Senate Meeting Minutes – December 04, 2019

Graduate Student Government Senate Meeting
December 04, 2019
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
333 Curry Student Center 

 

AGENDA

1. Officer update – Gagan Dep Prabhu, President
2. Regional Campus – Divya Subbaian, Vice-President of Marketing and Outreach
3. Student Organization Recognition – Lucas Troup (Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Council)
4. Questions by the Senate
5. Lunch

 

ITEMS DISCUSSED

1. Officer update – Gagan Dep Prabhu, President

The President welcomed all senators to the final senate meeting for the Fall 2019 semester. Presentation utilized memes to used break away from the monotony by making them fun and relevant. The following topics were discussed

• CPS referendum success – Acknowledged and thanked the team for successful inclusion of the College of Professional Studies (CPS) to the Graduate Student Government (GSG) with the popular mandate of 85.14%
• Future goals of GSG – Budget Priorities Survey, Regional Campus
• Budget Priority Committee – Work on a survey distributed to graduate and PhD students to receive feedback and determine funding allocation for the academic year. Tentatively $15,000 would be allocated for graduates and $96,000 would be allocated for group funding. Discussed the salient results of the survey through the years

2014-2015: Student life, funding support, academic support, career support

2015-2016: Community building, happiness index, funding: RA/ TA; grants

2016-2017: Student life, support for students who are parents, shuttle services, professional development

2017-2018: Academic affairs, dining services, PhD network, services: Redeye; care.com

2018-2019: Conference funding, PhD network, mental health, career services

 

2. Regional Campus – Divya Subbaian, Vice-President of Marketing and Outreach

• GSG in Regional Campuses – The values of ‘One’ Northeastern, diverse network, academic excellence, global university, inclusive community, and experiential learning resonate through its 7 regional campuses. Starting with Seattle and San Francisco, GSG proposes to expand its network in three different phases to further reinforce these values
• Phase 1: Pilot, where GSG, Boston would be introduced to regional campus students and involve them as affiliated members. This would help build a graduate network and a community for further interactions across all Northeastern campuses
• Phase 2: Assess the result of phase 1 and continue to involve regional campus with GSG, Boston or launch independent GSGs if required. Also, initiate a permanent model
• Phase 3: Focus on growth within regional campuses
• Benefits: Facilitate students’ experiences beyond academics and their representation in decision making. It would also directly align with the ‘Northeastern 2025’ goal to initiate a diverse graduate and alumni network at the University.
• Senators will be recruited to work in a Regional Campus committee. Interested Senators should reach out to Divya Subbaian via email at gsgmarketingoutreach@northeastern.edu /divyasubbaian@northeastern.edu

 

3. Student Organization Recognition – Lucas Troup (Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Council)

• Luke highlighted the lack of a forum for interaction among students from the department.
• The group organizes informal events initially called ‘Happy hours’ and later ‘Socials’. This enabled students to reach out and ask an array of questions from restaurant recommendations, tips on navigating through Boston and organizing cultural potlucks to develop an inclusive community.
• Result: Approved (100% senators voted yes)

 

4. Questions

Gagan Dep Prabhu addressed questions by the Senate:

• When will funding and Student Activity fee collection for CPS students commence?

Answer: The funding for activities (other than for conferences) by GSG with Student Finance Office will commence from spring 2020, but the student activity fee collection will only begin from Summer 2, i.e. July 2020. Funding for conferences will also commence from Summer 2.

• How to form a student group?

Answer: The first step is to talk with the GSG Executive Board and to check if there are any similar groups. Deependra Singh, Vice President of Student Affairs will take the team through the steps and will work with the Center for Student Involvement (CSI) to form the constitution. The group would attain tentative recognition for a period of 4 months and then attain permanent recognition.

Luke, representing Civil & Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Council (CEE GSC) addressed the following questions by the Senate:

• How do you reach out to students?

Answer: Through email, WhatsApp and WeChat.

• Are there any resource for students who are interested in research?

Answer: Discussions are underway with the department to set up a formal committee to help students interested in research.

 

5. Lunch

The usual fare was sweetened by the addition of doughnuts celebrating the success of the CPS referendum.

 

ADJOURNMENT

The senate meeting was adjourned at 2:30 pm by the President.

