Points of Information
The "Point of Information" is a e-newsletter published by the Speaker of the Senate that provides updates on recent Senate meetings, including recaps of legislation passed, nominations, and upcoming elections. It also shares important announcements for SGA members in general, such as training sessions, budget deadlines, and recruitment opportunities. Additionally, the newsletter highlights campus-wide events, workshops, and upcoming Senate meetings, ensuring that all members are informed and prepared for their roles.
POINT OF INFORMATION 11/18/2024
MEETING RECAP
This week we had our second Legislative Senate!
Our slide deck is accessible here. This has all the info we went over and contacts for leadership!
Thank you, Rick Davis and C. Hawkins our guest speakers!
SGA ANNOUNCEMENTS
Interested in providing feedback to shape your Senior year experience, reach out to either of our guest speakers with any questions or concerns rick.davis@northeastern.edu & c.hawkins@northeastern.edu.
Senator Headshots
Please submit a headshot of yourself to upload to the SGA website if you have not yet! This is mandatory for all Senators unless you email VP for External Affairs Olivia Oestreicher (sgaexternalaffairs@northeastern.edu) with an excuse.Sign-Up for "Meet the Senator"
Interested in taking over the SGA Instagram to share your unique Northeastern and SGA experience? Sign up here!The Holistic Wellness Working Group is still looking for representatives from the John D. O'Bryant African American Institute, Asian American Center, Husky-to-Husky, Lean on Me, and Panhellenic Council. Please reach out to netland.m@northeastern.edu or sgaSenateSpeaker@northeastern.edu to learn more or if you or a friend are interested.
UPCOMING MEETINGS
The next week's Senate will be VIRTUAL see you on zoom Monday 11/25 at 6:30 pm. Attendance for this meeting is MANDATORY unless you fill out an attendance form 24 hours prior linked below.
ZOOM LINK: here
The Senate calendar can be accessed here. Please reach out to Speaker Collins at sgaSenateSpeaker@northeastern.edu if you would like to see anything added to the Senate calendar. This includes but is not limited to, legislation, events, and guest speakers.
Join the SGA slack for live updates and reminders that technology is not allowed once senate begins!
POINT OF INFORMATION 11/4/2024
MEETING RECAP
This week we had our second Working Senate. Including our DEI training and Media Training.
Our slide deck is accessible here. This has all the info we went over and contacts for leadership!
If you were not here, please ensure you are up to date and in compliance with SGA’s Media Policies going forward. If you have any questions about the media training that took place on 11/4 or this document, please contact VP for External Affairs Olivia Oestreicher (sgaexternalaffairs@northeastern.edu)
SGA ANNOUNCEMENTS
TODAY!!
Presidential Election Watch Party
November 5th | 7:30PM | JDOAAI Cabral Center
Join us, Northeastern Votes, and the Northeastern Cultural and Spiritual Life Department to watch coverage of the 2024 Presidential Election!Senator Headshots
Please submit a headshot of yourself to upload to the SGA website! This is mandatory for all Senators unless you email VP for External Affairs Olivia Oestreicher (sgaexternalaffairs@northeastern.edu) with an excuse.SGA Merch!
The External Affairs Division has worked hard to design and price our very own SGA t-shirts, hoodies, and quarter zips. Orders are due on November 11th! Here is the order link.Email Signatures
Unless otherwise approved by the VP for External Affairs, all emails sent by Senators in their SGA capacity should use the following signature in this exact format. Here is the link to the Senate Logo.Sign-Up for "Meet the Senator"
Interested in taking over the SGA Instagram to share your unique Northeastern and SGA experience? Sign up here! We plan to feature a different Senator each month in this series, so don’t miss out on this great opportunity.SGA Homecoming Hockey Tailgate
November 9th | 5:00 - 7:00 PM | Krentzman Quad
Join us for cotton candy, popcorn, Insomnia Cookies, and more before cheering on the men’s hockey team at their homecoming gameVolunteer at the Homecoming Tailgate
Help out at the SGA Homecoming Tailgate on November 9th, from 5-7 PM on Krentzman Quad. Sign up for a shift. Your support is greatly appreciated!SGA Constitutional Conference
November 17th | 11:00am - 6:00 PM | Curry 2nd floor Student Organization Suite
We'll be going over our governing documents to ensure that they are in line with our current procedures and discussing the upcoming Senate Memo. Lunch will be provided! Anyone in SGA Leadership or Senate is welcome but not required to attend. If you have any questions, please reach out to sgaOperations@northeastern.edu and sgaElections@northeastern.edu.
