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The Graduate Student Society welcomes four new directors after high voter turnout
January 8, 2020By: Paige Riding, News Writer Following the Graduate Student Society’s (GSS) election in the fall of 2019, the GSS welcomed four new members to their board of directors. The Director of Student Life’s seat on the board was filled by Lulu Li with 241 total votes. The position had two other candidates. Li is an international master’s student in political science whose online introduction notes that she “strongly believe in giving back to the community and [is] an active volunteer in community organizations on and off campus.” Li hopes to hold events on campus to build “long-lasting and deeper connection…
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Lot 21 graduate housing governance brought to GSS Council’s attention
May 27, 2019By Kitty Cheung, Staff Writer Sibo Chen, graduate student and former SFU UniverCity Community Trust board member, presented a briefing on Lot 21, a graduate student housing project to be built in UniverCity to the Graduate Student Society (GSS) during…
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Council Corner Tuesday, May 14
May 19, 2019By: Ana Staskevich, Staff writer Graduate Council brings forth issues surrounding the coffee machine funding Nicholas Page, director of graduate services, recommended a decreasing subsidy approach to counter the per-cup costs of providing free coffee in the Graduate Student Society…
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Meet the 2019 GSS candidates
April 5, 2019Written By: Youeal Abera On Tuesday, March 26, candidates for the 2019 Graduate Student Society (GSS) elections met at SFU’s Burnaby campus to host a meet-and-greet. Candidates were able to introduce themselves, the positions they were running for, and their…
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New SFU pub announced to open in the next few weeks
February 25, 2019Written by: Michelle Gomez, News Team Member The Study Public House, SFU’s new on-campus pub, is set to open within the next few weeks. The Study Public House will be run by the Joseph Richards Group, a B.C.-based hospitality company that…
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SFSS and GSS endorse SFU Tuition Freeze Now
January 21, 2019Written by: Henry Tran, Coordinating News Editor Several student groups on campus have endorsed SFU Tuition Freeze Now, an independent campaign to reject SFU’s proposed tuition fee hikes for fall 2019 for all incoming and current SFU students. SFU Tuition Freeze Now was formed in October…
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Grad Minutes
November 20, 2018Written by: Youeal Abera, Staff Writer Revisions in the cards for SFU’s practices relating to research personnel At the latest Graduate Student Society (GSS) Council meeting, Council spoke with members of SFU’s senior administration about students’ frustrations towards SFU’s…
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GSS Directors’ Elections: Know Your Candidates
November 19, 2018Written by: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor There are over 4,000 graduate students in SFU, who are spread across 38 academic programs in all three SFU campuses. All graduate students are represented by the Graduate Student Society (GSS), which…
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Grad Minutes
October 14, 2018Written by: Youeal Abera, Staff Writer The GSS partners with the SVSPO Graduate student Council speaker Nathan Lodewyk announced that the Graduate Student Society (GSS) will partner with SFU’s Sexual Violence Support and Prevention Office (SVSPO) for Sexual Assault…
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Graduate Student Society marks 10-year anniversary
July 25, 2017The SFU Graduate Student Society (GSS) is marking 10 years since it became independent from the Simon Fraser Student Society and began to offer services geared towards master’s and PhD students at the university. “During those 10 years, we grew…
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