2025 - 2026 Executive Board

Call for Candidates

The University of Pittsburgh Graduate and Professional Government is currently seeking candidates to fill the GPSG Executive Board offices for the 2025-2026 Academic Year with positions beginning in May 2025. This opportunity is open to all University of Pittsburgh graduate students regardless of prior experience in student government or graduate student organizations. Officer positions are eligible to receive a stipend, contingent upon University policy.

Available positions include President, VP of Committees, VP of Communications, VP of Finance, and VP of Programming. For a complete explanation of the responsibilities of each Executive Office, please see the GPSG Bylaws. For more information about GPSG, we invite you to explore the rest of our website.

Applying to be a Candidate

Important Dates

Call for Candidates:

January 27 - February 14

Zoom Info Sessions:

Q&A with the Executive Administrator and a current board member. Use this link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/91661408548

Wednesday January 22nd 7pm-8pm
Monday January 27th 7pm-8pm

Campaign Week:

February 17 - 23

Voting:

February 24 - 28

Notification of Results:

February 28

Executive Board Transitions

Individuals elected into positions are expected to attend executive board transitions and installations on the following dates:

To qualify as a candidate, you must be enrolled in or accepted to begin graduate or professional school at the University of Pittsburgh for the Fall 2025 semester and be a student for the entire 2025-2026 academic year.

To apply, you must submit the following materials via email [gpsg@pitt.edu] no later than Friday February 14th:

Candidate Biography
- Tell us a bit about yourself: school, undergraduate university, and your leadership experience
Brief Candidate Statement
- Please tell us about your plans for what you will do in this position
Candidate Picture

The combined length of the candidate statement and candidate biography must be 500 words or less. The statement, biography, and picture will be displayed on the candidate pages on the GPSG website. The brief candidate statement will be displayed on the voting page.

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to GPSG@pitt.edu

EXECUTIVE BOARD POSITIONS

Meet the current GPSG executive board members and the duties of their role!

John E Danvers

president.gpsg@pitt.edu

Duties of the President

To preside over meetings of the AB and the EB.
To coordinate relations with the administration at the University of Pittsburgh and with organizations external to the University of Pittsburgh.
To convey the recommendations and decisions of the AB to the administration at the University of Pittsburgh and to organizations external to the University of Pittsburgh.
Attend and report on (when permitted by committee policy) meetings of the Board of Trustees Student Affairs Committee, the University Senate-Assembly Board, and the University Council for Graduate Studies if possible.
To perform such other duties as are normally required of the Office of President and as the AB may determine.
To report their actions to the Assembly at each meeting of the AB.
To hold open office hours in the GPSG office for a minimum of 1 hour per week.
To meet with students by appointment when requested at a mutually convenient time during regular university hours.
To provide agenda items and other information for the Assembly Board meetings to the Executive Administrator a minimum of 10 calendar days before each AB meeting.
To chair (or appoint a chair) the External Affairs Committee.
To cast tie-breaking votes in both AB and EB proceedings.
To ensure at the end of the position’s term that all technicalities of the post are passed onto the next President.