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<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E">Hello Graduate students!</span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E">We hope this message finds each of you in good health and good spirits during this chaotic time at OU. As many of you may know, the Graduate Student Senate executive elections are this coming week (March
24<sup>th</sup> and 25<sup>th</sup>). As we look around society during such troubled times, it becomes apparent the value of having strong and experienced leadership. We the Coalition of Graduate Student Senate promise to provide strong leadership next year
[Fall 2020] through our candidacies for Graduate Student Senate executive positions.</span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E">While we understand that life is moving <i>very</i> fast right now and the next academic year may not be on the radar right now, we ask that you make time to stay involved in the decision-making process
and exercise your rights as an OU student by casting your vote. We humbly ask you to consider our respective candidacies (Kaelyn, Brett, and Amid) to represent your voices in the wider university structure. As a coalition, we hope to hone in on our three
major aspects to better the graduate student experience on campus:</span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:.75in; text-indent:-.25in; background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E">1.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:#201F1E">We aim to address the rapidly
growing health insurance premium increases that graduate students face on campus.</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.25in; text-indent:-.25in; background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E">a.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:#201F1E">We will accomplish this by targeting
the universities subsidy of health insurance, waiver requirements, and annual negotiations with health insurance companies (expanding past United if necessary)</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.75in; text-indent:-.25in; background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E">2.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:#201F1E">We aim to address stagnant graduate
student pay. </span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.25in; text-indent:-.25in; background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E">a.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:#201F1E">We will request that a increase
to stipend pay be made such that stipends track inflation rates (at minimum)</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.75in; text-indent:-.25in; background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E">3.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:#201F1E">We will foster a greater graduate
student community across program and discipline on campus</span></p>
<p style="margin-left:1.25in; text-indent:-.25in; background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E">a.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="color:#201F1E">This community will be accomplished
with the Graduate Student Senate as the center and be nurtured with regular, campus wider activities specifically directed towards graduate students.</span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E">With over a decade of campus experience within the Coalition for Graduate student advancement, we hope that you consider us in your vote for Graduate Student Senate potions come March 24<sup>th</sup> and
25<sup>th</sup>. To vote, each of you will receive a link from the Graduate College that will be live from the morning of the 24<sup>th</sup> (Tuesday) to 11:59pm on March 25<sup>th</sup> (Wednesday). If you wish to learn more about all the candidates running
in the GSS election please visit the Graduate Student Senate campus labs page through BobcatConnect.</span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E">We will be happy to hear from you; please feel free to send questions or comments to us via email.</span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E">Stay healthy Bobcats!</span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E">Kaelyn Ferris (<a href="mailto:bf071017@ohio.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">bf071017@ohio.edu</span></a>)</span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E">Brett Fredericksen (<a href="mailto:bf093616@ohio.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">bf093616@ohio.edu</span></a>)</span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E">Amid Vahedi (<a href="mailto:av272616@ohio.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">av272616@ohio.edu</span></a>)</span></p>
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