Getting to know your: Graduate director

Mia Anderson

Yang Lee, a graduate student at Sacramento State, is one of two graduate directors for Associated Students Inc. A graduate student in public policy and administration, Lee had the following to say about current financial issues & &the name change would distinguish our institution for other CSU institutions.&

Regarding grad students, who receive financial aid but have to pay out of pocket for required undergraduate courses, Lee said, &We are advocating at all levels to decrease student fees at all levels.&

She also said: &I would like to see more classes available on different days and times. I would like to see classes available both semesters. Some graduate programs have certain classes available in the spring semester. Thus, students have to wait a year to take the course. More graduate students can graduate on time if these problems are resolved.&

Lee said she wants &to get more students involved in student government and to create a separate council for graduate students.&

More than 5,000 grad students are at Sac State, the majority of which are in the college of education. Sac State offers 40 graduate programs.

Students who were polled and asked what Joshua Wood, Sac State&s ASI President, had done for them were dumbfounded. Students couldn&t even answer what ASI as a whole had done for them this school year.