Message
from the President
Hello and welcome to the Graduate Association of
Biological
Sciences (GABS) webpage. On this site
you will find information on current GABS activities and programs,
upcoming
events, general information about the organization and pictures from
seminars,
retreats, and graduate student parties.
We regularly update this information with the goal of providing
an
overall view of life as a biology grad student at USC.
Our commitment to the department:
As an organization, GABS gives graduate students a voice in the
department and an active role in departmental decision making. We currently have graduate student
representatives on most departmental committees including graduate and
undergraduate curriculum committees, technology committee, and seminar
series
committee. In addition we have a faculty
liason that attends faculty meetings providing us with a line of
communication
with the faculty.
For new graduate students, GABS provides a sense of
community and helps them adjust to life in
Every semester, GABS hosts two scientists from other institutions as speakers in the departmental seminar series. Students are encouraged to interact with the invited speaker at a sponsored lunch to share research interests and be exposed to a variety of research fields. In addition to experiencing research done outside of USC, GABS hosts a variety of opportunities for students to experience what is going on within the department. In the fall there is a weekly seminar series where graduate students present their research to each other in a relaxed setting and a day-long faculty symposium where the faculty present their research to the students. In the spring GABS hosts a three day retreat at the Baruch facility allowing students in Biology, Marine Science, Public Health and Pharmacy to come together and present in a more formal setting.
Our commitment to the community:
In addition to academic and departmental involvement, GABS
strives to give back to the community.
Every Christmas we sponsor two needy families through the Families
Helping Families program in
I encourage you to check out all the links on our page and look through the photos in the “gallery” to see some of the fun side of being a graduate student in this department. If you have any questions feel free to email me at dantzler@biol.sc.edu.