Graduate association elects officers

Graduate Student Association leadership changed hands Tuesday night with the election of new officers in a special session held after the association's general meeting.

Jill Bush (graduate-kinesiology) was elected president of GSA and Kristin Chaudoin (graduate-speech communications) was elected vice president.

As president, Bush said she would like to increase visibility of GSA and improve communication among graduate students.

"There are some graduate students that don't know we exist and that's a problem," she said.

Working to increase the connections among graduate students through the departments and through E-mail are methods Bush said she would like to use.

"Communication is very important," she said. "Things get misread or mislead without communication."

Bush has been the Graduate Council representative to the executive board of GSA for one year and has been with GSA for two years, outgoing GSA President Julie Ann Bubolz said.

"Under Jill's leadership, I think this new group will continue forward," Bubolz said.

Erik Malewski (graduate-higher education) and Liza Ann Acosta (graduate-comparative literature) were elected as treasurer and executive secretary respectively.

In addition, five Graduate Council representatives, four University Faculty Senators and one representative to the University Park Allocation Committee were elected. The new officers will assume their new positions on April 8.

-- by Patricia K. Cole