The Graduate Student Senate’s annual election of Executive Council Members (President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Communications Director) will take place online from April 22, 2024, to April 24, 2024. This serves as an open call for candidates. The elected council members will serve a one-year term from the commencement day on May 18, 2024, to the commencement day in 2025. The duties of all executive council members are outlined in Article III of the GSS Constitution (pdf).

• Candidates must be full-time or part-time graduate students for the entire academic year during which they would hold office.
• Candidates must be committed to working diligently, advocating on behalf of all UVM graduate and professional students, and serving as official representatives of the Graduate Student Senate.
• Candidates must also be willing to carry out the duties and responsibilities outlined in the GSS Constitution (pdf).

Each member of the Executive Council will receive a service scholarship for each Fall and Spring semester in which they hold office. The President and Vice President will receive $1000, and the Treasurer, Secretary, and Communications Director will receive $750. The scholarships will be allocated at the end of each semester of service in accordance with the University of Vermont Payments to Students Policy.

To run for one of these offices, candidates must complete THIS FORM and email it to both gss@uvm.edu AND the election committee members at ijaz-ul.haq@uvm.edu, omid.sedighi@uvm.edu, and Masoumeh.khodavedi@uvm.edu with the following information:

• Position of interest
• Name
• UVM NetID
• Graduate Program
• Graduate College
• Letter of intent
  • an explanation of why you would like to be elected for the position of your interest. It should succinctly outline the candidate’s abilities, ideas, and relevant experience for the position in 150 words or less.

The form must be submitted by Sunday, April 7 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Submissions that do not meet the deadline and/or the criteria listed above will not be reviewed.

Voting will take place online from April 22 until April 24. Election results will be posted by the Chair of the Election Committee on the Graduate Student Senate website and will also be distributed by the Chair of the Election Committee to the graduate college list serve by the following week. 

Please reach out to gss@uvm.edu with any questions regarding the election process or procedures.