Regional Advocacy

NAGPS organizes regional and local advocacy efforts to bring about lasting changes pertaining to legislative and administrative actions that will affect graduate & professional students on a state and local level.
 

Core Regional Advocacy Efforts & Issues

Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week

Dates:  April 4-8, 2011
In cooperation with sister organizations in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom, NAGPS organizes a graduate and professional student appreciation week in the United States.  NAGPS assists member organizations in working with their state legislature to officially declare graduate and professional student week for their state.  Please check out our Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week event page for more information.

Sample Proclamation >>
Template Proclamation (.doc) >> 

Student Tax & Other Local Issues

NAGPS works with members at a local level to help on unique issues facing graduate and professional students.  Recently in 2009, NAGPS help Pittsburg-area members successfully oppose the implementation of a student tax.  

State Level Advocacy

NAGPS provides resources and encourages members to develop state-wide coalitions to address local educational issues and concerns.