(The following list is updated on January 2011)
1. ACTIVE GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS LIST
(Please click each organization's name to get its description)
2. INACTIVE GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS LIST
AID: Association for India’s Development - INACTIVE (11/08)
BGSA: Black GSA - INACTIVE (11/08)
CEGEC: Computer Science & Electrical Engineering GSO - INACTIVE (11/08)
COC: Christians on Campus GSO - INACTIVE (11/08)
E-Vision: Entrepreneur Club – INACTIVE (11/09)
JeGSA: Jewish GSA - INACTIVE (11/08)
MEES: Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences – INACTIVE (11/09)
OSA: Optical Society of America Student Chapter – INACTIVE (11/10)
Sahaj Marg Meditation Club - INACTIVE (11/08)
3. DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVE GSOs
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
President: Yasaman Haghpanah
Email: yasamanhj@umbc.edu
Mission: Provide a forum for student interaction and provide opportunities for members to expand their knowledge of computing.
Bio-CHemical Engineering Graduate Students (BioCHEGS)
President: Arundhathi Venkatasubraman
Email: aru1@umbc.edu
Mission: Promote interaction between full/part-time graduate students.
Chemistry Graduate Student Association (CGSA)
President: Margaret Grow
Email: mgrow1@umbc.edu
Mission: Representing the graduate students in the Chemistry Department.
Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA)
President: Lingxi Gao
Email: om26450@umbc.edu
Mission: Serving Chinese students and scholars at UMBC.
Indian Graduate Student Association (EKTA)
President: Anush Chandrasekaran
Email: anushc1@umbc.edu
Mission: A non-profit socio-cultural association, aimed at promoting awareness about India, her culture of heritage; facilitate interaction among students at UMBC, promote intercultural understanding.
Graduate Association of Biological Sciences (GABS)
President: Kathryn Feller
Email: kfeller1@umbc.edu
Mission: To promote the welfare of graduate students in the Department of Biological Sciences.
Graduate Students of Environmental Engineering (GEE)
President: Aditi Bhaskar
Email: ab11@umbc.edu
Mission: To support and connect GEE graduate students.
Geography and Environmental Systems Graduate Community (GESGC)
President: Garth Lindner
Email: glind1@umbc.edu
Mission: To organize social events, promote the academic and professional growth of its members, and communicate formally with the GES faculty.
Graduate Organization of Information Systems (GOIS)
President: Peng He
Email: penghe1@umbc.edu
Mission: Providing social, advocacy and educational services to the Information Systems graduate population.
History Graduate Student Organization (HGSO)
President:
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Mission: The HGSO provides a social outlet between people with a common academic interest, fostering a sense of community.
Iranian Graduate Student Association (IGSA)
President: Navid Goudarzi
Email: igsa.umbc@gmail.com
Mission: To provide a friendly and united atmosphere for Iranian and UMBC graduate students with common interest in Iranian culture and traditions.
IMaging and Digital Arts Graduate Student Organization (IMDA)
President: Kristen Anchor
Email: kancho1@umbc.edu
Mission: Networking, social, and critique events for graduate students in Visual Arts (IMDA Program).
UMBC Interculturalists (INCC)
President: Emily Tyler
Email: enelson1@umbc.edu
Mission: The UMBC Interculturalists has been established for the expressed purpose of uniting UMBC graduate students majoring in the Intercultural Communication (INCC), promoting professional development and mutual support, and increasing understanding of the intercultural aspects of Baltimore culture.
Language, Literacy, and Culture Interdisciplinary GSO (LLCI)
President: Doaa Rashed
Email: doaal1@umbc.edu
Mission: The organization is established for the purpose of supporting and connecting the LLC graduate students.
The Erickson School Management in Aging Services (MAgS)
President: Todd Sullivan
Email: todd6@umbc.edu
Mission: To engage current and future MAgS students in business and policy issues relative to aging services.
Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Association (MEGSA)
President: Beth Stephen
Email: stephe2@umbc.edu
Mission: MEGSA is here to provide a sense of community in the mechanical engineering and a means to promote synergy in the department and graduate student community.
Mathematics and Statistics Graduate Student Association (MSGSA)
President: Paula Borrego
Email: borrego1@umbc.edu
Mission: Representing graduate students in Math/Stats.
Physics Graduate Student Association (PGSA)
President: Jaime Compton
Email: compton1@umbc.edu
Mission: To facilitate a relationship between the department and graduate students.
Psychology Graduate Student Organization (PGSO)
President: Magda Permut
Email: magdap1@umbc.edu
Mission: To build community among students in the Psychology Graduate
Program.
Public Policy Graduate Student Association (PPGSA)
President: Elyse Grossman
Email: elyse2@umbc.edu
Mission: The PPGSA is an organized network designed to support academic, professional, and social development among students, faculty, and staff, and alumni associated with Public Policy and related subjects at UMBC.
Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics - UMBC Student Chapter (SIAM)
President: Jyoti Saraswat
Email: jyo1@umbc.edu
Mission: Foster interest in applied mathematics.
Sigma Phi Omega – Delta Lambda Chapter Gerontology (SPO)
President: Tara McMullen
Email: mtara1@umbc.edu
Mission: To promote scholarship, research, professionalism, and excellence in gerontology and aging services, and to recognize high attainment in the pursuit of academic and professional excellence in these areas.
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages GSO (TESOL)
President: Alex Sheffrin
Email: sheffa1@umbc.edu
Mission: Our GSO will support and connect both domestic and international students in the TESOL Program.
Women In Science and Engineering Graduate Association (WISE)
President: Deborah Girma
Email: girma@umbc.edu
Mission: WISE graduates is an organization dedicated to supporting women in graduate school, particularly in the fields of science and engineering, by addressing the needs of women through fun-filled events, activities and talks with women in industry and academia about their experiences
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