Hey everyone! Great news - there are some open positions and everyone is welcome to apply. If ever there was a time to follow your passion and do something that matters to you, now is certainly that time!

OAC Graduate Student Council (OAC GSC)
Sitting on the council is a great way to get involved with events on and around campus. If you are interested in any of the positions please contact Sara Stricker at:oacgsc@uoguelph.ca by January 6th 2016 for consideration (must be a registered graduate student). Meetings are every 2 weeks for 1 hour and 1 event is scheduled each month. Together we can do so much!

    * Animal Biosciences Co-Rep
    * Plant Agriculture Co-Rep
    * School of Environmental Science Co-Rep
    * OAC Graduate Teaching Community Rep

Departmental Co-Reps
As a departmental rep you are expected to attend the OAC GSC meetings twice a month, and attend the departmental council meetings if applicable. In addition, you can help advertise for our monthly events by emailing updates to the department’s listserv, distributing posters, and talking to people in your department. We encourage all reps to come out to our monthly events, mostly because they are a load of fun.

QUALIFICATIONS:
- Be a graduate student in the Ontario Agricultural College
- Be a graduate student of the department represented

TIME COMMITMENTS:
-Attend OAC GSC meetings: approx 1 hour every 2 weeks during the school year, once a month during summer
-Attend department council meetings: approx 1 hour per month (depending on department)
-Distributing emails, posters, and attending events: approx 1-4 hours, depending on your level of enthusiasm

OAC Graduate Teaching Community (OAC GTC)
We are looking for volunteers from all departments within the OAC to join the Graduate Teaching Community! The volunteer opportunities range from participating in this community to become more connected to resources related to teaching on campus and beyond, while other opportunities include helping to design and develop these college specific workshops. We are also open to suggestions if you have any ideas of how to support graduate student teaching development. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Kristen Alves at kalves@uoguelph.ca. We look forward to hearing from you!

In addition, we are looking for an enthusiastic grad student with great organizational skills (preferably in the first few semesters of their program) who would like to train to become our Treasurer. We look forward to hearing from you!

Sara

Sara Stricker, B. Sc., B. Ed.
OAC GSC President
Masters of Science Candidate
School of Environmental Science
Bovey Building, Room 3224 University of Guelph
Guelph, ON, N1G 2W4
tel: 519-824-4120 ext 54849