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Graduate Student Association (GSA)

MEET THE 2025 - 2026 OFFICERS

Xiaoyi Zhao

Xiaoyi Zhao

President

 Yi-Tien Liu

Yi-Tien Liu

Vice President and Seminar Chair

 Anne Carroll

Anne Carroll

Treasurer

 Kendyl Lewis

Kendyl Lewis

GSA Representative to the General Assembly

Michele Mickelwait

Michele Mickelwait

Social Media Chair

Angana Chatterjee

Angana Chatterjee

Social Chair

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.