Description of Officer Positions
President
Vice President
Secretary
Mentoring
Treasurer
Travel Grants
Social Media Manager
Social Chair
At Large Position
- Coordinating officer and general WGSA meetings
- Attending Faculty Meetings (graduate student liaison to faculty)
- Provide support to other officer positions
- Coordinate workshops
Vice President
- Providing support to other officers
- Attend Graduate Student Committee meetings
Secretary
- Keep notes for officers’ and general meetings
- Act as GAU liason to the department
- Check WGSA email
Mentoring
- Coordinate Suds & Science Event - Annual poster presentation event
- Coordinate mentoring/outreach activities (can vary based on year: mentoring, events with local school groups, events with NRDI etc…)
- Maintain the Mentoring webpage - Future responsibilities include maintaining a mentor list of current WEC graduates, continuing to advertise to undergraduates
- The position allows flexibility to coordinate additional community service/outreach/mentoring/etc. activities
Treasurer
- Order food for meetings
- Decide on and order merchandise
- Advertise and sell merchandise
- Meet financial needs of other officers for their respective events (if required)
Travel Grants
- Check with Eric Hellgren in July about how much funding we have for the year
- Send emails to WEC grad listserv advertising travel grant cycles
- Recruit WGSA board members to help score applications
- Score travel grant applications; email winners and non-winners
- Discuss any application issues, proposed changes to rubric with the WGSA board
- Revise the application process with WGSA board approval (as needed)
Social Media Manager
- Keep the WGSA website up to date with officers, events, mentors, photo contest winners, etc.
- Post info on the WGSA Instagram page about upcoming seminars, meetings, and any other WGSA event or relevant information
Social Chair
- Coordinate social events for the club. Past event include:
- New Graduate Student Mixer
- Swimming with Manatee Trip
- Trip to Santa Fe Teaching Zoo or Jacksonville Zoo
- Lubee Bat Festival
- Wildlife Trivia
- Kayaking the Ocklawaha River
At Large Position
- Assist committee members as needed