Welcome!
The officers of the Museum Studies Student Organization (MSSO) would like to welcome you to the Program in Museum Studies at New York University.

The mission of MSSO is to provide resources for the academic, professional, and social development of graduate students in Museum Studies. Throough a wide array of events and activities, we strive to foster a dialogue among museum studies students and alumni, faculty, and the larger arts and cultural sector in New York City. Our goals are for graduate students in Museum Studies program to engage in museum-related discourse, network within the museum field, and build personal relationships within the Program and with alumni. We endeavor to represent the broad interests of our diverse graduate student population and provide support for students to organize educational activities and social events that enrich student life academically, professionally and socially at NYU.

MSSO contributes to student life in a variety of ways, including: scheduling guest lectures, sending student ambassadors to museum related conferences, collaborating with other student groups to further develop and encourage museum and arts curricula, and organizing events to help students stay on top of course requirements as well as introducing them to new developments in the field. In addition, the MSSO sponsors social events that bring the MSSO students together as a community through monthly social nights, museum visits and outings. As matriculated graduate students of the NYU Program in Museum Studies, all Museum Studies graduate students are members of MSSO. Although active participation is not mandatory, getting involved in MSSO activities is a great way to introduce yourself to the Program and your fellow students. The officers of MSSO are here specifically to serve your educational, social, and career development needs and we look forward to hearing from you and working with you in the 2008-2009 academic year.

MSSO Officers 2008-2009:

Rachel Foster -- President
Michelle Squiccimara -- Vice President and Chair of Alumni Affairs
Heather Knapp -- Secretary and Webmaster
John Whitt -- Treasurer
Gretchen Adams -- Social Chair
Elizabeth Abbarno -- Academic Chair
Christina Tam -- Professional Chair

MSSO Officers 2009-2010:

Elizabeth Kaeser -- President
Lyndsey Anderson -- Vice President
Amy Passiak -- Treasurer
Lindsay Palmer -- Communications and Social Chair
Tina McBroom -- Academic Chair
Claudia Barragan -- Professional Chair

Contact Us @ msso.nyu@gmail.com
and visit us @ http://www.nyu-msso.blogspot.com

LINKS AND INITIATIVES

cam! is a Working Group coordinated by students from the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Program in Museum Studies open to the NYU Community and the Academic and Art Community of New York. Our focus is Contemporary Art from the Americas including: Art, Art History, Curatorial Practice, and Criticism produced in Latin America, the Caribbean and the Diaspora as well as Art, Art History, Curatorial Practice and Criticism produced all over the world whose subject is Latin America, the Caribbean or Latino art and culture.

Page updated: 25 June 2009