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 GSG supports health insurance waiver requirement for graduate students
Currently, graduate students can enroll with the plan by choice, while undergraduates are automatically enrolled.
UMD GSG calls for mandatory periodical faculty, staff sensitivity training
The resolution highlights how some graduate students fail to report these types of issues in fear of losing their funding, receiving backlash from faculty, or having their degree progress discontinued.
UMD real estate office plans grad student housing in Old Leonardtown
The project is still early in planning stages but is tentatively estimated to house approximately 800 people and is slated to be completed in fall 2026.
Graduate students at UMD join national movement for reproductive justice
Many graduate students at this university are reconsidering their futures after finishing their academic studies because of the Roe v. Wade ruling.
Más de 300 estudiantes internacionales aprovechan el autobús del aeropuerto del GSG en agosto
El autobús transportaba a estudiantes del Aeropuerto Internacional de Washington-Dulles a varias paradas en College Park.
UMD GSG passes resolutions on workers’ rights information, student fee transparency
The goal of gathering the data is to understand the extent and types of abuses graduate assistants face while also recording and documenting them.
EcoGrads developer walks back on graduate student focus, citing legal challenges
EcoGrads was previously aimed for graduate students, but real estate developer Mark Manzo said they no longer want to be locked into only graduate students because of the legal ramifications the development company could endure.
Despite stipend increases, UMD graduate assistants still struggle financially
Many graduate assistants believe stipend increases announced in April 2022 aren't enough.