 

Meeting Attendance

S.No.	Name	Husky Email ID	College	Committee
1	Akshay Biradar	biradar.a@husky.neu.edu	COE	Financial Affairs
2	Anurag Shubham	shubham.a@husky.neu.edu	Khoury	Programs and Operations
3	Arjun Kailash Srinivasan	srinivasan.arj@husky.neu.edu	COE	Programs and Operations
4	Aryan Patidar	patidar.ar@husky.neu.edu	COE	Marketing and Outreach
5	Binod Thapa-Chhetry	thapachhetry.b@husky.neu.edu	Khoury	Financial Affairs, Student Affairs, Marketing and Outreach
6	Crispin Sujith Cletus	cletus.c@husky.neu.edu	COE
7	Deependra Singh	d.singh@northeastern.edu	COE
8	Dilan jacob	jacob.d@husky.neu.edu	COE	Academic Affairs
9	Divya Subbaian	d.subbaian@northeastern.edu	COE
10	Gagan Dep Prabhu	g.prabhu@northeastern.edu	COE
11	Harshita Gupta	h.gupta@northeastern.edu	COE
12	Huiyu Huang	huang.huiy@husky.neu.edu	COE	Budget Priorities, Financial Affairs, Student Affairs, Academic Affairs
13	Karan Parikh	k.parikh@northeastern.edu	COE
14	Kaushik Holla	vaderhoblimadhavak.k@husky.neu.edu	Khoury	Academic Affairs
15	Kunj Mithapara	mithapara.k@husky.neu.edu	COE	Student Affairs, Financial Affairs
16	Kush Sanjay Adhvaryu	adhvaryu.k@husky.neu.edu	COE	Financial Affairs, Budget Priorities, Student Affairs
17	Mandar Suryawanshi	suryawanshi.m@husky.neu.edu	COE	Student Affairs, Programs and Operations
18	Miral Dalal	dalal.m@husky.neu.edu	COE	Financial Affairs, Budget Priorities, Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, Marketing and Outreach
19	Mohamed Raashied	lnu.moh@husky.neu.edu	COE	Student Affairs
20	Mrugendra Manerikar	manerikar.m@husky.neu.edu	COE	Financial Affairs
21	Nitesh Tamore	tamore.n@husky.neu.edu	COE
22	Palash Chandrakar	chandrakar.p@husky.neu.edu	COE	Financial Affairs
23	Parth Gadhavi	gadhavi.p@husky.neu.edu	COE	Financial Affairs
24	Pavankumar Reddy Vemuleti	vemuleti.p@husky.neu.edu	COE	Financial Affairs
25	Praudeep Namakkal Balasubramani	namakkalbalasubram.p@husky.neu.edu	COE	Financial Affairs, Student Affairs
26	Praveen Jayasankar	jayasankar.p@husky.neu.edu	COE	Marketing and Outreach
27	Ritvik Vinodkumar	vinodkumar.r@husky.neu.edu	Khoury	Financial Affairs
28	Robert Hass	r.hass@northeastern.edu	D'amore-Mckim
29	Ruchira Nirale		COE
30	Saanthakumaran Mohanasundaram	mohanasundaram.s@husky.neu.edu	COE	Financial Affairs, Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, Programs and Operations, Marketing and Outreach
31	Sai Praveen Nalluri	nalluri.s@husky.neu.edu	COE	Financial Affairs
32	Sania Kothari	kothari.san@husky.neu.edu	Bouve	Student Affairs, Marketing and Outreach
33	Sanket Pimple	pimple.s@husky.neu.edu	COE	Academic Affairs
34	Shachi	patel.shac@husky.neu.edu	COS	Programs and Operations
35	Shashwata Pritam Naik	naik.sh@husky.neu.edu	COE	Marketing and Outreach
36	Snehapriya Vallabhajosyula	vallabhajosyula.s@husky.neu.edu	COS	Programs and Operations
37	Sohan Pise	pise.s@husky.neu.edu	COE	Marketing and Outreach
38	Tanay Bhagwat	bhagwat.t@husky.neu.edu	COS	Student Affairs
39	Xiaomeng Peng	peng.x@husky.neu.edu	COE	None