(Sent March 19, 2021)
March 3rd, GSA General Body Meeting Minutes & Slides
Virtual Events:
- Coffee Chats (ongoing) Sign up here
- School of Drama
- New Works Series 3/10 - 3/13 Access here
- Men on Boats 3/13 - 3/15 Access here
- Everybody 3/16 - 3/18, 20 Access here
- School of Music
- Student Recital: Alisa Smith, Flute 3/19 Access here
- Chamber Series: Flute Gems 3/29 Access here
- Escape Room 3/20 - 3/27 Sign up here
- March Student Affairs Events can be found here
- March Grad-ed events can be found here
Other Opportunities:
- Apply to the Tartan Emergency Support Fund and the Student Food Insecurity Fund if you are facing any hardship (Apply Here)
- GSA Special Allocations
- Get funding for new initiatives or projects that benefit the graduate student experience
- Find more information and how to apply here
- Appointments for Legal Consultation for Spring now open <sign-up here>
📢 Exec Updates and Announcements:
- GSA Summer Sports League
- Email Sarah Meyers <smeyers@andrew.cmu.edu> or Andrew Kitahara <akitahar@andrew.cmu.edu>
- University Support Childcare Options
🏫 Presentation and Q&A with Dr. Roberta Klatzky and Dr. Jonathan Caulkins
- Reps had an opportunity to ask about CMU’s Commission of Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression
📢 Open Floor Regarding Rising Hate Against Asian Americans
- Open floor for Reps to bring forward concerns and feedback
📢 Update on the Review of University Examination Policy
- Presentation and feedback from reps on policy criteria by Lisa Krieg and Patience Whitworth. Pre-read
📢 Student Government Fiscal Policy Override
- Presentation of fiscal policy override and vote, 45 Yes | 0 No | 0 Abstain
📢 Lastly, here are some resources discussed previously that are relevant today:
- If you are having any difficulty transitioning to working remotely, contact your college liaison, GSA <gsa@cmu.edu>, or the Grad. Ed. Office
- You can watch CMU Group X classes on demand
- Learn about how to utilize the CMU Pantry
- Stay updated with the latest developments around the COVID-19 on the CDC website and the CMU coronavirus website
- To help you transition into virtual classes, look into these Resources for Living and Working Remotely
- You can subscribe to CaPS’ distribution list here
- GSA’s Response to Confronting Racism (GSA Statement)
- AntiRacism Starter Kit
- AntiRacist Resources 1 | 2
- South Asian Allyship for Black Lives 1 | 2
- Resources for Education 1 | 2
Attached Documents
NEXT MEETING: April 7th, 2021
Join Ratification Meeting: April 21st, 2021
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Thank you,
GSA Exec
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