Community Center Half of the graduate students who responded to the survey felt isolated from their peers.
Events planned by GRAs probably alleviate some of the isolation felt by on campus students.
In addition, the recently established Graduate Student Programming Board, working with the GSC, has begun to plan campus-wide events. This is a step in the right direction, adding a useful facet to graduate student social possibilities. However, these quarterly events are too infrequent and too impersonal to build a much needed sense of graduate community. Something more permanent, consistently available, and intimate is needed to establish a true sense of community. This need dove-tails with the need for increased and improved support services such as meeting rooms, computer clusters, and athletic facilities.