GSA Council Meeting: May 2022

Council Meeting for May will be held on May 2nd, 2022 at 7 pm via Zoom. The Zoom link will be shared on GetInvolved with all GSA members. If any GSO is not a member of GSA on GetInvolved yet, they are requested to do so. For any questions, please email events@gsa.rutgers.edu

Agenda:

1. Remarks: Sonal Gahlawat, Outgoing GSA Eboard and Members
2. Report on the State of the GSA: 2021-22
   1. President
      1. Achievements during AY 2021-22
         1. Graduate and Professional Students Appreciation Week
   2. Executive Vice President
      1. Achievements
         1. Developed DEI Committee
         2. New website
   3. Treasurer
      1. Deadline for 2021-2022 PER/Reimbursement submissions: May 31st.
      2. Achievements
   4. GSA Committees’ achievements:
      1. Health and Nutrition
         1. Four events (two virtual and two in-person)
            1. Milk tea (in-person 15+ people)
            2. Winter beverage (in-person ~10 people)
            3. Overnight oats (virtual ~5 people)
            4. Food positivity (virtual 15+ people)
         2. Continuous posts Instagram/Twitter/Facebook
            1. Food celebration days
            2. Foodie Fridays
         3. Looking for co-chair to take the torch
      2. Mental Health
         1. Summary of accomplishments
            1. Grad Student Mental Health survey closed and results analyzed 
            2. Grad Student Mental Health Survey Report completed and shared with select RU offices during Mental Health Town Hall
               1. Will post report on GSA site and share with RU administration 
            3. Events: 
               1. Emotional & Mental Wellness in Grad School seminar by Dr. Francesca Maresca
               2.  Autumn Yoga session 
               3. SKY meditation event 
         2. Actively recruiting members, including new co-chair
      3. DEI

1. Summary of events – one event every month celebrating different inclusion and cultural events 
   1. February – BHM movie screening/discussion,
   2. March – Frankly Speaking Discussion Event, 
   3. April – Grad Appreciation Week Food event and Gender and Feminism Workshop
2. Have a DEI statement that will be published on GSA website shortly
3. Actively recruiting members – reach out to diversity@gsa.rutgers.edu

1. Updates from the Senate

1. Guest: Amanda Liyanaarachchi (Election Commissioner)
   1. Announcing 2022-2023 Elected GSA Board
      1. President: Shawn Rumrill
      2. Executive Vice President: Nusrath Yusuf
      3. Treasurer: Mary Pat Reiter
      4. Secretary: Dheeraj Goli
      5. VP Events and Programming: Jodh Singh
      6. VP External Affairs: Arthur Lee
      7. VP Marketing, Orientations, and Communications: Niharika Krothapalli
      8. SGS Senators (4):
         1. Sonal Gahlawat
         2. Natalie Losada
         3. Pragun Mittal
         4. Pending appointment
2. Brief Updates: Wrapping up the year and beginning anew
   1. President: Shawn Rumrill
      1. Announcing 2022-2023 Appointments & Vacancies
         1. Professional Development Director: VACANT
         2. Academic Development Director: VACANT
         3. Blog Manager: Ashlea Coulter
         4. Social Media Manager: Gagan Gowda Madaiah 
      2. Transitioning to getINVOLVED
      3. 2021-2022 GSA Awards: Call for Nominations
         1. Form on getINVOLVED
         2. Also looking for reviewers! 
   2. Treasurer: Mary Pat Reiter
      1. Status of Rollover Funding
      2. 2022-2023 Recognition and Funding Applications 
         1. Open: September 6th
         2. Close: September 20th
         3. Allocations announced by October 3rd
      3. Summer events:
         1. ANY and ALL requests for funding over the summer or for orientation events require explicit approval by the GSA. A request form will be created on getINVOLVED at a later date. 
         2. This is because there are no Summer allocations
3. GSO Announcements
4. Any Other Business
5. Adjournment