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Representative Elections 4/11-4/17/2006
The elections for the next years graduate students representatives is now being held. Please go to the voting section of the GSA website.
Upcoming "Spring Fling"
GSA is holding a BBQ for all graduate students on April 6th, 11:30-200pm, in the Fosmark bldg. All are invited for food and fun.
Pres./Vice Pres. Elections 03/27-04/01/2006
The elections for the President and Vice President for the upcoming year are now being held. Please go to the voting section of the GSA website.
Nominations for Executive Positions:
Due to unforeseen life changes, the newly elected President and Vice President will not be able to accept the positions. GSA is accepting nominations for the positions at this time. Please email your nomination information to: twugsa@agape.twu.ca
Graduate Student Forum
We'll be hosting an open forum on Tuesday, November 15th, from 12:30pm to 1:30pm in the Fosmark Centre. Read the announcement letter.
Vote for Program Representatives
Congratulations to Grace Hung, ACTS, and to Debi van Duin and Liv Skulstad, SGS, our new Program Representatives!
Bylaw Vote
The Bylaws were voted on and approved September 17th 2005.
Upcoming Vote: Program Representatives
Voting for Program Rep positions will commence soon! See the Voter's Guide for more details!
Fall 2005 - New Student Orientation BBQ's
We were proud to host new student BBQ's during the week of orientiation, as a way to meet and greet those students who were joining the TWU graduate community. There was food for all and tours of the new collegium. Thank you to all who attended.
Spring Fling
Thanks for coming out to the Spring Fling! We've posted a few photos...
Program Representative Vote Results
ACTS Program Representative
- (abstained): 1
- Jeffrey Sommer: 19
School of Grad Studies Program Rep
- Brad Kauffman: 10
Grad Student Forum
The Grad Student Association wants to know what is on your mind. Issues to bring up could be the collegium, campus services or other concerns you may have.
When: Thursday, March 17 in Northwest Building Auditorium from 10:30am to 12:30pm.
Upcoming Vote: Program Representatives
Voting for Program Rep positions will commence soon! See the Voter's Guide for more details!
Spring 2005 - Executive Election Results
Here is the final vote count as of March 8th.
Total Votes in this election: 52
President: Robin Martin
- (abstained): 5
- Robin Martin: 47
Vice-President: Suzanne Vance
- (abstained): 7
- Suzanne Vance: 45
Vice-President of Finance: Ida Fan
- (abstained): 6
- Sean Latimer: 22
- Ida Fan: 24
Timeline for Nominations and Elections for Program Reps
- February 23 - March 3: Accepting Nominations for Program Representatives (3 from ACTS and 3 from the School of Graduate Studies).
- March 5 - 10: Potential candidates accept nominations
- March 11: Candidates meet with the Chief Electoral Officer to discuss rules and regulations for campaigning.
- March 14 - 20: Campaigning (including optional Forum - date TBA)
- March 21 - 27: Voting
For more info, see the Voter's Guide.
TWU Graduate Student Association 2005-January-15: Nominations for Executive Council now Open!
Thank you for your support and prayers over these past few months in this inaugural year of TWUGSA. We have been busy laying the ground work for future councils with the creation of a Policy Manual which is currently in the works and can be partially viewed on our website.
It is now that time of year when we need to start thinking about electing a new council. This new council will take over in May of 2005 and represent you until April of 2006 (a 12 month term).
We are now accepting nominations for executive council members: President, Executive Vice-President and Vice-President of Finance. These are all paid positions. Job descriptions for these three positions can be found at: /students/twugsa/positions.aspx. Please send in your nominations (Yes, you can nominate yourself!) with the following information:
- Name of Nominee
- The position you recommend (i.e. the program he/she would represent)
- Current email address
- Phone number
- Program he/she is enrolled in
Please email this information to: twugsa@agape.twu.ca
It would also be appreciated if you would inform the nominee of your intention to nominate him/her.
The deadline for nominations is Wednesday, February 2 at midnight. We encourage all those who are interested and enrolled in a graduate program at TWU (ACTS or the School of Graduate Studies) to run for an executive position.
Future updates and deadlines will be posted shortly on our website: /students/twugsa/. Please check out the Voter's Guide for more details.
Good luck to all who those are interested in running for an executive position!
TWU Graduate Student Association 2004-November-22: Issues brought forward from Forum
On November 19, TWUGSA held its first open forum for graduate students to share their concerns and issues, which are listed here:
- Admission Related Issues
- Forms
- Credit card payments
- Prerequisites classes and rates
- GSA Related Issues
- Name of TWUGSA
- Electoral process
- Conflict of interest
- Operational Issues
- Parking Northwest parking
- Daycare
- Meal plans
- Interact
- Wages for graduate
- Library reserves for graduate students
- Graduate Needs
- Communications for graduate students
- Extended health programs
These issues will be addressed at the next council meeting on Wednesday, November 24, 2004.
