Senate Meeting Minutes – February 10, 2021

Graduate Student Government Senate Meeting – February 10, 2021

February 10, 2021
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Zoom Recording: http://bit.ly/gsg2-10

 

AGENDA

1. Introduction

• Vice President of Financial Affairs

• Vice President of Programs & Operations

2. Guest Speaker from Graduate Ombuds – Dr. Kimberly Wong

3. Student Group Approval 1

4. Student Group Approval 2

5. President

6. Questions

 

ITEMS DISCUSSED

1. Introduction

Executive Vice President Divya Subbaian opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. 

• Vice President of Financial Affairs – Hardik Radadiya

Hardik is pursuing a his master’s degree in Engineering Management. Hardik shared that he will be developing budget proposal for the next year. He invited members who have a background in finance or Tableau Budget Dashboard to join the Financial Affairs committee.

Email: GSGfinance@northeastern.edu.

• Vice President of Programs and Operations – Shakir Khalid

Shakir is an architect and is seeking a master’s degree in Project Management. He invited interested GSG members to contact him to serve on the committee.

Email: GSGPrograms@northeastern.edu

2. Guest Speaker from Graduate Ombuds – Dr. Kimberly Wong

Dr. Kimberly Wong is the Graduate Ombudsperson at the university. She is a counseling psychologist with more than a decade of experience working with culturally diverse students in higher education. Her office offers support to the graduate student body, provides training/workshops, cross-cultural issues, and feedback to the college community. She sees students for a variety of reasons, including students having problems with professors, conflict resolution among students, coaching, and other matters. Her meetings are confidential. She can make referrals to the appropriate office for other services at the university.

https://web.northeastern.edu/graduateombuds/

3. Student Group Approval 1

Vice President of Student Affairs Deependra Singh introduced The American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) for student group approval. The organization will “foster learning and research in orthopedic manual physical therapy.” The representatives for the organization are President Taylor Surrette and Vice President Tyler Axelson. The faculty adviser is Dr. Marie Corkery, clinical professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences. The group has held programs with guest speakers and has plans for future events and activities. A question and answer session was held.

Voting by the Senate

Result: Approved

4. Student Group Approval 2

The Khoury Graduate Student Association was represented by Andrew Walter. The goal of the organization is to support and maintain a community among Khoury graduate students and will help Khory administration plan, organize, and execute activities for Ph.D. students. The faculty adviser is Dr. Frank Tip, Ph.D. program director at Khoury College, and associate dean for Graduate Programs. The organization has sponsored meetings and town halls with administrators and students, programs and activities.

Voting by the Senate

Result: Approved

5. President

President Gagan Dep Prabhu introduced himself to the GSG members. He is graduating at the end of the semester. He shared information about the accomplishments of the organization, including student group funding, research projects grant support, and advisement for graduate students among other achievements. He spoke about certification funding that GSG is planning to implement and invited senators who are interested to collaborate with him in the implementation process.

Email: GSGPresident@northeastern.edu

The next Senate meeting is scheduled for Feb. 24, 2021, 12:00pm – 2:00pm (EST) in #333 Curry Student Center, Zoom.

6. Questions

A couple of senators spoke about not having an indoor space to wait for the RedEye during late hours after the library closes and how difficult it gets during the winter. Gagan said that he will take the concern forward to the higher authorities.

 

ADJOURNMENT

The Senate meeting was adjourned at 1:47 p.m. by President Gagan Dep Prabhu.

 

