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The School of General Studies celebrated the Class of 2015 at the GS Class Day ceremony on Monday, May 18. More than 1,500 guests joined faculty and administrators in recognizing the accomplishments of the 447 members of the graduating class, 69 of whom are U.S. military veterans, more veteran graduates than any other Ivy League undergraduate institution.
The graduates of the Postbac Premed Program celebrated Class Day on May 15 in Low Memorial Library. Faculty, administrators, fellow students, friends, and family honored the 126 graduates for completing this important step on their journey to medical school and beyond.
The New York Delta Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society initiated 48 GS students, the most in decades, at the Phi Beta Kappa Induction Ceremony on May 15, 2015 at Faculty House at the Initiation Ceremony on Friday, May 16 at Faculty House.
On Dec. 8, 1979, Lizzie Valverde was born in Tampa, Florida. One year later her sister Katy Olson was born; both adopted at birth. Thirty-three years later, and thousands of miles from where they began, Valverde met her long-lost sister, Olson, after sharing her adoption story on the first day of a Columbia University writing course.
For the first time since 1970 and since the return of NROTC to campus in 2012, a U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt., Patrick Poorbaugh, will be commissioned as a Marine Corps officer May 21 at 4:30 p.m. in Low Memorial Library Rotunda at Columbia University in the City of New York.
Postbac alumna Lauren Helm '99 was recently featured in the O Magazine article on career changes and real-life reinventions.
Seventeen GS students were selected among the 50 chosen from 500 Columbia undergraduates to participate in a fully-funded, Columbia University-Japan Study Tour.
Postbac Premed alumnus and current Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University student Michael Natter '11 recently gained national attention for his medical drawings, successfully combining the worlds of medicine and art, his two passions.
GS students Mayla Boguslav ’15 and Carmen Ervin ’16 have each been awarded a Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training (MHIRT) Fellowship by ICAP at Columbia University, a fully-funded summer research training program. Both Ervin and Boguslav will be in Swaziland to assist with a research study exploring models of HIV care.
Dean Peter J. Awn announced that Christopher Hood '91, '93BUS, President of Kellogg Europe, will be this year's Class Day speaker. Lindsay Hadad is the valedictorian and Andrew King is the salutatorian of the GS Class of 2015.
Award-winning film editor and Mako Kamitsuna '92 recently edited the new Michael Mann film Blackhat starring Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, and Wang Leehom.
GS alumna and model Cameron Russell '12 is working to transform our conception of the word "beauty."
On Thursday, February 12, the General Studies Alumni Association (GSAA) hosted a reception for alumni at The Attic.
According to Newsday, GS student-veteran Kristofer Goldsmith was a key player in helping to convince lawmakers to pass the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act, which will enhance suicide-prevention resources for veterans.
On Monday, January 12 the School of General Studies welcomed more than 160 new students at New Student Orientation. Columbia University Executive Vice President David Madigan and GS Dean Peter J. Awn addressed the assembly of nontraditional students—those who have had a break of a year or more in their educational paths.