Missouri  S&T

The Council of Graduate Students (CGS) is the recognized governing council for the graduate students at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla. Our mission is to work to maximize the quality of life, develop leadership skills, and foster high academic standards for the graduate student community at Missouri S&T. We do this through cooperation with Missouri S&T administration, faculty, and the students to insure that the needs of graduate students are understood and considered when campus policies concerning academic excellence, tuition and finance, and research are made. CGS exists to share and discuss information important to all Missouri S&T graduate and professional students and to advocate for their interests in dealing with the University, its constituents, and all other appropriate entities.

To fulfill our mission, we work closely with different offices on campus which includes chancellor’s office, graduate studies office, admissions office, international affairs, career opportunities center, academic affairs, student health center, etc. Our representatives participate actively in some important standing committees formed by faculty senate at S&T. We currently have 27 representatives from various departments and nationalities, which give diversity both in terms of academia and culture. CGS tries to address issues of graduate students through general meetings which are organized every month.        Contd on page 3

"You are the editor", left me awestruck, even though it had been hinted. The gravity of those words did not sink in until I set about looking for every plausible meaning to the term 'newsletter'.

A newsletter represents the persona of the institution, its soul. The newsletter educates the subscribers and the masses alike, in the happenings of the institution. For a university, a newsletter would provide information to prospective and current students and researchers about the most recent trends in their research areas or in the areas of their interest.

By no means exhaustive, a newsletter highlights a few of the most interesting research. No one research being better than the other, the team working has limited access to the information or limited interpretation skills for some of the readily available information. A university with as diverse a population and interest as this, has some of the very interesting and important research being done. Not all of these are known or made known to the students. This S & T grad news strives to include these for the betterment of the students, the concerned department and the institute. This will be possible if students in the specific areas of research show interest in getting their research published. This is where I pass on the message that I interpreted as "You are the editor”                — Ed

GradVision

Published by Council of Graduate Students

02-25-2009

Volume 1, Issue 1

Inside...

Role of Council of Graduate Students