The UMGSA office staff members are here to assist you with any and all needs you may have as a graduate student. Please feel free to ask any questions you might have about the UMGSA, our resources, or anything about graduate student life. If you have a question we can’t answer, we will do our best to point you in the right direction.

Ruth Prokesch, Office Manager (She/ Her)
gsa@umgsa.org | 204-474-9181

Hi Grad Students!

For the past 16 years I have been the Office Manager, and probably the first person you see when you come to Room 221 UMSU University Centre, (right above the bookstore).

I have loved almost everything about this job, but have found COVID-19 changed so much for so many people. I have missed the personal interaction, and in-person meetings that happened considerably more often before COVID. So this will be my last message on the UMGSA website. Sometime this year I will be retiring, so I can enjoy my two little grandsons, both born in 2023.

I will miss all the graduate students that I got to know over the years. I still keep in touch with many of them.
I wish all grad students much success as you pursue your degree, and then graduate to fulfil bigger dreams.

Choose Joy!



Willow Josephson, Governance & Communications Coordinator (She/ Her)
gcc@umgsa.org

Hello Graduate Students!

My name is Willow and I am the Governance and Communications Coordinator (GCC) for the UMGSA. In short, I run the UMGSA social media accounts, maintain the UMGSA + HSGSA websites, create monthly newsletters, edit the annual handbook, and act as a secretary to the UMGSA council.

I am a Business Administration Diploma Program graduate from Red River College. There I majored in Marketing and gained experience in many different business sectors. I am also a Willis College (previously Prairie View) School of Photography graduate.

Feel free to email me any questions or concerns at gcc@umgsa.org