A Liberal Studies student who started her time at NYU in Washington, DC, Pheobe Chen describes the establishment of NYU Washington, DC’s student government – Hall Congress:
NYU Washington, DC Hall Congress is the student government at NYU Washington, DC. Actively collaborating with students and faculty at NYU to create the best university experience, our large team helps us advocate on the behalf of the student body.
President- Addy Guo
Vice President- Jess Francis
Secretary of Community Engagement- Kennedy Hill
Secretary of Advocacy and Global Ambassador- Kevin Kim
Global Ambassador- Diane Rendon
Global Ambassador Shanghai- Shayla Alfonso
Global Ambassador Abu Dhabi- Zahra Urooj
Secretary of Communications- Gabriella Petroff
Secretary of Archives- Phoebe Chen
Secretary of Events- Anika Mian
Secretary of Special Events- Michael Leonetti
Secretary of Special Events- Tvisha Mehta
Secretary of Special Events- Nia Mirza
Wasserman DC Peer- James Pooler
Throughout the fall semester, our team aims to host events around the themes of civic engagement, diversity and inclusion, and community engagement and development. Some events we have planned so far include the embassy events, NYU DC Olympics, Town Hall, Career Week, Trapeze Classes, International Horror Film Festival, and a variety of sports events including the Washington Capitals vs. New Jersey Devils hockey. We also aim to invest some of our budget into improving the building as a whole, whether it’s purchasing another board game or providing drying racks in the laundry room.
Through these events, we strive to bridge the gaps between the NYU first-year LS residents and upperclassmen, as well as the NYU Georgetown, and John Hopkins students. Bearing this in mind, we also wish to prevent the question, “there is a NYU campus in Washington D.C.?” from ever being asked again. We aim to do so by providing media coverage at all these events as well as expanding our NYUDC name through Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Email, etc.