RSVP at this link: tinyurl.com/SGA-CC
UPCOMING MEETINGS
The next week's Senate you are off for Veterans Day, see you Monday 11/18 at 6:30 pm. Attendance for this meeting is MANDATORY unless you fill out an attendance form 24 hours prior linked below.
The Senate calendar can be accessed here. Please reach out to Speaker Collins at sgaSenateSpeaker@northeastern.edu if you would like to see anything added to the Senate calendar. This includes but is not limited to, legislation, events, and guest speakers.
Join the SGA slack below and reminders that technology is not allowed once senate begins!
POINT OF INFORMATION 10/28/2024
MEETING RECAP
This week we had our first Full Body Senate of the semester we voted and approved 4 new legislations!
Thank you to the guest speakers Dr. Richard O'Bryant and Dean Robert (Bob) Jose.
Our slide deck is accessible here. This has all the info we went over and contacts for leadership!
Congratulations to the two new OAB justices!
SGA ANNOUNCEMENTS
TONIGHT!!
2024 Election Debate: NU College Democrats vs. NU College Republicans
October 29th TONIGHT | 8:00 - 9:30 PM | Curry Student Center 333
Hear from fellow Huskies as they discuss the big issues leading up to the upcoming U.S election.Please click the link here for upcoming events to add to your calendar. As well as the link to upload your pictures for the SGA website and other important info.
The Holistic Wellness Working Group is still looking for representatives from the Latinx center, John O’Bryant Center, Husky-to-Husky, and the LGBTQ+ center. Please reach out to netland.m@northeastern.edu or sgaSenateSpeaker@northeastern.edu if you would like to be involved.
UPCOMING MEETINGS
The next week's Senate will be a WORKING Senate on Monday 11/4 at 6:30 pm. Attendance for this meeting is MANDATORY unless you fill out an attendance form 24 hours prior linked below.
The Senate calendar can be accessed here. Please reach out to Speaker Collins at sgaSenateSpeaker@northeastern.edu if you would like to see anything added to the Senate calendar. This includes but is not limited to, legislation, events, and guest speakers.
Join the SGA slack below and reminders that technology is not allowed once senate begins!
POINT OF INFORMATION 10/21/2024
MEETING RECAP
This week we had our first working Senate of the semester!
Our slide deck is accessible here. This has all the info we went over and contacts for leadership!
SGA ANNOUNCEMENTS
STEP (New Senator Training) is MANDATORY for all new Senators. If you are a new senator, you should have gotten an email with further information. Please contact Speaker Collins at sgaSenateSpeaker@northeastern.edu if you need to makeup STEP training.
The Holistic Wellness Working Group is still looking for representatives from the LatinX center, John O’Bryant Center, Husky-to-Husky, and the LGBTQ+ center. Please reach out to netland.m@northeastern.edu or sgaSenateSpeaker@northeastern.edu if you would like to be involved.
UPCOMING MEETINGS
The next week's Senate will be a FULL BODY Senate on Monday 10/28 at 6:30 pm. Attendance for this meeting is MANDATORY.
The Senate calendar can be accessed here. Please reach out to Speaker Collins at sgaSenateSpeaker@northeastern.edu if you would like to see anything added to the Senate calendar. This includes but is not limited to, legislation, events, and guest speakers!
POINT OF INFORMATION 10/7/2024
MEETING RECAP
This week we had our first Legislative Senate of the semester!
Our slide deck is accessible here. This has all the info we went over and contacts for leadership!
SGA ANNOUNCEMENTS
STEP (New Senator Training) is MANDATORY for all new Senators. If you are a new senator, you should have gotten an email with further information. Please contact Speaker Collins at sgaSenateSpeaker@northeastern.edu if you need to makeup STEP training
The Holistic Wellness Working Group is still looking for representatives from the LatinX center, John O’Bryant Center, Husky-to-Husky, and the LGBTQ+ center. Please reach out to netland.m@northeastern.edu or sgaSenateSpeaker@northeastern.edu if you would like to be involved.
Academic Affairs is looking for Dean Liaisons for CAMD and COE, if you are interested please contact VP of Academic Affairs at sgaAcademicAffairs@northeastern.edu
Green Initiatives Board still has open positions, if you are interested please reach out to mora.a@northeastern.edu.
UPCOMING MEETINGS
Next week's Senate is CANCELED. The next week's Senate will be a Legislative Senate on Monday 10/21 at 6:30 pm. Attendance for this meeting will be counted as any other meeting. Meaning, you must fill out the attendance form at the bottom of this email if you cannot attend.
The Senate calendar can be accessed here. Please reach out to Speaker Collins at sgaSenateSpeaker@northeastern.edu if you would like to see anything added to the Senate calendar. This includes but is not limited to, legislation, events, and guest speakers!
