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On February 20, faculty, staff, friends, and family gathered to celebrate the induction of 94 students into the GS Honor Society at its spring 2018 Induction Ceremony in Low Memorial Library. The GS Honor Society, created in 1997 to celebrate the academic achievement of GS scholars, inducts students who have earned a cumulative GPA of at least 3.8 in more than 30 points of academic coursework at Columbia University.
The Program, which will welcome its inaugural class this fall, transcends traditional study abroad opportunities by providing the opportunity to pursue a rigorous undergraduate liberal arts education spanning two continents. Upon completion of the four-year program, graduates earn two bachelor’s degrees, one from each institution.
On Monday, January 8, the School of General Studies welcomed nearly 230 undergraduate and Postbac Premed Program students at the New Student Welcome, the kickoff event of the New Student Orientation Program (NSOP), held in Roone Arledge Auditorium in Lerner Hall.
The new Dual BA Program between Trinity College Dublin and Columbia University is now accepting applications for Fall 2018 admission. Highly-qualified students will have the opportunity to study in both Ireland and the United States, earning two bachelor’s degrees in four years.
The School of General Studies was born with a name that made perfect sense at the time, but that now does more to obfuscate than to illuminate. And a name change, if done right, could be just what GS needs to build on its achievements—and secure its future.
Most days, David Treatman can be found studying at Columbia University. But on top of the demanding coursework and numerous extracurricular activities, he can also be found downtown, working as a co-producer both on- and off-Broadway. Dividing his time between college life and a busy production schedule, he is not your typical undergraduate student.
The School of General Studies is pleased to announce Jill Galas Hickey as its new associate dean for development and alumni relations.
Today, President Lee C. Bollinger sent the following message to the University community announcing the appointment of GS alumna Lisa Rosen-Metsch as the next dean of the School of General Studies as of January 1, 2018.
On October 25, 2017, Peter J. Awn, Dean of the School of General Studies, received the Making a Difference Service Award in recognition of his service and dedication to Columbia University at the annual Community Impact Gala Benefit Auction.
On Tuesday, October 3, faculty, staff, friends, and family gathered to celebrate the induction of 60 students into the Honor Society of the School of General Studies at its fall 2017 Induction Ceremony in the Skyline Ballroom of Faculty House.
The Columbia University Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai recently announced that they have reinstated their linkage program agreement, effective beginning with the Fall 2018 entering class.
This fall, the School of General Studies welcomes nearly 660 incoming students who began the week-long New Student Orientation Program (NSOP) on Monday with breakfast in Low Memorial Library.
In 1904, when Columbia created the Extension Teaching program as a vehicle for members of the community to take courses at the University, just two percent of Americans 23 years old or older held a bachelor’s degree.
The School of General Studies celebrated the Class of 2017 at its 70th anniversary Class Day ceremony on Monday, May 15. Dean Peter J. Awn, who has served as dean for 20 years and will be stepping down after this academic year, opened the ceremony by welcoming the 585 graduates, more than 1,800 guests, faculty, and administrators.
To be a student on a college campus in 1968 and consider oneself an agent of history was, if grandiose, not necessarily incorrect. The Columbia student uprising in 1968 began with a rally protesting the University’s effort to build a gym on public land in Morningside Park and its ties to military research, which then spiraled into the occupation of several buildings on campus, beginning with Hamilton Hall and Low Library.