GPCC Symposium By Cheryl Constantine Boston University School of Law Co-Chair, Graduate and Professional Concerns Committee On Friday, December 1st, the Graduate and Professional Concerns Committee (GPCC) held its annual Graduate Aid Symposium at Boston University’s School of Management. This year we had our highest attendance ever: just over 80 members of the graduate aid community gathered to discuss a variety of topics. We offered our first concurrent sessions so that we could look at a topic of interest to specific schools (tracking Graduate Assistantships) and a topic of general interest (Personal Financial Planning). We looked at international students and the challenges they face in financing their education when studying in the U.S. Lastly, we addressed a topic familiar to many and oftentimes all too confusing—borrower incentives during repayment.

We were able to draw on local talent for almost all our speakers and want to thank them all for their efforts: Mona Ghuman from Citibank, Seamus Harreys and Brian Murphy Clinton from Northeastern University, Jane Etish-Andrews from Tufts University, Adrienne Nussbaum from Boston College, Pat Gencarella from UMASS Medical School and Lori Moore from The Access Group. We appreciate the feedback that was given through evaluations. If anyone who attended did not complete an evaluation and would like to, please feel free to contact either co-chair of the committee. It was a day of lively discussion and great opportunities to interact with others in the graduate aid community who face the same challenges in helping their students. The GPCC hopes to expand on our past successes and continue to find new ways to bring MASFAA’s graduate aid community together.

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