This is a friendly reminder that applications for the 2024 Summer Travel Grants and Graduate Excellence Awards will be closing at 11:59 pm on this Sunday, April 14th, 2024. Please visit the Travel Grant and Graduate Excellence Awards for further details and to apply. 

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To our graduate and professional student colleagues, here are this week's announcements and updates: 

Announcements: 

Congratulations to our new GPSG Executives! 

President of Engagement: Saydie Sago

Saydie is a 3rd year Ph.D. student in Integrative Physiology with the College of Arts and Sciences; she looks forward to advocating and supporting minoritized student population groups, specifically- Native and Indigenous students. As a current graduate leader for the Native Graduate Student group and a past committee member for the Center of Native American and Indigenous Studies, Saydie continues to evolve the graduate student experience through shared governance, organizing student cultural events such as workshops, conferences, concerts, and art nights. 

President of Administration: Pritha Agarwal

Pritha is a 3rd year Ph.D. student in Advertising, Public Relations, and Media Design with the College of Media and Communication Information. Pritha has a history with GPSG, as she had an opportunity to shadow our previous President of Outreach, Mckenzie Dice. Pritha comes with experience from Washington State University, where she served as the President of the Indian Student Association, overseeing a vibrant community of more than 500 members. She plans to foster a collaborative dialogue with campus leaders and other shared governance groups to create an inclusive environment where every student's voice is heard and valued. 

Please join us this Wednesday, October 18th, 2023, during our Legislative Assembly meeting for the Introduction and Assembly Ratification of our two new executives, Saydie & Pritha.

Updates: 

Happening this Assembly meeting Wednesday, October 18th, 2023  https://app.zoom.us/wc/5531069073/

The Rules and Finance Committee (RFC)  will have the second reading of their GPSG fee increase proposal. The last GPSG fee increase was in 2021, which would go into effect July 2024. We invite you to listen and comment. 

Senator Carias will host a second reading of 2023 AB 02: A Bill to Improve GPSG stipends. This bill proposed increases to the current GPSG leadership. 

There will be the first reading of a suggested Assembly Resolution 2023 AR 01: Resolution to add Caste Protection to the Protected Groups in CU's Anti-Discrimination and Harassment Policy authored by Prasanth Prahladan CSGSA Vice-Chair for Antiracism and Inclusion. 

The Award and Grant Committee (AGC) will introduce amendments to the Excellence Award Bylaws. 

Ongoing meetings: 

- Tuesdays @ 12 pm

- Tuesdays @ 4:15 pm

- Wednesdays @ 5 pm

- Wednesdays @ 6:30 pm

Equity and Advocacy Committee- Thursdays @ 10 am; please email chiefofstaff.gpsg@colorado.edu for the Zoom link if interested in attending. 

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GPSG currently has applications open for several awards.

• The Graduate Excellence Awards include the Teaching Excellence Award and the newly-renamed Collegiality and Scholarship Excellence Award. Self-nominations for this award are due by March 17.
• The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award is accepting applications for the Spring term. Self-nominations for this award are due by March 15.

See all GPSG Grants and Awards

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To our graduate and professional colleagues,

Please see below for a weekly update from the Graduate and Professional Student Government, which you should also be receiving from your department representative or college senator.

Upcoming events and opportunities:

• GPSG meetings
  •  - Wednesdays 5pm
  •  - biweekly Thursdays 4pm
  •  - Tuesdays 3pm
  •  - Thursdays 10:30am
  •  - Mondays at 10am
• Applications for Spring travel grants are open, due Friday, January 28.
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Week in Review:

