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Graduate Student Association (GSA)

MEET THE 2024 OFFICERS

Leonard-Allen Quaye

Leonard-Allen Quaye 

President
leoallen@vt.edu

Renu Ojha

Renu Ojha

Treasurer
renu21@vt.edu

Deepak Kumar

Deepak Kumar

Seminar Chair
deepak21@vt.edu

Didarul Islam

Didar Islam

Graduate Student Representative to the Graduate Student General Assembly
didarislam@vt.edu

Naveen Abedin

Naveen Abedin

Vice President
naveenabedin@vt.edu

Abiokpoyanam Peace Batubo

Abiokpoyanam Peace Batubo

GSA Representative
abatubo1@vt.edu

Tao Qi

Tao Qi

Social Media Chair
taoqi@vt.edu

Graduate Student Breakfast with Faculty and Staff: February 2, 2024

ABOUT GSA

Graduate students are encouraged to participate fully in department professional and social activities.

The department’s GSA is an informal organization designed to serve the needs of graduate students and represent their interests. The association has representation on various departmental committees and helps sponsor the orientation for new students and social activities. Membership is open to all graduate students in Agricultural and Applied Economics. 

A larger organization, the Graduate and Professional Student Senate, is a university organization to which graduate students of all departments may send delegates. The GPSS provides a forum for discussion of issues affecting graduate students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Members of the GPSS serve on university-wide committees to insure adequate graduate student input in university activities.