# Astronomy Student Council
**Source**: https://astronomy.yale.edu/about/astronomy-student-council
**Parent**: https://astronomy.yale.edu/undergraduate-program
## Astronomy Student Council (ASC)
The Yale Astronomy Student Council is the official student-government body of the Astronomy department. The Council acts as an official channel of communication between graduate students and faculty members within the Department. The council has worked on a wide variety of issues over the years to make the graduate student experience at Yale Astronomy better, fairer, and more equitable.
### Leadership & Procedure
The official charter of the Yale Astronomy Student Council [can be found here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-4M3L1zso1r981VQouy-vC_pOAu50h2tddrAfC0DEd0/edit?fbclid=IwAR1BLPfbbNd2x0kHqKlMdKyUTio75clAvDVbRuKihUvF5xunSEK2enU8gs4). The slide below shows the current leadership of the ASC as well as the procedure we follow throughout the year to work on graduate student issues.
#### The current members of ASC are:
- Ramisa Rahman
- Connor Jennings
- Joesphine Baggen
- Harrison Souchereau
### ASC Resource Documents & Posters
- [Handbook for the Yale Astronomy Graduate Program.pdf](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H3WPpVXcH-iSkx81UXgQIV4TL3Cuk49F/view?usp=sharing)
- [Yale Astronomy Advising Guidelines](https://astronomy.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Advising%20Guidelines.pdf)
#### Past Leadership
2024-2025: Chloe Neufeld, Christopher Lindsay, Josephine Baggen
2023-2024: Yasmeen Asali, Konstantin Gerbig, Christopher Lindsay, Josephine Baggen
2022-2023: Yasmeen Asali, Konstantin Gerbig, Aritra Ghosh, Christopher Lindsay, Zili Shen
2021-2022: Yasmeen Asali, Konstantin Gerbig, Aritra Ghosh, Christopher Lindsay, Zili Shen
2020-2021: Aritra Ghosh, Tim Miller, Sasha Safanova, Lily Zhao
2019-2020: Aritra Ghosh, Tim Miller, Lily Zhao
Founding Members - 2018-2019: Aritra Ghosh, Tim Miller, Michael Warrener, Lily Zhao