Graduate Student Government Senate Meeting – April 15, 2021
April 15, 2021
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Zoom Recording: http://bit.ly/sm4-15
AGENDA
- Introduction
- Budget Priorities Survey
- Budget Proposal
ITEMS DISCUSSED
1. Introduction
President Gagan Prabhu called the meeting to order.
2. Budget Priorities Survey
Executive Vice President Divya Subbaian provided a PowerPoint presentation of the Budget Priorities Survey. The survey offered findings and results from the 2020-2021 budget priorities survey. The survey was administered to all graduate students at Northeastern University – Boston. A total of 647 graduate students completed the survey. This year, the survey was shorter and more specific to nine (9) focus areas: General Information, Academics, Ph.D. Network, Student Involvement, Other Campus Resources, Graduate Student Government, Health Insurance/Mental Health and COVID Safety, University community building, and Overall Satisfaction.
The link to the sample survey is the following: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=gcLuqKOqrk2sm5o5i5IV5_hULL-5uHNNjp7nklS83ZFUREw1MkRWS1U5T0JMQ0ZUUEEyTTc1Rkk2Ri4u
A question-and-answer session followed the presentation.
A list of four (4) Initial Recommendations was presented over the topics of academics, COVID-19 testing, increasing job opportunities for students, adding to the range of student involvement opportunities.
The PowerPoint slides will be shared with the Senate members by email.
3. Budget Proposal
President Gagan Prabhu provided a PowerPoint presentation overview and spreadsheet of the budget. The GSG annual budget is categorized as follows: (a) Operations and (b) Graduate Student Funding ((i) Individual Funding and (ii) Student Group Funding). The GSG is not currently a member of National Association of Graduate Professional Students. The membership fee is $1,000 annually. The option to rejoin the organization is available for the future GSG leadership.
The Graduate Student Government Senate approved the GSG budget with 95 percent of the vote.
This is the last meeting of the current GSG administration. The dates for the E-Board Elections 2021-2022 will be announced soon.
ADJOURNMENT
The Senate meeting was adjourned at 6:20pm by President Gagan Dep Prabhu.
Meeting Attendance
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