CEGSA is the Chemical Engineering Graduate Students’ Association.

The graduate student association, CEGSA, is very active. We hold barbeques, parties, and various other social events throughout the year. We have a large common room for graduate students, with coffee, snack and drink machines, microwaves, and a TV, so we can enjoy special events such as the World Cup and Olympics! CEGSA also fields several sports teams, and you can participate as much or as little as you like in these activities.

All graduate students in this Department are members. The Association serves as a liaison between the graduate student body and the Department. CEGSA also represents the graduate students at the Graduate Students Union (a university-wide association), Faculty Council, and the Teaching Assistants Union (Local 3902 of CUPE). In addition to acting as a liaison, CEGSA hosts a number of events to encourage communication and enjoyment in the Department. The Graduate Common Room (WB247) is for the use of all graduate students. In it you will find daily newspapers, magazines, comfortable furniture, mail boxes, announcements, vending machines, a coffee machine, a television, microwave ovens, and of course many other graduate students.

CEGSA hosts a number of social events during the year for all students and staff in the department. Traditional events include a welcome party in September, a Departmental Christmas party in December, and monthly barbecues during the summer. This past year, CEGSA has also revived an older tradition: a weekly coffee break on Friday afternoons. Other events such as a Halloween party and an outing to Skule Nite (engineering comedy review) in March round out CEGSA’s busy social schedule.

Sports plays a large role in CEGSA’s entertainment package each year. In the past, teams have been entered by CEGSA in the following leagues: GSU Volleyball in the fall and spring, the department ice hockey tournament in the spring, Department of Athletics and Recreation (DAR) indoor soccer in the spring, DAR indoor softball in the spring, International Student’s Centre (ISC) soccer during the summer, and DAR softball in the summer. In addition to these organized leagues, CEGSA also runs a number of department tournaments: table tennis and golf in the summer, and bowling, pool, and curling in the fall and winter. Finally, each summer, the faculty and staff face off against the graduate students for the annual department softball championship game.