How does Department Steward work?

GAU represents over 4,000 Graduate and Research Assistants (GAs and RAs) across more than 100 departments. To organize effectively, we rely on Departmental Stewards to help organize the students in their respective departments and connect them with Union Leadership. We strive to have at least 1 departmental steward per department, serving as a direct liaison between leadership and the department.

Duties Include: 

• Spreading awareness about the whole union's actions and events
• Coordinating with leadership to host events in your department
• Helping collect cards and increasing union membership in your department

Time Commitment
An average of 1-1.5 hours per week (1 bi-weekly Zoom call, 1 event, and 1 action per semester)

Have more questions before joining the stewards: Contact Nick Filannino ([email protected]) or Tara Hari (​[email protected]).

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GAU and Department Stewards

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Current Departments with Stewards

Anthropology	Classics	Environmental Horticulture	Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
Astronomy	College of Nursing	Epidemiology	Geography
Biology and the Florida Museum	Computer & Information Science & Engineering - Human-Centered Computing	Family, Youth, and Community Science	Geological Sciences
Biomedical Engineering	Electrical and Computer Engineering	Food and Resource Economics Department	Graphic Design
Chemistry	Environmental Engineering Sciences (ESSIE)	French and Francophone Studies: Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures	Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics
History	Interior Design	Linguistics	Marketing
Materials Science & Engineering	Mathematics	Physics	Physiology and Aging
Psychology	School of Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education (HDOSE)	Sociology and Criminology & Law	Tourism Hospitality and Event Management