The Graduate Student Association (GSA) is the main clearinghouse for information for graduate student affairs on campus and is entirely governed by students. It sponsors a variety of social and cultural activities for graduate students and represents their interests to the university and the agencies of the state through its legislative body. It publishes the Graduate Student Newsletter, which is available free to all graduate students. The GSA provides free legal advice and marriage counseling, and it sponsors academic events, graduate publications, Internet publishing projects, films, and community action programs.
Increasingly, the GSA has assumed a lobbying role to speak for graduate student needs in such areas as housing, tuition policy, financial aid, departmental governance, health services, and rights of teaching assistants through liaison with the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). It also represents individual students in difficulties with departments or administrative offices of the university. All graduate students are encouraged to participate in the GSA and its activities.
The offices of the GSA are located in the Graduate Lounge in the Student Center on the College Avenue campus; 732/932-7994 or 7995.
