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'''Name:''' Graduate Student Association (GSA)
'''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 only those with whom they worked. The society also hoped to increase graduate student numbers at the university through improved services.
'''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 acts as a representative body to influence decisions being made about graduate studies at UNB.
'''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, [[Department of English|English]], [[Department of Economics|Economics]], [[Department of History|History]], and Forestry.
'''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.


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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.

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