Executive Updates - September 8
To our graduate and professional colleagues,
We hope you had a safe and relaxing Labor Day weekend. Please see below for a weekly听update听from the Graduate and Professional Student Government, which you should also be receiving from your department representative听or college senator.
Upcoming events and opportunities:
GPSG meetings
- Tuesdays 6pm
- Tuesdays 4pm
- Mondays 10am
Outreach Team - Tuesday 4:30 pm (as needed)
GPSG travel grants are open until this Friday, September 10 at 5pm. Please share with anyone who听 will be presenting or needs some support for their professional development!
Applications for open Senator positions and a variety of opportunities to sit on campus boards are open (most are paid). . They will be reviewed on a rolling basis starting September 15.
GPSG Week in Review:
We met with the Pandemic Response Office about COVID-19 testing and other concerns about campus policies听
Wardenburg testing: You should be able to get a test. If you are turned away, the most likely reasons are:
It is too soon since the time of exposure
You are not officially enrolled for the semester (common issue with dissertation/thesis credits)
If you are turned away from Wardenburg, email Brenton.Klingemann@colorado.edu
Rec Center masking policy: The rec center has been granted an exemption to the mask mandate due to its classification as a 鈥渃ontrolled access鈥 rather than 鈥減ublic鈥 space. Due to this, the lack of masks in the rec center is not in violation of the 麻豆影院 County mask mandate.
Instructor Guidance:
Department chairs are supposed to be sharing university instructional guidance and COVID-19 policies with grad student instructors. If this is not happening in your department please let us know.
Full unmasked student policy as of 8.31.21 . If this was not previously shared with you, please let us know.听
Monitoring Tests
Program ended due to low participation
Not reaching the population it actually would have helped monitor
University unwilling to enforce strict monitoring requirement
Please continue to share any questions or concerns about campus COVID-19 policies via this .
We met with the Assistant Director of Grad Housing last week regarding housing policy changes. of the meeting.听
We met with the CUSG executives on Tuesday morning to discuss priorities for the year and possible collaborations. We will post a summary of the meeting soon.
Spotlights for Teaching and Research Excellence Awards from Spring 2021 are now posted on the website! Take a moment to support your peers and check out the cool things they are up to.
If any questions arise, you can听reach out to your representative听or contact us at听gpsg@colorado.edu.
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We hope you stay safe and have a great week,
Emily Jensen, Barra Peak, and Bobby Vondrasek
GPSG听Executive听Team