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 current EGU Co-Chairs, Hannah Rego and Alyx Nelson-Turner at egucochairs@gmail.com.
Fall 2021 Meeting Schedule
Our meetings will be from 4-5PM:
- 8/27
- 9/10
- 9/24
- 10/8
- 10/15
- 10/29
- 11/12
- 12/3
Join Zoom Meeting
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EGU Officers - Fall 2021
Co-Chairs: Hannah Rego & Alyx Nelson-Turner
EDI Co-Chairs: Claire Davis & Casey Kohs
Secretary: Open
WriPACA Representatives: Leah Bowshier, Kelli Lycke Martin, and Marisa Pesa
GPSC Representative: Kelli Lycke
Undergraduate English Curriculum Committee Representative: Hannah Issac
Graduate Literature Curriculum Committee Representative: Casey Kohs
First-Year Representative: Josie Portz
Social Chair: Open
Program Reps:
Creative Writing Representative: Open
Literature Representative: Mary Rosenberry
RCTE Representative: Martin J. Cardenas
EAL Representative: Eric Abin
SLAT Representative: Hongni Gou and Rachel Floyd
Meeting Minutes
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