• The Assembly approved a grant to the ATOC Outreach Committee and discussed communication strategies with their colleges. These meetings are always open to the public.
• Fee Advisory Board Met on Thursday 20 January to finish updates to the Institutional Student Fee Plan. Updates pertinent to GPSG included that from now on one executive member (likely President of Outreach) and the Director of Finance will attend FAB meetings. Additionally, the email of the chair of the Board will be added on the finance office's website so that students may contact the chair if they have questions or concerns about a certain fee.  The final draft of this plan will be finished in a few weeks.
• Additionally (not related to the Fee Plan), last fall the capital construction fee was discontinued, which is about $100/semester. 
• We had 64 applications for the GPSG Fire Victim Assistance Fund and made awards to 16 students.
• The President of Engagement is working on proposing updates to the ���������� Today emails to make them more useful to graduate students. If you have any thoughts about this, please email engagement.gpsg@colorado.edu.
• Please let us know if there are particular issues you’d like us to prioritize!

If any questions arise, you can reach out to your representative or contact us at gpsg@colorado.edu.

We hope you stay safe and have a great week,

Emily Jensen, Barra Peak, and Mckenzie Dice

GPSG Executive Team

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To our graduate and professional colleagues,

Welcome back to a new semester! Please see below for a weekly update from the Graduate and Professional Student Government, which you should also be receiving from your department representative or college senator.

Upcoming events and opportunities:

• GPSG meetings
  • - Wednesdays 5pm
  • - biweekly Thursdays 4pm
  • - Tuesdays 3pm
  • - Thursdays 10:30am
  • - Mondays at 10am
• Applications for Spring travel grants are open, due Friday, January 28.

Week in Review:

• Our first Assembly meeting of the semester was on Wednesday. These meetings are always open to the public.
• We met with the Graduate School this week. We will be adding graduate students to the Housing Master Plan Committee. Other discussion items included how to coordinate communications and structure CUBT emails to better engage graduate students.
• GPSG welcomes Jennifer Reeve as Executive Advisory Committee representative and Benjamin Burney as Dir. Social Events! We are looking for students to join two committees: graduate mentoring and to discuss the possibility of adding a third semester to the academic calendar. .
• GPSG executives meet regularly with high level campus administrators such as the Chancellor, the Chief Operations Officer, the Dean of the Grad School and many others. If you have questions/concerns that should be addressed to these people please let us know! Assembly meetings are also the appropriate place to discuss these topics.
• Please let us know if there are particular issues you’d like us to prioritize in the new year!

If any questions arise, you can reach out to your representative or contact us at gpsg@colorado.edu.

We hope you stay safe and have a great week,

Emily Jensen, Barra Peak, and Mckenzie Dice

GPSG Executive Team

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The Graduate and Professional Student Government (GPSG) Spring Travel grants will open this Friday, January 14th at 5pm MST and close on January 28th at 5pm MST. Event grants are accepted on a rolling basis. Graduate students may apply for:

• Up to $300 for individual travel, which can be used within the U.S., Mexico, Canada, and U.S. territories.
• Up to $750 for group grants, which can be used for events held in Boulder.

To submit an application and review the ‘Rules and Procedures’, please visit our website at: /gpsg/grants-awards

For any questions contact the GPSG Director of Finance, Lange Simmons at finance.gpsg@colorado.edu

COVID Requirements: Currently all university funding must be approved and follow the rules of the Procurement Service Center. Any travel that is not approved and booked properly cannot be funded through a GPSG travel grant at this time.

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To our graduate and professional colleagues,

We hope you had a safe and relaxing Labor Day weekend. Please see below for a weekly update from the Graduate and Professional Student Government, which you should also be receiving from your department representative 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  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 

  • 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 “controlled access” rather than “public” space. Due to this, the lack of masks in the rec center is not in violation of the Boulder 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. 

  • 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. 

• 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 reach out to your representative or contact us at gpsg@colorado.edu.

We hope you stay safe and have a great week,

Emily Jensen, Barra Peak, and Bobby Vondrasek

GPSG Executive Team

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To our graduate and professional colleagues,

Now that we are beginning to settle for the semester, the Graduate and Professional Student Government (GPSG) executive team is aiming to send a weekly update to provide transparency on what we are working on and provide the latest resources for you. These updates will be announced at Assembly Meetings on Tuesdays, with an updated version released to the campus later in the week.

