Student Alliance @ CIIS

Student Alliance Mission

Student Alliance is a student-run organization that facilitates communication, sponsors events, and allocates funding to help students and student groups actualize the seven institute ideals. Listening to student voices, we build alliances, cultivate student leadership, and advocate for social change and transformation of existing power structures.

Next Meeting

Wednesday, July 30th from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM in room 218.

All students are invited and encouraged to attend.

Review the Student Alliance Meeting Procedures.

Upcoming Events

To be announced.

View all Student Alliance events

Yoga

Student Alliance and the Staff Association have teamed again up to offer Free Yoga!!! Check out our flier or the SA bulletin board outside the café for dates and times. Namaste!

Program Representatives

Now seeking 2-3 Program Representatives from each department.

Program Representatives 1) attend Student Alliance Meetings (see events) or try to ensure that someone else from their department attends, if they cannot, 2) act as an interface between SA and their department by sharing news from Student Alliance with their department and from their department with Student Alliance, and 3) attend at least one meeting per semester of another campus group and share news and insights from that experience with Student Alliance and students in their department to further increase community and interconnectedness among students at CIIS.

Please email studentalliance 'at' ciis.edu for more information or to commit to representing your department.

Current Program Representatives:

ACS: Dan Hayes, danielhayes 'at' earthlink.net

EXA: Maite Imaz, zubeldiableu 'at' yahoo.com

ICP: Anna Fizyta, annafizyta 'at' yahoo.com and Sarwang Parikh, meth0dmind 'at' gmail.com

PDT: Paula Pulizzi, paula.pulizzi 'at' gmail.com

SCA: Grace Shalhoub, graceshalhoub 'at' gmail.com

SOM: Nairem Morales, anikaire 'at' yahoo.com

TLD: Sarah Noyes, ms.noyes 'at' gmail.com

TSD: Laura Wilson, lwilson 'at' numinoustheatre.org

Campus Group Representatives

Now seeking 1-2 representatives from each campus group.

Campus Group Representatives 1) attend Student Alliance Meetings (see events) or try to ensure that someone else from their group attends, 2) act as an interface between SA and their group by sharing news and ideas from Student Alliance with their group and from their group with Student Alliance, and 3) stay informed of Student Alliance support available to their group.

Please email studentalliance 'at' ciis.edu for more information or to commit to representing your campus group.

Current Campus Group Representatives:

White People Working Against Racism: Paula Pulizzi, paula.pulizzi 'at' gmail.com

Coordinating Committee

Communications Coordinator: Maitri Gopalakrishna, mgopalakrishna 'at' ciis.edu, manages the Student Alliance budget, designs fliers, and communicates Student Alliance projects and events

Operations Coordinator: Erik Schnabel, eschnabel 'at' ciis.edu, coordinates the proposal process, prepares agendas, and facilitates meetings

Other Important People

Dean of Students, Advisor to Student Alliance: Shirley Strong, sstrong 'at' ciis.edu

Student Affairs Manager: Mary Fries, mfries 'at' ciis.edu, served as the Student Alliance Communications Coordinator for two and a half years from Fall 2005 through Fall 2007

International Student Advisor: Jody O'Connor, joconnor 'at' ciis.edu