Graduate Student Society

Tournament to test grad students’ soccer skills

The Graduate Student Society invites its members to create teams of six to eight players for its annual Inter-faculty Cup soccer tournament on Sunday, June 9, on Alumni Field at the south campus stadium.

The event is also open to faculty and staff members, and will feature a free barbecue lunch. Besides bragging rights, the winning team will receive a trophy and a $150 gift card.

Graduate Student Society welcomes progress toward new home

Renovations to the former financial aid office in the Education Building will make it a wonderful home for the Graduate Student Society, says its president.

“We are very much excited,” says Kannappan Thiagaraja, a master’s student of civil engineering. “The new grad space is going to provide enough room for people to have a get-together and hold functions. Our current building is really lacking space.”

The Board of Governors agreed at its meeting Tuesday to proceed to tender on a construction contract to provide: