Senate Meeting Minutes – October 7, 2020

Graduate Student Government Senate Meeting

October 07, 2020
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Zoom Recording: http://bit.ly/GSGSM1007

AGENDA

1. Project Group Funding Approval

2. Student Organization Recognition

• Lean Endeavors at Northeastern
• Husky Systers Code

3. Vice President of Academic Affairs Election

 

ITEMS DISCUSSED

1. Project Group Funding Approval

President Gagan Prabhu gave the presentation on Project Group Funding

• Project funding is the funding pool available for Graduate Non-PhD students seeking funding for projects or research
• It is currently available only for Non-PhD students, but PhD students are encouraged to apply through PhD network
• Funding will be $500 per student/organization per academic year with total pool of $5000 on FCFS basis. He mentioned the numbers on how different universities across the country grant funds for projects
• Project Funding Guidelines document which included eligibility, application procedure, important requirements, funding deadlines per semester and approval process for Project Funding was presented

Voting by the Senate

Result: Approved (97% senators voted yes)

Team members: Gagan Prabhu, Bhavesh Thakkar, Hariessh Kumar, Nagesh Kadagathur, Ziqian Xu, Ansh Vaghela

2. Student Organization Recognition

Vice President of Student Affairs, Deependra Singh introduced Jeel Majithia of the student group Lean Endeavors at Northeastern (LEAN), Manogna Mantripragada and Sayali Pathare of Husky Systers Code

a. Lean Endeavors at Northeastern

• Presentation by President Jeel Majithia on mission, student involvement strategy and proposed events of the organization
• Voting by the Senate
• Result: Approved (86% senators voted yes)

b. Husky Systers Code

• Presentation by Manogna Mantripragada and Sayali Pathare of Husky Systers Code on mission, student involvement strategy and proposed events of the organization
• Voting by the Senate
• Result: Approved (64% senators voted yes)

4. Vice President of Academic Affairs Election

The 5 nominees for VP for Academic Affairs were: Palash Chandrakar, Akanksha Gupta, Asad Muhammad Rafique, Omkar      Tiware and Reema Yadav.

Each candidate was given two minutes to pitch and participated in a question/answer session. This was followed by the ballot, conducted by CSI where active senators got to vote. President Gagan Dep Prabhu announced the vote for the election of Reema Yadav as the new Vice President of Academic Affairs.

Divya Subbaian shared the committee information: Academic Affairs, Financial Affairs, Programs and Operations, Marketing and Outreach and Student Affairs and encouraged senators to join committees. Office hours schedule for the week Oct 5^th – Oct 9th was displayed and instructions for on-ground office hours were reiterated.

 

ADJOURNMENT

The senate meeting was adjourned at 4:16pm by the Executive Vice-President Divya Subbaian. 

 

Meeting Attendance

S.No	Name	Northeastern Email	College	Committee
1	Akanksha Gupta	gupta.aka@northeastern.edu	Khoury	Academic Affairs Committee
2	Ankita Mahapatra	mahapatra.an@northeastern.edu	Khoury	Student Affairs Committee
3	Ansh Vaghela	Vaghela.a@northeastern.edu	CPS	Financial Affairs Committee
4	Arushii Kalsi	Kalsi.a@husky.neu.edu	COE	None, I don't want to sign up for Committees!
5	Ashish Bidap	bidap.a@northeastern.edu	CPS	Marketing and Outreach Committee
6	Chirag Patel	patel.chir@northeastern.edu	COE	Financial Affairs Committee
7	Danzel Jones	jones.danz@northeastern.edu	Graduate Student Organization - GSCC	None, I don't want to sign up for committees!
8	Deependra Singh	d.singh@northeastern.edu	COE	-
9	Divya Subbaian	d.subbaian@northeastern.edu	COE	-
10	Gagan Dep Prabhu	g.prabhu@northeastern.edu	COE	-
11	Hariessh Kumar Badrinarayanan	badrinarayanan.h@northeastern.edu	Khoury	Academic Affairs Committee
12	Huiyu Huang	huang.huiy@northeastern.edu	COE	None, I don't want to sign up for Committees!
13	James "Jerry" Goodwin	goodwin.j@northeastern.edu	CPS	Marketing and Outreach Committee
14	Kamalesh Kore	kore.k@northeastern.edu	COE	Financial Affairs Committee
15	Nagesh Ramesh Kadagathur	nageshrameshkadaga.n@northeastern.edu	COE	None, I don't want to sign up for Committees!
16	Niranjan Vaidya	vaidya.nir@northeastern.edu	CPS	None, I don't want to sign up for Committees!
17	Omkar Tiware	tiware.o@northeastern.edu	CPS	Financial Affairs Committee
18	Orhun Kok	kok.o@northeastern.edu	COS	Financial Affairs Committee
19	Palash Chandrakar	Chandrakar.p@northeastern.edu	COE	Financial Affairs Committee
20	Pallak Singh	singh.pal@northeastern.edu	Graduate Student Organization-GWiSE	None, I don't want to sign up for Committees!
21	Prajakta Deshpande	deshpande.pr@northeastern.edu	COE	-
22	Reema	yadav.ree@northeastern.edu	COE	-
23	Rishab Shekar Gunashekar	gunashekar.r@northeastern.edu	COE	Programs and Operations Committee
24	Romaric Belmier Mbakop	mbakop.r@northeastern.edu	COE	Student Affairs Committee
25	Samuel Chuan	chuan.s@northeastern.edu	College of Arts, Media and Design	Marketing and Outreach Committee
26	Santhoshi Bathina	bathina.s@northeastern.edu	COE	-
27	Shamika Shirish Gogate	gogate.s@northeastern.edu	COE	Programs and Operations Committee
28	Simone Winston	Winston.si@northeastern.edu	CPS	Financial Affairs Committee
29	Tanay Bhagwat	bhagwat.t@northeastern.edu	COS	Student Affairs Committee
30	Taylor Lemieux	Lemieux.t@northeastern.edu	D'Amore-McKim Business	Programs and Operations Committee
31	Vatsal Gupta	gupta.vat@northeastern.edu	COE	Programs and Operations Committee