<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Dear graduate students,</span><div><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br></span></div><div><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px;">We will be extending nominations for GSPO’s executive board (president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and master’s liaison) until this Monday at 5:00 pm! At this point, we have no nominations for the master’s liaison position. Please send all nominations to <a href="mailto:gspo.shsu@gmail.com">gspo.shsu@gmail.com</a>. </span></font><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">After all nominations are in, we will be sending out a link to all GSPO members to vote.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Also, during this nomination process, we wanted to clarify new roles and scholarship opportunities associated with being a GSPO officer...As of this upcoming school year, GSPO will be taking part in the Graduate Student Leadership Initiative, a scholarship program to promote graduate student engagement and leadership development. Our scholarship program is a collaboration between Academic Affairs and Professional and the Academic Center for Excellence (PACE). Students elected to the leadership cabinet of a sanctioned graduate student organization (GSPO’s executive board) will be eligible for a $500 scholarship pending participation in 8 hours of leadership training (hosted by PACE) every semester and 30 hours of community service (from the entire organization).</span></font></div><div><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px;">If you have any nominations or questions about the election, please let us know!</span></font></div><div><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Sincerely, </span></font></div><div><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15px;">GSPO Officers</span></font></div></body></html>