The next HGSA meeting will be held on Monday, Nov. 16th @ 3:30 pm. An agenda will be circulated in the near future. Contact Jon Franklin at jfrankli@umd.edu if you would like to add an item to the agenda.
Also, committee reports have been posted. Click on the “minutes” tab at the top of the HGSA blog website to access the reports.

A reminder to all HGSA committee members, committee reports should be submitted to the HGSA email account asap (marylandhgsa@gmail.com). Also, Mike Soracoe recently attended the student organization ticket lottery and obtained tickets to 3 Maryland Men’s basketball home games (11 tickets per game). Those interested in attending should contact HGSA at the above-listed email.

On Wed., Oct. 21st Dr. Art Eckstein will give his Distinguished Scholar Teacher in Key 106. The lecture begins at 4:00 pm and a reception in the Merrill Room will follow.

The HGSA soccer team “We’re History” ended its impressive play-off run with a not so impressive 8(?)-2 loss against the entomology department earlier this week. Still, the squad demonstrated incredible spirit and tenacity. Great work “We’re History!”
The next HGSA meeting has been announced. It will be held on Monday, Oct. 19th at 4:00 pm in the 3rd floor lounge.

We’re History, the HGSA soccer team, followed a lackluster regular season campaign with a spirited 1-0 win in the first round of the playoffs. We’re History dominated the second half of play to ensure passage to round 2 of the Grad Student League playoffs.
More important than the win (although it was huge), 12 people showed up to play! Although this created some frustration due to a lack of equal playing time, it was great to see such a strong demonstration of departmental community.

Election results are in. Congratulations to Reid Gustafson, the first HGSA Student Interest Liaison.
“Preparing the prospectus,” “grant writing,” and “how to get published” were the three most popular workshop choices. More information on these session is forthcoming.

HGSA is currently holding an election for the new Student Interest Liaison Positions, as well as this Fall’s workshop schedule. To vote, copy and paste the following link: http://cgi.umd.edu/survey/display?SILandWorkshopElection/HGSA

The minutes of the last HGSA meeting have been posted to the HGSA website (in the blog, specifically). Please note that the Student Interest Liaison amendment was passed. The nomination process will be open until Friday, Sept. 25th. Please review the SIL duties and recommend a person you think would do a good job. Nominations should be emailed to marylandhgsa@gmail.com

HGSA will hold its second meeting today, September 21st at 4:00 pm in the 3rd floor lounge of Key, to discuss the proposed Student Interest Liaison amendment. All are encouraged to come. And if you have yet to pay dues, bring $5 with you.

Dr. Julie Greene, DGS, has created a departmental facebook page. You are encouraged (but not required) to join! To become a fan, run a facebook page search for “University of Maryland History Graduate Program.”
This page is one more way to network, stay abreast of departmental news, and sometimes laugh with one another.