GSA General Meeting

1. GSA General Meeting 6/16/14

2. Agenda • Voting • Career Fair • Dental Services • Grant$ • Upcoming Events

3. GSA New Bylaw Elections • Changes made to allow new positions • The New Bylaws are temporary and will be re-ratified by GSAC or will be rewritten for general ratification in January • Yes/No Vote to Ratify

4. GSA Officer Elections • Candidate speeches • Casting votes • GSA Officer photo

5. Officer Positions Uncontested Officers: • President: Elizabeth Fucich • Vice President: Stacey Stahl • Secretary: Mikaela Sifuentes • Treasurer: Travis Block Contested: • Student Ambassador • New Representatives: • IBMS: • Rebekah Mahoney • John Koprivsek • BME: • MilosMarinkovic • Radiological Science: • Jodie Gray • Kristen Malloy • Dental Science: • Martina Parrone • ObadahAustah • Clinical Laboratory Science • Hannah Burns • Translational Science • Rafael Veraza • Ruth Morris • AhsanChoudary

6. Student Ambassador • Aaron Horning • NourAbdelfattah

7. GSA Agenda • Student parking: upfront fees vs. payroll deduction • Business cards for students • Career Fair

8. Career Fair • October 30th, 1 – 4 pm • Breezeway between Med School and AAB • Keynote speaker: Adam Reuben • Scientist • Author, Science Careers • Comedian, speaker • Company exhibitor booths • Smaller sessions for specific career tracks • Career advisory council • Career aid: resumes, interview • Sign up for the Career Fair Committee!

9. Career Fair Committee • Volunteers • Swag bags • Advertising • T-shirts • Sign up! • Meeting this Thursday, September 18th, 5 pm • Room DTL 3.663U • Food will be provided • RSVP

10. Chili Cook Off! • October 30th, 5:30-7:30 pm • Intramural fields (Next to Gold’s Gym) • Halloween Theme! • Free chili, free beer • Win Prizes! • Chili categories: Best all-around, Best presentation, Hottest, Best veggie, People’s choice award • Costume categories: Best solo costume, Best group costume • Budget of $25, will be reimbursed! • No limit to number of students on a team

11. Dental School Services for Students • Screening: Free for Students ($13 for non-students) • includes x-rays and a limited evaluation just to see if they qualify for care with the school • New Patient Exam: $49 for students($69 for non-students) • comprehensive evaluation including gum exam, additional x-rays, diagnoses, and treatment plans • Cleaning with fluoride: $34 for students ($48 for non-students) • Fillings for cavities: $42 on average depending on size/material for students ($60 for non-students) • Crowns: $290 for students on average($414 for non-students)

12. F-grant • F-30: Dual Doctoral degree candidates • F-31: Predoctoral • Also has a diversity subset for minorities in science (disadvantaged backgrounds as defined by the NIH, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders. In addition, it is recognized that under-representation can vary from setting to setting and individuals from racial or ethnic groups that can be convincingly demonstrated to be underrepresented by the grantee institution are eligible for support under this program.

13. F-Troop • Meets Wednesday from 5pm-7pm • Provides dinner • IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO JOIN!!! • A lot of the grants available use NIH F-grant standards and application templates • Even if you are not eligible for an F-grant, F-Troop is a great resource that is worth making the time to attend! • First years should attend and learn about the fellowship writing process and get ready to submit in the spring once you have chosen a lab

14. Fellowship Search Engineson the GSA website! • Cornell Database • http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/fellowships/ • Look into each fellowship fitting your criteria, there are a few that are Cornell students only but they are easy to differentiate. • UCLA Database • http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/asis/grapes/search.asp • Can exclude grants you are not eligible for • More specific field searches

15. Non-US Citizen • There are MANY fellowships that do not require US citizenship. The databases shown are great ways to find them. • Here is a non-exhaustive list:

16. International Students • American Association of University Women(AAUW): International Fellowships • International Fellowships are awarded for full-time study or research in the United States to women who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Both graduate and postgraduate studies at accredited U.S. institutions are supported. Applicants must have earned the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor’s degree by September 30, 2013, and must have applied to their proposed institutions of study by the time of the application. Up to five fellowships are renewable for a second year. • Recipients are selected for academic achievement and demonstrated commitment to women and girls. Recipients return to their home countries to become leaders in business, government, academia, community activism, the arts, and sciences. • http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/international-fellowships • Ford International Fellowship Program • Constantly updating with new fellowships geared towards international students • Wide variety of fields • http://www.fordifp.net/ • International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA): Luis DonaldoColosio Fellowship • Mexican Citizens Only • Deadline December 2013 • Kosciuszko Foundation: Fellowships and Grants for Polish Citizens • For Polish Citizens only • Canadian Federation of University Women(CFUW) Fellowships Competition • Many fellowships available from full funding to partial funding • Canadian Female Citizens • http://www.fcfdu.org/en-ca/fellowships/fellowshipsandawards.aspx

