Senate Meeting Minutes – October 16, 2019

Graduate Student Government Senate Meeting
October 16, 2019
1:45 pm – 3:00 pm
333 Curry Student Center 

 

AGENDA

1. Officer updates by the Executive Vice President – Babatunde Aideyan
2. Academic Affairs – Harshita Gupta
3. CPS Referendum – Gagan Dep Prabhu and Babatunde Aideyan
4. Student Affairs – Deependra Singh
5. Questions
6. Lunch

 

ITEMS DISCUSSED

1. Officer updates by the Executive Vice President – Babatunde Aideyan

The Executive Vice President welcomed all senators to the senate meeting and discussed the following:

• Babatunde Aideyan introduced the responsibilities of his position and his work over the summer (assisting the President, building relationships with University offices, overseeing Programs and operations, and Marketing and Outreach)
• Budget Priorities Committee–Work on a survey distributed to graduate and PhD students to receive feedback and determine funding allocation for the academic year

 

2. Academic Affairs – Harshita Gupta

• Harshita Gupta discussed RISE (Research Innovation Scholarship Entrepreneurship) and the opportunity to present the Graduate Innovator Award (GIA) – sponsored by the Graduate Student Government
• RISE team

 

3. CPS Referendum – Gagan Dep Prabhu and BabaTunde Aideyan

• Introduction to exclusion of the College of Professional Studies (CPS) from the Graduate Student Government and current status (CPS does not have access to benefits other graduate students that pay the graduate student activity fee have access to)
• Need, goals, and vision for the CPS Referendum (to run a referendum that would officially introduce a graduate student activity fee that all CPS student will be required to pay leading to official recognition of CPS by the Graduate Student Government)
• Discussion of strategies, timeline and progress of the referendum (Referendum Committee, town halls, building connections)
• Questions by the Senate

 

4. Student Affairs – Deependra Singh

• Deependra Singh discussed available resources that students have access to at Northeastern University, funding policies (student group and individual conference) and student group recognition process
• Questions by the Senate

 

5. Questions

Gagan Dep Prabhu discussed the University lunch plan to determine why many students do not utilize the resource and addressed questions by the Senate:

• Are CPS students made aware of the CPS referendum?

Answer: Yes. We are working closely with CPS and ensuring the goals of the referendum are constantly being reached out to all CPS students through emails from their college administration. We will also be organizing town halls over the next month to interact with students.

• When will CPS officially be included if the referendum passes?

Answer: Depends on CPS. We are looking to include them by Fall 2020, officially.

• Why do we need to run a referendum?

Answer: CPS students don’t pay a student activity fee. Moving forward, if they are to be officially recognized by the GSG, they will be required to pay the fee. That would make a change at the college-level and a referendum needs to pass with majority votes of yes for it to be implemented.

• Why don’t students prefer the lunch plan provided by the University?

Answer: Senate – The plan is too expensive.

• Does mode of transportation matter to apply for travel funding?

Answer: To some extent, yes. You will have to communicate with the Vice President of Financial Affairs (Robert Hass) regarding that.

 

4. Lunch

 

ADJOURNMENT

The senate meeting was adjourned at 3:00 pm by the President.

 

