The Crop Sciences Graduate Organization (CSGO) is a university-recognized organization chartered to promote social and educational interactions among graduate students in the Department of Crop Sciences.

The ultimate goal of CSGO is to promote an enjoyable and pleasant interaction among fellow graduate students in the department. The CSGO provides fellowship that will result in friendships that will last a lifetime, while also pursuing an advanced degree in the Department of Crop Sciences.

Officers

The CSGO officer team consists of a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer as well as various committee representatives. The annual elections take place every April. The 2007-2008 officers and representatives are:

President	Sarah Potts	smanthey@illinois.edu
Vice President	Matthew Maughan	maughan2@illinois.edu
Secretary	Nathan Karplus	karplus2@illinois.edu
Treasurer	Kate Thinglum	kthingl2@illinois.edu

Committee Representatives

Graduate Student Policy and Grievance	Charlie Thompson	cthomps7@illinois.edu
Teaching Representative	Wesley Barber	barber4@illinois.edu
Graduate Seminar Representative	Justin Ma	ma16@illinois.edu
Fundraising Chair	Joana Novais	jnovais@illinois.edu
Social Chair	Bhupinder Farmaha	farmaha2@illinois.edu