To our graduate and professional colleagues,
We hope you had a safe and relaxing Labor Day weekend. Please see below for a weekly听update听from the Graduate and Professional Student Government, which you should also be receiving from your department representative听or college senator.
Upcoming events and opportunities:
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GPSG meetings
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- Tuesdays 6pm
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- Tuesdays 4pm
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- Mondays 10am
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Outreach Team - Tuesday 4:30 pm (as needed)
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GPSG travel grants are open until this Friday, September 10 at 5pm. Please share with anyone who听 will be presenting or needs some support for their professional development!
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Applications for open Senator positions and a variety of opportunities to sit on campus boards are open (most are paid). . They will be reviewed on a rolling basis starting September 15.
GPSG Week in Review:
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We met with the Pandemic Response Office about COVID-19 testing and other concerns about campus policies听
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Wardenburg testing: You should be able to get a test. If you are turned away, the most likely reasons are:
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It is too soon since the time of exposure
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You are not officially enrolled for the semester (common issue with dissertation/thesis credits)
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If you are turned away from Wardenburg, email Brenton.Klingemann@colorado.edu
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Rec Center masking policy: The rec center has been granted an exemption to the mask mandate due to its classification as a 鈥渃ontrolled access鈥 rather than 鈥減ublic鈥 space. Due to this, the lack of masks in the rec center is not in violation of the Boulder County mask mandate.
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Instructor Guidance:
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Department chairs are supposed to be sharing university instructional guidance and COVID-19 policies with grad student instructors. If this is not happening in your department please let us know.
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Full unmasked student policy as of 8.31.21 . If this was not previously shared with you, please let us know.听
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Monitoring Tests
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Program ended due to low participation
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Not reaching the population it actually would have helped monitor
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University unwilling to enforce strict monitoring requirement
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Please continue to share any questions or concerns about campus COVID-19 policies via this .
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We met with the Assistant Director of Grad Housing last week regarding housing policy changes. of the meeting.听
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We met with the CUSG executives on Tuesday morning to discuss priorities for the year and possible collaborations. We will post a summary of the meeting soon.
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Spotlights for Teaching and Research Excellence Awards from Spring 2021 are now posted on the website! Take a moment to support your peers and check out the cool things they are up to.
If any questions arise, you can听reach out to your representative听or contact us at听gpsg@colorado.edu.
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We hope you stay safe and have a great week,
Emily Jensen, Barra Peak, and Bobby Vondrasek
GPSG听Executive听Team