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Welcome new students!This blog is for newly admitted students to the Graduate Center, CUNY. We would like to welcome and congratulate you! Please log back in […]

Roommate matching!This post should be used to match roommates.  Go ahead and list requests for roommates in the comments section.  Please do be mindful, h […]

The Graduate Center chapter of the Professional Staff Congress-CUNY stands in solidarity with the striking graduate workers of Temple University. 

The Temple University Graduate Students’ Association (TUGSA) ha […]

In light of Graduate Center HR’s recent threatening letter on remote work and “theft of time,” the PSC is organizing two events to educate workers on what they can do should they ever find themselves facing a dis […]

The Graduate Center Chapter’s Executive Committee Votes to Support the Statement of No Confidence in the President, Provost, and Senior VP of Finance and Administration

The GC PSC Executive Committee formally […]

The Graduate Center chapter of the Professional Staff Congress offers our support and solidarity to our public university union comrades at the University of California (48,000 strong from UAW 2865, UAW 5810, and […]

We will be tabling in the Graduate Center lobby throughout November to chat with other PSC members. If you can work a shift, even just an hour or two, please let us know.

And make sure to check out all the […]

Notes from the 9/30/22 Chapter Meeting

Giacomo chairs, welcomes the room. Agenda here.
Lynne, out-going chapter chair, speaks.

Thanks to the chapter members for the work during the pandemic. […]

The following is a proposed resolution for the April 26th Chapter Meeting:

Whereas the majority of classes at CUNY are taught by adjunct faculty, graduate assistants, continuing education teachers, and while […]

Feeling nervous about the in-person return this semester? Unsure if CUNY will take your health and labor concerns seriously?

Many graduate students are. As we receive our teaching assignments, some of us might be […]

The following email went out to GC chapter members on August 12th. Please see this update from August 13th for updates on the GC reopening.

Dear colleagues,

As you know, the PSC-GC chapter conducted two […]

Late yesterday, GC President Robin Garrell announced that on Monday, Aug. 16, the Graduate Center will open at Phase 3 of a new Fall 2021 reopening plan (dated Aug. 9), which increases occupancy to 80% building […]

Calling all new Graduate Workers! New York State law mandates that all public sector employees are entitled to a one-hour union orientation during work hours. Because graduate students are part-time employees of […]

Workplace exploitation is unfortunately not uncommon at CUNY. This union-led event will help incoming and current graduate student workers understand their contractual rights as employees, so that they can better […]

When we hear “college debt crisis”, we usually think of student debt. But colleges and universities increasingly owe millions of dollars to private creditors and financial institutions as well. To keep the cre […]

We are holding weekly phonebanking sessions on alternating Tuesdays at 5:30pm (register here) and Thursdays at 1:30pm (register here). Training will be available for new phoners.

Join us and build power with you […]

On February 4, the Graduate Center Chapter of the PSC hosted an open forum on planned reductions in 2021-22 graduate admissions. The forum – for which 110 people registered – was designed to bring staff, stu […]