Links

These are some links to useful information, living in Long Island, things to do on and around Long Island, graduate clubs, community service and items that may interest Graduate Students in general.

Housing and Dining

• On Campus Housing (Help in finding housing)
• Off Campus Housing (Help in finding housing)
• Rent.net Online Rental Guide
• Campus Dining Services
• University Cafe

Health and Benefits

• SB Benefits Page (Graduate Contact Person: Lisa Coleman) If you have or are experiencing problems with your health insurance, please notify the GSO. The GSO will keep your information confidential. The GSO can only help you and others if it knows of problems.
• VYTRA
• Department of Labor Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (Enforcement)
• Stony Brook Child Care Service

Clubs

• Chinese Students & Scholars Assn (CSSA)
• Underrepresented Grad Scholars (UGS)
• Indian Grad Students Assn (IGSA)
• Korean Grad Student Assn (KGSA)
• Assn for India's Development (AID)
• Students for Peace and Humanity (SBDOVES)
• SB Outdoors Club (SBOC)
• SB Ballroom Dance Club
• Behavioral Ecology Group
• Taiwanese Graduate Students Association

Organizations

• Academic Visa Reform Petition
• University Senate
• NYPIRG - General New York Student Watch Dog Group, Stony Brook Branch
• Graduate Student Employees Union - If you are a TA or GA (paid on Wednesday), this is your Union
• National Assn of Graduate and Professional Students (GSO is a member)
• The Coalition of Graduate Employee Unions (CGEU)
• The Center for Biotechnology
• SUNY-Albany GSO
• SUNY-Buffalo GSA
• Syracuse GSO

Community Services

• Graduate School
• Local Garage Evaluation BBS
• Habitat for Humanity in Suffolk County
• North Shore Animal League - Lonely? Adopt a pet or volunteer!

Recreation

• Staller Center
• Cinema Arts Center, Huntington (Foreign & Independent Films)
• Port Jefferson Cinema - A local movie house that makes the best popcorn, sells reasonably priced snacks and beverages and sometimes shows independent films.
• Information resource for Suffolk County, Long Island
• Long Island A-Z
• Islanders (Hockey, eh)
• Yankees (Baseball, duh)
• The NY Mets
• NY Knickerbockers
• Theater Arts