Welcome to UIdaho's GPSA

Welcome to the GPSA at the University of Idaho

Special Announcements:

The position of Vice President is currently vacant. Nick Benardini, the former president stepped down from office on January 15, 2008. Nick is fast-tracking his PhD so he can move to California and work for the Jet Propulsion Lab as a microbiologist to assist in determining if the environment on the planet Mars supported life in the past. Craig Watt, the former vice president, was appointed as the President and is seeking candidates to fill the position of Vice President. Please email Craig for more information.

GPSA Logo Contest
The GPSA is looking to develop a new logo and is therefor sponsoring a contest. Please click here for additional details.

Travel Funding!
GPSA travel awards are available! Please click the link to the left for a 2007-08 travel packet. Please read the packet for any and all details. The next due date is March15, 2008. Due dates are every 2 months (on the 15th). For the graduate students in a department to be eligible for funding their department must have a GPSA senatorial representative. The senator application form is also available as one of the links to the left! A number of departments DO NOT have GPSA representatives as of February 1, 2008, and thus currently do not qualify to be eligible for travel or graduate expo awards. To see if your department is currently represented please check the "Current GPSA Senators" link to the left.

The GPSA (Graduate and Professional Student Association) represents graduate and professional (but not law) students at the University of Idaho. Undergraduate students are represented by the ASUI and law students are represented by the SBA. The GPSA body is composed of an executive branch; a judicial branch; and a legislative branch composed of senators that represent academic departments with graduate programs.

We are in the process of constructing a new website and appreciate your patience.

Mission Statement:
The Graduate & Professional Student Association (GPSA) supports and promotes graduate student education and graduate student life at the University of Idaho. This includes creating programs and assisting graduate students during their transition from student life to professional life. The GPSA is also committed to providing a collective voice for graduate students to the University and the State.

Involvement in the GPSA:
The office of the GPSA is located on the second floor of the SUB (Student Union Building) in the Pend Oreille Room. You may leave a message on the answering maching for the GPSA at (208) 885-GPSA (4772). As the GPSA is a volunteer-run organization, the office is occupied on a very irregular basis. As such, the preferred method of contact is via email or by contacting your departmental senate representative directly (see 'GPSA Senators and attendance' link to left . You may leave a message on the answering machine for the GPSA at (208) 885-GPSA (4772), however it may not be answered in a very long time.

GPSA meetings are typically every other Tuesday evening from 6:30 - 7:30pm (occasionally they may run until 8pm) and are located in the Silver/Gold room on the second floor of the SUB. Meetings for the Spring 2008 academic semester will be held at 6:30 pm on: January 15 and 29 (Note: the January 29 meeting will be located in the Faculty Lounge of Brink Hall), February 12 and 26, March 18, April 1 and 15 and 29, and May 6.

Contacts:

Nick Benardini, has retired as President, good luck in your future!

Craig Watt, President - craig.watt@vandals.uidaho.edu
MS Student, Department of Conservation Social Science

Currently Vacant, Vice President

Karen Neorr, Senate Speaker - kpneorr@vandals.uidaho.edu
MS Student, Department of Forest Resources

Alton Campbell, Faculty Advisor - altonc@uidaho.edu
Associate Dean, College of Graduate Studies

We look forward to a productive year and hope that you will join in our endeavors.