ECONOMICS GRADUATE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION (ECONGSA)Sean Isakower

Tess Forsell

Irena Tsvetkova

Mission

Provide a means to foster discussion about economics research and economics related current events

Liaison between economic graduate students and the Economics faculty

Liaison between economic graduate students and other graduate students

Improve relationship with graduate economics alumni

Liaison between economic graduate students and the GSG

Goals

Provide advice to incoming graduate students and help to develop a sense of community amongst the students

Hold informal discussion sessions about life as an economics student

Plan extracurricular activities Poll students about issues

Programming Ideas

Job search and interview workshops Study sessions Guest speakers Workshops on statistical packages and

languages Informal welcome event for new students Alumni student events Gradute student page for the economics

department web site Host potential student tours

Recruitment Techniques

Incoming Student Orientation Advertise in the Graduate Lounge Email advertisements

Contribution to Student Life Allow members better access to the

resources that the GSG can provide Provide a support network for economics

graduate students Improve communication between

economics and other social science graduate students

Improve cross-school communication between graduate programs in economics

THANK YOU!

~The EconGSA