MU Biomedical Sciences - Graduate Student Organization

General Information

The Graduate Student Organization (GSO) is an association of graduate students at Marshall University's Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine enrolled in the Biomedical Science (BMS) graduate program. The purpose of the GSO is to promote student interests and represent the views of the graduate students. The GSO has four elected officers:

• the President, who leads the monthly meetings

• the Vice President, who attends the monthly Graduate Studies Committee (GSC) meetings and reports the issues discussed to the GSO

• the Secretary, who records information presented the monthly meetings, and

• the Treasurer, who is in charge of the finances of the GSO.

The GSC is comprised of faculty from each of the research clusters. It discusses issues ranging from classes offered to student admissions. 

For more information on the GSO, please refer to our Frequently Asked Questions page.

2012 - 2013 Officers

President - Allison Wolf 

Vice President - Johannes Fahrmann

Secretary - Ryan Withers

Treasurer - Ben Owen

For a full list of Biomedical Sciences research students, please download our Student Directory .

Meetings

The GSO typically meets once a month. These meetings provide a great forum for informing students of important upcoming events - such as fundraising and administrative deadlines - and addressing the concerns of the students regarding the program, classes, etc. The meeting times also serve as an opportunity to hold workshops dealing with issues important to the students, such as how to put together a poster presentation or how to write a CV. Finally, they give graduate students a convenient time to socialize and get to know each other. Lunch is provided at every meeting.

GSO meetings are always advertised in the Calendar of Events, which can be reached through the website's left-hand navigation bar. Our goal is to post an agenda at least one week prior to each meeting. The website is also updated with the minutes from each meeting for those who are unable to attend. You can read the minutes of meetings by navigating to our Minutes page.

In addition to its regular business, the GSO also has a social aspect. It hosts an annual picnic for the newly accepted, incoming graduate students and also normally throws a party after classes are over in the summer. A group field trip, usually to Kings Island amusement park, is planned in the summer, so everyone can "get away from it all," and an annual Christmas party gives students the opportunity to get together to have a good time. 

All students enrolled in the Biomedical Sciences program, including those in the Medical Sciences program, are considered members of the GSO. We invite and encourage students in these programs to attend and participate in the GSO meetings.


 

West Virginia and Marshall University Annual Symposia

There are many opportunities in the state of West Virginia to present your work and network within the research community, including:

• Marshall University's Annual Research Day 

• The West Virginia Academy of Sciences

• The West Virginia Science, Technology and Research (STaR) Symposium

Other Symposia

WV-INBRE Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium

National Student Research Forum 
The 52nd Annual NSRF was held at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, on April 21-22, 2011.

Announcements

• Research awards for the 2010-2011 school year were recently given out at the Seventh Annual Research Retreat. Winners include Sunil Kakarla, winner of the Best Research Performance Award, and Anne Silvis, awarded Best Overall Performance as a Graduate Student. Congratulations to all of our recipients! Learn more in the news article: BMS Program celebrates Seventh Annual Biomedical Sciences Research Retreat.

• Congratulations to Jennifer Napper, Mindy Varney, Jasjeet Bhullar, and Yue Huang for graduating from the Ph.D. program!

• Congratulations to Matt Harlow on graduating from the M.S. research program!

• We had a banner year for graduating Medical Sciences Students! The following students graduated from the M.S. in Medical Sciences program this year: James Buchanan, Jesse Chaffin, Carrie Cox, Aaron Dom, Matthew Ham, Melinda Hodge, Rebecca Jones, Joseph Russo, Brandon Shiflett, and Amy Young.