Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch has announced the featured speaker for the 2022 Columbia University School of General Studies Class Day ceremony, which will be held on Monday, May 16 at 7:45 a.m. This year, the keynote speaker is Deo Niyizonkiza ’01GS.
The Columbia University School of General Studies (GS) is honored to announce that James Harvey Elliott II, a father, returning citizen, and community college transfer student, has been selected as a 2022 Truman Scholar by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. During the five years he spent incarcerated, Elliott discovered a passion for prison reform, and upon his release, obtained an associate degree and began speaking at prisons and community colleges, bringing awareness to the effects of mass incarceration.
Bérénice Sylverain ‘20GS was one of 41 scholars from across the U.S. awarded the 2022 Marshall Scholarship. She is GS' first-ever Marshall Scholar and will go on to pursue two degrees at the University of Oxford.
The Poitiers campus, which focuses on the study of Euro-Latin American social sciences, joins the Sciences Po campuses in Le Havre, Menton, and Reims. Poitiers, currently home to 275 students from over 30 countries, will welcome incoming Dual BA students in Fall 2022.
Columbia University has partnered with national nonprofit Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) to host a Humanities Academic Boot Camp from August 1-6.
The School of General Studies at Columbia University and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health have established a Dual BA-MPH Degree Program Program that will fast-track world-class training for students pursuing public health careers.
For the spring 2021 semester, the Columbia University School of General Studies—dedicated to serving nontraditional students and one of three undergraduate colleges at the University—has again broken its own records in both applications received and students who ultimately enrolled.
The Columbia University Center for Veteran Transition and Integration (CVTI) has appointed Jason Dempsey Interim Executive Director of the Center. Dempsey, one of the nation’s leading experts on military demographics and civilian-military relations, has served as Senior Advisor to CVTI since 2017, joining soon after its launch.
On Friday, October 30, the Columbia University Center for Veteran Transition and Integration (CVTI) will host a virtual college fair for active duty service members and military veterans interested in enrolling in two- and four- year institutions. Representatives from more than 100 institutions will be available to speak with students, including the Columbia University School of General Studies, Princeton, Harvard, UC Berkeley, Virginia Tech, Johns Hopkins University, and more.
Columbia University is proud to welcome the Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) back for the third consecutive year. WSP hosts immersive academic boot camps at America's top colleges and universities for enlisted military veterans who are transitioning from active duty military service to college.
For the fall 2020 semester, the Columbia University School of General Studies—dedicated to serving nontraditional students and one of three undergraduate colleges at the University—saw a 20% increase in applications, receiving its highest number in over a decade.
The Columbia University Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program and the University of Rochester have formed a new linkage program agreement that will provide top-performing students with the opportunity to expedite their application to pursue a medical degree at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. The new agreement adds to a portfolio that now includes 16 linkage programs available to Postbac Premed Program students.