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Graduate and Professional Student Assembly Resolutions

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Term Resolution Abstract Status
2021-2022 GPSA R5: Calling on Cornell University to Appropriately Recognize and Honor Veterans Day This resolution calls on University Administration to establish Veterans Day as a University-holiday where courses are… Acknowledged by the President
2021-2022 GPSA R4: Increasing Graduate and Professional Student Engagement Through More Listserv Use The GPSA in order to be able to connect with our constituents on a more regular basis, needs two more Listserv uses a… Deferred by the President
2021-2022 GPSA R3: Calling on Cornell University to Provide More Accommodations to Students with COVID-19 This resolution calls upon the university to provide more hybrid and online accommodations for Graduate and… Submitted to the President
2021-2022 GPSA R2: Resolution Establishing a Vice President for Strategy and a Vice President for Administration on the Executive Committee This resolution moves to create the roles of Vice President for Strategy and Vice President for Administration to… Rejected by the Assembly
2021-2022 GPSA R1: Resolution Approving a Pre-Internal Budget Expense "Resolution 1: Resolution Approving a Pre-Internal Budget Expense" approves funding in the amount of $100.00… Rejected by the Assembly
2020-2021 GPSA R18: Adopting Standing Rules The GPSA adopts the appended Standing Rules, which lays out the administrative rules and ethical conventions in which… Tabled Indefinitely
2020-2021 GPSA R17: Creating Campus-Aware Criteria for Byline Funded Organizations This resolution amends Appendix B to change this funding arrangement in order to (1) include all graduate and… Submitted to the President
2020-2021 GPSA R16: Conducting Open Elections for Voting Members for 2021-22 Term While the GPSA Charter §4.05.A requires that voting members are elected in the second-to-last meeting of the semester,… Acknowledged by the President
2020-2021 GPSA R15: Requesting a full, transparent, and ongoing accounting of the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the funding of continuing graduate students The COVID-19 pandemic, through delays of in-person research, reduced availability of grants, and possible delays in… Acknowledged by the President
2020-2021 GPSA R14: Instituting the GPSAFC Vice-Chair Position This resolution amends the GPSA Bylaws to include the position of Vice-Chair within the GPSA Finance Commission. Vice-… Acknowledged by the President
2020-2021 GPSA R13: Donating GPSA Funds to the University Access Fund in Support of Ongoing Graduate and Professional Student Needs This resolution donates $2,200 of GPSA internal funds toward the Access Fund in accordance with the GPSA Internal… Acknowledged by the President
2020-2021 GPSA R12: Addressing the ITAP and University Policy 1.3 This resolution aims to address and remedy the issues identified in Objective 2 of the International Students section… Acknowledged by the President
2020-2021 GPSA R11: Revising and Formalizing the Procedures for the Consideration of Resolutions The assembly resolves to amend the Bylaws in three ways to improve the procedure by which resolutions are adopted and… Acknowledged by the President
2020-2021 GPSA R10: Establishing Standing Rules for Spring Semester 2021 In establishing Standing Rules for the spring 2021, the GPSA sets the dates and times for all subsequent meetings of… Acknowledged by the President
2020-2021 GPSA R9: Extending Voting Membership to Standing Committee Chairpersons The GPSA grants voting rights only to a subset of its members, the composition of which is proportional to the Assembly… Accepted by the President
2020-2021 GPSA R8: Maintaining the University Assembly’s Jurisdiction Over the Code of Conduct The GPSA re-affirms the University Assembly’s (UA) jurisdiction over the Codes and Procedures with consultation with… Acknowledged by the President
2020-2021 GPSA R7: Urging for Graduate Teaching Assistants to Have the Right to Decide their Instruction Modality for Spring 2021 In light of the global pandemic and Cornell University conducting instructions in a hybrid manner, graduate Teaching… Acknowledged by the President
2020-2021 GPSA R6: On the Proposed Changes to the Student Code of Conduct The GPSA expresses its dissatisfaction with the process of changing the Student Code of Conduct. The GPSA lists several… Acknowledged by the President
2020-2021 GPSA R5: Approving the GPSA Internal Budget for the 2020-2021 Term This resolution provides the recommended internal budget for the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly for the… Submitted to the President
2020-2021 GPSA R4: Enabling Prizes for Events to be Purchased with GPSAFC Funding This resolution updates the GPSA Finance Commission Funding Guides to allow groups to give out prizes at Finance… Accepted by the President
2020-2021 GPSA R3: On the Proposed Changes to the Student Code of Conduct The GPSA expresses its dissatisfaction with the process of changing the Student Code of Conduct. The GPSA lists several… Rejected by the Assembly
2020-2021 GPSA R2: Condemning the proposed DHS Ruling requiring a fixed period of stay for International students The proposed DHS ruling limiting F1 and J1 visas to a fixed 4-year or 2-year term detrimentally affects international… Acknowledged by the President
2020-2021 GPSA R1: Changes to the GPSA Finance Commission Funding Guidelines This resolution proposes two sets of changes to the GPSA Finance Commission Funding Guidelines: a set of temporary… Accepted by the President
2019-2020 GPSA R19: In Appreciation and Recognition of Dean Barbara Knuth's Tenure as Dean of the Graduate School This resolution publicly recognizes and thanks Dean Barbara Knuth for her outstanding leadership and dedication to… Acknowledged by the President
2019-2020 GPSA R18: Postponing Spring 2020 Executive Board Elections and Extending Expiring Seats This resolution postpones 2020 Executive Board elections and also extends the expiring seats of the GPSA Executive… Acknowledged by the President