Milestones Officers and Highlights
**Disclaimer**
This Project was undertaken by Neha Keshan, Graduate Council President 2020-21. The information presented here are gathered through paper and electronic archives, discussion with various Rensselaer Members (both present and past). If you find any discrepancies, have any information, or would like to contribute in reconstruction of Rensselaer Graduate Council Heritage then please contact us on grad-council@rpi.edu
Milestones
Year 2020-21
Represented Graduate Student in a Virtual World, organized Virtual Grad Open House, RPI Union Instagram Takeover, and worked towards increasing visibility for graduate students.
Organized Weekly Grad Hour Events to strengthen the community while advocating for their needs.
Created an Ad-Hoc Committee comprising of various Department Graduate Student Council's and Graduate Student Organization's Leaders at Rensselaer
"Know Your Councilors" section on Monthly Graduate Experience Newsletter
Year 2019-20
Worked on Campus Accessibility and security concerns
Year 2018
Worked on getting Graduate Student Stipend at par with Living Costs
Year 1999
Spring '99 Graduate Council donates lounge at Voorhees Computing Center
(From an article written by Mohammad Tehrani, a Graduate Council Representative and the chair of the lounge committee)
Year 1996-97
Tree Donations
Graduate Council Comment Sheet
Year 1989
Graduate Education Task Force in May'89
Year 1988
Rensselaer Graduate Center Proposal submitted by Graduate Council to Dr. Gary Judd on 20th Oct'88
Year 1975
First Graduate Students Survey
Year 1953
Thank you to our alumni Don Burgio‘89 for pointing us to this article.
Officers and Highlights
Year 2020-21
| Position | Name | Councilor Type |
|---|---|---|
| President | Neha Keshan | Senator |
| Vice President | Sagar Bhatt | Representative |
| Secretary | Gretchen Clark | Representative |
| Treasurer | Kristoff McIntosh | Representative |
| Member-at-large, Appointed to E-Board | Donovan Weiblen | Representative |
| Wellness Chair | Zachary Barringer | Senator |
| ISSS Representative | Tasnif Rahman | Senator |
| Graduate Student Task Force representative | Genevieve Kane | Representative |
| School of Architecture Representative | Kiedric Berry | Representative |
| School of Humanities, Arts and Social Science Representative | Alexander Lutsevich | Senator |
| Representative on Senate's WebTech Committee | Karan Bhanot | Senator |
| Representative on the Senate's Student Life Committee | Isha Shah | Senator |
| Black Graduate Student Association Representative on Graduate Council | Lucky Yerimah | Representative |
Year 2019-20
| Position | Name | Councilor Type |
|---|---|---|
| President | Lauren Gandy | Senator |
| Vice President | Audrey Beard | Senator |
| Secretary | Neha Keshan | Senator |
| Treasurer | Josephine Lyons | Representative |
| Member-at-large, Appointed to E-Board | Sagar Bhatt | Representative |
| Events Chair | Kristoff McIntosh | Representative |
| Chris Tang | Senator | |
| Aaron Ouellette | Senator | |
| Evelyn Rugaber | Senator | |
| Ezra Teboul | Representative | |
| Gretchen Clark | Representative | |
| Emily Durcan | Representative | |
| Rahul Divekar | Representative | |
| School of Architecture Representative | Kiedric Berry | Representative |
| School of Lally Representative | Eshani Trivedi | Representative |
Year 2000-2001
| Position | Name | Councilor Type |
|---|---|---|
| President | Kerry Dutkers | Representative |
| Treasurer | Colin Fredericks | Representative |
| Secretary | Mike Brown | Representative |
| Member-at-large, Appointed to E-Board | Peter Caracappa | Representative |
| SHAC Representative | Dae Yun Kim | Representative |
| FSCC Representative | Ayala Cnaan | Senator |
| Andrea Barreiro | Senator | |
| Kishore Lavu | Senator | |
| Mitch Gold | Representative | |
| Lale Ergene-Tukenmez | Representative | |
| Danielle |
Year 1996-97
| Position | Name | Councilor Type |
|---|---|---|
| President | Burr Rutledge | Senator |
| VP Operations (E-Board Liaison) | Jackie Herron | Representative |
| VP Communications | Kiruba Sivasubramaniam | Representative |
| Treasurer | Bob Thayer | Representative |
| Secretary | Julie Byrne | Representative |
| Vikash Agarwal | Senator | |
| Greg Reid | Senator | |
| Rishi Shukla | Senator | |
| Saber Azizi Ghennad | Representative | |
| Devesh Mathur | Representative |
Committees based on Interest : Academics, Admissions, Campus Life Committee, and Career Development
Year 1994-95
| Position | Name | Councilor Type | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vice Chair | Bill Wheeler | Senator | ||
| President | Karl Umstadter | Senator | ||
| Vice President | Angel Diaz | Representative | ||
| Treasurer | Joey Templin | Senator | ||
| Secretary | Kristin Delvental | Representative | ||
| E-board Liaison | Bibiche Genskens | Representative | ||
| Bernard Derboren | Senator | |||
| Chris Reader | Senator | |||
| Mark Zurbunchen | Senator | |||
| Maja Bystrom | Representative | |||
| Cliff Maier | Representative | |||
| John Rowzee | Representative |
Year 1990-91
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| President | Jim Ungar |
| Bill Hurley |
Year 1989-90
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| President | J. O'Donnell |
| Treasurer | Chris Apblett |
Year 1988-89
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| President | Paul Siccard |
| Vice President | Bob Downey |
Year 1987-88
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| President | Jin O'Donnell |
Year 1986-87
| Position | Name | Councilor Type |
|---|---|---|
| President | Nauzer Kalyaniwalla | Senator |
| Vice President | Hans Lee | Representative |
| Treasurer | Bill St. John | Senator |
| Bob Downey | Senator | |
| Greg Reid | Senator | |
| Gordon Goldberg | Senator | |
| Wei Lee | Senator | |
| Paul Sicard | Senator | |
| Saber Azizi Ghennad | Representative | |
| Audrey Engelsberg | Representative | |
| Jim O' Donell | Representative | |
| Mary Beth Raven | Representative | |
| Henry Welch | Representative |
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