IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Graduate & Professional Student Senate SENATE BILL S15-05 SENATE MEETING March 30, 2015

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Making Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS) a regular member of National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS)

WHEREAS: NAGPS is a student-run national, non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of graduate & professional students across the United States, and WHEREAS: NAGPS is NOT a political organization, and WHEREAS: NAGPS hosts regional conferences, and national conferences, and WHEREAS: NAGPS would help the senate to engage in conversations with other graduate student bodies in a systematic manner using a common platform, and WHEREAS: NAGPS advocates legislation of graduate student related laws and policies, such as student loans, funding graduate education, and international student visa, and WHEREAS: NAGPS membership provides unique benefits to member graduate and professional students (http://nagps.org/benefits-resources/benefits/) including A job bank for member students Spearheading national advocacy initiatives (Ex: GradsHaveDebt2) Hosting national and regional conferences Hertz Rental Car Discount to Graduate Students Dental & Vision Insurance Discounts on GEICO Insurance International Travel Insurances, and WHEREAS: The Graduate and Professional student bodies of many Universities including the ones listed below are affiliated with NAGPS, and

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Graduate & Professional Student Senate List of Graduate and Professional Organizations associated with NAGPS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45.

Carnegie Mellon University Graduate Student Assembly Duke University Graduate and Professional Student Council Massachusetts Institute of Technology Graduate Student Council Syracuse University Graduate Student Organization University of California, San Diego Graduate Student Association University of Cincinnati Graduate Student Governance Association University of Colorado United Government of Graduate Students Washington St Graduate and Professional Students Association Western Michigan University Graduate Student Advisory Committee Arizona State University Graduate and Professional Student Association Arkansas State University Graduate Student Council Armstrong Atlantic State University Graduate Student Coordinating Council Auburn University Graduate Student Council Baylor University Graduate Student Association Bentley University Graduate Student Association Boston University Graduate Student Organization Bryn Mawr College Graduate Student Association Case Western Reserve University Graduate Student Senate Chatham University Graduate Student Assembly Colorado School of Mines Graduate Student Association Colorado State University Graduate Student Council Columbia University Graduate Student Advisory Committee Cornell University Graduate and Professional Student Assembly Drexel University Graduate Student Association East Carolina University Graduate and Professional Student Senate East Tennessee State University Graduate and Professional Student Association Eastern Illinois University Graduate Student Advisory Council Emerson College Graduate Student Association Florida Atlantic University Graduate and Professional Student Association Florida International University Graduate and Professional Student Committee Florida State University Congress of Graduate Students George Mason University Graduate and Professional Student Association Grand Valley State University Graduate Student Association Harvard University Graduate Student Council High Point University Graduate Student Association Johns Hopkins University Graduate Representative Organization Kent State University Graduate Student Senate Loyola University Maryland Graduate Student Organization Missouri University of Science and Technology North Carolina State University, University Graduate Student Association Northern Arizona University Graduate Student Government Northwestern University Graduate Leadership Council Oklahoma State University Graduate and Professional Student Government Association Old Dominion University Graduate Student Organization Pennsylvania State University Graduate Student Association

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Graduate & Professional Student Senate 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91.

Regent University Council of Graduate Students Rice University Graduate Student Association Southern University Graduate Student Association St. Cloud State University Graduate Student Organization St. Louis University Graduate Student Association Stony Brook University Graduate Student Organization Texas A&M University Graduate Student Council Texas Tech University Graduate Student Advisory Council Tufts University Graduate Student Council University of Akron Graduate Student Government University of Alabama, Birmingham Graduate Student Association University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa Graduate Student Association University of Arizona Graduate and Professional Student Council University of Arkansas Graduate Student Congress University of Arkansas, Little Rock Graduate Student Association University of California Student Association University of California, Davis Graduate Student Association University of California, Irvine Associated Students of UC Irvine University of California, Merced Graduate Student Association University of California, San Diego – Graduate Student Association University of Central Florida Graduate Student Association University of Florida Graduate Student Council University of Georgia Graduate Student Association University of Louisville Graduate Student Council University of Maryland, Baltimore County Graduate Student Association University of Maryland, College Park Graduate Student Government University of Miami Graduate Student Association University of Mississippi Graduate Student Council University of Missouri Graduate Professional Council University of Montana Graduate Student Association University of Nevada, Las Vegas Graduate and Professional Student Association University of Nevada, Reno Graduate Student Association University of New England Graduate and Professional Student Association University of New Haven Graduate Student Council University of North Texas Graduate Student Council University of Oklahoma Graduate Student Senate University of Pittsburgh Graduate and Professional Student Government University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus University of South Dakota Graduate and Professional Student Association University of South Florida Graduate and Professional Student Council University of Southern California Graduate Student Government University of Tennessee Knoxville Graduate Student Senate University of Toledo Graduate Student Association Virginia Commonwealth University Graduate Student Association Washington University in St. Louis Graduate School of Arts/Sciences Xavier University Graduate Student Association

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Graduate & Professional Student Senate

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Graduate & Professional Student Senate

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Graduate & Professional Student Senate

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Graduate & Professional Student Senate

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Graduate & Professional Student Senate

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Graduate & Professional Student Senate

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Graduate & Professional Student Senate

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Graduate & Professional Student Senate

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Graduate & Professional Student Senate

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Graduate & Professional Student Senate

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Graduate & Professional Student Senate

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Graduate & Professional Student Senate

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Graduate & Professional Student Senate