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Students are also encouraged to become involved with committees within
the department and the graduate school as a whole.
An example of a
departmental committee is the Student Advisory Committee or SAC. In the
fall, students from each year in the program elect one person from their
year to be on the SAC. The SAC has a wide range of functions which serve
the graduate students and faculty within the department. The SAC organizes
social activities, such as department tailgates and happy hours, as well
as seminars that are particularly informative for graduate students. The
SAC also works hard to maintain the "Guide to Survival in the Statistics
Department!"
An example of a graduate school committee is the
Graduate Student Association (GSA). The GSA is a great organization to
join if you are interested in meeting graduate students from other
departments and seeing some of the political side of graduate school life.
Each year the Department of Statistics elects two graduate students to
serve as representatives at the GSA meetings. The GSA does a lot on campus
to serve the graduate student community. For example, they show foreign
and alternative films for free every weekend, hold blood drives, provide
garden plots, and host a happy hour every month with free beer, wine,
soda, snacks, and entertainment. The GSA has two meetings every month
(usually Tuesday evenings), and the meetings last about an hour. It's not
a huge time commitment and a fun way to get involved!
2002-2003 Graduate Student Association
Representativesกก
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