Meeting Attendance

S.No	Name	Northeastern Email	College	Committee
1	Abdulla Killedar	killedar.a@northeastern.edu	COE	Programs & Operations Committee
2	Aditi jain	jain.adit@northeastern.edu	COE	Student Affairs Committee
3	Ajay Kartik Krishnakumar	krishnakumar.aj@northeastern.edu	COE	Programs & Operations Committee
4	Akanksha Diggikar	diggikar.a@northeastern.edu	COE	Financial Affairs Committee
5	Amulya Rao	ravindra.a@northeastern.edu	COE	Student Affairs Committee
6	Andrew Walter	walter.a@northeastern.edu	Khoury	None, I don't want to sign up for Committees!
7	Ankita Mahapatra	Mahapatra.an@northeastern.edu	Khoury	Student Affairs Committee
8	Aron Dsouza	dsouza.a@northeastern.edu	COE	Marketing and Outreach Committee
9	Arushii Kalsi	Kalsi.a@northeastern.edu	COE	None, I don't want to sign up for Committees!
10	Asad Rafique	rafique.a@northeastern.edu	COE	Programs & Operations Committee
11	Chinmayi Shaligram	shaligram.c@northeastern.edu	COE	Financial Affairs Committee
12	Chirag Patel	patel.chir@northeastern.edu	COE	Financial Affairs Committee
13	Danzel Jones	jones.danz@northeastern.edu	Graduate Student Organization (Please specify below)	Student Affairs Committee
14	Deependra Singh	singh.de@northeastern.edu	COE	-
15	Deepti Akarsha	akarsha.d@northeastern.edu	COE	Student Affairs Committee
16	Divya Subbaian	subbaian.d@northeastern.edu	COE	-
17	Fenil Desai	desai.f@northeastern.edu	COE	Programs & Operations Committee
18	Gagan Dep Prabhu	prabhu.g@northeastern.edu	COE	-
19	Gayatri Nitin Degaonkar	degaonkar.g@northeastern.edu	COE	Strategic Planning Committee
20	Govind Singh	Singh.gov@northeastern.edu	COE	Programs & Operations Committee
21	Grania Machado	machado.g@northeastern.edu	Khoury	Marketing and Outreach Committee
22	Hardik Radadiya	radadiya.h@northeastern.edu	COE	-
23	Harman Farwah	farwah.h@northeastern.edu	Khoury	Marketing and Outreach Committee
24	Jay Walendra	walendra.j@northeastern.edu	COE	Programs & Operations Committee
25	Jay Walendra	jaywalendra@gmail.com	COE	Financial Affairs Committee
26	Jigesh Maurya	maurya.j@northeastern.edu	COE	Student Affairs Committee
27	Junayed Islam	Islam.j@northeastern.edu	CPS	Financial Affairs Committee
28	Kamalesh	kore.k@northeastern.edu	COE	Financial Affairs Committee
29	Kunal Upadhyay	upadhyay.ku@northeastern.edu	COE	None, I don't want to sign up for committees!
30	Lily Bessette	bessette.l@northeastern.edu	Graduate Student Organization (Please specify below)	None, I don't want to sign up for Committees!
31	Markynsai Lamar	lamar.m@northeastern.edu	COE	Marketing and Outreach Committee
32	Mrugendra Manerikar	manerikar.m@northeastern.edu	COE	None, I don't want to sign up for Committees!
33	Nikita Ashok Patil	Patil.nik@northeastern.edu	COE	Programs & Operations Committee
34	Nikunj Doshi	doshi.nik@northeastern.edu	COE	Marketing and Outreach Committee
35	Niranjan Vaidya	vaidya.nir@northeastern.edu	CPS	None, I don't want to sign up for Committees!
36	Omkar Tiware	tiware.o@northeastern.edu	CPS	Financial Affairs Committee
37	Parth Trivedi	trivedi.pa@northeastern.edu	COE	Marketing and Outreach Committee
38	Prem Mulchandani	mulchandani.p@northeastern.edu	COE	Programs & Operations Committee
39	Priyanka	chaudhari.pri@northeastern.edu	COE	Strategic Planning Committee
40	Rajan salve	salve.ra@northeastern.edu	COE	Programs & Operations Committee
41	Reema Yadav	Yadav.ree@northeastern.edu	College of Engineering	-
42	Rhea Sharma	sharma.rhe@northeastern.edu	College of Science	Student Affairs Committee
43	Riya Moitra	moitra.r@northeastern.edu	COE	Financial Affairs Committee
44	Rochana Devidas Dudwadkar	dudwadkar.r@northeastern.edu	COE	Programs & Operations Committee
45	Romaric Belmier Mbakop	mbakop.r@northeastern.edu	COE	Student Affairs Committee
46	Samuel Chuan	chuan.s@northeastern.edu	CAMD	Marketing and Outreach Committee
47	Samyak Jain	jain.samyak@northeastern.edu	COE	Strategic Planning Committee
48	Sandeep Karapa Srivatsav	karapasrivatsav.s@northeastern.edu	CPS	Marketing and Outreach Committee
49	Sanika Sanil Saraff	saraff.s@northeastern.edu	COE	Programs & Operations Committee
50	Santhosh Kumar Vijayakumar	vijayakumar.san@northeastern.edu	COE	Marketing and Outreach Committee
51	Santhoshi Bathina	bathina.s@northeastern.edu	COE	-
52	Sasank Kumar Kantana	kantana.s@northeastern.edu	CPS	Financial Affairs Committee
53	Saurabh Pathak	pathak.sa@northeastern.edu	COE	Academic Affairs Committee
54	Shakir Khalid	khalid.s@northeastern.edu	CPS	-
55	Shamika Shirish Gogate	gogate.s@northeastern.edu	COE	Programs & Operations Committee
56	Shreya Vivem Bhosale	bhosale.sh@northeastern.edu	COE	Student Affairs Committee
57	Sisir pasumarti	pasumarti.s@northeastern.edu	COE	Strategic Planning Committee
58	Sriram Ravindran	ravindran.s@northeastern.edu	COE	Student Affairs Committee
59	Sudheer reddy gaddam	Gaddam.su@northeastern.edu	COE	None, I don't want to sign up for Committees!
60	Sunit Bail	bail.s@northeastern.edu	COE	Student Affairs Committee
61	Ujjwal Singla	singla.u@northeastern.edu	COE	Marketing and Outreach Committee
62	Vaishnavi Gadve	gadve.v@northeastern.edu	COE	Student Affairs Committee
63	Vishwajith Subhash	subhash.v@northeastern.edu	COE	Financial Affairs Committee
64	Vivekkumar Sunilkumar Singh	singh.vivek@northeastern.edu	COE	None, I don't want to sign up for committees!
65	Yogesh Sanjay Jadhav	jadhav.y@northeastern.edu	CPS	Programs & Operations Committee