NYU College of Arts & Science Student Council

What NYU College of Arts & Science Student Council does

NYU College of Arts & Science Student Council (CAS Student Council) is the constitutionally designated student government body for the undergraduate population of New York University's College of Arts & Science. Operating from its headquarters at 25 W 4th Street, 2nd Floor (the CAS Building) in New York City, it executes a two-fold mission of student advocacy and programming: gathering and expressing student opinion, representing student views to CAS and NYU administration, and producing social traditions and events for the CAS undergraduate community. Its core "offerings" are governance and programming services — weekly General Assembly meetings held every Tuesday at 7:00 PM, four class boards (First-Year through Senior), and committees covering Alumni Relations, Community Service, Curriculum, Programming, and Transfer Student support, plus oversight and funding coordination for 30+ CAS-affiliated clubs.

The organization's product surface is institutional rather than technological. Distribution is multi-channel: in-person meetings, a Squarespace website (nyucassc.com), an NYU Engage listing, and official accounts on Instagram (@nyu_cassc), Facebook (@NYUCASSC), Twitter (@nyu_cassc), and LinkedIn. Operational tooling is limited to OrgSync (for club-request forms: Seamless Order, room requests, contingency funding, co-sponsorship) and a Google Forms transparency request form; there is no proprietary platform, no API, and no mobile application. Annual programming includes CAS Formal, the Student-Faculty Banquet, Bagel Fest, Transfergiving/Transferween, Declaration Day, and semesterly Town Halls.

CAS Student Council does not generate commercial revenue. Its operating inflows consist of student activity fee allocations from NYU, disbursed under oversight of the Director of Finance, with committee budgets available to students via a public request form on the website. Services are provided at no cost to students. The organization is parented by New York University, governed by its own constitution (which grants formal representation on the University Senate, Student Government Assembly, and Presidents Council), and runs with a 1–10 person elected executive board.

Name

NYU College of Arts & Science Student Council

Legal name

New York University College of Arts & Science Student Council

Website

https://nyucassc.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

NYU College of Arts & Science Student Council is the constitutionally designated student government of NYU's CAS undergraduate college, providing advocacy, governance representation, class-board programming, and funding oversight for 30+ CAS-affiliated clubs, funded by NYU student activity fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Student Government Services

NAICS

Professional Organizations (813920), Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Government & Leadership Programs (EDALAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Student Organizations & Club Administration (EDALAHAB)

Keywords

• Student government services
• Student advocacy representation
• Campus programming events
• Undergraduate club management
• Student activity funding

Headquarters

HQ city

New York, New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Student Activity Fees: As a student government organization, CAS Student Council receives funding through student activity fees allocated by the university. The Director of Finance oversees disbursement of allocated funds, maintains comprehensive records for all collections and disbursements, and committee budgets are made available to the public through a request form on the official Student Council website.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

CAS Student Council is the official student government of NYU's College of Arts & Science, providing student advocacy representation to university administration and organizing community-building programming for undergraduate students. It operates through weekly General Assembly meetings, committee services (Alumni Relations, Community Service, Curriculum, Programming, Transfer Student), four class boards, and oversight of 30+ CAS-affiliated clubs, delivering services such as CAS Formal, Bagel Fest, Town Halls, and club funding allocation.

Product overview

CAS Student Council is the student government organization for NYU's College of Arts & Science, operating as a platform of advocacy and programming services rather than a technology product. The organization provides student representation and voice to CAS and NYU administration, offers programming events (including Bagel Fest, CAS Formal, Student-Faculty Banquet, and Town Halls), manages committee services for alumni relations, community service, curriculum, programming, and transfer student support, operates class boards for each year level, and provides club support and management services through its Club Council. The organization's Core products are its General Assembly meetings (held weekly on Tuesdays) and the various committees and class boards that execute its mission of student advocacy and community-building programming.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• General Assembly Meetings

Quantifiable outcome

• Hosts major annual events including CAS Formal, Student-Faculty Banquet, Bagel Fest, and stress-buster programs
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• College Cohort ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration between CAS Student Council and the College Cohort Program for Class Board operations. Each Class Board works with a Class Board Advisor from the College Cohort Program to plan marquis events for each class year.
• Transfer Student AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint planning of Transfergiving event in November, an annual event for transfer students featuring Thanksgiving dinner and community service.
• Andrew McDonough B+ FoundationminorOthersFundraising beneficiary for NYDM initiative. Community Service Committee raises money through bake sales and other events to support pediatric cancer patients.
• NYU Center for Student LifecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-sponsorship funding requests can be received from organizations recognized by the Center for Student Life. CAS clubs cannot register directly with CSL and must go through CAS Student Council.
• Kimmel OperationsminorOthersCampus facilities management for event space coordination. Club status notification can be presented to Kimmel Operations as the official document needed for room reservations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Brown Undergraduate Council of Students: The undergraduate student government at Brown University representing students in advocacy and programming matters. Comparable in scope, formal governance role, and activity-fee-funded operating model to CAS Student Council.
• Cornell Student Assembly: Cornell University's elected student governance body that allocates activity-fee funding, advocates on behalf of students, and supports programming. Operates with a comparable representative-and-programming dual mandate to CAS Student Council.
• MIT Undergraduate Association: The undergraduate student government at MIT that represents students in university governance and funds programming and clubs. Closely comparable to CAS Student Council in providing advocacy, funding allocation, and event programming for undergraduates.
• Harvard Undergraduate Council: The undergraduate student government at Harvard College representing arts and sciences undergraduates with formal representation rights in university governance. Closely comparable in mission, structure, and constituency to CAS Student Council.
• Stanford Undergraduate Senate: ASSU's undergraduate legislative body at Stanford University, which performs student advocacy, allocates activity-fee funding, and oversees student programming in a role directly comparable to CAS Student Council.
• Columbia University Student Council: The undergraduate student government at Columbia University serving arts and sciences undergraduates in New York City. Operates with a comparable structure of elected representatives, committees, and class-level boards, and competes for the same pool of NYC-area student activity resources and partnerships.
• USC Undergraduate Student Government: The undergraduate student government at the University of Southern California, performing student advocacy, event programming, and club funding oversight functions analogous to those of CAS Student Council at NYU.
• Penn Student Government: The student government body at the University of Pennsylvania serving undergraduate students with advocacy, programming, and funding responsibilities. Mirrors CAS Student Council's representative, programming, and club-funding functions within a private university setting.

Broad incumbents

• NYU Student Government Assembly: NYU's university-wide student government body that sits above CAS Student Council in the governance hierarchy. While broader in scope across all NYU schools, it shares overlapping representation, programming, and advocacy functions with CAS Student Council.

Others

• NYU Center for Student Life: NYU's administrative office that recognizes student organizations and co-sponsors club funding requests. Functions as the upstream gatekeeper that CAS Student Council relies on for club recognition and co-sponsorship funding, making it an enabling institutional partner rather than a competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/nyu_cassc
• Facebookfacebook.com/NYUCASSC
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nyu-college-of-arts-and-science-student-council
• Instagraminstagram.com/nyu_cassc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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