THE GRADUATE STUDENT
GOVERNMENT
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
GRADUATE SENATE
FROST LOUNGE, ELL HALL
OCTOBER 17, 2011
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER REPORTS
 President Margaret Keaveny
VP of Student Affairs Stephanie Viola
 VP of Academic Affairs Jeff Coots
 VP of Finance Lauren Vela
 VP of Media and Membership Chris Cunningham
 VP of Programs and Administration Dave Swanson
VP of Student Affairs
Stephanie Viola
 New Graduate Student Organizations
with Tentative Recognition
 Economics Graduate Student Associationpresenting on 11.7.11
 Student Animal Legal Defense Fund
 Student Conduct Board is looking for
graduate students.
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VP of Academic Affairs
Jeff Coots
 Faculty Senate
 Graduate Student Survey
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VP of Finance
Lauren Vela
Period II Breakdown:
Applications: 92
Total Amount Awarded: ≈$20,000
Group Funding Guidelines are on the
website!
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VP of Media and Membership
Chris Cunningham
 We are on Twitter! Follow us!
 Welcome to our new Senators Katelyn Vertucci
 Dan Brown
 Emily Sobiecki
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VP of Programs and
Administration
Dave Swanson
Let’s Plan Events!!!
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OLD BUSINESS AND FORMAL BUSINESS
New Student Group Presentations
National Lawyers Guild (NGL)
New Graduate Student Group with
“Tentative Recognition”
 Presenter: Steven Toff
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INFORMAL NEW BUSINESS
• OPPORTUNITY FOR SENATORS AND AUDIENCE
MEMBERS TO BRING UP GRADUATE STUDENT CONCERNS
OR ISSUES
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SPEAKER SERIES
 DIANE CIARLETTA, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF CAREER
SERVICESHTTP://WWW.NORTHEASTERN.EDU/CAREERSE
RVICES/CALENDAR/INDEX.HTML
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CONTACT INFORMATION
 DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR CONCERN?
 INTERESTED IN BECOMING INVOLVED AS A SENATOR OR
A COMMITTEE MEMBER?
 PLEASE E-MAIL THE GSG: GSG@NEU.EDU
 CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE:
WWW.NORTHEASTERN.EDU/GSG
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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!
THE NEXT SENATE MEETING
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH AT
12:00P.M.
FROST LOUNGE, ELL HALL!
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