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Department Graduate Student Reps
Graduate student representatives act as a liaison between faculty and graduate students. They are elected by the current graduate students and hold their positions for two academic years. They are important contributors to discussions about departmental priorities and climate. They attend and take minutes at faculty meetings, and circulate the minutes through the commgrad listserv. For those faculty meetings in which confidential personnel matters will be discussed (for example, tenure and promotion decisions and faculty search discussions), the graduate student representatives are excused.
Communication Graduate Student Association (CGSA)
The CGSA president is responsible for overseeing the overall operation of the CGSA and acts as a liaison to the faculty and staff. They are responsible for the recording and maintenance of CGSA records and files, including minutes of meetings and committee reports. The CGSA vice president is responsible for serving as a liaison to the Graduate and Professional Student Association and for taking CGSA meeting minutes. This officer assumes the duties of the president if they are absent from a meeting. The CGSA treasurer is responsible for the financial records and bookkeeping of the CGSA, the preparation of the budget, and attendance at any budget hearings. The term for these positions is one academic year.