Officer Communications

Kristofferson Culmer, GPC President, and Michael Martin, GPC State Issues Coordinator, were in Jefferson City on Monday, March 5, 2012 to support Missouri Senate Bill 747.  The bill would install a graduate or professional student on the University of Missouri System’s Board of Curators.  This … Continued

The U.S House of Representatives is considering a bill that could limit public access to publicly funded research and eliminate public access to biomedical information through PubMed.  For more information on how you can make your voice heard and take action, go to: Right to … Continued

The Graduate Professional Council recently passed a resolution in support of Open Access for federally funded research in response to the United States Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) request for information on public access to scholarly research. Policies in favor Open Access would … Continued

In 1986 the federal government removed the tax exempt status of graduate student stipends.  If you support reversing this policy, add your name to this official petition to the White House asking the Obama Administration to help reinstate the tax exemption of graduate student stipends. … Continued

An up to date budget report was delivered at the November 1 general assembly meeting. If you have any questions or concerns about expenditures or programming, please email Urme Ali, GPC Programming & Publicity Coordinator. Come out to Harpo’s next Wednesday, November 9 from 8 to 11PM … Continued