What is the GPSO (Graduate and Professional Student Organization)?
Over the past 10 years, the GPSO has evolved into a strong advocacy group for the graduate and professional students of IU-Bloomington. The GPSO is a representative organization, with delegates elected or appointed from many of the campus graduate and professional departments, schools, and programs. The officers of the GPSO represent the concerns of graduate and professional students, as communicated by these representatives, to the university administration. The GPSO also maintains standing committees to work on issues relevant to graduate and professional students, administers grant programs, and in many cases appoints representatives to university committees. In effect, then, the GPSO is already performing many of the functions of a de facto student government, especially when the purpose of student government is defined, as Paul Musgrave has recently argued in his proposal to reform IUSA, as primarily one of advocacy. However, the GPSO is currently under the umbrella of IUSA, s
Related Questions
- Must annual loan limits be prorated for a Federal PLUS Loan or for a professional and graduate student who borrows a Federal Stafford Loan?
- What is the primary benefit the GPSO hopes to gain by becoming a functioning student government for graduate and professional students?
- How will we convince the administration to recognize the GPSO as the graduate and professional student government?
