Council of Graduate Students (CGS)
The Council of Graduate Students advises the dean on any issues relevant to graduate students and serves as the official liaison between the graduate students and all other official Medical School entities. The responsibilities of the CGS include:
- establishing mechanisms that allow graduate students to communicate and exchange information;
- accumulating information representative of the views of graduate students and presenting those views to the dean; and
- selecting representatives to the Medical School standing committees and subcommittees as described in the bylaws.
Chair: William Stokes, stoke123@umn.edu
Vice Chair: Madison Merfeld, merfe032@umn.edu
Contact: mscgs@umn.edu
Members:
- Nooreen Fatima Syeda, syeda022@d.umn.edu
- Alicia Wong, wongx615@umn.edu
- Jenna Mendelson, mende192@umn.edu
- Monica Sauer, sauer279@umn.edu
- Tirthraj Adhikari, adhik069@umn.edu
- Apoorva Abhijit Limaye, limay010@umn.edu
- Jovany Betancourt, betan041@umn.edu
- Jesenia Perez, perez888@umn.edu
Medical School Graduate Student Anonymous Feedback to CGS: MS-CGS Anonymous Feedback Form
Faculty Administrative Liaison: Michael Lipscomb, PhD, Interim Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Meeting Frequency and Details: CGS committee meetings will be held every other month at a minimum, with the option for holding additional meetings as needed
Council of Graduate Students (CGS) Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)