The Graduate Student Government recently announced its newest group of officers, recently elected GSG communications manager and art and archaeology student Kjell Wangensteen GS said in an email to The Daily Princetonian on Monday.
New officers include president and Wilson School student Kevin Smith GS, vice president and astrophysical sciences student Tim Brandt GS, secretary and psychology student Brooke Macnamara GS, treasurer and physics student Pablo Mosteiro GS, academic affairs chair and physics student Bart McGuyer GS and facilities chair and politics student Brookes Brown GS, joining reelected social chair and molecular biology student Daniell Rowles GS and health and life chair and geosciences student Kelly Kearney GS.
Smith said that the GSG will focus much of its attention in the upcoming year on changes in graduate student housing, a challenge that other members of the new officer board echoed.
“As the process of developing the plans for the new Hibben-Magie building continues, this is a time where graduate student input is very important to ensuring that the future housing options are the best fit with the needs of the graduate community,” Brown said in an email. “As the University continues to refine the Housing Master Plan, there are a number of important considerations about the housing options that will be available to graduate students.”
Brandt also said that graduate student housing is one of his top priorities for the coming year.
“The University's master plan calls for significant changes in grad housing over the next couple of years, including the complete rebuilding of Hibben-Magie apartments and the demolition of Butler apartments,” Brandt explained in an email. “I am eager to work with the University to ensure that graduate students maintain access to convenient, affordable housing.”
He said he also hopes to work on establishing “a campus pub, where all members of the University community can socialize for a beer after work,” and “to better integrate the graduate students into the University community.”
“Too often, we feel like members of our departments far more than students at Princeton,” Brandt explained.
Kearney, who is serving her third term as health and life chair, said she is also planning to focus on increasing awareness and accessibility of University Health Services.
“Having taken some time off before graduate school, I really appreciate the ease of getting care through UHS and feel students should be more aware of these services and how to navigate the U.S. healthcare system in general,” she said in an email.
The new group of officers will be introduced at a GSG meeting tonight. Positions were open to all full-time graduate students and include benefits such as priority in the graduate student housing draw and on-campus parking privileges.
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