Upcoming events and opportunities:

• GPSG meetings

  • - Tuesdays 6pm

  • - Tuesdays 4pm

  • - Mondays 10am

• For the latest campus-wide updates, be sure to read the ���������� Today Graduate Student Edition for upcoming workshops, seminars, and events. Be sure to subscribe, if you are not already receiving this in your email feed.

GPSG week in review:

• Interviewed candidates for the following positions: CUSG Senator, Strategic Alignment Committee (ratified in Assembly), and Standing Committee for Research Misconduct (ratified in Assembly).

• Planning meetings with Chancellor, Graduate School, and CUSG Executives

• Investigating potential opportunity to create grants for students with families, reaching out to Mines about their existing program

• Meeting with Graduate Housing on Thursday (9/2) to discuss lease policy changes. Share to oppose changes to grad housing. We encouraged the Assembly to draft a resolution to complement the UCW measures.

• We are collecting feedback on grad and professional student concerns about campus COVID-19 safety measures and procedures following comments made during Assembly. Please share this , which is completely anonymous if you wish. 

• Travel grants are now open on the GPSG website. Click here to apply, due September 10 at 5pm MST.

If any questions arise, you can reach out to your representative or contact us at gpsg@colorado.edu.

We hope you stay safe and have a great week,

Emily Jensen, Barra Peak, and Bobby Vondrasek

GPSG Executive Team

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The following review was completed by Peter Shaffery, PHD Candidate in Applied Mathematics, as part of his membership on the UGGS Finance Committee under the direction of the Vice President of Finance. The full report is attached at the bottom of this page.

This plot gives a running mean of the bias towards or against each department which has submitted applications for UGGS travel grants.  Bias was measured as the difference between proportion of grants given and proportion of applications received.  Each colored line represents one department.  Labels were used to indicate departments which, as of Fall 2016, had a mean bias that was greater than 1.5 standard deviations away from the mean taken across all departments.

Please note that lines starting far from 0 and sloping towards it indicate a one or two time large bias, followed by more regular behavior.  Most outlier departments are only outliers due to an anomalous fluctuation in one or two years.  These fluctuations are not statistically significant (as determined by a one-way F test to check for significant differences between departments in terms of the year-to-year bias).  Data and analysis scripts can be made available upon request."

Here are some more specific details or explanations that you can use as you want:

"Bias" was measured as the difference between:

(1) the percentage of grants awarded to a department (relative to all grants awarded)

(2) the percentage of applications received from that department (relative to all applications received).

For example: if in total we received 100 applications and awarded 10 grants, then the measured bias for a department which submitted 20 applications and received 1 grant would be calculated: (1/10) - (20/100) = .1 - .2 = -.1 

For every department which submitted grant applications we calculated bias for each year from 2012-2016.  From this we then calculated a running time-average of these biases.  The plot here shows this running mean up to year.  This means that for year 2014 the plot provides the average of the biases in 2012, 2013, 2014.  For year 2015 the plot provides the same average but also including the bias from the year 2015.

The running mean is a better way of representing this data over time compared to showing the actual biases in each year for a department.  Due to chance, in a single year there will almost certainly be some department which is over or under awarded grants relative to how many applications it submitted.  However if the awards process is truly unbiased, then these fluctuations should not be frequent, and for a single department should be negative about as often as they are positive.  Therefore, if there is no "true" bias towards any department, these fluctuations should cancel out and the mean bias for a department should go to 0 as time passes.  

To determine if these fluctuations were significant I first conducted two-way ANOVAs for the "applications received" and "grants awarded" data sets, checking if there were significant differences between apps or grants across departments and across years.  Both of these tests indicated that the fluctuations were significant; that is that both the department and the year had a statistically significant effect on how many grants were awarded or applications were received.

2016 Official Report on Grant Allocation

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