Co-Presidents
Secretary
Treasurer
Activities Committee
Melisa Balla, Alejandro Calderon, Rachel Riccio, & Wanda Schlumpf
Plan activities and events for biology graduate students.
Graduate Student Invited Speaker (GSIS)
Sydney Addorisio & Claudia Grecke
Polls graduate students for their choice of invited speaker and schedules speaker.
DEIJ Committee
Gayathri Kondakath & Jessica Wright-Lichter
Attends meetings of the faculty DEIJ committee and advocate for graduate student needs and perspectives.
Social Justice & Community Outreach Committee
Maria Ostapovich & Jonah Levy
Works to develop strategies to work on social justice and equality
here in the biology department & communicates with faculty and community members to maintain a list of outreach opportunities.
Ecology Reading Group (ERGO) Directors
Adam Eichenwald & Isaac Weinberg
Coordinates ERGO’s meetings and discussion topics. Check out the ERGO Trunk site for events and updates. If you do not have access to the Trunk site, but would like access, email one of the co-directors!
Graduate Student Council (GSC) Representative
Olivia Hawkins
Attends monthly GSC meetings, ensures BUGS is up to date with documentation, and reports back on events GSC is hosting.
Website Committee
James Kessler
Updates this awesome website!
Committees are formed every Fall, come to the first BUGS meeting of the year to join! See student pictures and information on the department’s current graduate students.