Graduate students……………. Do you want to get involved and make a difference at the University of Toledo? Participating in the Graduate Student Association (GSA) may be the perfect opportunity for you! Over the past few years at the University of Toledo, the (GSA) has been rapidly growing and is seeking energetic and enthusiastic graduate students like you to get involved. The GSA provides critical tools to each graduate student that allows them to make the most of their studies and professional endeavors. The GSA gives graduate students the opportunity to become great leaders, participate in a nationally recognized symposium, provides travel reimbursement money for those seeking funds to attend conferences or symposiums around the US, enables your voice and concerns to be heard at the administrative level at UT, provides professionalism services, gives you the chance to make friends with potential colleagues in different colleges at UT and perhaps most importantly gives you the opportunity to network with successful individuals and corporations in almost every aspect of study.

Check out the new 2012-2013 officers: http://www.utoledogsa.com/officers

From a personal prospective……… the GSA has changed my graduate years in many ways. I decided to get involved in GSA in August 2011. As a graduate student, I have benefited from the GSA. This is an organization in which a small amount of effort on your part will benefit you in almost every aspect of your graduate program. I came to UT not knowing many students and having very few friends, as a result of participating in the GSA, I have made many friends from several different colleges at UT, many of whom I would have never met. I got to take advantage of the volunteering opportunities at UT such as at the Midwest Graduate Research Symposium (MGRS). This year, the MGRS will be in April 2013 with a goal of recruiting presenters from every graduate program that UT offers such as Sciences and Math, Business, Language and literature, Education, Engineering, HSHS, Law, Nursing, Pharmacy and Visual and Performing Arts.

If you are ambitious and looking to make the best of your graduate career at The University of Toledo, consider joining the Graduate Student Association. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your leadership skills and make connections with professionals in your field of study.

To get involved, feel free to e-mail aaron.shaw@rockets.utoledo.edu for more information.  Also, check out the University of Toledo GSA website:  http://www.utoledogsa.com/ .

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On behalf of The University of Toledo and the Graduate Student Association- Best of luck with your studies this year, we look forward to meeting and working with you.

Aaron Shaw is a passionate runner and triathlete. Aaron received his bachelors of science at Bowling Green State University in “Applied Health Science Health Specialization.” Aaron is currently pursuing his masters’ of science in Exercise Physiology with his focus in cardiopulmonary physiology and metabolism. He is also working as an Emergency/ Trauma Technician at Marietta Memorial Hospital in the Emergency Department. He truly enjoys helping others and learning about underlying mechanisms and causes of diseases. Aaron is focused on attending Physician Assistant school after obtaining his masters degree. He is currently working in the cardiopulmonary physiology lab in the Health and Human Service building on Main Campus as well as teaching human anatomy and physiology laboratory.
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