Meeting Attendance

S.no	Name	Husky Email Address	College	Committee
1	Abhishek	maheshwarappa.a@husky.neu.edu	COE	Referendum
2	Abhishek Suresh	suresh.ab@husky.neu.edu	COE	Marketing and Outreach
3	Akshay Biradar	biradar.a@husky.neu.edu	COE	Financial Affairs
4	Alan Downey-Wall	downey-wall.a@husky.neu.edu	COS	Budget Priorities Financial Affairs
5	Ankita Mahapatra	mahapatra.an@husky.neu.edu	Khoury	Student Affairs
6	Anurag Shubham	shubham.a@husky.neu.edu	Khoury	Programs and Operations
7	Apoorva Mishra	mishra.ap@husky.neu.edu	COE	Marketing and Outreach
8	Arjun Kailash Srinivasan	srinivasan.arj@husky.neu.edu	COE	Programs and Operations
9	Aryan Patidar	patidar.ar@husky.neu.edu	COE	Marketing and Outreach
10	Ashwin Alagappan Singaram	singaram.a@husky.neu.edu	COE	Financial Affairs
11	Ashwin P Agarkhed	agarkhed.a@husky.neu.edu	COE	None
12	Babatunde Aideyan	b.aideyan@northeastern.edu	Bouve
13	Bhavesh Thakkar	thakkar.b@husky.neu.edu	COE	Financial Affairs
14	Binod Thapa-Chhetry	thapachhetry.b@husky.neu.edu	Khoury	Financial Affairs Student Affairs Marketing and Outreach
15	Charan hurulichikkanahalli Munidasappa	Hurulichikkanahall.c@husky.neu.edu	COE	Budget Priorities, Financial Affairs, Student Affairs, Academic Affairs
16	Deependra Singh	d.singh@northeastern.edu	COE
17	Derrick Adam	adam.de@husky.neu.edu	Khoury	Budget Priorities Financial Affairs
18	Dilan jacob	jacob.d@husky.neu.edu	COE	Academic Affairs
19	Divya Subbaian	d.subbaian@northeastern.edu	COE
20	Gagan Dep Prabhu	g.prabhu@northeastern.edu	COE
21	Grishma Rathod	rathod.g@husky.neu.edu	Bouve	Student Affairs
22	Hariessh Kumar Badrinarayanan	badrinarayanan.h@husky.neu.edu	Khoury	Referendum
23	Harshita Gupta	h.gupta@northeastern.edu	COE
24	Huiyu Huang	huang.huiy@husky.neu.edu	COE	Budget Priorities Financial Affairs Student Affairs Academic Affairs
25	Indranil Ranjit Salvi	salvi.i@husky.neu.edu	COE	Financial Affairs, Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, Programs and Operations, Marketing and Outreach
26	Indupriya Kompi Sadasivappa	kompisadasivappa.i@husky.neu.edu	COE	Referendum
27	Jugal sheth	sheth.ju@husky.neu.edu	COE	Referendum
28	Kapil Sharad Patil	patil.ka@husky.neu.edu	COE	Student Affairs
29	Karan Parikh	k.parikh@northeastern.edu
30	Kaushik Holla	vaderhoblimadhavak.k@husky.neu.edu	Khoury	Academic Affairs
31	Kiran Kumar Chatnahalli Gangadhariah	gangadharaiah.k@husky.neu.edu	COE	Budget Priorities, Financial Affairs, Student Affairs, Academic Affairs
32	Kunj Mithapara	mithapara.k@husky.neu.edu	COE	Student Affairs, Financial Affairs
33	Kush Sanjay Adhvaryu	adhvaryu.k@husky.neu.edu	COE	Financial Affairs, Budget Priorities, Student Affairs
34	Mandar Suryawanshi	suryawanshi.m@husky.neu.edu	COE	Student Affairs, Programs and Operations
35	Miral Dalal	dalal.m@husky.neu.edu	COE	Financial Affairs, Budget Priorities, Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, Marketing and Outreach
36	Mohamed Raashied	lnu.moh@husky.neu.edu	COE	Student Affairs
37	Mounika Nalla	nalla.m@husky.neu.edu	COE	Student Affairs, Budget Priorities
38	Mrugendra Manerikar	manerikar.m@husky.neu.edu	COE	Financial Affairs
39	Nikhil Dingra	dingra.n@husky.neu.edu	COE	Financial Affairs, Student Affairs, Programs and Operations, Marketing and Outreach
40	palash chandrakar	chandrakar.p@husky.neu.edu	COE	Financial Affairs
41	Pavankumar Reddy Vemuleti	vemuleti.p@husky.neu.edu	COE	Financial Affairs
42	Prajakta Deshpande	deshpande.pr@husky.neu.edu	COE	Financial Affairs Student Affairs
43	Praudeep Namakkal Balasubramani	namakkalbalasubram.p@husky.neu.edu	COE	Financial Affairs Student Affairs
44	Praveen Jayasankar	jayasankar.p@husky.neu.edu	COE	Marketing and Outreach
45	Priyanka Tadse	tadse.p@husky.neu.edu	COE	Student Affairs, Programs and Operations, Marketing and Outreach
46	Puja Ashish Mehta	Mehta.puj@husky.neu.edu	COS	Student Affairs, Programs and Operations
47	Ritvik Vinodkumar	vinodkumar.r@husky.neu.edu	Khoury	Financial Affairs
48	Rushabh Chopda	chopda.r@husky.neu.edu	COE	Student Affairs
49	Saanthakumaran Mohanasundaram	mohanasundaram.s@husky.neu.edu	COE	Financial Affairs, Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, Programs and Operations, Marketing and Outreach
50	Sai Praveen Nalluri	nalluri.s@husky.neu.edu	COE	Financial Affairs
51	Sai Sreekar Siddula	siddula.s@husky.neu.edu	COE	Student Affairs
52	Sania Kothari	kothari.san@husky.neu.edu	Bouve	Student Affairs, Marketing and Outreach
53	Sanket Pimple	pimple.s@husky.neu.edu	COE	Academic Affairs
54	Shachi	patel.shac@husky.neu.edu	COS	Programs and Operations
55	Shamika Gogate	gogate.s@husky.neu.edu	COE	Referendum
56	Shashwata Pritam Naik	naik.sh@husky.neu.edu	COE	Marketing and Outreach
57	Sohan Pise	pise.s@husky.neu.edu	COE	Marketing and Outreach
58	Sourabh M Chakke	Chakke.s@husky.neu.edu	COE	Budget Priorities, Financial Affairs
59	Srikar Vuppalanchi	vuppalanchi.s@husky.neu.edu	COE	Academic Affairs
60	Sudheer reddy gaddam	Gaddam.su@husky.neu.edu	COE	Budget Priorities
61	Suryanarayana Malladi	malladi.s@husky.neu.edu	COE	Academic Affairs
62	Tanay Bhagwat	bhagwat.t@husky.neu.edu	COS	Student Affairs
63	Tyler Stitt	stitt.t@husky.neu.edu	CAMD	Marketing and Outreach
64	Vanita Pandit	pandit.v@husky.neu.edu	COE	Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, Marketing and Outreach
65	Vijay Harisudan Sivasekar	sivasekar.v@husky.neu.edu	Khoury	Referendum
66	Yatish Chandra Pitta	pitta.y@husky.neu.edu	COE	Marketing and Outreach