The name of this organization shall be the New Jersey Institute of Technology Graduate Student Association. The NJIT Graduate Student Association shall provide a structure through which graduate students work together to improve the quality of graduate student life. All students currently enrolled in graduate programs at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and paying the graduate association fee at the New Jersey Institute of Technology are members of and entitled to the rights and privileges of this organization.
Membership is terminated at the date of graduation.
Any member enrolled in a graduate program is entitled to represent his or her graduate program in the Graduate Student Association. Any member is entitled to vote in the election of the Graduate Student Association representative and alternate for his or her graduate program. Any member is entitled to vote in the election for the officers of the Graduate Student Association. Representatives and Alternate Representatives shall be nominated and elected by the students in their graduate program. When an election is not possible, Representative shall be appointed by the General Body upon recommendation of the President of the Graduate Student Association and where a Representative can not be either elected or appointed the Graduate Student Association shall represent the program of study in its best interests.