Please review our Affiliate Member benefits:

Subscriptions

With two publications - the NAGPS Annunciator, a periodic email news announcement, and the quarterly NAGPS Newsletter - you can stay informed on current graduate/professional student issues.

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Access to Members-Only Content

Your NAGPS membership gives you access to members-only web content such as select content from national and regional conferences, student survey questionnaire templates, strategic plan examples, assessment survey data from graduate/professional student associations, and resources to develop graduate/professional student associations. 

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Annual and Regional Conference Invites

As an affiliate member, you can contribute to NAGPS and spread the knowledge of what you learn back to other organizations, entities, and persons. At the conferences, students present about best practices and current issues at their universities, and all attendees engage in roundtable discussions of issues.  Issues addressed at the conferences include negotiating stipend increases, health and dental care, graduate families, activities, housing, working with the university administration, handling budget cuts, advisor-advisee relations, communications, and engaging students, among other topics. At the conferences’ membership meetings, members elect officers, and vote on amendments to the governing documents and legislative platform.

The conferences are an excellent place to build cross-university relationships that can lead to further collaboration throughout the year.  Click here for details on our previous conferences. The 2010 National Conference will be hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA.

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Support

As an affiliate member, you have the opportunity to support NAGPS in advocacy for graduate education, general support and resources for graduate/professional students, spreading awareness through Graduate & Professional Student Appreciation Week, and utilizing the graduate student data produced by NAGPS to further the interests of the graduate/professional student community.

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Discounts on Publications & Services

NAGPS also provides tangible benefits for its members, including discounts on The Chronicle, BetterWorldBooks, Student Advantage discount cards, and on auto insurance through GEICO (up to 8%). Look for new discounts as NAGPS pursues additional corporate partners including dental, vision, disability, life, and tuition insurance partnerships, among others.  

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Professional & Leadership Development

Not only is NAGPS a valuable resource on graduate/professional student issues, it is also a resource for professional and leadership development. NAGPS provides these resources in the members-only content area and hard copies can be sent to you upon request. We also have opportunities to further develop your professional and leadership skills by serving on any of our four membership committees  Learn more about the NAGPS organizational structure.

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Lobbying Experience & Training

During NAGPS Legislative Action Days (LAD), members carry out one of the most important missions of NAGPS: to advocate for its constituents. Twice a year, NAGPS organizes the event, provides professional lobby training, and provides policy briefings and materials for legislative visits.  At LAD, NAGPS members meet with their congressional representatives and address key federal policies affecting graduate and professional students.  NAGPS provides an on-site training session for all LAD attendees and provides other materials to prepare attendees.  Click here for the LAD event page.

Current NAGPS advocacy issues may be viewed on the Legislative Concerns Committee webpage. The Association’s legislative platform evolves with student needs and is able to react rapidly to the ever-changing academic and legislative environments.

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Contribute Your Ideas

NAGPS welcomes your thoughts and ideas. Please forward your suggestions and feedback at anytime by our online form, email, or phone at (202) 596-9035.

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National Representation

With your membership, we can be your voice and work together to advance the graduate/professional student agenda at the national level.

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