After much brainstorming, planning and deliberation during the fall semester, student leaders and university officials have reclassified more than 325 student organizations, grouping them into more than a dozen Student Organization Leadership Councils, Northeastern’s Vice President of Student Affairs Laura Wankel said.
Student Veterans of America, a national advocacy group for veterans on the country’s campuses, named Northeastern’s veterans group Chapter of the Year at its annual conference in Orlando, Fla. last weekend.
As the Northeastern community begins a new semester this week, some Huskies, amid all the anxiety and excitement, are quick to forget the ups and downs of last semester. The News has compiled this list of stories as a look back at the fall.
Students seeking a flu shot this winter can stop at University Health and Counseling Services (UHCS) for a free vaccine. On Wednesday, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino declared a public health emergency in the city, where approximately 700 influenza cases have been confirmed since Oct. 1.
Northeastern University on Friday filed its Institutional Master Plan notification form with the Boston Redevelopment Authority, providing a framework for its campus planning initiatives and development strategies over a period of about ten years. Among the projects under consideration is the development of the Columbus Lot as a complex for academic and research space.
"The site provides an opportunity to strengthen Columbus Avenue as a main campus corridor and continues to the established momentum of expanding the Northeastern campus south across the MBTA tracks," according to the notification form.
The university will convene a group of administrators, faculty, staff, students and local organizations to explore making Northeastern a smoke-free campus. Click the picture to vote in a poll about smoking on campus.
After consistent complaints, a group of Northeastern officials met with some students this week to discuss ongoing construction on Huntington Avenue and its effects on the students housed in the YMCA.
Candidates for president and executive vice president of the Student Government Association [SGA] will have to run as part of a ticket next year, after the SGA voted to eliminate individual candidacies for the two positions.
