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On Tuesday, May 2, the School of General Studies celebrated the academic accomplishments and outstanding leadership of over 100 students at the Academic Prizes and Student Leadership Awards Ceremony.
Today, Dean Rosen-Metsch announced the School of General Studies valedictorian and salutatorian of the Class of 2023, as well as the School's Baccalaureate speakers. This year’s valedictorian is Zuzanna Bijoch. This year’s salutatorian is Alexander Alvalade Ximenes.
Arielle Friedman ‘24GS co-directed Immutable Uncertainties with Lucy Blumenfield ‘23CC, and also stars in the film.
Dean James Colgrove has announced the featured speakers for the 2023 Postbaccalaureate Premedical Class Day ceremony. The Class Day Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Carlos del Rio. The Class Day Student Speaker will be Andrea Abi-Karam.
Looking for a place to study? The Academic Resource Center will be open to GS undergraduate and Postbac Premed students as a study hall during study days and finals.
Application Deadline: Mon., May 8
Start Date: Mon., May 22
The Center for Veteran Transition and Integration (CVTI) is seeking students to work as Veteran Affairs Ambassadors. Veteran Affairs Ambassadors are Columbia University students with prior military experience who work to connect and support other military-connected students and prospective students during their educational journeys at Columbia while supporting CVTI programming in support of the veteran community.
Columbia University's Center for Career Education invites graduating students at GS to take the 2023 Beyond Columbia Survey and share their plans for life beyond Columbia!
James Harvey Elliott II ’23GS found his purpose while in prison and strengthened his professional skills in community college. At Columbia, he discovered something unexpected: himself.
Brandon Moore ‘23PBPM, a retired U.S. Army Physician Assistant and former member of the White House Medical Unit, shares the personal and professional motivations that brought him to the Postbac Premed Program.
Navigating the demands of work, studies, and family has made the college journey challenging for Beata Izabella Jimenez ‘23GS, but she’s proven that success is possible so long as you never stop believing in yourself.
Olivia Anakwe ‘23PBPM shares how GS was the perfect place to support her childhood dreams of becoming a model and a doctor.
2023 Grad Profile: Qitian (Caroline) Xing ‘23GS on how teamwork has enabled and enriched her GS experience.
Keegan Hakim ‘23GS, a PALS Scholar, shares how his passion for the GS community and filmmaking skills have come together in a new documentary project.
As she graduates this spring, psychology major Erika Carreon ‘23GS reflects on how she overcame external and internal obstacles to prove her extraordinary potential to her harshest critic: herself.
When Quinn Houlahan ‘23GS enrolled in the Dual BA program with Trinity College Dublin in fall 2019, she could never have imagined the events that would transpire with COVID-19 right around the corner. Taking the good with the bad though, she wouldn’t have had it any other way.