When: Thursday, Oct 20th, 4 – 7 pm
Where: The Duke of York Pub, 39 Prince Arthur Ave.
October’s Third Thursday social event is an Oktoberfest Pub Night. Please drop in and join us at the Duke of York to celebrate making it to reading week. TGSA will be buying appetizers and munchies to share and students can purchase whatever beverages they wish. Hope to see many of you there! Prost!
TGSA is looking to hire a Chief Returning Officer/Secretary to serve as a non-voting member of its board. The position would begin November 1st, 2016 and continue until April 30th, 2017. TST students interested in gaining further academic service experience (and CV lines!) should consider applying for the role.
Responsibilities:
Eligibility:
TGSA is offering a honorarium of $150 payable in April 2017 as a token of our gratitude for the contributions of the CRO/Secretary. Interested students should contact TGSA’s president, Allison Murray, by Monday October 31st at 5:00pm, via tgsa[at]utoronto.ca. Please include your name, current college and program of study, and a brief description of your qualifications (including any past administrative and/or board experience, if applicable).
Over the next month and a half, TGSA wants to consult with the student body regarding proposed changes to the conjoint PhD Handbook. The proposal would modify the policies currently in place which govern the structure of PhD students’ General Examinations. Two board members have recorded a video explaining the changes and how they would impact the General Examination process. Please get in touch with your College or Program Representative from TGSA and weigh in on the proposal.
A warm welcome to all TGSA members as they are beginning a new term this week. Your TGSA Board has already been busy holding meetings and planning some events to get you both informed and fed. We have two valuable events happening this Thursday, September 15th and we hope you will make yourself available to attend. It’s the free money/free food welcome back duo!
Free Money – attend TGSA’s first Professional Development event of the new year: our annual SSHRC/OGS Application Workshop. Learn how to make your application for these prestigious awards stand out among the rest by hearing from our panel of professional grant writers, TST administration, and past successful applicants. Thursday September 15th, 2 – 4 pm in the Second Floor Boardroom at TST (47 Queen’s Park Cres).
Free Food – Immediately after learning how to best apply for free money, we invite you to attend TGSA’s annual Welcome Back BBQ. This year it is being held at Knox College, 4:30 – 6:00 (59 St George St). All TST graduate students (and their partners and children too!) are welcome to join with us as we reconnect with our fellow students across all TST’s colleges and graduate programs. It’s a great chance to make connections with the wider TST graduate community, as well as to get info on what TGSA has planned for the remainder of the year.
The TGSA is pleased to announce that the winners of the Spring TGSA Conference Awards go to three doctoral candidates at Wycliffe College. They are conjoint PhD student, Rachel Krohn; conjoint ThD student Dae Jun Jeong; and PhD (University of St Michael’s College) student Charles Meeks. Congratulations! Each candidate has been awarded $300 CAD to offset their travel expenses
Dear Graduate Students,
At this afternoon’s Annual General Meeting of the TST Graduate Students’ Association, it was announced that Fiona Li was elected as the Vice President Academic, with 30 votes (Warren Campbell of Wycliffe College received 26 votes and Marie Green of the University of St Michael’s College received 12 votes) of the 68 votes cast. This was a participation rate of 25.28% of eligible voters.
The current TGSA Board of Representatives is therefore:
Executives
President – Allison Murray (2016-2018)
Treasurer – Gordon Brown (2016-2018)
Vice President Academic – Fiona Li (2016-2018)
Vice President Conferences – Melanie Kampen (2016-2018)
Vice President External – vacant
Program Representatives
Bible – Trenton Voth (2016-2018)
History – vacant
Pastoral – vacant
Theology – vacant (2015-2017)
Contextual – Rachel Ball (2015-2017)
Master of Arts – vacant
Master of Theology – vacant
Doctor of Ministry – vacant
College Representatives
Emmanuel – Lindsay Ann Cox (2016-2018)
Knox – Margaret J. Perry (2016-2018)
Regis – Robyn Boeré (2015-2017)
St. Michael’s – Benjamin Lujan (2015-2017)
Trinity – vacant
Wycliffe – Stephen Hewko (2015-2017)
Non-Voting Officers and Guests
Secretary – vacant
Returning Officer – Matthew Charlesworth (2016)
UTSU Director – Orvin Lao (2016-2018)
ICS Delegate – Dean Detloff (2015-)
If you wish to contact the TGSA please feel free to email tgsa@utoronto.ca
The full report that I submitted to the Annual General Meeting on the election can be found on the TGSA website here.
Regards
Matthew Charlesworth (Regis College)
Chief Returning Officer and out-going Treasurer,
TST Graduate Students’ Association (TGSA)
http://tgsa.sa.utoronto.ca/
