Apply to Participate in DSO Elections for Graduate and Professional Students
The application for Department Student Organization representatives closes on Monday, Sept. 4. Kindly submit an application here to participate in the forthcoming elections.
The 2023-24 DSO elections will run from Sept. 19-21.
If you do not have a departmental student organization but would like to create one, please contact GPSC President Kolade Olatunde at gpscpres@uark.edu or GPSC President Pro Tempore Olivia Kolenc at gpscpro@uark.edu for more information. More information is available on the GPSC website.
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Contacts
Kolade Olatunde , president
Graduate Professional Student Congress
479-301-9240,
gpscpres@uark.edu
John Post, director of communications
Graduate School and International Education
479-575-4853,
johnpost@uark.edu
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