With the intent to form a cohesive and ubiquitous alliance within the graduate student body of the Department of Psychology at the University of North Dakota, we, the founding members of Graduate Resource Alliance for Students in Psychology, hereby set forth the following as guiding philosophies for the direction of organizational growth and development.

Graduate Resource Alliance for Students in Psychology will promote morale within the student body of all graduate programs in psychology at the University of North Dakota via adherence to the goals set forth in the body of this document, as well as the organizational constitution and by-laws.

Graduate Resource Alliance for Students in Psychology will facilitate interdepartmental networking among student-colleagues at different and multiple levels of graduate training via methods delineated in the organizational constitution.

Graduate Resource Alliance for Students in Psychology will actively generate revenue for graduate student academic activities (specified in the organizational constitution and by-laws) via fundraising endeavors approved by the organizational student members in conjunction with the governing body (consistent with the organizational constitution and by-laws).

Graduate Resource Alliance for Students in Psychology will actively disseminate academic information, relevant to students’ phase of professional development, to all students in all graduate programs in psychology at the University of North Dakota.

Graduate Resource Alliance for Students in Psychology will coordinate centralized student lobbying efforts to bring to the attention of the faculty any concerns about academic or professional development issues within the department, and will serve as a student-faculty liaison in student efforts to resolve such concerns when deemed necessary and appropriate by the organizational student members.

Graduate Resource Alliance for Students in Psychology will actively promote, encourage, and engage in the open discussion and dissemination of current and classic field-relevant literature among all student-colleagues at all levels of graduate training in psychology at the University of North Dakota.