Student Societies

MAPS

MAPS is the Masters and PhD Society for the School of English and Theatre Studies.  Administered by an executive of MA and PhD representatives for the Graduate Committee, as well as Professional Development and Socialization Co-ordinators, MAPS represents every graduate student in the department.  Responsibilities include electing representatives to sit on Graduate Committee and Department meetings, organizing both professionalization and social events for the graduate student body, facilitating community between MA and PhD students, and providing support and resources for SETS graduate students.

MAPS, The "official" website and blog of the Masters and PhD Society, School of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph. CLICK HERE

DSF

The Drama Students Federation was formed in 1976 as a political movement by students. These students were not happy with the way they and their program were being treated at the time, and took a stand to be heard. Because of this the DSF have been able to voice their opinions and be heard in faculty meetings for the past 35 years.

Since then, the DSF have become more active in building a community for the theatre students to be a part of. This is done through various events that the DSF puts on each semester thanks to the College of Arts Student Union (CASU). These events vary from One Act Festivals, Movie Nights, Theatre Workshops, and/or pub nights, and much, much more!

The DSF Executive consists of 5 members, and hold weekly meetings in the Seminar Room of Massey Hall, and anyone is welcome to stop by. These meetings tend to be on the same day each week, but this day varies from semester to semester. If you are interested in attending, simply swing by Massey Hall and check out the DSF call board for more information.

If you have any further inquiries, please email us at dsf@uoguelph.ca or check out our website.

The DSF Executive

TESS

The English Students’ Society (TESS) formed in the fall of 2008 with the aim to enrich the social and academic experience of undergraduate English students at the University of Guelph. We wanted to form an outlet for students to meet, interact, share, discuss, and have fun. TESS is great for students who want to contemplate English studies outside the classroom as well as students who just want to see the people they meet in classes more often socially.

 Events are the main way that TESS interacts with the student body. At least twice a semester TESS puts on public events, both social and academic. Past events include coffee houses, career info sessions, and themed socials downtown. The English Students’ Society has also arranged orders of program clothing in the past and plans to again in the future.

 TESS is composed of five executive members as well as many representatives. Any student is welcome to get involved and executive positions generally become open to undergraduate students at the end of each winter semester. TESS meets weekly and students are always welcome to attend and participate. Meetings are pretty casual so feel free to drop by anytime! (Contact us for specific meeting days and times since they change each semester.)

 Representatives from TESS sit on the English Undergraduate Curriculum Committee and attend all faculty meetings. As an English student, the TESS executive is your liaison to the department.

 
Contact TESS anytime at tess@uoguelph.ca and check us out on Facebook:

TESS also has a blog to discuss things such as: the book and media industry, phenomena or fads in the literary world, e-books, how technology and environmental concerns are affecting the industry, movie adaptations, reading technologies, arts funding and policies that affect the arts, careers in the field, frustrations, and much more! The best part is, anyone can contribute to the blog! Comment online or e-mail your blog submissions to tess@uoguelph.ca.