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    <Title>TODAY! Grad Retriever Breakfast: Graduation Celebration!</Title>
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  <Title>Congratulations and introduction to your GSA leadership for 2025-26!</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><strong>We are thrilled to announce the newly elected and appointed leadership of the Graduate Student Association for the next academic year! </strong>Their term will start 1 July 2025.</div><div><br></div><h3>Executive Council:</h3><ul><li><p><strong>President:</strong> Aminah Amjad</p></li><li><p><strong>Chief of Staff:</strong> Saad Khan</p></li><li><p><strong>Vice President:</strong> Ahmet Kaan Aydin</p></li><li><p><strong>Treasurer:</strong> Pranit Pramod Patil</p></li><li><p><strong>Secretary:</strong> Linda Appeynarh</p></li><li><p><strong>Speaker of the Senate:</strong> Javed Tamboli</p></li><li><p><strong>Grants Review Panel Chair:</strong> Hima Mansi Nagabhirava</p></li><li><p><strong>Graduate Assistants Advisory Committee (GAAC) Chair: </strong><span>Milind Rampure</span></p></li><li><p><span><strong>Graduate Experience, Achievement, and Research Success Committee (GEARS) Chair:</strong> </span><span>Arya Honraopatil</span></p></li><li><p><span><strong>Equity of Funds Committee Chair:</strong> </span>Xixellonje Nebihu</p></li></ul><div><br></div><h3>Senate:</h3><div><ul><li><p><strong>Student Affairs Senators (who represent the entire graduate student population):</strong> Kaushik Chinthala and Javed Tamboli <span>from COEIT, </span><span>Kennedy Davis from CNMS, and </span><span>Taylor West from CAHSS</span></p></li><li><p><strong>COEIT Senators:</strong> <span>Reena Kale, </span><span>Sri Kavya Narravula, </span>Sri Lakshmi Bhavya Sowjanya, and <span>Divya Sri Sreeram</span></p></li><li><p><span><strong>CAHSS Senators:</strong> </span>Yannick Bopda, Nia Hampton, <span>Diane Placide, and </span><span>Ridwan Islam Sifat</span></p></li><li><div><strong>CNMS Senators:</strong> None yet! There was not enough student support to elect any Senators from CNMS besides Kennedy yet. There will be another opportunity to run for the 4 positions for Senators representing CNMS at the beginning of the fall semester!</div></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div><span><strong>Also, congratulations to Harshal Chauhan, UMBC PhD student, the new Vice President for Graduate Affairs for the University System of Maryland Student Council for 2025-26!</strong></span></div><div><span><strong><br></strong></span></div><div><span><strong>Thank you for participating, and we look forward to a fantastic year with these incredible leaders!</strong></span></div></div>
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    <Title>You're Invited to Desi Dhamaka! - FREE ENTRY AND FOOD</Title>
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    <Title>OGSL Adjusted Hours Next Week</Title>
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  <Title>APPLY TODAY! Black and Gold Student Advisory Board</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Dear Student Leaders, <div><br></div><div>What an exciting time on campus as we close out another successful and busy academic year.  I want to first thank you for the contributions you have made to our community and the partnership in creating such a vibrant campus for all students. I am writing today as a reminder to consider joining the Black and Gold Student Advisory Board! This group is made up of students from across the institution that serve in a pivotal advisory and consultative role to the leadership within the Division of Student Affairs. Your voice and experiences deeply inform our work. This is an amazing opportunity to learn and grow as a leader, and advocate and support our UMBC community. </div><div><br></div><div>Please <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScC8kwKPypIDsp2MdHcJqg4ddALEGcOY3iZQ6O_mAy3Ck1wmA/viewform" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">apply here</a> by May 16 for best consideration. </div><div><br></div><div>Renique Kersh, Ph.D. </div><div><em>Vice President for Student Affairs</em></div></div>
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    <Title>FREE FOOD IN COMMONS 308</Title>
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  <NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="150096" important="false" status="posted" url="https://dev.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsawritingadvisor/posts/150096">
    <Title>2025 USM Women's Forum Student Scholarship Application</Title>
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    <Title>We're hiring! Paid GA Opportunities for UMBC Grad Students (AY&#8239;2025&#8209;26)</Title>
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          <p><em>Help fellow grads turn great ideas into polished prose.</em></p>
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          <p>Apply on Handshake (Job #9901827) </p>
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          <h3>Graduate Research Assistant - <strong>Communications Manager</strong></h3>
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          <p>Apply on Handshake (Job #9901735)</p>
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          <h3>Key Details for <em>Both</em> Roles</h3>
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