The governing board of the Graduate English Student Organization (GESO) is a ten-member elected committee whose purpose is to promote the interests of English students in the department and in the university, to act as a conduit to the faculty on behalf of the English graduate student body, and to further develop the quality of graduate education and overall learning environment in the department. GESO will establish personal and social contact among graduate students and faculty by promoting social events. It will also work in consultation with the English faculty and administration to promote the interests of English graduate students in the department and in the university by serving as nonvoting members of select faculty committees and to report any relevant or essential information that concerns the graduate student population.