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'''Previous/other names:''' Graduate Students' Society | '''Previous/other names:''' Graduate Students' Society | ||
'''Prominent date(s) of activity:''' 1948 - present | '''Prominent date(s) of activity:''' 1948 - present | ||
'''History:''' The Graduate Student Society was established in 1948 to give graduate students from various departments a chance to inter-mingle, as they were otherwise isolated to the company of | '''History:''' The Graduate Student Society was established in 1948 to give graduate students from various departments a chance to inter-mingle, as they were otherwise solely isolated to the company of the people they worked with. The society also hoped to increase graduate student numbers at the university through improved services. | ||
'''Activities:''' The Graduate Student Association keeps graduate students informed about policy decisions and special events which might interest or concern them | '''Activities:''' The Graduate Student Association keeps graduate students informed about policy decisions and special events which might interest or concern them and also acts as a representative body to influence decisions being made about graduate studies at UNB. | ||
'''Note(s):''' In the group's founding year there were twenty-two graduates at UNB from the departments of Chemisty, Biology, [[ | '''Note(s):''' In the group's founding year there were twenty-two graduates at UNB from the departments of Chemisty, Biology, [[Department_of_English|English]], [[Department_of_Economics|Economics]], [[Department_of_History|History]], and Forestry. | ||
'''Source(s):''' | '''Source(s):''' | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:20, 5 January 2016
Previous/other names: Graduate Students' Society
Prominent date(s) of activity: 1948 - present
History: The Graduate Student Society was established in 1948 to give graduate students from various departments a chance to inter-mingle, as they were otherwise solely isolated to the company of the people they worked with. The society also hoped to increase graduate student numbers at the university through improved services.
Activities: The Graduate Student Association keeps graduate students informed about policy decisions and special events which might interest or concern them and also acts as a representative body to influence decisions being made about graduate studies at UNB.
Note(s): In the group's founding year there were twenty-two graduates at UNB from the departments of Chemisty, Biology, English, Economics, History, and Forestry.
Source(s):
- UA Case 173.
- [Graduate Student Association]
- Up the Hill, 1948, p. 149.
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