Binghamton University's Graduate Student Organization

>Elections to the GSO E-board are held in the last few weeks of the spring semester. All enrolled graduate students are eligible to contest. Elections of both departmental and non-departmental sub organization officers are usually held during the last few weeks of each spring semester. Departmental sub organizations must also elect Senators who will act as representatives of their organizations in the GSO Senate. (more…)

>The GSO works closely with all other university entities and is represented on various university-wide committees, as described in other sections.
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>One of the main objectives of the GSO is to advocate and ensure student representation at the University level. To this end, the GSO asks members of the graduate student community at SUNY-Binghamton to sign up as volunteers for various University-Wide Committees. Descriptions of all committees are provided in the PDF Document attached. Interested in signing up? Leave your contact info with the GSO and it will be forwarded to the committee you have chosen to serve on.
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>GSCTRF aims to provide members of the GSO with financial support for expenses they incurred while either presenting papers at a conference and for travel done in connection with thesis, dissertation research and their professional development. (more…)

>The GSO Financial Policies and Procedures includes information on how the GSO obtains and allocates its funds, as well as all the necessary information and rules a suborganization treasurer needs to know.
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>Check out this data for rules concerning the charter status (active, inactive and temporary chartered organizations) of all GSO constituencies. If you are interested in starting a new graduate student suborganization, the procedures you have to follow are listed in the PDF document under “New Charters”. (more…)

>the GSO acts as an umbrella organization for all graduate groups at SUNY-Binghamton. The Structure of the GSO aims to highlight the general internal structure of the organization, and the duties of the members of each subdivision, namely the GSO Senate, Executive Board and both departmental and nondepartmental suborganizations.
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