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From May 31 to June 2, more than 140 GS alumni and guests gathered on campus alongside alumni from Columbia College, the Fu Foundation for Engineering and Applied Science, and Barnard College to celebrate Alumni Reunion Weekend and Dean’s Day.
Diane Falk graduated from GS in 1973 and took a special message from her graduation’s occurrence on Valentine’s Day: the importance of keeping her head and heart together.
The School of General Studies celebrated the Class of 2013 at the GS Class Day ceremony on Monday, May 20. More than 1,500 guests joined faculty and administrators in recognizing the accomplishments of the 444 members of the graduating class, 63 of whom are U.S. military veterans, the most of any Ivy League university.
Graduates celebrated the completion of the Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program at Class Day on May 17 in the Low Memorial Library Rotunda. They were joined by members of the Columbia University Faculty of Arts and Sciences, administrators from the School of General Studies, family, friends, and fellow classmates.
At 21, Nur Arafeh is on the path to becoming a future world leader. Born in Manchester, England, and raised in East Jerusalem, Arafeh speaks Arabic, French, and English, has been educated in three countries, and is on her way to becoming an expert in Middle Eastern economics.
GS alumna Stefanie Weisman '11 has recently published her first book, The Secrets of Top Students.
Columbia University Postbac Premed Program students will soon have greater access to the New York University School of Medicine through a new linkage program agreement, which will provide top students with the ability to expedite their application.
Military veteran, rock guitarist and monk, Jason Everman raises the bar for the modern Renaissance man. In 1987, Everman—a commercial fisherman off the coast of Alaska—quit his job and moved to Seattle where he became the second guitarist touring worldwide and recording with Nirvana to promote their “Bleach” album and a bassist with Soundgarden on their “Louder than Love” tour.
GS student and New York Post staff writer Pedro Oliveira Jr. was recently awarded the highly-selective Arthur F. Burns Fellowship, which is given to only ten American and ten German journalists each year and places fellows in part-time positions for two months at host newspapers, magazines, and radio and television stations abroad.
Donald Judd’s family is preparing their former home as a museum of art and ephemera.
Dean Peter J. Awn announced that there will be four featured speakers at the Columbia University School of General Studies Class Day ceremony on Monday, May 20, including keynote speaker Professor Nicholas Dirks.
On April 2, James Braley '86 will publish Life in a Marital Institution: 20 Years of Monogamy in One Terrifying Memoir a darkly humorous story of love, lust, greed, and fear.
Carolyn Castro ’05GS, ’09SIPA, Executive Director of the Livery Roundtable, was recently interviewed by El Taxista News.
Niyizonkiza's life journey has taken him from medical student in Burundi to a struggling immigrant in New York City and a global health practitioner and doctor-in-training. In May 2013, he will receive an honorary degree from Williams College.
Melissa Muller Daka '09 is set to open her new restaurant Pastai in March 2013, and was recently featured in the New York Times.