Maryland lawmakers look to balance budget constraints with legislative agenda
The Maryland General Assembly is nearly a month into its 2024 legislative session and lawmakers are continuing work on key issues from last year.
UMD explores possible graduate student living-learning program
This university currently offers several living-learning programs for undergraduate students but none for graduate students.
Graduate Labor Union choir builds solidarity through song
The Singers are a group of this university’s graduate students who learn and practice singing popular union songs.
UMD graduate students advocate for more than six weeks of parental leave
Full-time faculty and staff at this university are allowed up to 12 weeks of parental leave.
UMD GSG members encourage more students to join amid high seat vacancy
The group started the semester with fewer representatives than last year, but is now at similar numbers.
‘A community in crisis’: UMD graduate students reflect on mental health challenges
From Oct. 2 to Oct. 6, the GSG collaborated with other organizations at the university to organize two events during the campus-wide Mental Health Awareness Week.
UMD Graduate school dean discusses collective bargaining, food insecurity at GSG meeting
Stephen Roth spoke with Graduate Student Government representatives on issues including collective bargaining rights, food insecurity and mental health.
UMD revokes health insurance waivers for more than 100 international graduate students
A statement to international graduate students on Sept. 12 said the waivers were canceled because the insurance did not meet Affordable Care Act standards.
UMD reaches top 50 national college rankings for first time
This university now sits at No. 46 on the list of national universities.
UMD GSG once again supports graduate student unionization rights
The organization tends to pass a resolution calling for graduate worker collective bargaining every year, although not always unanimously.