Graduate & Professional Student Senate - UW College of Education

Are you interested in...
Serving other students in the College of Education?
Meeting people across other departments?
Gaining leadership experience?


The Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS) is the official student government for all graduate and professional students at UW-Seattle. GPSS represents students to the UW administration and state and federal governments and puts on regular social events. GPSS is made up of two senators from each degree-granting department, four officers and several staff members.
At our meetings we discuss various issues that are affecting the University and graduate students. Please consider applying for a senate position and increase the College of Education's presence in GPSS!

Why become a Senator?
Ensure students in your department are heard
Meet people from other parts of campus
Boost your resume and your leadership experience!
Responsibility of Senators:
Attend at least two Senate meetings per quarter
Get input and communicate with students in your department
Relay information from the Senate to students in your department

What did COE senators do this year?
Hosted two events with the Dean on the budget issues
Organized Career Pathways event with ASCE
Co-hosted Socials with ASCE and other student groups
Facilitated funding for “Walk the Talk” Race and Equity forum hosted by Students of Color group at College of Education

We need SIX senators for the 2012-2013 school year!

Teacher Education Program (1 seat available for ELTEP, 1 for STEP)
Curriculum & Instruction (1 seat available)
Educational Psychology (1 seat available)
Educational Leadership & Policy Studies (1 seat available)
Special Education (2 seats available)

To apply to be a senator in the College of Education, please send in your RESUME and answers to two questions: 1) Why do you want to be a GPSS senator? 2) What skills/qualifications would you bring to this position?

Send in your materials to [email protected] by Monday June 11,2012 9am.

For more questions, please ask your GPSS rep:
Special Education: Sara Celms email: [email protected], Talya Kemper email: [email protected]

Curriculum & Instruction: Kelli Kapahua email:[email protected]

EDLPS: Nitya Venkateswaran email: [email protected], Osure Brown email: [email protected]

EDPSYCH: Kevin Cummings email: [email protected]

Visit the GPSS webpage: http://depts.washington.edu/gpss/
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoE.Senators

Graduate and Professional Student Senate GPSS is the official student government for graduate and professional students at the University of Washington. GPSS is comprised of two senators from each degree-granting department, four officers, and several staff members. GPSS represents students to the University and the Legislature, funds grad...

Come out to College of Ed Softball game this SUNDAY!

BE A PART OF…
The Miller Hall Miracle!
The COLLEGE of EDUCATION
Spring Quarter SOFTBALL GAME!


SUNDAY JUNE 3RD, 2012

TIME: 2:45-4:30PM (Game starts at 3pm)
LOCATION: Softball Field 2
NEAR the E-1 parking lot close to the IMA
MAP:http://depts.washington.edu/ima/pdf/intra/FieldMap.pdf

ALL students, staff, faculty and family/friends at ANY level of skill are welcome.
Let’s have fun!
(We need cheerleaders and hecklers, too.)

Bring picnic style food and beverages if you’d like.
Gloves can be rented at equipment rentals at the IMA.
Please bring extra equipment to share with others!

Hosted by College of Ed students who love softball!
For more info email [email protected]

http://depts.washington.edu/ima/pdf/intra/FieldMap.pdf

GPSS and ASCE reps from EDLPS hosted a Career Pathways Panel and Q&A for College of Ed students on April 25th. It was a great success!

Woodland Park Zoo is holding an Educator Appreciation Day Saturday June 9th. All employees of education institutions (including administrators, office staff, counselors and janitors) will receive free admission to the zoo, and half off one additional adult ticket. Please let all of your staff know about this opportunity. For more information go to https://www.zoo.org/teacher-development

Check in will be in front of the zoo's South Entrance from 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. for your ticket into the zoo (you are welcome to stay until closing time, but check-in will end at 3:00 p.m.). Please bring ID or other documentation to verify your employment at an educational institution (no advance registration required).

There are multiple events for you to participate in on June 9th, including Bear Affair and Big Howl for Wolves, along with all of our summer programming.

Educator Professional Development at Woodland Park Zoo - Woodland Park Zoo Seattle WA Educator Professional Development at Woodland Park Zoo

College of Ed happy hour today at 3pm at College Pub! Nachos

Please call your legislators using the link in the post below to ask them to not give in to the budget passed out of the Senate late Friday night. It would cut higher education by $30M.

