2024-2025 GSO Officers
2024-25 Graduate Student Organization Officers (pictured above, left to right): Yingxin Tan, Emma Donnelly, Jenish Shrestha, Diamilatou Kane, Dewey Robertson, Anna Aarstad, Josh Strine, Emily Forsythe, and Yi Wang

 

Agricultural Economics Graduate Student Organization

The purpose of the AgEcon Graduate Student Organization (Ag Econ GSO) is to bring the AgEcon student body together; to promote academic and social communication among all Ag Econ students; to provide a forum in which Ag Econ students can voice their concerns and expectations; and to act as a liaison between the Ag Econ student body, administration, and faculty members. 

The Graduate Social Officers (Officers) are nominated graduate students who form the leadership team of the AgEcon GSO. They are comprised currently of the President, Vice President, Social Chairs (4), Intramural Chairs (2), Senator, Treasurer, Academic Chair, and Development Chair.

2024-25 GSO Officers

  • President: Diamilatou Kane
  • Vice President: Yi Wang
  • Senator: Emily Forsythe
  • Treasurer: Dewey Robertson
  • Academic/Development Chair: Yingxin Tan
  • Social Chairs: Emma Donnelly, Owen Zakrzewski, Anna Aarstad, Kavitha Srikanth
  • Intramural Chairs: Josh Strine, Jenish Shrestha
  • Advisor: Dr. Jacob Ricker-Gilbert

BELOW ARE SOME COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATION (GSO):

  • Welcome Back Fall Picnic/Potluck
    • Friday, August 23rd at 5:00 pm
    • GOLD Pickett Park
  • Wednesday Coffee Hours
  • Friday Game Nights
  • De-Stress/Mindfulness Activities
  • Intramural Sports (Outdoor Soccer, Sand Volleyball, Basketball)
  • Academic/Professional Development Seminars
  • Peer Mentor Program
  • End of year Spring Picnic/Potluck

  • Students are already members of the Organization. The best way to help the officers is to actively participate in organized events. We also happily invite them to participate in planning and executing a range of activities throughout the year.
  • Staff, faculty and alums are always invited to participate in activities such as our weekly coffee hours, academic seminars, and our fundraisers.  The GSO has historically received strong support from faculty and staff and we encourage their continued support by reaching out to students in social spaces, sharing research interests and generally furthering the department’s strong, communal spirit.
  • The funds raised from fundraising activities cover the costs of the events the Officers organize. Non-students can particularly contribute in this area.

  • All graduate students of the AgEcon department are automatically members of the AgEcon GSO.
  • We especially invite and welcome members who are non-officers to participate in the planning and execution of any number of portfolio responsibilities, including
    • Social committee
    • Sports/Intramural committee
    • Academic and orientation activities
    • Other committees on external student government bodies, such as the Post Graduate Student Government (PGSG)

  • Members of the GSO can offer themselves for service during elections held in the Spring semester each year. They can communicate directly to the serving Officers about their interest, or they could be nominated by the Officers or non-officer students.
  • Assisting with any of the GSO committees and activities is excellent practice for a future position you may hold.

    • President: Oversees the coordination of all activities of the AgEcon Graduate Student Organization; applies for grants for AgEcon GSO operations; coordinates with the Treasurer to plan for yearly funding activities and expenses; presides over meetings; attends meetings that require representation of the AgEcon GSO (e.g., College of Ag advisory board meeting)

    • Vice-President: Coordinates outreach and volunteer activities; coordinates preparation of semester reports on AgEcon GSO activities; takes photo documentation of AgEcon GSO events and maintains AgEcon GSO social media accounts as well as helps with the funding request; assumes the President’s responsibilities when he/she is unavailable. Examples of outreach and volunteer activities are participation in Spring Fest, school visits and community volunteering.

    • Treasurer/Secretary: Keeps accounts, deposits the organization’s funds, and makes expenditures in a manner approved by the Business Office for Student Organizations; provides a biannual report on budget and spending to the leadership team of the AgEcon GSO, the organization advisor, and all members upon request. The treasurer shall also generate a draft budget for the year and share it with the GSO team by the beginning of the Fall semester.

    • Social chair(s): Organizes monthly social events, such as, but not limited to, AgEcon picnic, weekly coffee hours and game nights. They also assist the academic chair in academic seminars and arrange food, refreshments and site reservations. The social chairs shall also attend AgEcon GSO meetings. 

    • Intramural chair(s): Organize sports activities; work with members of the leadership team to facilitate other activities throughout the year; arrange the submission of forms to apply for the different sports leagues; attend AgEcon GSO meetings. 

    • AgEcon PGSG Senator: Represents AgEcon graduate students on the Purdue Graduate Student Government (PGSG); responsible for voicing the opinions and concerns of AgEcon graduate students to PGSG; serves as liaison between AgEcon and the PGSG; attends all PGSG meetings and join appropriate subcommittees; keeps AgEcon student body updated on PGSG events and business that is of importance to AgEcon graduate students; reports to the AgEcon GSO on the relevant matters in the PGSG and consults the AgEcon GSO in matters regarding AgEcon’s position on various issues; attends all AgEcon GSO meetings. Any matter in PGSG that may require AgEcon to take a position must be relayed to the AgEcon GSO and AgEcon graduate students by the senator.

    • Academic/Development Chair: Responsible for staying up-to-date on graduate policy in the department for communication with graduate students, representing graduate students in monthly faculty/staff meetings of the department of agricultural economics when invited, serving as a liaison between faculty and graduate students in matters related with academic policy and curricula, assisting graduate students in understanding and navigating academic policy and curricula, and supporting the GSO in academic and professional development activities. They coordinate with the Social Chair to engage department faculty members for the Seminar Coffee hour talks.