The first meeting of the year was a sort of review session for Graduate and Professional Student Council members.
Members learned about parliamentary procedure and the structure of the council. They were also asked to sign up for one of GPSC’s committees, which deal with matters ranging from student life and academic affairs to the selection of the graduate student Young Trustee.
In the absence of GPSC President Yvonne Ford, a fourth-year Nursing Ph.D. student, Vice President Adam Pechtel, a third-year law student, ran the meeting.
The first meeting of the year was a sort of review session for Graduate and Professional Student Council members.
Members learned about parliamentary procedure and the structure of the council. They were also asked to sign up for one of GPSC’s committees, which deal with matters ranging from student life and academic affairs to the selection of the graduate student Young Trustee.
In the absence of GPSC President Yvonne Ford, a fourth-year Nursing Ph.D. student, Vice President Adam Pechtel, a third-year law student, ran the meeting.
At the start of the meeting, the Basketball Committee said that donations were down from last year so students should bring their own food to the Campout. Graduate students must camp out during the weekend of Sept. 11-13 for a chance to purchase season tickets for men’s basketball for $150. About one-third of students who camp out will get a chance to purchase tickets. Registration for Campout closes at 5 p.m. Friday.
In other business:
Alethea Duncan, former GPSC president and a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in chemistry, presented Kemel Dawkins, vice president for Campus Services, with GPSC’s Vice President of the Year award.
Duncan cited Dawkins’ implementation of the LaSalle bus route, his role in bringing ZipCars to campus and his efforts to help graduate students recycle as reasons for the award. Upon receiving the award, Dawkins, who sat through the Campout discussion, noted that Campus Services would be providing hand sanitizer at Campout.
GPSC is holding its first community service event of the year Saturday at 3 p.m., said Community Outreach Coordinator Jennifer Seger, a third-year Ph.D candidate in medical physics. Students will go to the Durham Rescue Mission to cook dinner. Interested students can get more information by sending an e-mail to gpsc-outreach@duke.edu.
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