Committees Housing Community Affairs

Housing and Community Affairs (HCA) Committee

 

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Wendy Lam and Matthew Walker (not pictured)
HCA Committee Chairs, 2009-2010

The HCA committee is the main advocacy branch of the GSC. The committee’s work focuses on ensuring that the MIT graduate experience is enjoyable, affordable, safe, healthy, and marked by a welcoming community. A large portion of the work carried out by the HCA is done through a set of subcommittees, each of which focuses on a particuar aspect of student life.

To find out more, please feel free to contact the HCA committee chairs at , or attend the next meeting. You may also wish to consult the committee and subcommittee meeting minutes to see what topics are currently under discussion.

HCA Subcommittees

  • Family Subcommittee
    • We are currently recruiting a new chairperson for the family subcommittee.  If you are interested, please contact us at gsc-hca@mit.edu.
    Focuses on issues related to students with partners, spouses, children, and/or other dependents.
  • Off-campus Subcommittee
    • Chair: Jeff Chambers,
  • On-campus Subcommittee (now merged with Activities Committee)
    HCA works closely with all the graduate dorm governments to foster good inter-dorm relations, to further their common goals and to connect them with off-campus students.
  • Safety & Transportation Subcommittee
    This subcommittee addresses issues such as Tech Shuttle and Saferide routing and policies, safety in the expanded Northwest corner of campus, parking policies and facilities, etc.
  • Educational Outreach Subcommittee
    • Chair: Michelle Sander, sanderm
    Focuses on increasing graduate student engagement in the community, with a concentration on the city of Cambridge.

Meeting Minutes

Ongoing Projects