Attached is a document that lists the graduate seminars that have been offered in the last nine years with the number of students in each class. Since there is no grad course listing, this is at least helpful for seeing what classes have existed in the past as we start working on plans of study, etc.

Previous Graduate Seminars

For those of you on Facebook and interested in staying informed on the “goings on” of the Purdue Graduate Student Government, here’s the link to their Facebook page. It looks like it’s in its infancy, but I think once it gets more play it could be useful. Apparently you can RSVP for events and seminars, the first of which is the “How to Publish in Academic Journals, which should be useful to most.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=189798133207&ref=ts

So we still haven’t had the opportunity to have every board member present for a picture, but this is the most complete CGSA has been as a board to date when there’s a camera present:

After reading the report Mohan sent out earlier this week, please list your thoughts on the new college below. As before, you can use a pseudonym and fake email address if you prefer to remain anonymous.

For those interested, the CGSA purpose statement and constitution have been uploaded in the “CGSA Board” section on the right.

Use the comment feature to voice your thoughts on the proposed new college. Although the comment form requests your name and email, if you are uncomfortable supplying that information you can make up a pseudonym and a fake email address.

I have revised the list of journals found under the ‘Research’ heading to include a list that Rahul Mitra sent, which organizes journals by subject area. You may want to download the revised file as well, as it lists some journals  that were not included in the original file.

Please visit this page to see the various timelines proposed for each graduate degree offered in Communication:

http://www.cla.purdue.edu/communication/Graduate/progress.html

Also find a helpful checklist that you can reference to get a feel of how your time at Purdue should progress!

We’d like to take this opportunity to extend a warm hello to both our new students and returning students, as well as introduce you all to your CGSA representatives for this year:

President–Abigail Selzer
VP-Fundraising and Research–Isaac Holyoak
VP-Social Relations–Vicky Ortiz
VP-New Student Relations–Shavonne Shorter
VP-Administration–Andy King
VP-Technology–Nick Carcioppolo
VP-Professional Development–Jessica Smith
VP-Grad Relations–Elizabeth Munz
PGSG Representative–John Dowd

Also, in the coming weeks we’ll be holding elections for CGSA members-at-large. Essentially these positions exist to give incoming students a voice in CGSA. There will be two positions open, one for Masters students and one for PhD students, and self-nominations are always welcome!

CGSA Annual Spring Cookout!

Sunday, April 26 — Noon

Burgers (including veggie) and Dogs and Pop Provided.

New CGSA Board will be introduced.

Please bring a “dish to pass”.