AGENDA
Graduate and Professional Student Assembly
Monday, September 26, 2011
Bache Auditorium, Malott Hall
5:30–7:00 P.M.

I. Welcome, Guests & Introductions

• 1. Barbara Knuth, Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School, 30 min.

II. Approval of the Minutes

• 1. September 12th, 2011, 1 min.

III. Reports of Officers and Committee Updates, 20 min.

• 1. Executive Committee (E. Cortens)
• 2. Appropriations (C. Heckman)
• 3. Communications (S. An)
• 4. Finance Commission (M. Tootill)
• 5. Student Advocacy (R. Robbins)
• 6. Graduate & Professional Student Programming Board (Y. Chen)
• 7. Presentation from the 2010–2011 Ad Hoc Survey Committee

IV. New Business

• 1. Resolution 3, Approval of Amendments to the Byline Funding Procedure, 4 min.
• 2. Presentation on CornellNYC Tech Campus Proposal (S. An), 10 min.

V. Break Out Session, 20 min.

• Brainstorm a list of the issues your group believes to be the most pressing among graduate and

professional students in your respective fields.

• Cornell is aggressively pushing for a new technology-focused campus in NYC in response to

Mayor Bloomberg’s recent call for proposals. As it will be primarily for graduate and professional studies and research, it is crucial that the GPSA expresses its views and provides feedback. What do you think about it?

• How can we increase student participation in university committees?

VI. Open Forum, 5 min.