GT Graduate Senate Nomination Application Form
Seats in the Graduate Student Senate are filled by annual general elections (held beginning of the Fall semester for all seats) and special elections for vacant seats (held on occasion, usually at least one at the beginning of the Spring semester). Application deadline for the Fall 2020 General Election has been Wednesday August 26th at 5PM!
Besides getting elected to the body by your peers within the department, the elected Graduate President can nominate individuals to vacant seats (and up to 5 at-large seats) on a rolling basis. These nominees assume the respective office after receiving approval of the Senate.


Apply to be a Senator and represent your department in the Graduate Student Senate (GSS)! This form is an application to receive a presidential nomination to a vacant seat.

The GSS is a vital part of the Graduate Student Government Association (GSGA) and relies on passionate, dedicated and driven graduate students to improve our experience here at Georgia Tech. Running for Senate is a great way to get involved in Georgia Tech at many levels and help address the issues that we all share as graduate students.

What's involved in being a Senator:
1) Deciding how the mandatory student activity fee is used: Senators administer the annual Student Activity Fee budget of more than 2 million dollars and hear from organizations requesting funding. This happens during mandatory Senate sessions every Tuesday from 11AM to 1PM.
2) Developing and implementing institute wide policies: GSGA has been pivotal in many campus-wide policies and referendums including restructuring of Qualifying Exams and increases in annual stipends
3) Engaging with students, faculty, staff, and administrators in your department to find out what major issues they have and working with the GSGA and Administrators to tackle those issues
4) Advocating and voting for graduate student interests on institutional committees: Senators have direct connections to the President’s Office and President’s Cabinet, serving on a range of committees involved with student health insurance, technology fees, faculty benefits, campus art, and everything in between.

Nomination Process:
1) Check the current GSS roster if a seat you are eligible for (i.e. your department or an at-large seat) is vacant HERE (under 'full roster'): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cmfVNV1FZpj01VbvZOkgTJHjG2P9X6DmHHPHCuFjT1I/edit?usp=sharing 
2) Fill out the form!
3) Possibly expect an email from the Graduate Chief of Staff with some follow up questions regarding your eligibility.
4) Expect an email from the President setting up a meeting to talk about the nomination.
5) After having obtained the nomination, attend a GSS meeting and have your appointment voted upon.
6) If GSS voted to approve your appointment, you will be sworn-in right away and can participate as Senator.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions to Graduate Chief of Staff Marc Muehlberg (marc.muehlberg@gatech.edu) and/or Senate Chair Francis Fish (francis.fish@gatech.edu)!

Sincerely,
Your GSGA
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This is form is an application to obtain a presidential nomination and NOT declaration of candidacy for an election. Nominations of the President to the Senate a discretionary decisions and cannot be appealed. *
What is your name? *
e.g. George P. Burdell
What's your level of Graduate Study? *
What's your year of enrollment (on the graduate level)? *
This does not include years enrolled at Georgia Tech (or else where) as undergraduate student.
What department/school is your home school? This is the only school you are eligible to run for. *
If you selected other, please specify your home school
Will you be a full-time, on-campus GT Graduate Student for the 2020-2021 school year (Fall and Spring)? *
The distinction "on-campus" means that you are enrolled in regular sections of classes (which, due to the Covid-19 situation, could be held residential, hybrid or remote). If you are part of a full online program or enrolled in the distance learning sections (labelled Q) of courses, which are reserved for formal distance learning students, you are not an "on-campus" student.
Did you pay the Student Activity Fee for Fall 2020? *
You can look up the fees you've paid by going to Buzzport, navigate to PayNow and inspect the titles of all Fall 2020 fees.
Are you able to attend mandatory Senate Sessions every Tuesday from 11:00AM - 1:00PM IN FULL? *
Senate Sessions take place virtually via BlueJeans (in-person meetings will resume once the GSS decides it is safe to again do so) during the lecture period of the Fall and Spring term (no sessions in breaks or finals period). Official business is conducted between 11AM and 1PM and attendance is mandatory due to the fact that a quorum has to be present in order to conduct business.
If you are elected, an attendance policy is in place that permits occasional absences from meetings, but automatically removes Senators from office who regularly miss the meetings or do not attend them in full. *
Attendance Policy can be found in Appendix 1 of the GSGA Bylaws (https://sga.gatech.edu/governing-documents/).
Why do you want to be a Senator in the Graduate Student Senate? This is your statement of candidacy and can be published on the SGA website. *
Are you applying to be a Departmental Senator or Senator at-large? *
Departmental Senators represent their department within GSS and most Senators belong to this category. Senators at-large are considered representatives of the entire student body overall and there are a total of up to 5 seats open for appointment.
If you are applying as Senator at-large or would like to be considered for this position: Why do you think you are a suitable representative of the graduate student body in its entirety? This is an additional statement of candidacy and can be published on the SGA website.
Please enter your Georgia Tech email address *
Please enter your Google Mail email address *
In case you are elected, your Gmail address is required for granting you access to the Google Drive file sharing platform of Grad SGA and to provide you personal access to Senate documents and voting.
Please enter your preferred contact email address *
This address will be used for election communication and, if elected, added to the senate mailing list to be used for meeting invites, minutes and other important messages.
Please provide your mobile number *
This number will only be used when elected for urgent communication needs.
Please enter your GTID for confirmation purposes *
e.g. (904 567 874)
A copy of your responses will be emailed to the address you provided.
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