Graduate Political Science Society
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Thursday February 10th
SPRING SEMESTER SOCIAL!
7:00pm to late
The Auld Shebeen
2971 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax
The GPSS is delighted to invite all current grad students, recent graduates, alumni, faculty, and staff (and significant others, friends, etc.) to attend our Spring Semester Social at The Auld Shebeen. Finger food will be provided. Cash bar.
Feel free to get to The Auld Shebeen any time after 7:00pm and proceed to the downstairs room, which has been reserved for the event.
Please RSVP via Facebook or e-mail.
What is the GPSS?
The Graduate Political Science Society (GPSS) was established to provide a voice for graduate students in the political science program and enhance the graduate experience through the programming of academic events and social activities. The GPSS also provides auxiliary student advising and student advocacy capacities.
Masters and Doctoral students in the Political Science program are automatically considered members of the GPSS. A copy of the GPSS' constitution can be downloaded here.
Mission Statement
The Graduate Political Science Society was established to foster cooperation in the pursuit of academic research interests, to advocate on behalf of the student body in liaison with the Department of Public and International Affairs, and to organize academic and social events. The intent of the GPSS is to be an integral part of the graduate program by providing support to both new and current students in order to facilitate a more integrated and comprehensive graduate experience.
Dr. Wilsford's Corner
9/27/2010
Good day, Sunday, grad students.
This piece from today's NYT, by five different grad students at various institutions, is pitched officially at entering freshman: advice on how to get the most out of what is, really, a once-in-a-lifetime phase of exceptional opportunities, day after day, that is called college.
Reading it, I was struck by how virtually every damn sentence applies to graduate students in graduate school, as well (or even more so).
Take a look. It's plain down-to-earth advice based on real experience, like your own, and constitutes a sort of how-to-get-more-out-of-it-and-stay-sane help manual. “How to not get sucked in by the rip-tide and survive – even enjoy it!” Or, even better, it's really about the sociology of LIVING through university - at any level – without becoming weird and bizarre while doing it. That’s the rip-tide image I think of. These kinds of things truly will make your graduate school experience healthier and more profitable to you, in the long run. And you have to constantly fight those short-term pressures, especially on your time, because no matter how much time you spend on your grad studies, they never end! 24/7/365. I have had occasion to mention one or two of these factors myself to many of you, most recently at several different moments of the town hall meeting last week. They are all true!
I wish you all a very good rest of Sunday.
Yours