DSC Initiatives
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The Adjunct Project
The Adjunct Project of the Doctoral Students’ Council (DSC) is a resource for Graduate Center students who work as adjuncts, graduate assistants or fellows within the CUNY system. The Adjunct Project holds meetings on the 3rd Friday of every month in room 5414 at 4:30 PM. To subscribe to the Adjunct Project listserv, send a request email to clindskoog@gc.cuny.edu. Click here for more information on The Adjunct Project.
The Health Issues Committee
The DSC is concerned about the lack of health insurance alternatives and we are constantly working to find alternatives. Contact the DSC Health Insurance Committee if you would like more information or would like to be involved with this committee. Send your email to dsc@cunydsc.org and be sure and put "Health Insurance Committee" in the subject line.
The Finance Committee
Most of us feel the pressure every month when it is time to pay the bills — especially when we try to save that extra bit of money to afford health insurance and other necessities. Alissa Ackerman, as a Steering Committee member, a Criminal Justice rep, and a fellow student, feels that, with the help of the student body, we can make a change. That is why she developed, a new ad-hoc committee, recently approved by the vote of the DSC: the Finance Committee will work closely this year with the Health Issues Committee on issues such as low cost health insurance, housing costs, and various financial issues that you, the student body, are concerned about. Please stop by our office for more details, or contact Alissa.
The Library Committee
Anton Masterovoy, the incoming chair of the Library Committee, writes: “As a fellow Graduate Center student, I am as concerned as you are about the quality of our library. I believe we should continue to work with the library and IT to make sure that quality computers, copiers, and printers are available and accessible. We also need more books and databases. I have noticed a certain trend of many CUNY libraries of purchasing electronic copies of books. In my opinion, we still need the hard copies — and I will make this a priority. Furthermore, we need to ensure that we know which databases the library subscribes to — and which other ones can be added. Simply, we need to make sure that the library budget is spent in way that best serves our needs as scholars.” Contact Anton to learn more about the Library Committee.
Community Outreach
The DSC Steering Committee makes every effort to visit various campuses during the semester, bringing pizza and current issues of The Advocate but we are limited on time and volunteers. We need your help! If you would like to have a visit from us or would like to volunteer to visit a campus, please contact Danielle Wu and be sure and put "Community Outreach" in the subject line. Also, please be sure and specify whether you would like to help host a visit or would like to volunteer to go on an already scheduled campus visit.
International Students
The Graduate Center is made up of students from all over the world. The DSC recognizes this and would like to provide more services that help international students feel more at home here. If you have a suggestion of something you'd like to see us do, please drop us a line at dsc@cunydsc.org and be sure and put "International Students " in the subject line and describe your request or suggestion.
