Call for Applicants
to Join Next Year's GSIC

We are seeking graduate students enthusiastic about CAMWS to serve on the Graduate Student Issues Committee for the 2006-7 academic year.  If you have specific ideas for reaching out to graduate students during the year to increase membership, are eager to organize social events at the annual meeting, would enjoy putting together the yearly panel for grad students, and/or would like to communicate the actions of GSIC via our web page or short pieces in the CAMWS Bulletin, you should apply to be a member of GSIC.

Duties of the GSIC

• Organize a session at the annual meeting geared toward the edification and professional development of graduate students in attendance.
• Arrange social events for students attending the annual meeting.
• Promote CAMWS to graduate students.
• Write a short article on GSIC for each CAMWS Newsletter.
• Solicit and accept feedback from graduate students about what CAMWS is doing well for them and what more it could provide.
• Communicate with CAMWS officials, both at the annual meeting and at points throughout the year, regarding graduate students' feelings about the annual meeting and the role of CAMWS in students' lives outside of the meeting.
• Take part in instituting recommended innovations.
• Maintain our web page with the latest material available.
• Choose members of the next GSIC.
• Adapt to the changes in responsibilities that may come as the GSIC evolves.

Benefits are as follows:

To apply: send a letter (of no more than 350 words) as a Word attachment to each of the four current members of the GSIC that includes the following information:

Deadline for application: December 15, 2005.

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