Committees
Graduate Student Faculty Seminar Committee
The committee members are responsible for bringing coffee and snacks to all student/ faculty seminars (MCDB 260 and 262). There is a budget for buying the food and a large coffee maker is provided. Also, the committee members are responsible for helping students bring in student-requested speakers to either of the seminar series. This is currently the only position that is associated with a TAship (paid!).
Current committee member:
Recruitment committee
This committee works with the faculty and Nicole McCoy to help with the graduate recruiting efforts of the MCDB department.
Current committee member:
Graduate Student Association Representatives
The Graduate Student Association (GSA) is the elected representative government for graduate and professional students at UCSB. They work to ensure that graduate student concerns are addressed in on- and off-campus policy decisions. Each department can have one representatives per 50 students who attend the GSA meetings and vote on the GSA agenda items.
Current MCDB/BMSE representative: James Lamoureux
Official Graduate Student Union
UAW Local 2865 represents academic student employees at nine UC campuses