My name is Sean Griffin, and I am the current Doctoral Students Council representative for the History Program for 2014. Although I’ve been in the program for some time and am fairly familiar with the dynamics of the History Department, there are many people I have yet to meet. I’m interested in hearing your voices, so feel free to contact me if you have any concerns or to weigh in on the issues that the DSC debates (for general information about the DSC and what it does, see their website and mission statement here: http://cunydsc.org/about/mission-statement/). As a member of the Student Life and Services committee, I’d be particularly interested in hearing your suggestions about how to improve graduate student life at the Grad Center. You can reach me at sgriffin@gc.cuny.edu.