Presidential Advisory Committees
Organization Chart
The organizational chart for GPSC was created to bring visual alignment to the various people and issues that the organization engages. The Internal Committees and Presidential Advisory Committees together provide an internal framework for addressing graduate and professional student concerns, and university committees and GPSC liaisons provide a mechanism for raising those concerns with relevant constituencies at Duke outside of GPSC. In addition, elected positions (the executive board and BOT representatives) are also mapped thematically, in order to illustrate the types of issues with these positions deal with on a regular basis. The org chart does not represent a reporting structure so much as a thematic linking of people and duties. Note that members of the general assembly do not appear explicitly on this chart; rather, General Assembly members are expected to serve as a member of a university committee or GPSC committee, and are thusly represented on the org chart in this way.
full organizational chart
The General Assembly
Although every graduate and professional student at Duke is automatically a member of GPSC, the work of the organization is accomplished mainly through a representative body called the General Assembly. Representation is allotted to each degree-granting program according to the number of enrolled students. The responsibilities of the representatives are to:
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attend biweekly meetings of the General Assembly
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actively participate in elections and the legislative process
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serve as a liaison between GPSC and their constituents
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serve on a GPSC University or Presidential Advisory Committee
Visit the People section to learn who your representative is. Contact the Executive Secretary if you are interested in learning how you can become a representative for your program. Minutes from all General Assembly meetings can be found online as well.
The Executive Board
Each March, the General Assembly elects 12 students to fill the 11 positions of the Executive Board. Any graduate and professional student can run for an executive board position, regardless of his or her prior experience with GPSC. The executive board helps to organize the work of GPSC, and meets regularly with the administration to enable university-wide programming and to advocate for the concerns of graduate and professional students.
Visit the People section to view the names of the Executive Board members.
Representatives to the Board of Trustees Standing Committees
Each April, the General Assembly elects 11 students to sit on 6 standing committees of the Duke University Board of Trustees (BOT). Any graduate or professional student can run for a position on the standing committee. The BOT meets 4 times are year, and the student representatives who attend these meetings contribute the graduate and professional student perspective to the highest governing body at Duke. Visit the People section to view the names of the BOT standing committee representatives. Click here to learn more about the standing committees of the BOT.
Presidential Advisory (and Internal) Committees
The Presidential Advisory Committees were established to help organize the scope of the work that GPSC oversees, and to help direct information to the people who are responsible for it. The Presidential Advisory Committees were created to compliment the Internal Committees already listed in our Charter. With these in place, GPSC now has 3 committees that deal with Internal Affairs (and come under the purview of the Vice President): Judicial Affairs, Finance, and Basketball; and 3 committees that deal with External Affairs (and fall under the purview of the President): Academic Affairs, Student Life, and Community Interaction.
Visit the People section to view the names of the individuals who chair each of the Presidential Advisory Committees. Click here to learn more about what each committee is currently working on.
University Committees
Duke affords students a unique opportunity to be involved in discussion and development of many aspects of university life that affect everyone at Duke. The more than 40 University Committees are composed of faculty, staff, administrators, and student representatives, and provide an essential link between GPSC and the campus community. GPSC oversees an application process by which we select graduate and professional students to serve on these committees. Any graduate or professional student can apply to serve on a University Committee.
Visit the People section to view the names of students who have been selected to serve on University Committees. Visit the Get Involved Now section to learn about unfilled university committee positions and how you can apply. Click here for a complete list of University Committees.
GPSC Liaisons
GPSC has created several University Liaison positions to interface with important constituencies (on and off-campus) for which no official University Committee exists. Students who serve as liaisons are expected to do the work of connecting with these groups to inform them of GPSC’s interest and to keep GPSC informed of what they are doing.
Visit the People section to view the names of students who have been selected to serve as GPSC Liaisons. Visit the Get Involved Now section to learn about unfilled liaison positions and how you can apply. Click here for a complete list of GPSC Liaisons.