2004-November-16: TWUGSA Team Complete
The nominations are in. The ballots have been counted and we are happy to annouce the 2004/05 ACTS and SGS Program Representatives. Congratulations to Jason Evans, Troy Goodman, Alexandra Palfy, Jessie Lin and Erika Melynchuk!!! Please say hi when you see them on campus as they would love to talk to you about representing the needs and concerns of the larger graduate community.
2004-November-12: TWUGSA Student Forum
Trinity Western University Graduate Student Association (TWUSGA) presents its inaugural...Student Forum. If you're a graduate student in the School of Graduate Studies or ACTS Seminaries, your newly formed council invites you to attend on Friday, November 19, 10-11:30am at the Formark Centre, Room 131. Let us know your concerns! What do you want to see happen in your GSA? What would make your graduate school experience the best it can be? Come and tell us what you think! If you are unable to attend, but still have concerns that you would like to voice, please email them to the council at twusga@agape.twu.ca. Click here to download flyer.
2004-October-30: Coming to an Online Voting Area near You
The Fall 2004 ACTS and School of Graduate Studies elections will be running next week, Monday through Friday. The Voter's Guide has been updated, so be sure to read over the list of candidates.
2004-October-1: Program Representative and Administrative Nominations
The newly elected Executive Council is asking for nominations for program representatives and administrative staff. See the newly updated Position Descriptions page for details on what those jobs entail and be sure to read about the upcoming vote on the Voter's Guide page, which has the details for how to nominate someone (including yourself.) Read the full letter here.
2004-September-13: Online Vote is Complete
The election is over and we have our first Executive Counsel! Congratulations to Paul Perschon (President Elect), Amanda Baker (Vice President Elect), and Bonnie Rai (Vice President of Finance Elect.) For the details, click here.
2004-September-10: Vote Extended
The vote has been extended by one day to Sunday night at 11:59:59 in order to better serve people who might not have had enough time to vote this week. Results will still be posted Monday morning. This is partially as a result of the occasional network problems that have been preventing TWU Pass and the voting system from functioning properly. The system is working (we've had 79 votes already), but if you run into an error, just try again in five minutes.
2004-September-7: The Vote is On!
The polls will be open from now through Saturday evening at 11:59:59. An email message will go out in a few minutes reminding all grad students about the vote. Spread the word to other grad students who might not be checking their email! Click here to vote.
2004-September-6: Changes, changes
We now have four candidates running for President! Check the Voter's Guide for the update. See you tomorrow through Saturday at the online polls!
2004-September-5: Update to Voter's Guide
The Voter's Guide has been updated with a new candidate for President who was added yesterday. (He had emailed eariler in the week when email was not working properly at TWU.) We may have another canidate running for VP as well, so be sure to check the Voter's Guide right before voting, which will be from Tuesday (Sep. 7) through Saturday (Sep. 11). Once voting has started, there will be a permenent freeze on changes to the Voter's Guide.
2004-September-4: Final List of Candidates
The Online Voter's Guide is complete. There are now two candidates for president, two for Exeuctive VP, and one for VP of Finance. Official election details will be released later this afternoon via email.
2004-September-3: Online Voter's Guide
There are four candidates in the race as of this morning. The Online Voter's Guide is being finalized, but for now you can preview it. Because Monday (the 6th) is a holiday, we may need to have the vote run from the 7th-11th, depending on how long it takes to close of the list of candidates today.
2004-August-27: Candidates and the Executive Council Vote
Nominees are now being contacted regarding their willingness and ability to run for executive positions. Thank you to all who participated in the nomination process! At this time, we are intending to have an Online Voter's Guide posted here on September 3rd and the actual vote is tentatively scheduled for September 6-11.
2004-July-26: Nominations and Voting
The GSA Formation Commitee and the Office of the Vice President of Student Life have sent out an official request for nominations. The text of the email message is here. To nominate yourself or another graduate student, read the announcement and reply to studentlife@twu.ca.
2004-July-13: Nominations, Please
The GSA Formation Commitee and the Office of the Vice President of Student Life are now working on a plan for the first Executive Council election. Details will soon be announced by email. To preview the Position Descriptions, click here.
2004-May-14: The Vote is In
The votes to approve the TWUGSA Constitution and Bylaws have completed. Both passed with a strong majority, with a total of 102 ballots cast:
- The TWUGSA Constitution was approved, 86 (84%) for, 16 (16%) against
- The TWUGSA Bylaws were approved, 82 (80%) for, 19 (19%) against
(For those checking the math, we had one ballot without a vote on the Bylaws.)