Point of Information 4/16/2024
MEETING RECAP
This past Tuesday, we held an emergency Senate to elect an Executive Director of Elections. The meeting was motioned to turn into a full body to allow us to hold the vote.
You can view the slides from our meeting here. There were no addresses this week.
Congratulations to Kate Mittelhauser on being elected as our next Executive Director of Elections!
Below is our full E-Board for the 2024-25 academic year. Keep an eye out for communications from these individuals about next year plans. We are so excited to see what you all do next year! 🎉
Student Body President: Matthew Coughlin
Executive Vice President: Cassidy Donoghue
Speaker of the Senate: Jamira Collins
Vice President for Academic Affairs: Devyani Anand
Vice President for Campus Affairs: Julian Herzing-Burkard
Vice President for External Affairs: Olivia Oestreicher
Vice President for Student Success: Misha Ankudovych
Vice President for DEI: Christly Bright
Vice President for Operations Affairs: Valentina Haro
Vice President for Student Involvement: Dylan Lee
Executive Director of Club Finance/ Comptroller: Alex Leblang
Executive Director of Elections: Kate Mittelhauser
Parliamentarian: Gabrielle Starling
SGA ANNOUNCEMENTS
Please fill out this extremely important SGA census for our DEI committee.
The application for the Director of Information Management is now open! You can find the application here.
Please complete this brief survey about locating the Wellness Days page on the Student Hub. We encourage you to send it to as many people as you can, we are trying to maximize outreach. There are three questions, it will not take longer than a minute to complete.
Submit any feedback or complaints about student organizations to this Student Involvement complaint form here.
UPCOMING MEETINGS
We are done with Senate for the semester! Information about next semester will be sent during the first few weeks of classes.
Point of Information 4/8/2024
MEETING RECAP
Last Monday, we had theist section of Internal Elections!
We elected 4 positions and confirmed 3 positions!
Congratulations to everyone who has been elected or confirmed to positions for next year! We are so excited to see what you all do next year!
Speaker of the Senate: Jamira Collins
Vice President for Operations Affairs: Valentina Haro
Executive Director of Club Finance/ Comptroller: Alex Leblang
Vice President for Student Involvement: Dylan Lee
Parliamentary: Gabrielle Starling
Director of Communications: Monica Xiao
Director of Sustainability: Alexandra Mora
*Please note: Congrats to Olivia Oestreicher for being elected as VP for External Affairs at the previous Senate
You can view the leadership addresses here.
We will be having an emergency election next week to elect an Executive Director of Elections. More information will be emailed to the Senate roster shortly.
SGA ANNOUNCEMENTS
Please fill out this extremely important census for DEI!
Engagement hours are now being collected for all Senators. For April you must get at least 1 engagement hour. View more details about what counts for engagement hours on the slides.
The form to submit engagement hours is linked here and at the bottom of this email. As a reminder do not submit committee/board/senate attendance.
We will be sending emails to senators who have not fulfilled the Engagement Hours
Please take this brief form about locating the Wellness Days page on the Student Hub. We encourage you to send it to as many people as you can, we are trying to maximise outreach. There are three questions, it will not take longer than a minute to complete.
Director of Information Management is also now open! You can find the link for that here.
Applications for Campus Planning Advisory Board Members are now open! Here is the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1T_ROAhAp-jIpQjMEd7b_9-d1xfRs_9NhyuOXcAAAxHA/viewform?edit_requested=true
Applications for at-large members for the dining advisory board are now open, yo can find the link for that here!
Fill out this Google Form regarding your experience with SGA’s internal communication! We need everyone’s input to make meaningful changes.
CAMPUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Website: Northeasternsga.com
Join our Slack here
Email: sga@northeastern.edu
Submit any feedback or complaints about student organizations to this Student Involvement complaint form here
UPCOMING MEETINGS
We will be holding a zoom FULL BODY SENATE meeting due to the unexpected opening for the position of Executive Director of Elections next week. More detials to follow shortly.
The Senate calendar can be accessed here.
FORMS AND LINKS
Point of Information 4/1/2024
MEETING RECAP
Last Monday, we had Internal Elections
Congratulations to everyone who has been elected to positions for next year! We are so excited to see what you all do next year!
Vice President for Academic Affairs: Devyani Anand
Vice President for Campus Affairs: Julian Herzing-Burkard
Vice President for Student Success: Misha Ankudoych
Vice President for DEI: Christly Bright
You can view the leadership addresses here.
SGA ANNOUNCEMENTS
Come to the Alumni Gala this Saturday April 6th! See the slides for more details.
