{"69681":{"#nid":"69681","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Graduate SGA Hosts Picnic, Opens Elections","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Graduate Student Senate (GSS) invites all graduate\nstudents to celebrate their return to or first days on Tech\u2019s campus at the\n\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/calendar\/event.html?nid=60685\u0022\u003E2011 Graduate Student Picnic\u003C\/a\u003E, this Friday at 5 p.m. on the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtalumni.org\/map\/index.php?id=55\u0022\u003EInstructional Center\nLawn\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents and their families, as well as faculty and staff,\nwill enjoy music, lawn games and complimentary food amidst good company to kick\noff the fall semester.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe graduate arm of the Student Government Association (SGA)\nis also accepting applications for senators for the 2011-12 academic year. SGA\nmeets on a weekly basis and serves the integral function of disseminating\nStudent Activity Fee funds for the Georgia Tech student body, along with\nadvocating for other issues of importance to students at Tech. Senators are\nelected from each department on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMore information is available \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sga.gatech.edu\/graduate\/elections\u0022\u003Eon the SGA website\u003C\/a\u003E; elections\npackets can be downloaded at right.\nApplications are due Friday, Sept. 2, by 11:59 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe full GSS elections timeline is as follows:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFriday, Sept. 2,\u0026nbsp;11:59 p.m. \u2014 Elections applications due in the SGA office\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESunday, Sept. 4,\u0026nbsp;8 p.m. \u2014 Campaigning begins\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWednesday, Sept. 7,\u0026nbsp;8 a.m. \u2014 Voting polls open\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFriday, Sept. 9,\u0026nbsp;4 p.m. \u2014 Voting polls close\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFriday, Sept. 9,\u0026nbsp;8 p.m. \u2014 Election results announced\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMonday, Sept. 12, 8 a.m. \u2014 Runoff polls open (if necessary)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWednesday, Sept.14, 4 p.m. \u2014 Runoff polls close\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThursday, Sept. 15, 6 p.m. \u2014 Runoff election results announced\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETuesday, Sept. 20, 11 a.m. \u2014 Appointments and Special Elections held by GSS (if necessary)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGrad SGA is hosting a picnic for grad students and looking for Senators.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Grad SGA is hosting a picnic for grad students and looking for Senators."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2011-08-29 16:23:29","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:05","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-08-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-08-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/sga.gatech.edu\/","title":"Student Government Association"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"},{"id":"166922","name":"sga"},{"id":"167481","name":"sga elections"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:borisdesouza@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EBoris de Souza\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EGraduate Student Senate\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:borisdesouza@gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}