The Graduate
Student Association (GSA), of which all graduate students are automatically
members, sponsors a variety of social and cultural activities for graduate
students and represents their interests to the university through its
legislative body. The GSA provides free legal advice to students, and it
sponsors academic programs, films, mixers, trips to New York, and community
action programs.
Every graduate
student, full time or part time, in any of the Rutgers University–New Brunswick graduate and
professional schools automatically becomes a member of the GSA. A president,
vice president, treasurer, and secretary are elected at large. The GSA's main
legislative body is its Council, which meets once a month. Every graduate
program and department may elect one representative for every 40 students
enrolled; schools not organized into departments elect their representatives at
large, one for every 40 students enrolled. (Departments with less than 40
students also are allowed one elected representative.) If you are interested in
being a department representative, check with your departmental organization or
the GSA office. The GSA offices are located in the Graduate Student Lounge
(GSL) in the Rutgers Student Center on College Avenue in New Brunswick and may
be contacted at 848-932-7995 (GSA) or 7994 (GSL).
Graduate
student
lounges, located in the Rutgers Student Center, Busch Student Center, and
Douglass Student Center, are primarily for the use of graduate students
and the functions sponsored by and for graduate students. These provide a
comfortable atmosphere for socializing, lounging, and studying.
