Welcome to the first ever edition of CUSA News!
Since its formation, Clarkson University Student Association has sought best to represent and advocate for Clarkson’s student body. Each year we as students face new challenges and gather new ideas, this year will be no exception. There is unfortunately no guidebook on how best to navigate through our upcoming semester, but by facing it together we can make it as successful as possible. CUSA is choosing to move forward to greater transparency and community, weekly CUSA News will be our start.
Our new executive board along with all of our newly or re-elected senate board members want you to know what is happening at all of our CUSA Senate meetings and behind the scenes as well. Clarkson University’s Student Association or CUSA meets every week at 7 pm on Mondays. This meeting typically takes place in the MPR’s in the Student Center but due to restrictions this year, we will be conducting our meetings remotely. All are still welcome to attend as our meetings are open to everyone, including committee meetings which will have a set schedule in the near future posted on our Knight life page. If you are interested in attending any CUSA meetings please reach out to our CUSA Public Relation’s Coordinator, Bailee Underwood (underwbm@clarkson.edu). She would happily get you all the information you need to join our virtual meetings.
Maybe CUSA meetings aren’t for you? We want all students to have an equal opportunity to know what is happening on campus during our meetings. Below is a section labeled Keeping Up with CUSA. Here you will be able to find any information that was voted on or discussed in any of our meetings.We also encourage you to check out our meeting notes that will be uploaded to Knightlife for anyone to view.
Keeping Up With CUSA
In the “Keeping up with CUSA” section of Your CUSA News, we will be providing a summary of matters CUSA voted on, in addition to any other information we are presented with. Our goal is to share any news we receive with the the student body.
Below is a link to CUSA’s summer 2020 meeting notes as well as other notes through the years.
Fall 2020 Senate Meeting Overview:
August 24th, 2020
- CUSA Senate approved the 2020-21 clubs and organization’s budget.
- CUSA has decided to remove their logo from the Student Organization Suite.
- CUSA encourages you to register & vote!
August 31st, 2020
- CUSA Senate Approved the motion to reduce minimum club dues to $10.00 for the Fall 2020 semester.
- Finance Committee Meetings are scheduled for Wednesdays at 7:15 pm. If you are interested in attending reach out for more information in the link attached.
Request Information About Finance Committee Meetings
President to President:
From the meeting between President Collins and President Paradis
- Gyms are expected to open soon pending a state mandated inspection!
Do You have any ideas?
If you have any ideas or suggestions, please let us know! Below is a link to the CUSA Suggestion Box. You can also reach out to the Senate email at senate@clarkson.edu
Achievements & Recognitions
- Have an Achievement you are proud of?
- Is there someone you would like to recognize for their hard work?
- Did your club or organization accomplish something cool?
CUSA wants to help recognize you on these accomplishments! We will be dedicating a section of your news to feature you or your organization. We feel that students often accomplish many difficult tasks and these go unnoticed or are overlooked because of other things that may be happening on campus. We want you to know that your successes are not insignificant and they DO matter! We would love for you to submit your successes to us in the link attached to be featured in Your CUSA News!
Click here to submit an accomplishment!
Events
Is your club or organization hosting an event that you would like to share with the Clarkson student body?
We want to help you publicize your event!
This semester more than even it is important that we maintain social connections despite the restrictions we face due to the corona virus pandemic. CUSA highly encourages your club or organization to host virtual events for the student body to attend. Not only can this help in attracting new members to your club, it can help everyone get through these difficult times we all are facing.
In this section of Your CUSA News, we want to help spread the word of your event! Below is a link to send any flyers or information you wish to have put into the next edition of Your CUSA News.
Submit your upcoming event here!
Bus Schedule
Clarkson University Student Association is pleased to announce that the Clarkson Bus will be running this semester. Despite the national pandemic and the restrictions in place, we were able to work out a plan that provided Clarkson University Students with access to the Clarkson Bus! Due to state and county health regulations, the bus schedule has been updated and we encourage you to check out the new schedule which is linked below!
For those of you who may be new to campus or just have not heard of the Clarkson Bus before. Clarkson University Student Association has organized and funded a bus that makes scheduled trips into town and to various stops throughout Potsdam and the St. Lawrence county. With your student ID, you are able to ride this bus free of charge! In addition to the Clarkson Bus, you are also eligible to ride any public transportation throughout the St. Lawrence County free of charge!
Attached is the new schedule for the 2020-21 school year for the bus route 68; also known as the Clarkson Bus.
Feel free to check out any other bus schedules or routes throughout St. Lawrence County on their website at http://www.slcnypublictransit.com/
Did you see the Clarkson Bus’s new look? Check it out!
Remember!
Wear your mask!
Social distance!
Be smart!
We will get through this!