New USS Officers Elected
NYC, 5/7/10 — The 2010-11 USS met today and elected the USS Executive Board for the 2010-11 year. The new officers are:
• Co-Chairs: Corey Mullee (Lang), Shannon Lumpkin (NSGS),
Anna-Karin Loureiro (Parsons)
• Secretary of the Senate: Kim Hurley (NSGS)
• Treasurer: Min Seon “Nicole” Park (Parsons)
The new officers take office May 19. Congratulations everybody!
Election Results Announced
NYC, 4/14/10 — These students have today been elected to next year’s Student Senate: Barbara De Laleu, Kim Hurley, Shannon Lumpkin, Fonzie Cuaycong, Anna-Karin Loureiro, Min Seon Park, Melissa Holmes, Alex Cline, Cordelia Eddy, Corey Mullee, Chris Crews, Rachel Housle, and Hajir Sailors. Congratulations!
Elections will be held in September to elect one more Senator from NSSR, one from Drama and two from Parsons. Stay tuned!
| BIOS & PHOTOS OF NEW SENATORS | More info on elections |
NS to establish LGBTQ Office
NYC, 11/15/09 — The Univ and USS will jointly launch the New School’s lesbian-gay-bisexual-trans-queer LGBTQ Office in winter 2010. USS voted today to fund $12,000 of startup cost from your Student Activity Fee. Pres. Kerrey has agreed for the Provost’s Office to fund the remainder. A full-time Director of LGBTQ Services will be hired via open search. The LGBTQ Office could be in the new Student Center, and will coordinate events, academics, and support. “This will keep the New School attractive and fun for current and future LGBTQ students,” said USS co-chair Peter Ian Cummings. “We should all be proud.”
No Student Trustees Now — but Investing Committee is Approved
Jan 28, 2010 (NYC) — The Board of Trustees has approved USS’s multi-year Agenda Item for the Board to establish a Socially Responsible Investments Committee (SRI) to ensure the University does only the best things with its money. This great news results from a trustee-student-admin-faculty committee which met for most of 2009; the University’s money will be invested according to this policy and students will be appointed to the Committee shortly.
Sadly, however, the Trustee Special Committee’s other unanimous proposal that there be four voting student members of the Board of Trustees, was put on hold.
USS Establishes Research Fund
Nov 15, 2009 (NYC) — USS today voted $8000 from the Student Activity Fee to establish a Student Research Committee, to fund student research. The committee will have 6 student members who will be chosen by open call. Matching funds will be sought from the university in which case it will also have faculty members. Students will be able to apply for funding throughout the year; all proposals will be compared according to merit. USS also voted an additional $5000 for research on Gender Studies in preparation for a Gender Studies Conference in Spring Semester. More details on the open call for Research Committee members will be forthcoming.
New Building for Students at 14th & Fifth
NYC, 11/15/09 — President Kerrey has approved USS’s proposal for a Student Building to replace the lost space at 65 Fifth. The University has taken over the floor above TD Bank at 90 5th Ave, which will become our Student Space in 2010. It has space for hundreds of students to study and meet up, as well as the OSDA office, but it only partly satisfies the need for a true Student Center, which would also have space for parties and conferences, a campus pub, offices for student orgs, and all the other functions of a true Student Center. See USS’s position paper on a Student Center. Plans for 90 Fifth coming soon!
Grad Salaries Raised
Mar 23, 2009 (NYC) — The President and Provost said March 23 that graduate-student TA/TF/RA salaries would rise. USS campaigned for TF salary rises for 3 years, since our TFs (Teaching Fellows–PhD students who are the faculty of record for a class) were paid in the bottom 10% of TF salaries nationally. Now TF salariess have risen from $3,000 to $5,000, and TAs to $25/hour. RA (Research, not Resident Assistant) rises aren’t yet set. GFSS 2008-09 Speaker Jonathan Cogliano, praising the TF rise although noting it was less than requested, said the TA rise was vague and sought information on RAs. GFSS representatives will meet the administration to discuss. Read GFSS/USS’s Policy Paper on Grad Salaries.
What are you doing this summer?
USS MEETING SCHEDULE
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All student government meetings are open to all students. Visit soon and help shape a new New School!
Tues May 4 @ 9pm (2w13 #1204)
Thurs May 13 @ 6pm (66 5th Av #600F)
FROM YOUR WEBMASTER
Welcome to Newschoolsenate.org. As Secretary of the Student Govt, I am honored to maintain this site for all the students.
Here you’ll find: The Students’ Agenda, Info on all our parties/events, member bios, links to divisional govts, cool stuff about the New School, and more. I and co-chairs Corey Mullee, Shannon Lumpkin, Anna-Karin Loureiro, and treasurer Min Seon Park hope you will return often and get involved in our exciting University. Remember, USS begins with U.
Kim Hurley
(MA in International Affairs)
Secretary of the Senate
The Students' Agenda
USS SECRETS REVEALED
Think USS keeps secrets? For all we know, they might just possibly be revealed right here.
SEXY LATE-NIGHT READING
Hey kids, are you bored with life? Solve that vexing problem today by reading the minutes of ALL previous USS meetings. They’re all posted in our minutes section so you can see all the great things USS has done.
AT USS, EVERYONE IS FAMOUS
Did you know this? The entire USS site is carefully indexed. Just type a subject (or your own name, Madame Famous) into the search box!
SPACESHIP PLANNING
Did you know? The New School’s original building at 66 W 12th St could only be built because a student donated his house in 1928. In exchange, he got a penthouse on the roof for life. Check out our Strange But True History of the New School, complete with old photos.
GOT AN ISSUE?
Have an all-campus event, problem, or political idea you want the student government to consider? Tell USS. Fill in this form and we’ll put you on the USS agenda.
USS Begins with U
USS MISSION STATEMENT: University Student Senate is The New School’s elected all-university student government. We represent your concerns to the administration, plan great all-campus events, and work to make your New School experience all it can be.