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What is the Graduate Program Enhancement Fund?

Every year, the university returns a proportion of graduate student tuition to the WFSC department, based on graduate student enrollment in WFSC graduate courses. The university stipulates that the department should spend funds to enhance its graduate program. Since 1992, a committee of graduate students and faculty has provided advice to Dr. Brown about how WFSC should spend its funds.

The Graduate Program Enhancement Fund (GPEF) Committee

The GPEF serves an advisory role to Dr. Brown for the expenditure of these funds. After we receive formal notification from the College of Agriculture of the amount of funds available, we form a budget using input from WFSC graduate students. This input usually takes the form of questionnaires, with the students voting among several categories. Once we have agreed upon a budget with Dr. Brown, the committee takes responsibility for spending the funds.

This year's committee members include:

• Robert Powell, Co-Chair, Nagle                         rpowell@tamu.ed

• Gage Dayton, Co-Chair, Heep                            gdayton@tamu.edu

• Magui Mieres, Nagle                                         mmieres@tamu.edu

• Lance Fontaine, Nagle                                        lafontaine@.tamu.edu

• Thomas Dixon, Nagle                                          tomdixon@tamu.edu

• Rachel Butzler, Heep                                           rbutzler@tamu.edu

• Robert Trujillo, Heep                                           trujillo@tamu.edu

• Hernan Lopez-Fernandez, Heep                        hlopez@tamu.edu

• Allison Hindle, Galveston                                  hindlea@tamug.edu

• Dr. Nova Silvy, faculty advisor                         n-silvy@tamu.edu

• Dr. Stephen Davis, Jr., faculty advisor             sedavis@tamu.edu

• Diann Radke, WFSC accounting advisor        d-radke@tamu.edu

 If you are interested in serving on the committee, please contact one of the GPEF co-chairs.

Use of Funds

Use of funds varies from year to year, depending on results from questionnaires. The committee spends money primarily to provide travel grants to graduate students for professional meetings, so they can present their research. Also, the committee uses the money to purchase computer equipment for graduate computer labs in Old Heep and Nagle Hall, invite speakers, assist TAs, help pay page charges for graduate student publications, and improve graduate student carrels.

 Please direct all comments or questions regarding GPEF funds to one of the GPEF co-chairs or committee members listed above.

Questions or Comments?  Contact a GPEF Committee Co-Chair

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