Successful spin-offs of Stevens-affiliated technology will be an important barometer of the institute's Technogenesis approach, which aims to teach engineers -- still the school's core student constituency -- what it takes to bring new products to market.
Cardiff University Students Union (CUSU) has been using the slogan "24,000 students, one constituency - you do the maths" as part of its campaign to encourage members to turn out to vote.
He raised the issue in a shadow cabinet meeting more than a decade ago after being berated about it by an A-level student in his constituency.
Lib Dem MPs such as Greg Mulholland in Leeds and John Leech in Manchester, with high numbers of students in their constituencies, will particularly be hoping so.
Board watchers say Svonkin can be a bit rough around the edges, but he has shown he has the right constituencies — students and taxpayers — foremost in his mind.
The story has been circulating for months now, faster and frothier with each rotation, as a detachment of journalistic shock troops ransack every inconsequential student group or constituency party, looking for someone, anyone, with negative things to say about the Jews.
In their video about Mr. Cuomo, several students list the various constituencies, from superintendents to bus drivers, who have lobbyists in Albany.
Board members said he worked tirelessly and was well attuned to the different constituencies of students, faculty members, legislators, trustees, alumni, potential donors and the broader academic world.
The seat has one of the highest student populations of any constituency in the country – a demographic Mr Clegg angered in 2010 by reversing his policy to abolish tuition fees and instead trebling them to £9,000 a year.
But the NUS says the such a move on its part would nevertheless be highly embarrassing to Lib Dems in university constituencies where students and lecturers made up a large proportion of voters - as much as 15%to20%0% in some areas - and the politicians had won their votes by promising to oppose higher fees.
