Council of Graduate Students

Department Representatives (30/50)• Biological Sciences (0/1)• Business & Information Tech nology

(0/2)• Chemical & Biochemical (1/2)• Chemistry (1/3)• Civil, Architectural, & Environmental

(4/4)• Computer Science (1/3)• Electrical & Computer (5/9)

Council of Graduate Students

• Engineering Management & Systems Engineering (1/3)

• English & Technical Comm. (0/1)• Geological Sci & Eng (3/6)• Materials Sci & Eng (2/2)• Mathematics & Statistics (2/2)• Mechanical & Aerospace (6/6)• Mining & Nuclear (2/3)• Physics (2/2)

Economics & Psychology ???

Council of Graduate StudentsCArE Kerry Magner MAE Amir GhazanfariCArE Matt Limmer MAE Kannan Suresh KumarCArE Mostafa "Mos" Fakharifar MAE Krutika KarthikCArE Namrata Ghandi MAE Nanda Kumar DeyChem Karen Carol Tsoka MAE Siddarth AshokkumarChemE Pratibha Mishra MAE Yao ChengComSci Gerry Howser Math Haowei "Alice" ChenECE Amit Tamboli Math Lan XuECE Apurva Walunj MNE Amirhossein BagheriehECE Behzad Talaei MNE Saeid DindarlooECE Kanchan Vaidya MSE Erica RonchettoECE Vaibhav Damle MSE Harihar Rakshit SistlaEngMgt Olatunbosun Jegede Phys Basu LamichhaneGSE Cory A. Reed Phys Hari Hara Kumar ChaluvadiGSE Hauwa HammanGSE Mohammad Alkazimi

Seminar Series• Beyond Grad School• CGS General Meeting– Address graduate student

concerns• Transferable Skill Workshops• Preparing Graduate Students

for upcoming campus events (e.g. Career Fair)

Strategic Plan• Identify transferable skills

graduate students need• Better define what we are

doing and how to do it better• Recommendations for

revising the CGS Constitution

Current Endeavors

Council of Graduate Students

• Job Searches– Over 100 graduate

students– COER presentation

• Shristy Bashyal• MinerJobs &

GoinGlobal– Faculty Panel

• Dr. Levant Acar (ECE)

• Dr. Robert Landers (MAE)

Council of Graduate Students

• Networking– COER presentation

• Networking & Power Introductions

– Interactive Power Intro Exercises • Speed Dating Style• COER staff• Visiting employers

Council of Graduate Students

Travel Grants

Application period during both Fall and Spring semesters• Available to help cover student

travel costs to conferences• Conference must be during the

semester of application• Maximum award of $250

Council of Graduate Students

• Application window for the fall will be in October