First-ever Grad Welcome event co-hosted by GPSA
On August 21, GPSA volunteers and New Student Programs hosted the first-ever Grad Welcome event. At Grad Welcome, new and returning graduate students received information about available campus resources along with food and delightful performances by graduate performance groups Swarajathi/Spicmacay, Priority Male and Andaaz.
At tables filled with information for students T-shirts and other fun items, GPSA volunteers, assembly members and executives joined many other graduate student organizations and ASU student service units to provide students tips on how to enrich their graduate school experience at ASU.
Students listened to Education Outreach and Student Services Deputy Vice President Dr. Joanne Vogel, Graduate College Associate Dean Dr. Tamara Underiner and GPSA Assembly President Leah Jones talk about the importance of the ASU family, using their graduate degree to make an impact on the world and how to reach out about any issues they encounter along the graduate journey..
I would like to thank the 600 students who attended Grad Welcome, the GPSA volunteers, Sun Devil Stadium Operations Manager Krista Hansen and her staff and the numerous individuals who worked with GPSA and New Student Programs to help graduate students feel at home in the ASU community and excited for the academic year ahead. It really takes a village to organize such a large event and I’m honored and grateful to have been a part of it!
– Amelia Miholca, GPSA Vice President of Professional Development
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