Call for the new GAUSS student representatives in the GAUSS board (term Apr 2024–Apr 2025)
The period of office of the current GAUSS student representatives, Leo Suchan and Jan-Wilke Henke, comes to an end soon.
We therefore invite candidates to apply for the position of the next GAUSS student representative(s) for the term of office from 01.04.2024 until 31.03.2025.
You have ideas on how to improve the PhD experience of all students in GAUSS and are passionate about bringing forward and discussing changes? Then you may want to consider volunteering as a candidate! Every GAUSS PhD student interested in becoming the next speaker of the students in the GAUSS board can be elected.
The role of the GAUSS student representative is right for you if you:
– Are passionate about thinking and discussing changes of PhD regulations and amenities.
– Advocate and discuss students’ interests.
– Enjoy communicating and working together with fellow students and student representatives.
Optional but recommended:
– Basic understanding of German language (there will be translations, but German is the official language for legal purposes).
In your role as GAUSS representative, you will:
– participate in 3-4 GAUSS board meetings to discuss and vote on changes in GAUSS including changes in doctoral degree regulations (board meetings are in english).
– discuss and vote on GAUSS family & emergency grants (if you are currently in a financially tight situation, please check out whether you can apply! https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/567634.html).
– communicate with other students/representatives to become aware of potential improvements.
– communicate and discuss improvements with the GAUSS Office and management.
The GAUSS student representative and the deputy will be appointed (“ernannt”) by the student representatives of all GAUSS doctoral programs (which includes GGNB) in a meeting in March 2024. In this meeting, all running candidates will have the opportunity to convince the program representatives in a very brief motivation statement (1 Slide, max. 5 minutes).
If you are interested, please send a short Email to the GAUSS Office, and include a very brief motivation statement and outline a few points for which you are passionate about driving change.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the GAUSS-Office (Dirk), Leo, or Jan-Wilke.