This is a great networking opportunity and counts for engagement hours!!
Internal Elections! Nominations for all internally elected positions are now open.
Nominations can be made over email or during senate. Nominations by email are highly preferred.
Send an email to sgasenatespeaker@northeastern.edu AND Sgaelections@northeastern.edu with the full name of the nominee, the position, and a voting member of the Senate CC-ed who is willing to second the nomination.
Both the nominator and the second must be voting members of Senate!
The person seconding the nomination must reply confirming their second.
After the nomination is seconded, the nominee must reply accepting within 24 hours.
Nominated candidates will have 5 minutes to give a speech and 5 minutes to answer questions at the upcoming election Senates!
Please prepare one slide using this template
Feel free to edit the headings as required.
Completed slides should be sent to Sgasenatespeaker@northeastern.edu AND sgaOperations@northeastern.edu Sunday at noon.
All candidates should submit a slide regardless of if they are nominated by mail or nominated during the meeting.
Election Schedule!
Speaker Of The Senate
VP of Operational Affairs
VP of Student Involvement
ED of Club Finance
ED of Elections
Confirmations
Parliamentarian
Director of Communication
Director of Sustainability
Engagement hours are now being collected for all Senators. For April you must get at least 1 engagement hour. View more details about what counts for engagement hours on the slides.
The form to submit engagement hours is linked here and at the bottom of this email. As a reminder do not submit committee/board/senate attendance.
We will be sending emails to senators who have not fulfilled the Engagement Hours
Applications for Director of Sustainability and Director of Campus Services within Campus Affairs and are due at the end of the week! Here are the links to apply! https://forms.gle/BbyzPj6DhfBnex1m7 and https://forms.gle/PEAcM8Jm6WYW5hQT9
Cabinet Confirmed Academic Affairs Positions are now open for the 2025-2025 year. These are due on April 13th, 2024! This application is for those who are interested in becoming Faculty Senate Representative and UUCC Representative. If you are interested and passionate about academics and student advocacy at Northeastern, please fill out this form ASAP! Reach out to Dev (9173188696) for any questions.
Applications for External Affairs are now open! Director of Communications & other External Affairs Leadership positions for next year in the POI. Here is the link:
https://forms.gle/bBP5cTzWM2Vnv65VAIf students are interested in Director of Communications, they need to fill out this form by Saturday April 6th!
Applications for parliamentarian are now open, and that interested candidates should email coughlin.ma@northeastern.edu and donoghue.ca@northeastern.edu with a short, paragraph-long statement of interest. Deadline is April 3rd.
Fill out this Google Form regarding your experience with SGA’s internal communication! We need everyone’s input to make meaningful changes.
CAMPUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Website: Northeasternsga.com
Join our Slack here
Email: sga@northeastern.edu
Submit any feedback or complaints about student organizations to this Student Involvement complaint form here
UPCOMING MEETINGS
If you have dietary restrictions please fill out this form by 11:59pm so we can make sure to have food for you at next Monday's meeting.
The next Senate meeting will be APRIL 8th at 6:30pm. This is a Full Body Senate where we will hear open nominations for internal elections and elect the Speaker of the Senate, VP for Operational Affairs, VP for Student Involvement VP for Student Involvement, ED of Club Finance, and ED of Elections. And confirmations for Parliamentarian, Director of Communication, and Director of Sustainability. As always, attendance changes for full bodies are due one week in advance. You must fill out the attendance form at the bottom of this email if you cannot attend.
The Senate calendar can be accessed here.
FORMS AND LINKS
Point of Information 3/25/2024
MEETING RECAP
Congratulations to EVP Coughlin for being elected as Student Body President and Speaker Donoghue for being elected as EVP!
You can view the direct election results here.
Last Monday, Senate held a Full Body Senate at the Massachusetts State House! Thank you all for coming!
You can view the leadership addresses here.
We also had a legislation vote:
RG-SP-24-109 (Formalization of Speaker of the Senate) was passed. Congrats to the Authors!
We also heard the proposal for the 2024-2025 annual budget which was approved.
SGA ANNOUNCEMENTS
Internal Elections! Nominations for all internally elected positions are now open.
Nominations can be made over email or during senate. Nominations by email are highly preferred.
Send an email to sgasenatespeaker@northeastern.edu AND Sgaelections@northeastern.edu with the full name of the nominee, the position, and a voting member of the Senate CC-ed who is willing to second the nomination.
Both the nominator and the second must be voting members of Senate!
The person seconding the nomination must reply confirming their second.
After the nomination is seconded, the nominee must reply accepting within 24 hours.
