1. COVID-19. Please fill out this survey: www.go.osu.edu/covid19studentneeds
The most important takeaway from this meeting is that they (the administration) don’t know what they don’t know, so we have to speak up out all of the issues we are encountering due to the pandemic (even though it’s not our job). The easiest way to do that is to fill out this form so CGS tries to fix it/find an answer, but you are also welcome to email people directly: (Provost) Bruce McPherson, (Dean of Arts and Sciences) Gretchen Ritter, (Dean of Graduate School) Alicia Bertone, and, of course, our chair Laura Podalsky.
1.1. the CGS chief of staff Jack Brandl.8 is part of the COVID-19 task force. If you’d like to be part of that or want them to address a specific issue, please reach out to him.
2. Hiring pause. There is a hiring pause of non-essential employees until June 30. I have spoken to Adam Keller and he said this does not apply to (few) GTAs that will be hired for the summer term.
3. Ray Travel Award and Career Development Grant. these two funding sources have been canceled for the first funding period of the next academic year. It was for travel from July – September. I believe there is an exception for the Career Development Grant if you were not applying for travel but for other reasons (taking a summer online course, for example).
4. Delegate elections. I have enjoyed serving as your delegate for CGS this year and hope to do it again next year, but applications are open until April 30. Elections are from April 24 to May 1. To apply, go here: https://cgs.osu.edu/get-involved/delegate-application