1-22-2014 Members of the Cooper Community:

The Cooper Union Alumni Council, including past Alumni Council Presidents and Trustees, met Monday night and passed two resolutions:

The Cooper Union Alumni Association resolves that The Cooper Union Board of Trustees affirm in a public statement that, “In recognition that the tuition-free model at Cooper Union has long been one of the institution’s defining characteristics; and inasmuch as it has also been of significant importance to the institution’s status as a premier educational institution, to the institution’s success in attracting excellent students, to the institution’s mission of preserving a meritocracy, and to past fundraising efforts; therefore, The Cooper Union Board of Trustees affirms its commitment to working toward a restoration of the full scholarship for all students, no matter how long that may take.”

Passed with 22 Yeas: Bertotti, Greenstein, Ross, Cusack, Lyne, Matz, Smolar, Agneta, Diente, Iyer, Wayne, Tipton, Leeper, Cetera, Tan, Nichols, Cafiero, Low, Falci, Alspector, Bee, Selinger, and 4 abstentions: Mokuvos, Borkowsky, Clarke, Roswell

and

The Cooper Union Alumni Association resolves that The Cooper Union Board of Trustees partner with The Cooper Union Alumni Association, and the rest of the Cooper community, in determining the Mission of the Cooper Union.

Passed with no objections or abstentions.

Please join us at the next Council Meeting on Feb 13.

Signed,

The Council of the Cooper Union Alumni Association