The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GPSA) seeks to advocate for its constituency, influence policies, express views of the student body to the administration and fund student organizations.

The GPSA is made up of representatives from each of the graduate and professional schools at Cornell to: 

Within and among Assemblies, committees are created to achieve goals concerning the values of each constituency. Select a committee below to learn more, and click here to apply to join an Employee Assembly committee.

The Employee Assembly (EA) at Cornell is committed to ensuring staff member viewpoints are a shared priority in university decision making and promoting a sense of belonging within the university community.

The Office of the Assemblies supports the Dean of Faculty in all of its faculty-wide elections. Faculty have five voting seats on the University Assembly and serve on its committees. More information is available about the Faculty-Elected Trustee, the election of the Dean of Faculty, and election of faculty representatives to University committees through the Office of the Dean of Faculty.

Cornell is one of relatively few institutions of higher education in the nation whose campus community directly elects constituent members to the Board of Trustees, its highest governing body.

Non-faculty employees at Cornell are encouraged and invited to run and vote in two main elections: Employee Assembly (EA) elections and Constituent-Elected Trustee elections.