a resolution condemning the recent Grassley-Sanders amendment to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R.1 Federal Stimulus Bill), which places restrictions on the hiring of H-1B visa holders from companies receiving Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) money, as this legislation has already begun to negatively impact the future [...]

On March 25, 2009, the Assembly adopted a 14-page report on housing resources for graduate and professional students. The report contains a compilation of the feedback and data gathered by the Assembly to date, from a variety of sources, concerning the availability of suitable student housing options in the area surrounding the University. It presents [...]

On March 25, 2009 the Assembly passed a resolution urging the Office of the Provost and the Council of Graduate Deans to implement a periodic University-wide survey of graduate and professional students. This instrument would be used to assist in institutional effectiveness efforts and to support the University’s mission and purpose by collecting data that [...]