Graduate and Professional Student Assembly

Overview

The GPSA brings together Cornell’s 6,200 graduate and professional (M.B.A., J.D., D.V.M.) students to address non-academic issues of common concern. Drawing upon the strengths of our diverse constituencies, we work with the university administration to improve the quality of life at the University.

Cornell has developed a system of campus governance that involves all the members of the campus community in making decisions that impact life at the University. This system includes the Faculty Senate, Student Assembly (undergraduate), the Employee Assembly, the University Assembly and the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly. Like the other assemblies, the GPSA engages the needs and concerns of its constituents, communicating these directly to the University administration. We also appoint graduate and professional students to university committees, where they have a direct voice in decision-making processes.

What the Assembly Does

In addition to addressing concerns of everyone at Cornell, the GPSA takes up a number of issues and concerns of particular interest to graduate and professional students.

• In the fall of every odd-year, we hold hearings to set and distribute the Graduate and Professional Student Activity Fee, which every graduate and professional student pays.
• We sponsor social events that are open to all graduate and professional students, such as the End-of-Year Barbeque and Summer TGIF (Tell Grads It’s Friday).
• We lobby the administration to improve pay and benefits for graduate and professional students, including insurance coverage, quality of health care services, child care facilities and career service.
• We provide unparalleled support for campus programming sponsored by graduate and professional student organizations. Through the GPSA Finance Commission, we allocate funds (from the Activity Fee) to student groups. In 2009–−2010, the Finance Commission will allocate to 200 groups for cultural, performance, and social events.
• The GPSA takes action on a range of topics, from transportation to library services to international student concerns.  Please click here to learn more about some of our current issues and campaigns.

For detailed information please visit http://assembly.cornell.edu/GPSA/Home

International Communication Association (ICA) Conference

Overview
International Communication Association (ICA). ICA is an academic association for scholars interested in the study, teaching, and application of all aspects of human and mediated communication. ICA began more than 50 years ago as a small association of U.S. researchers and is now a truly international association with more than 3,500 members in 65 countries. Since 2003, ICA has been officially associated with the United Nations as a non-governmental association (NGO)

For detailed information please visit http://www.icahdq.org/

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)

Overview
The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication is a non-profit, educational association of journalism and mass communication faculty, administrators, students and media professionals. Dedicated to promoting the highest standards for education, the Association provides an abundance of resources for news, research and career opportunities, including a multicultural network of practitioners from every discipline of journalism and mass communication.

Founded in Chicago in 1912, AEJMC is the oldest and largest alliance of journalism and mass communication educators and administrators at the college level. Today, the Association has some 3,600 members around the world. AEJMC conventions attract more than half these members each year to various destinations throughout the United States and Canada.

For detailed information please visit http://www.aejmc.org/