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 <description>&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial, sans-serif&quot;&gt;The Graduate and Professional Student Council of Duke University (GPSC – pronounced ‘gypsy’) is the umbrella student government organization for Duke’s 7 graduate and professional schools. Our purpose is to:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;represent 	and advocate &lt;/strong&gt;on behalf of graduate and professional students at 	Duke University; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; 	&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;serve 	as a liaison &lt;/strong&gt;among the student governments of the graduate and 	professional schools of the University;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;serve 	as a liaison &lt;/strong&gt;between graduate and professional students and the 	University Administration;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;nominate 	graduate and professional student representatives &lt;/strong&gt;to University 	committees;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;program 	events &lt;/strong&gt;of interest to the graduate and professional student 	community; and financially support the programming of graduate and 	professional student groups.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial, sans-serif&quot;&gt;GPSC is a vital resource for incoming and returning students both in the areas of academic and administrative concerns but also as a social network. Many of you may be wondering how you meet students with similar academic and social interests. You may be fresh out of an undergraduate institution and be looking to stay involved in campus life or you may be entering after completing a masters degree or working for a number of years and have different concerns about university life. &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial, sans-serif&quot;&gt;We also meet biweekly to address student concerns and issues raised by the administration. As a graduate and professional student, you are automatically a member of GPSC and we hope you will be an active one; our meetings are always open to all students. Whatever your concerns or social needs might be, we would like to address them. This is going to be an exciting and busy year for GPSC and we would like to see you at our meetings and activities!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial, sans-serif&quot;&gt;Want to learn more? Read our &lt;a href=&quot;/business/documents/charter&quot;&gt;charter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial, sans-serif&quot;&gt;. Attend our meetings&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 8pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;!-- link to biz page which should have meeting schedule and info on main page --&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial, sans-serif&quot;&gt;. Take us up on opportunities to &lt;a href=&quot;/getinvolved&quot;&gt;get involved&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial, sans-serif&quot;&gt;! Learn more about the &lt;a href=&quot;/about/structure&quot;&gt;organization’s structure&lt;/a&gt;, our &lt;a href=&quot;/about/history&quot;&gt;history&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;/about/press&quot;&gt;press appearances&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in&quot;&gt;GPSC is a member of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nagps.org&quot;&gt;National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, san-serif&quot; size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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