2. T HE G RADUATE S TUDENT G OVERNMENT N ORTHEASTERN U NIVERSITY G RADUATE S ENATE F ROST L OUNGE, E LL H ALL December 5, 2011

3. E XECUTIVE B OARD M EMBER R EPORTS  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

4. VP Student Affairs Graduate Student Organizations Update Tentative Recognition: – IEEE Power and Energy Society – Black Law Student Association – Chemistry Graduate Student Association Official Recognition: – Economics Graduate Student Association Graduate Student Organizations Checklist I am working with Jason Foster to create a checklist for graduate student orgs in the process of becoming recognized. Stay tuned… OrgSync: Anyone interested in learning more about OrgSync, please contact me at viola.st@husky.neu.edu. If there is enough interest, I will put together an information session. viola.st@husky.neu.edu Have a great rest of the semester! 4

5. VP Academic Affairs  Graduate Student Survey will be released momentarily! 5

6. VP Finance  Status of Finance: Period III – Total Applications: 82 – Total Approved for Funding: 82 – Total Amount Allocated: $28,172.30 – Award Amounts: TBA 6

7. VP Media and Membership  Evaluation Time! 7

8. U P -C OMING “S PEAKER S ERIES ”  M ADELEINE E STABROOK, – I NTERIM V ICE P RESIDENT OF S TUDENT A FFAIRS 8

9. C ONTACT I NFORMATION  D O YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR CONCERN ?  I NTERESTED IN BECOMING INVOLVED AS A S ENATOR OR A C OMMITTEE MEMBER ?  PLEASE E - MAIL THE GSG: GSG @ NEU. EDU GSG @ NEU. EDU  C HECK OUT OUR WEB SITE : WWW. NORTHEASTERN. EDU / GSG WWW. NORTHEASTERN. EDU / GSG 9

10. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US! T HE N EXT S ENATE M EETING M ONDAY, J ANUARY 23 AT 12:00 P. M. F ROST L OUNGE, E LL H ALL ! H APPY H OLIDAYS ! 10