What is the Graduate Student Council
The Graduate Student Council is the shared governance body for students at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science that is comprised of 8 elected members, 2 members from each of the UMCES units (Appalachian Laboratory, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Horn Point Laboratory, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology). We are the liaisons between students, faculty, the Vice President for Education (VPE) Office, and the MEES Program Office. On this webpage you can find general information and documents related to this council, including the handbook below. Additional student information can be found on the UMCES website at UMCES General Information. More information about the VPE office, our main point of contact with Administration can be found here UMCES Graduate Programs.
The GSC handbook describes the main roles and responsibilities of council and the individual lab representatives, including what other councils have student representation and the Communications Structure document details ways to contact the council.
GSC Membership and Contacts
If there are questions for the full council you can reach all of the members plus Amy Griffin by using gsc@umces.edu
Graduate Student Council Chairs:
Anikka Fife (afife@umces.edu)
Graduate Research Assistant (HPL/IAN)
Graduate Student Council Chair/Horn Point Laboratory Representative
https://ian.umces.edu/about/who-we-are/anikka-fife/
Hannah Claggett (hclaggett@umces.edu)
Graduate Research Assistant (HPL)
Graduate Student Council Co-Chair/Horn Point Laboratory Representative
https://www.umces.edu/directory/hannah-claggett
Graduate Student Council Representatives (per lab):
Horn Point Laboratory:
Molly Frattasio(mfrattasio@umces.edu)
Graduate Research Assistant (HPL)
Graduate Student Council HPL Representative
https://www.umces.edu/directory/molly-frattasio
Anji Cooper (acooper@umces.edu)
Graduate Research Assistant (HPL)
Graduate Student Council Treasurer
https://www.umces.edu/directory/anji-cooper
Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET):
Anne Baldino (abaldino@umces.edu)
Graduate Research Assistant (IMET)
Graduate Student Council IMET Representative
https://imet.usmd.edu/directory/anne-baldino
Veronica Melabanan Lucchese (vlucchese@umces.edu)
Graduate Research Assistant
Graduate Student Council IMET Representative
https://imet.usmd.edu/directory/veronica-malabanan-lucchese
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL):
Kylie Cherneskie (kcherneskie@umces.edu)
Graduate Research Assistant (CBL)
Graduate Student Council CBL Representative
Cailian Liu (cliu@umces.edu)
Graduate Research Assistant (CBL)
Graduate Student Council CBL Representative
Appalachian Laboratory (AL):
Sarah Bomar (sarah.bomar@umces.edu)
Graduate Student Council AL Representative
Kyle Rufo (krufo@umces.edu)
Graduate Student Council AL Representative
GSC Policies and Bylaws
UMCES Policy (III-7.11.VI.B) describes the Graduate Student Council (GSC), an organization representing UMCES graduate students, and including two representatives from each Laboratory Unit. The GSC meets on a regular basis, including an annual meeting with the Vice President for Education.
Graduate assistants in the University System of Maryland, including UMCES, have the right to engage labor representation under the Meet and Confer guidelines: M-C Principles and Guidelines and M-C Facts. UMCES graduate students have elected to not engage labor representation at this time.
Currently, the UMCES GSC meets with the Vice President for Education, Vice President for Administration, the head of HR, and the Assistant to the Vice President for Education on a yearly basis in June to hold our annual Meet and Confer meeting.