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by email: gsc@tufts.edu
by phone: (617)627-3576
spacespacespaon campus, dial: 7-3576
in person:
West Hall 001
Medford, MA 02155
Located on the main quad, walk to the back of West Hall and look for our office!
Last updated:   March 24, 2008

Welcome to the Graduate Student Council homepage of Arts, Sciences & Engineering! The GSC was formed to serve the graduate students of Tufts University by providing social, cultural, and educational opportunities.

Announcements!

--General Meeting
--Coffee with the Deans!
--Graduate Student Research Symposium
--Byzantium and Armenia:  The Larger Picture (lecture by Dr. Helen Evans)
--11th Annual GSC 5K Run/Walk for Respond, Inc. and Project Hope
---GSC General Meetings
---GSC Health Care Web page
---GSC General Information


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General Meeting
Just a reminder that our first General Meeting of the spring semester will take place on Monday, March 3 at 7:30 PM in Eaton 333.  Pizza will be served!!
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Coffee with the Deans at West Hall!
Monday, March 3 will also mark thesecond  installment of a new initiative,Coffee with the Deans at West Hall.  Dean of GSAS Lynne Pepall and Dean of Graduate Education for Engineering Sergio Fantini will be on hand in West Hall 001 on March 3 from 11 AM to 12 Noon to share coffee and conversation with graduate students.   Please take advantage of this opportunity to chat with the Deans in a more casual setting.  Coffee will be provided!!
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12th Annual Graduate Student Symposium
The Graduate Student Council is happy to announce that its annual Graduate Student Research Symposium will take place on Saturday March 29th in Pearson Hall, Rooms 104 and 106. This Symposium gives Tufts graduate students the opportunity to share their work with the Tufts community and hear about the work of students in other disciplines. In addition, prizes will be awarded for top presentations. The prizes are as follows:

 1st Place -  $150
 2nd Place - $100
 3rd Place -  $75
 4th Place -  $50

If you're interested in presenting your research at the Symposium, you should submit a 250-500 word abstract to Caroline.Gelmi@tufts.edu by SUNDAY MARCH 2ND. Please put your contact information on the abstract.

Feel free to contact Caroline (Caroline.Gelmi@tufts.edu) with any questions or concerns or visit http://ase.tufts.edu/gsc/gss08
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Graduate Student Council, Perseus Project and Past & Present
present

Byzantium and Armenia:  The Larger Picture
delivered by
Dr. Helen C. Evans
Mary and Michael Jaharis Curator for Byzantine Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wednesday, April 2, 2008
7:30 PM--Cabot Auditorium
Reception to follow

Co-sponosored by the Fares Center, Department of Art History, Department of History, Department of Classics, Archaeology Program, Phi Beta Kappa (Delta Chapter of Massachusetts), and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Education

For more information, please contact David Proctor at david.proctor@tufts.edu or visit http://ase.tufts.edu/classics/byzantineworld/evans
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11th Annual GSC 5K Run/Walk for Project Hope and Respond, Inc.
The 2008 5k has been scheduled for Saturday, May 3, 2008 with registration beginning at 10 AM and the race at 11 AM.  Registration will take place on the Eaton Hall patio. 

For more information contact David Proctor at david.proctor@tufts.edu or visit our  5K website at http://ase.tufts.edu/gsc/5k

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GSC General Meetings

Join the Graduate Student Council for our general meetings throughout the year!
All meetings are at 7 :30 PM in Eaton 333.

Meeting dates are: 
Monday, February 4
Monday, March 3
Monday, April 7
Monday, May 5

Any questions or concerns, please email us at gsc@tufts.edu


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Health Care

The GSC is working with Health Services to construct a “graduate page.â€�  Basically, one page on the Health Services website that would provide any and all the information (or links to information) regarding Health Services, insurance etc. that graduate students need.  To make this page truly useful however, we need your help.  What kind of information would you like to see on the page?  What information would be most helpful?  Please let us know via email at gsc@tufts.edu and please put the words “Health Careâ€� in the subject of your email.

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GSC General Info

Get Involved with the GSC
The GSC is looking for Department Representatives for the 2006-076 academic year. Each department may name up to two current graduate students to attend GSC general meetings and be the source of information between their department and the Council. To be involved, or receive more information, please email gsc@tufts.edu or  david.proctor@tufts.edu.

As a general policy, the GSC hopes to help solve the graduate student printing problem by providing free copying and printing, you supply the paper, we supply the photocopier and printer

Don't want to carry your books back and forth to campus? Sign up for a locker in the GSC lounge. Lockers are 12x18x12 and will be assigned for September on a first come, first served basis and are free to any graduate student in ASE. Locks will also be provided free of charge. To sign up for a locker, please email gsc@tufts.edu.

Staying up to date
Stay up to date on all GSC events by joining the GSC listserv. Send your name and email to gsc@tufts.edu

GSC and the Community
The GSC is partnering with Project Hope to provide tutors for their Adult Education program. For more information, contact David Proctor at david.proctor@tufts.edu.

Have a question, concern, idea?
The GSC is here for you! If you have a question, idea or concern, please feel free to email us at gsc@tufts.edu or contact any member of the Executive Committee. This is your GSC and we are here to help you in any way we can.

GSC Office Hours
The home of the GSC office staff, West Hall 001, is normally staffed M-F between 9 AM and 5 PM.  For the period from May 22- September 12, the office staff will be operating out of our summer office, 321 Eaton Hall. 

Executive Committee Contact Information
President: Jenny Lenknowski   jenny.lenkowski@tufts.edu
Vice President: Jessica Pesce jessica.pesce@tufts.edu
Secretary:   Nealia House  Nealia.House@tufts.edu
Treasurer/Office Manager: David Proctor david.proctor@tufts.edu

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