By serving on ASACS, graduate and undergraduate students have the opportunity to regularly interact with Dean Harris and hear from and raise concerns to other decision makers within the College and University. This service opportunity allows graduate students to learn more about how a large, R1 university functions and how projects are implemented across the college. ASACS members become familiarized with the college budget and discuss the impacts of financial instruments including extramural grants, endowments, tuition dollars, start-up funding, and TAships. Furthermore, ASACS members provide feedback on teaching and evaluation, classroom technology, and campus facilities. Other topics might include reimagining the humanities both as a profession and area, and discussions about the role of the public University. Finally, ASACS approves course fees for classes within the college.
By having a direct line to the Dean, graduate students are able to bring the concerns and the perspective unique to their division and subject area. Service on ASACS also provides graduate students an opportunity to gain transferable job market and non-academic skills, including budgeting and working within an administrative bureaucracy. This institutional knowledge will assist graduate students in academic careers by providing them a foundation for how budgeting works and how centralized (administrative) change occurs.
Please send any questions to uwasacs@gmail.com. Applications are due May 21st at 11:59pm. We hope to see your application!