Change to our Contract dates. For some reason, the Graduate School is changing our contract start dates from August 15 to August 1 starting Fall 2020. If you can foresee any issues this might cause, please let Leila know. If you come across any issues when it does happen, please let me know as well. They still know know how/if this will have a negative impact on our lives.
Global Gateway Grant (deadline extended) until March 13. This is to support research dissertation abroad. More info here: https://cgs.osu.edu/funding-opportunities/global-gateway-grant/
Grad Student Health and Wellness Expo, Wednesday April 15th from 3PM-6PM in the RPAC (Meeting Rooms 1 &2). The event is run and hosted by grad students. The expo will feature free food and light refreshments, a multitude of student resource tables and health services, and lots of giveaways. Come and go as you please and enter to win a set of AirPods, giftcards, fitness packages, and more!
Suicide Prevention: Out of the Darkness Campus Walk on April 4th from 9am-11am. The Out of the Darkness Campus Walk is sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. If you do not have a team to join, you are free to join the “Council of Graduate Students (CGS)” team! For more information – see here: https://suicideprevention.osu.edu/outreach/student-involvement/out-of-the-darkness-walk/.
Bike Hub. The Bike Hub by/at the RPAC will open after Spring Break.
Lyft. If you’ve had bad experiences with the partnership of OSU and Lyft (which replaced Student Safe Ride), please let me know. They are collecting this to make a case that this partnership is not serving the best interests of (grad) students.