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Senate Handbook for GPAs

The GPSS Senate Handbook contains information about the history, purpose, and operations of the GPSS. Below is the list of topics addressed in the handbook:

  • Letter to GPAs
  • What is GPSS?
    • GPSS Mission
  • Why encourage GPSS involvement?
  • What are the responsibilities of Senators?
  • Benefits of Senators to their department and campus
  • Departmental Senator allocation & adding Senate seats to a department
  • How to select Senators
    • Student Committee Appointed Senator Seats
    • GPSS Liaison Positions
  • Senator recruitment advertising blurb
  • What to do in the event of…
    • An ineffective/obstructive Senator
    • Poor Senator involvement and/or attendance
    • A Senator resigning during the school year
    • A student’s adviser discouraging their involvement in GPSS
  • Senator-GPA communication
  • The GPSS roster
  • GPSS Structure
  • GPSS Funding Opportunities