Nominated candidates will have 5 minutes to give a speech and 10 minutes to answer questions at the upcoming election Senates!
Please prepare one slide using this template
Feel free to edit the headings as required.
Completed slides should be sent to Sgasenatespeaker@northeastern.edu AND sgaOperations@northeastern.edu Sunday at noon.
All candidates should submit a slide regardless of if they are nominated by mail or nominated during the meeting.
Election Schedule!
Day one (4/1): (ALL ELECTIONS)
⁃ Speaker of Senate
⁃ VP academic Affairs
⁃ VP Campus Affairs
⁃ VP student Success
⁃ VP DEI
⁃ VP Student InvolvementDay two (4/8):
⁃ ELECTIONS:
⁃ VP External Affairs
⁃ VP Operations
⁃ ED Club Finance
⁃ ED Elections
⁃ CONFIRMATIONS:
⁃ Parliamentarian
⁃ Director of Comms
⁃ Director of Sustainability
Engagement hours are now being collected for all Senators. For March you must get at least 3 engagement hours. View more details about what counts for engagement hours on the slides.
The form to submit engagement hours is linked here and at the bottom of this email. As a reminder do not submit committee/board/senate attendance.
The second of four focus groups sessions lead by senator Jamira Collins targeting black mental health will be occurring this Thursday the 28th, from 6:30-7:30 in the JDOAAI. The focus of this week’s session will be understanding emotions and coping mechanisms!
Fill out this Google Form regarding your experience with SGA’s internal communication! We need everyone’s input to make meaningful changes.
Applications for parliamentarian are now open, and that interested candidates should email coughlin.ma@northeastern.edu and donoghue.ca@northeastern.edu with a short, paragraph-long statement of interest. Deadline is April 3rd.
CAMPUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Website: Northeasternsga.com
Join our Slack here
Email: sga@northeastern.edu
Submit any feedback or complaints about student organizations to this Student Involvement complaint form here
UPCOMING MEETINGS
The next Senate meeting will be APRIL 1st at 6:30pm. We do not have the Senate chambers for this meeting. Meeting room info will be sent with the agenda. This is a Full Body Senate where we will hear open nominations for internal elections and elect the Speaker of the Senate, VP for Campus Affairs, VP for Academic Affairs, VP for Student Success, VP for DEI, and VP for Student Involvement. As always, attendance changes for full bodies are due one week in advance. You must fill out the attendance form at the bottom of this email if you cannot attend.
The Senate calendar can be accessed here.
FORMS AND LINKS
Point of Information 3/18/2024
MEETING RECAP
Last Monday, Senate held a Legislative Senate!
You can view the leadership addresses here.
We also had a legislation vote:
SR-SP-24-106 (Civic Engagement) was passed. Congrats to the Authors!
We also heard new legislation RG-SP-24-109 (Speaker of the Senate) which will be debated and voted on at the State House on Monday.
Our slide deck is accessible here. This has all the info we went over and contacts for leadership!
SGA ANNOUNCEMENTS
Engagement hours are now being collected for all Senators. For March you must get at least 3 engagement hours. View more details about what counts for engagement hours on the slides.
The form to submit engagement hours is linked here and at the bottom of this email. As a reminder do not submit committee/board/senate attendance.
Annual Budgets: A message for all undergraduate organizations that annual budgets are now live on engage. Budgets are due at midnight on March 26th. There is also a NEW manual! Please find al information on the finance board website: http://neufinanceboard.com
Fill out this Google Form regarding your experience with SGA’s internal communication! We need everyone’s input to make meaningful changes.
The Student Government Association will host a Legislative Senate meeting on Monday, March 25th, at 4:30pm in-person the Massachusetts State House
You must arrive to the State House by 4:30pm. You will not be let in if you arrive late.
We will be exiting the State House by 7:00pm. You may not leave early.
There will be no virtual option for this meeting.
CAMPUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Submit any feedback or complaints about student organizations to this Student Involvement complaint form here
UPCOMING MEETINGS
The next Senate meeting will be MARCH 25th at 4:30 pm in the State House. This is a Full Body Senate where we will hear presentations for one RG and will debate and vote on RG-SP-24-109 (Speaker of the Senate) . We will also be hearing about the annual budget for SGA You must fill out the attendance form at the bottom of this email if you cannot attend.
Feedback from for RG-SP-24-109 can be accessed here.
The Senate calendar can be accessed here. Please reach out to Speaker Donoghue (Sgasenatespeaker@northeastern.edu) if you would like to see anything added to the Senate calendar. This includes but is not limited to, legislation, events, and guest speakers!
FORMS AND LINKS