17. International Students • American-Scandinavian Foundation: Awards for Scandinavians • http://www.amscan.org/study_in_america_details.html • Applicants must be citizens of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden. • 1 year of funding • American speech-language-hearing foundation, graduate student scholarship • Award amount is $5,000 • No citizenship requirements. • Epilepsy foundation of america, pre-doctoral research training fellowships • $19,000 stipend plus $1,000 to support travel to attend the annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society. • No citizenship requirements • Lupus foundation of america, ginafinzi memorial student summer fellowships • young researchers in lupus erythematosus • No citizenship requirements. • Philanthropic and educational organization for women, international peace scholarship fund • U.S. and Canadian citizens are not eligible. • Grants for women, from all countries, to pursue full-time graduate studies in the United States and Canada. Scholars must plan to return to their countries on completion of their degree program. • American heart association predoctoral fellowships • U.S. citizens and residents. Also open to holders of the following visas: F-1, J-1, H-1, H-1B, TC, TN, O-1. • Supports doctoral dissertation projects which broadly relate to cardiovascular function and disease, stroke or related clinical, basic science, and public health problems. $22,000 stipend, plus $1,000 for health insurance and $2,000 for travel to scientific meetings, publications, supplies and equipment. • Tobacco-related disease research program, dissertation research award • No citizenship requirements. • Fellowships offered to support dissertation research on tobacco-related issues. (Includes lung/mouth cancer from tobacco products) • 11/13/2013 -deadline for letter of intent. 1/24/13--deadline for full proposal and submission. Stipend of up to $20,000 per year and tuition/enrollment fee remission of up to $10,000 per year. • American lung association of california, lung health research dissertation grants • U.S. citizens or residents. Also open to Canadian citizens or permanent residents. • Grants are awarded for up to two years to individuals who will conduct dissertation research on issues relevant to people with lung disease. • Deadline: 10/20/2013

18. US Citizens Minorities • Association on americanindian affairs, sequoyah graduate fellowships • Must be enrolled full-time in graduate school. Must have a Certificate of Indian Blood showing a quarter Indian blood as well as proof of tribal enrollment. • American indian graduate center, graduate fellowships • All applicants must be able to demonstrate financial need through submission of a Financial Needs Form (FNF) and the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Must be an enrolled member of an American Indian tribe or Alaska Native group, or posses 1/4 degree of recognized Indian blood. • AAUW Dissertation Fellowship • Deadline: November 15, 2013 • Women Only • Ford Foundation Fellowship Dissertation Program • For Candidates planning on graduating soon by end of 2015 • Deadline: November 15, 2013 • Ford Foundation Fellowship Predoctoral Program • 3 year award • Deadline: November 15, 2013 • National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship • Deadline: Dec 14, 2013 • Hispanic Scholarship Fund General College Scholarship • Deadline: Dec 15, 2013 • MANY MANY MORE • You just have to look

19. SGA General Meetings • October 2 • Open to all students • Must RSVP by emailing Nathanael Phillips at PhillipsN@uthscsa.edu • Graduate School Representatives: • Sabrina Martinez • Aparna Gorthi • Roxane Khoogar

20. SGA Important Info • Main Campus Power Outages • Minor outage scheduled on Friday, September 19, 2014 from 10:00 pm – 4:00 am. Impact from this outage is expected to be minimal and emails from facilities have been sent out so check your inbox for details. • Major outage scheduled for January 16-20, 2015 (MLK weekend). Impact from this outage is expected to be substantial especially for research personnel so try to plan your experiments accordingly and be alert for details as the date approaches. • Flu Shots on Campus • The Student Health Clinic will begin offering flu shots on October 1, 2014. In response to requests in part from the SGA reps from the graduate school, they plan to offer expanded hours for walk-in flu shots. Reminders will be sent from the Student Health Clinic via email, fliers and on the monitors near Subway. You can also check the Student Health website http://shc.uthscsa.edu/ for details after Oct. 1st • Upcoming SGA Event Dates • Burger Burn September 18, 2014 • Chili Cook-off October 2, 2014 • Campus-wide Thanksgiving November 20, 2014 • Study Break Pancakes December 8, 2014

21. Upcoming Events! • Mentor Recruiting Day, Sept 17th 8:30 am – 3 pm Lecture Hall foyer • Burger Burn, Sept 18th 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, Intramural fields • Scientists Behaving Badly, Sept 23rd 4 pm – 5 pm, 409L • Discover Your Career Path, Oct 14th Noon – 1 pm, 444B • Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration, Oct 15th 11 am – 1 pm, Outside Texas Star Cafe

22. Bake Sale • Tuesday Sept 30th, Lecture Hall foyer, by Subway • Any baked goods, healthy or vegan options welcome! • Need people to bake • Need people to man the table

23. Next Meeting • Put it in your calendar! Tues, October 7th • Student Insurance - Academic Health Plans rep • Services offered by the Dental School • Discounted services • Participate in a study and get paid!