Join GAPSA

Ways to Get Involved

There are many ways to get involved with GAPSA - you’ll be able to find a way to get involved no matter how much time you’d like to commit. You can serve as a member of an internal committee, volunteer to work on a specific event, or serve as a General Assembly (GA) Representative, as a University Committee representative, or as a GAPSA Executive Board Member.


INTERNAL COMMITTEES

Anyone who is interested can join the committee of a Director, working on projects throughout the year. Members of the GA are required to sit on at least one committee.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY SEATS

To become part of the General Assembly (GA), please contact your school’s government. Each of the individual Penn programs has a different procedure for selecting GAPSA representatives.

School Governments
Attend a GA meeting


UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE SEATS

Most seats are filled during the early Fall.

Please contact the Director of Equity and Access for more information about these roles.

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GAPSA EXECUTIVE BOARD

Elections are held in the Spring for the following academic year. The term of service is May 1st – April 30th. All positions are open in the spring, and any enrolled graduate or professional student is eligible to run. 

For more information on eligibility and election procedure, please reference Article VI and Appendix A of the GAPSA Constitution. Please find detailed descriptions of each position’s responsibilities in Article VII of the GAPSA Constitution.

For contact information for current Executive board members, please visit the Executive Board Page.

Executive Board

INTERNAL COMMITTEES

Thank you for your interest! Please refer to this page for more information on the positions in GAPSA. Internal committee descriptions can be found under the Divisions section, and please contact each director for more information to join their respective committee.

ATTEND A GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING

All students are encouraged to attend our open General Assembly meetings, held biweekly at varying locations. Anyone who attends is able to participate in our discussion and hear our latest updates. Check out our 2023-2024 Meetings page to find out when our next meeting is!

Unable to make our meetings in person? Join us via Zoom (Sign-in with PennKey required).