Showing posts with label GSS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GSS. Show all posts
Sunday, September 25, 2011

photo blog chronicles free snacks of academia

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The GSS has been all about food of late .... Wednesday Coffee is bringing a crowd every week, and the new Grad House menu is peppered with g...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Dean loves Dean Cakes!

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I admit I was somewhat trepidatious when GSS Operations and Services Manager Brandy Sistili proposed renaming the Grad House crab cakes aft...

Grad rep? Moi?

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Grad Students… Be your department Grad Rep to the GSS!   What do the Graduate Representatives do? -  represent the interests of fellow gr...
Saturday, April 16, 2011

could it be true? a PhD Comics movie?

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UPDATE: UVIC PhD Comics movie screening set for January 17, 2012, 7pm at the Grad House.  Check it out here: facebook event page or  gss...
Saturday, April 2, 2011

Thesis distraction gets local boost

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The GSS maintains a list of thesis distractions. But this is a first ... a wonderful puzzle distraction designed by one of our own, Computer...
Thursday, March 24, 2011

A little GSS history

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I admit to watching with interest as Pro- and Ant- CFS campaigners dash about campus for the pending UVSS referendum on CFS memebrship, and ...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

The Martlet | Students asked to partially fund new facilities

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The Martlet | Students asked to partially fund new facilities The athletics fee issue is back. The GSS was active in the campaign to defe...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011

UVIC GSS website

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Hi all, we are experiencing some trouble with our UVIC Graduate Students' Society website in google since it migrated to the new site. I...
Saturday, January 1, 2011

kick start you writing using online motivational tools

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Beyond my life working for graduate students at the gss , I also have a secret life as a graduate student. This term I am to submit my resea...
Saturday, December 18, 2010

More great grad school themed blogs

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I seem to be having a bonanza in the department of "excellent blogs for UVic graduate students to read", something I am always see...
Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Famous GSSers in CUPE ad!

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The campus CUPE locals at UVIC have put together a new ad campaign, and some familiar faces are in the video. (Hint: Cristal and Dave both w...
Saturday, October 3, 2009

GSS Event bulletin October 2, 2009

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UPDATE - looking for our current UVIC GSS events notices? visit them here: http://gss.uvic.ca/events --------- Ok ... back to the orig...
Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Thinking of running for grad council?

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Hey grad students ! Why not run for grad council as your departmental graduate representative to the GSS? Info here: http://gss.uvic.ca/#GRC...
Friday, July 3, 2009

The Graduate Student's Society is no more

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Because we are now the Graduate Students' Society. Hurrah for punctuation!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

See ya, Joe, and thanks!

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GSS director of Communications Joe Kolthammer has stepped down. The Grad Council passed a motion to thank him for all his hard work, and I ...
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Bird on holiday

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I know grad students never really get holidays, but bird is taking a tropical vacation none the less. He promises to submit a draft on Dec ...
Thursday, December 11, 2008

McGill's Thomson House struggling

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McGill's famous (at least to me) Thomson house is having financial difficulty and is restructuring, according to an article in the McGil...
Monday, October 13, 2008

GSS Annual General Meeting

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When: Tuesday, October 28, 5pm Where: Grad House restaurant at the Grad Centre Who can vote: Any UVIC graduate student currently registered...
Thursday, September 25, 2008

Margaret Atwood on the importance of the Arts

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I am thrilled to see the arts becoming a major election issue. Have a look at Margaret Atwood's excellent rebuttal to recent cuts to fed...
Monday, September 22, 2008

Since supercollider closed, play catan!

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Since the super collider in Geneva had to be closed (until it can be warmed up enough that humans can repair it) you should all come to Set...