English Graduate Union
About the EGU
The English Graduate Union (EGU) is an organization that represents all English graduate students at the University of Arizona. Founded in 1991, EGU monitors graduate student workload, advocates for graduate student concerns and issues on many departmental and administrative levels, and mobilizes graduate students across the campus around important issues like health care, tuition remission, workload reduction, and childcare.
Membership in EGU is open to all English and English-affiliated graduate students. For more information, or if you have questions, please contact the interim EGU Co-Chair, Alyx Nelson-Turner at egucochairs@gmail.com.
Fall 2023 Meeting Schedule
EGU will continue to offer a hybrid meeting modality for in-person and via Zoom. The meeting schedule for Fall 2023 is currently TBD; More information to come in August.
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EGU Officers - Fall 2023
Administrative Contact: Alyx Nelson-Turner
Co-Chairs: [VACANT]
EDI Co-Chair/AIME Liaison: [VACANT]
EDI Co-Chair/WPC Diversity & Inclusion Committee Representative: [VACANT]
Secretary: [VACANT]
WPC Representatives: Dilara Avci, Sean Chadwick, and Alona Kladieva [3 VACANCIES]
GPSC Representative: Kriti
Undergraduate English Curriculum Committee Representative: Matt Tuozzo
Literature Graduate Curriculum Representative: David Seamans
First-Year Representative: [VACANT]
Social Chair: Charlie McMartin
Program Reps:
Creative Writing Representative: Yvette Noemi Saenz
Literature Representative: Larissa Runyan
RCTE Representative: [VACANT]
EAL Representative: [VACANT]
SLAT Representative: TBD by SLATSA Election
Current Initiatives
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Collaborate with department and college administrators to make teaching loads comparable to peer institutions
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Mediate issues related to graduate student labor and compensation
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Ensure graduate students are safe from sexual discrimination and harassment
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Mobilize with other student organizations across campus to advocate for university-wide issues such as childcare, healthcare, education costs, and graduate student wages
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Ensure graduate student representation on all English program and departmental committees
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Foster collegial relationships amongst lecturers and graduate students across all English programs
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For more information about EGU's goals, please read our Best Practices document here
Meeting Minutes