Graduate Student Senate
The Graduate Student Senate (GSS) is the official voice of UNH graduate student body, including UNH Durham, UNH Manchester and UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law. All graduate students have the right and responsibility to participate in this shared governance; by nature of our constitution, all UNH graduate students are members of the GSS. The GSS serves as a bridge between the graduate student body and those who make decisions that impact graduate students. We regularly communicate with administrators including the President Elizabeth S. Chilton, Provost Jones, and the Graduate School Deans.
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GSS First Thursdays
📢 Join us for "GSS First Thursdays!"
We'll be hosting a casual mixer for UNH graduate students at a new location on the first Thursday of each month! Details will be announced via the Graduate School newsletter. See you there!
📅 Fall 2024 Meeting Schedule
We've started our full GSS meetings now that we're back for the Fall 2024 semester, and we're holding these meetings online via Zoom each month. If you need the link to the next GSS meeting, feel free to reach out to the GSS President or Communications Officer.
Here is the GSS Linktree 🔗🌳: https://linktr.ee/unh_gss
The Graduate Student Senate is committed to advocating for graduate student well-being. This academic year, we will work towards solutions on issues surrounding health care, graduate assistantship stipends, and housing. We set our agenda based on student needs, so we need to hear from you!
Please reach out to 📩 graduate.student.senate@unh.edu to share your thoughts and concerns.
2026 - 2027 Graduate Student Senate
| President: Mercy Sulaiman | Vice President: Matthew Gustavsen | External Relations Office: Tessa Lancaster | Community Coordinator: Lola Fadairo |
| Communications Officer: Dasha Piotrowski | Financial Affairs Officer: Samson Dare Olawunmi | International Student Senator: Ibrahim Engin Taze | |
| Graduate Housing Senator: Popy Rani Debi | CPS Senator: Prasanna Tamilselvan | Graduate School Senator: Narinda Ramananandroniaina | |
| COLA Senator: Sam Crawford | COLSA Senator: Md Robiul Islam Akondo | ||
| COLSA Senator: Sumaya Akter | CEPS Senator: Oscar Bediako | CEPS Senator: Murray Mckay | CEPS Senator: Tolulope Ogunsanya |
| CEPS Senator: Sadek Tormos | Paul College Senator: Chryst Rosario | CHSS Senator: Kira Vine | CHSS Senator: James Foley |
| Vacancies: UNH Law Senators (4), UNH Manchester Senator (1), CHHS Senators (2), Paul College Senators (2), COLA Senators (2), UNH Online Senator (1) |
Our History
The UNH Graduate Student Senate (GSS) was founded in 2011 as the official representative body of UNH graduate students. For several decades prior to the creation of the GSS and its representative structure, the interests of graduate students at UNH were represented by the Graduate Student Organization (GSO).
On April 18, 2011, UNH President Mark Huddleston signed the first copy of the GSS Constitution and Bylaws.
