Thank you, Abigail Labella, GPSC President: A letter in response
Let me be clear from the outset that I speak solely on behalf of myself and that I am not an objective party in this matter nor will I pretend to be. This is my third year at Duke, second year as a member of the GPSC Executive Committee and second year working alongside Abbe Labella. Beginning as a representative in the General Assembly during the spring semester of my first year, GPSC gave me an opportunity to interact with students outside of my program and to be directly involved with issues concerning the entire student body. By the end of the semester, I had been convinced to run for the Director of Student Life position. I could probably go on for days about how much GPSC has meant to me, how it changed my graduate school experience, how it offered me a way out of the loneliness and imposter syndrome symptoms that so often accompany the first year of graduate or professional school. The bottom line is that Ms. Labella has played a critical role in my dedication to GPSC and in my strong belief in this organization’s abilities.