The more personal your emails, the more they will really listen to them.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017660218_olympia04m.html

State Republican senators pass own budget proposal Senate Republicans in Olympia, with the help of three conservative Democrats, seized control Friday and passed their own budget proposal — one far different from the majority party — by a 25-24 vote.

The Trials and Tribulations of Indigenous Education: An Examination of the role of sovereignty and self‐determination in a teacher education program
A lecture by Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy

March 9th, 2012 @ 10:30 am

Miller Hall 212This will be an excellent lecture and we are very fortunate to have Dr. Brayboy come and talk. He has an extensive special education background and works closely with Indigenous students who have disabilities.

In this talk, Dr. Brayboy, will examine and explore notions of sovereignty, self‐determination and nation building in higher education. In order to demonstrate the importance of understanding these concepts, he will examine a legal challenge to an Indigenous teacher preparation project. In the examination of the challenge, he will highlight the dangers of misunderstanding the role of sovereignty and self‐ determination in the education of Indigenous peoples, while pointing to the ways that notions of equality and equity are conflated in the larger discourse of Indigenous rights.

Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy (Ph.D.) is Borderlands Associate Professor of Indigenous Educational Justice at Arizona State University and Visiting President’s Professor of Indigenous Education at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. At ASU, he also co‐directs the Center for Indian Education and co‐edits the Journal of American Indian Education. His research focuses broadly on issues of equity and diversity and more specifically on the experiences of Indigenous students, staff, and faculty in institutions of higher education. Currently, he has two forthcoming, co‐authored monographs on the topic of Indigenous education and is at work on a third.

Sponsored by the COE Teacher Education Area.

For more information contact [email protected]

Hmm, College of Education is not one of the pilots, but maybe we can still push for a similar structure with our Dean.

Student Planning and Budgeting Councils to be implemented Five colleges and schools within the UW are beginning to implement new advisory councils in an effort to increase student involvement in decision-making on campus.

Opportunity to Oversee Student Publications
The Student Publications Board is a University committee that oversees The Daily and other student publications on campus. The board looks at business, financial and personnel decisions at The Daily. It is made up of members of the UW administration, ASUW and GPSS representatives as well as representatives from The Daily. The Board meets the second Tuesday of each month, 3:30-5:00pm. To apply, fill out the application: https://catalyst.uw.edu/collectit/dropbox/gpssvp/18250. Deadline: March 2nd. For more information contact Connor Lieb: [email protected]

Help Select the Next Student Regent
The Board of Regents is the University’s highest governing body; Regents oversee the budget and help set the strategic direction for the University. Ten voting members sit on the Board of Regents, one of whom is a student that serves a one year appointment. Every spring, a committee of students is responsible for choosing our next Student Regent, and GPSS appoints one graduate or professional student to this committee. Serving on the Student Regent Selection Committee is a huge responsibility and an excellent way to give back to the UW community. To apply, fill out the application: https://catalyst.uw.edu/collectit/dropbox/gpssvp/18250. Deadline: March 5th. For more information contact Connor Lieb: [email protected].

https://catalyst.uw.edu/collectit/dropbox/gpssvp/18250

Applications for Travel Grants due on March 2nd!
http://depts.washington.edu/gpss/services/funding/travel-grants

Travel Grants | Graduate and Professional Student Senate Travel Allocations are available to fund individual graduate and professional students who are traveling to an academic or professional conference that relates to their area of study and will enhance their professional development. Typically the funds have paid for conference registration fees, meal...

At our event with College of Education Dean two weeks ago, he mentioned that raising tuition in the CoE was a possible strategy to deal with budget cuts. Next week is an open meeting with the Board of Regents on this very issue! Come give your input on the budget and tuition rates!

Board of Regents Special Meeting: Student Input on Budget and Tuition Rates
Wed, Feb 15th, 3:30-5:00pm, Gates Hall 133
The University of Washington Board of Regents will hold a Special Meeting on Wednesday, February 15, from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m., in William Gates Hall, room 133, to receive comments and input from UW students on the University's budget and tuition rates.

The Board encourages those wishing to speak at the Special Meeting to sign up in advance: send an email to [email protected] with your name, the topic you wish to address involving the University’s budget and tuition rates, and your email address and/or telephone number . Speakers will be subject to a three-minute time limit. More information: http://www.washington.edu/regents/