Educational Support Grant

Forty awards worth $100 each are given each semester to applicants with the highest GPA. All matriculated graduate students (full-time or part-time) with nine credits are eligible to apply. Deadline for the grant application is June 30, 2003. Please check the GSA http://www.gsa.umb.edu for details and application forms.

Professional Development Grant

Do you want to attend a conference, seminar, workshop, training session or a symposium but do not have enough money to pay for the entire trip? The Graduate Student Assembly offers the Professional Development Grant (PDG), which reimburses students up to $500 for travel expenses and fees. Some restrictions and limitations apply. Please check the GSA’s webpage for more details.

Graduate Nursing Students

The GSA is proud to help sponsor the Graduate Nursing Students’, Class of 2003 Capstone Presentation by donating $153.00. The event will be held on May 13th 2003 starting at 6:00 pm in the Wheatley Student Lounge. Congratulations to the Class of 2003.

War on Terrorism or Assault on Human Rights?

This GSA co-sponsored conference will be held on May 3, 2003, 9am -5pm in the Ryan Lounge, McCormack Building. This event will have a number of high caliber speakers from outside the UMass community and is free and open to the public. For more information check the UMass Boston Human Rights Working Group’s website at http://site.www.umb.edu/human_rights

End of Funding Requests

The GSA will no longer be accepting any more event funding requests for the spring 2003 semester.