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Secretary - Lindsay Morse

Lindsay is serving in her first term as GPSS Secretary.  She is a Doctoral Candidate in Classics and is currently working on her dissertation, The Dream of a Shadow: Death and Heroism in the Poetry of Homer and Pindar.  Lindsay completed her BA in Classics at New College in 2003.

Lindsay became involved with GPSS last year, when she served as an Executive Senator and represented GPSS on the Student Tech Fee Committee and in the ASUW Senate.  Some of her goals with GPSS over the next year are to institute a GPSS newsletter, to increase the visibility of the GPSS in the larger UW community--and beyond, to foster a close relationship between GPSS and ASUW in order to benefit all students at the University and to further the diversity efforts of GPSS. 

Secretary's Duties

  • Represents and reports graduate and professional student issues to the ASUW Board of Directors (as well as the ASUW Senate and the ASUW Senate Steering Committee if no other GPSS representative is present) on a weekly basis
  • Develops GPSS publications (such as The Guide to Life and The Senator Handbook) with the Publications Assistant and the GPSS website with the webmaster
  • Maintains current GPSS membership and mailing lists
  • Distributes announcements and information to Senators
  • Ensures the proper functioning of any GPSS ad hoc committees
  • Serves on the following committees: the Executive Committee, ASUW Board of Directors, Judicial Committee (without a vote), Graduate Opportunities and Minority Achievement Program (GO-MAP) Student Advisory Board
  • Serves as the official parliamentarian of the GPSS in accordance with procedure set forth in the most recent edition of Sturgis Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure by Alice Sturgis
  • Coordinates and enhances the diversity efforts of the GPSS
  • Works together with GO-MAP/OMA, the ASUW Commissions (including Joint Commissions Committee), FIUTS (Foundation for International Understanding Through Students), registered student organizations and other diversity groups to communicate and address diversity needs
  • Funds diversity enhancing programs using the Diversity Fund
  • Coordinates the MLK Jr. Day of Service, working with the United Way of King County and The Carlson Center
  • Plans and programs Graduate and Professional Education Week, working with the Graduate School
  • Coordinates recognitions and awards from the GPSS, including the Gold Star Award and working with the Graduate School for the Graduate Program Assistant of the Year Award
  • Supervises the Publications Assistant and the Webmaster
  • Creates a yearly report for records purposes