Information about GEO Dues can be found at our Dues FAQ. Any further questions can be addressed to umgeo @ umich . edu
If you haven’t signed a yellow card yet, please consider becoming a GEO Member! The financial difference between membership dues and the representation service fee is small (under $10 a term for a […]

GEO Fall 2009 Membership Meeting
Thursday 11/19
Food/drinks 6:00pm
Meeting Starts at 7:00pm
At the GEO Office (330 E. Liberty Suite 3F)
At this Membership Meeting, we’ll update members on what has happened in GEO this year and form working groups around possible bargaining items for the 2010-2011 contract campaign. What are aspects of GEO’s contract that you think work […]

The Graduate Employees’ Organization at University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign went on strike this morning against the Board of Trustees. GEO-UIUC has been bargaining with the administration for a new contract and is demanding that the university guarantee tuition waivers in the contract, which the university refuses to bargain over.
GEO-UM stands in solidarity with our sisters and […]

Graduate Student Worker for Fall 2009
(Note the typo on page 1: The deadline for disenrolling ineligible dependents from University health plans is December 18, 2009)

The University will be conducting an audit of the eligibility of dependents of ALL University employees, including graduate employees, starting in February 2010. Disenroll ineligible dependents by December 18, 2009 without penalty. To become familiar with the requirements for eligibility documentation, and for more information about the audit, visit:
http://mydependentcheck.com/umich/
*Note: The Fall 2009 edition of GEO’s […]

At the Wednesday October 28 Steward’s Council Meeting, the Steward’s Council voted to endorse One Kalamazoo’s campaign to support Kalamazoo’s Non-Discrimination Ordinance.
On June 9, 2009 a unanimous vote of the Kalamazoo City Commission expanded the city’s Non-Discrimination Ordinance to include protections for sexual orientation and gender identity. Those expansions are currently suspended, and will be […]

Today in GEO:
Event the first: GEO NC Brown Bag
Where: Viking Room, Pierpont Commons (adjacent to the Commons Cafe)
When: Noonish
What: An informal GEO meeting on NC. We’ll distribute the agenda from tonight’s steward’s council meeting and begin talking about how to get more representation in GEO for GSIs and GSSAs on North Campus.
Event the […]

The annual GEO Welcome Back party is happening!
When: It begins at 6pm Wednesday
Where: The GEO Office, 330 E. Liberty #3F
Why: Because those dreams have remained, and they’ve turned around.
Who: YOU! And other cool GEO people!
How: You’ve gotta be here to find out!

Here is an incomplete list of U-M resources that might come in handy:

2009-2010 Salary Rates for Graduate Student Assistants
Job Postings ListServ 
Gradcare page at benefits office
Rackham Policy handbook
Rackham Student Government
International Center
Office of Institutional Equity
Spectrum Center
Work/Life Resource Center
Campus Disability Resource Directory
Students With Children

Lifted from the new GEO Forum:
The Rackham Continuous Enrollment Student Advisory Committee will be meeting with Rackham admins to discus the Continuous Enrollment issue on Friday, August 31. This meeting will be the first since RSG passed two resolutions critical of Rackham’s failure to communicate openly withgraduate students.
Please sign this letter of support for the […]

Last Friday, Rackham Student Government passed two resolutions aimed at slowing the Rackham Graduate School’s rush to implement a Continuous Enrollment policy over the objections of graduate students.  PDFs of he resolutions are attached to this post.
The first resolution, numbered SS-9-01, calls on the Rackham Graduate School to provide the Student Advisory Committee with written […]

** SUMMER STEWARDS MEETING **

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17
7:00 PM - GEO OFFICE
On the agenda: an important discussion and vote on Health Care Dependents Eligibility.