Tavassoli Elected to Graduate Engineering Council

Abtine Tavassoli, a WNCG graduate student working under Dr. Al Bovik in the LIVE laboratory, was elected as the Financial Director of the Graduate Engineering Council for the 2003 - 2004 academic year on April 30, 2003.

As Financial Director, Tavassoli will serve on the Executive Committee for the organization. His additional responsibilities will include detailing and reporting expenditures, balances, and transactions, and chairing all financially oriented committees.

The Graduate Engineering Council (GEC) became an official University of Texas at Austin student organization in 1970 under the leadership of Mr. William Evans, a Petroleum Engineering graduate student. Although the GEC has been helmed by many student leaders during the last 30 years, the main goal of supporting and improving the graduate engineering experience is unchanged.

The primary purpose of the GEC is to represent the interests of graduate engineering students at The University of Texas at Austin. The GEC serves as a liaison between the Deans of Graduate Studies and Engineering and graduate engineering students within the college.

The GEC also engages in activities promoting the general welfare of graduate engineers at The University of Texas at Austin. They sponsor events such as the Graduate School Orientation Day, Income Tax Information Session, Health Benefits Information Session, Orientation Picnic for New Students, and the Student Research Conference and Seminar Series. They also actively participate in events promoting graduate studies in the engineering fields, including the Graduate School Information Panel for Undergraduates.