The DSC Steering Committee, elected by and from the incoming DSC at its first plenary meeting, serves for one year commencing son July 1. The committee consists of 11 voting members: the three Co-Chairs of the DSC, the USS Delegate, the UFS Liaison, and six At-Large Steering Officers.

The Steering Committee

• makes interim decisions for the DSO as per the policies established by the DSC and is subject to review by the DSC;
• sets policy when timely action is required, such emergency policy being consistent with established DSC policy, and is subject to review at subsequent Plenary meetings;
• hears the reports of all DSC committees and take actions in accordance with the purposes of the DSC, making public such actions through the Co-Chair for Communications;
• reviews the structure and operations of the DSO and makes recommendations to the DSC;
• advises the Graduate Center President and Provost and the CUNY Chancellor on all matters concerning Graduate Center students;
• on the initiative of any of its members, reviews general and program policies on student discipline and procedures for implementing these policies, and establishes internal DSC disciplinary policy and procedure;
• establishes or disestablishes whatever ad-hoc committees are deemed necessary to discharge its responsibilities;
• recommends an annual DSO budget to the DSC in consultation with the appropriate committees and based on the budget proposal submitted by the Co-Chair for Business;
• conducts the election of DSC representatives subject to review by the Graduate School Student Elections Review Committee (SERC);
• invites nominations and appoints members of the DSO to committees;
• calls for a DSO referendum on any approved DSC motion as deemed necessary by a two-thirds majority vote of the Steering Committee;
• convenes Plenary meetings and the meeting of the DSCE for election of its officers;
• selects, at its first meeting or as soon as possible thereafter, the co-chair representative to the Executive Committee of Graduate Council, determines an order of succession of the remaining co-chairs to serve as voting alternates if the selected co-chair cannot attend a meeting of the Executive Committee of Graduate Council, and determines an order of succession of At-Large Steering Officers members to serve as voting alternates in the event that one or more of the co-chairs cannot attend a general meeting of Graduate Council; and
• reviews its actions for the year and submit a report to the President of the Graduate Center, making this report public through the Co-Chair for Communications.

At-Large Steering Offiers hold office hours in Room 5495 of the Graduate Center and can be contacted by phone at x7888 or x7845.