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.
GS student Carmen Ervin is one of just five undergraduate Columbia students recently awarded a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, and the first to be selected from the School of General Studies. Ervin, who had always dreamed of a career in academia, was not sure it was a realistic goal given that she had started completing her undergraduate degree requirements later than traditionally-aged college students.
Ariel Beery ’05, CEO of MobileOCT, recently won $100K in the Elevator World Tour, which gives Israeli startups the opportunity to deliver an elevator pitch to investors in Tel Aviv’s Azrieli Center.
Seeds of Africa is launching its Dream School Campaign in support of the new school construction project in Adama, Ethiopia. The Dream School will be an academy that meets the highest international standards, preparing students to succeed in high school, college, and beyond.
In honor of Veterans Day, the School of General Studies celebrates the service of U.S. military veterans in a variety of events leading up to and on Veterans Day, including sponsoring a float representing GS in the New York City Veterans Day Parade.
Around the world, Columbians came together on October 29, 2014 to give back and pay it forward on Giving Day, raising a record-breaking $250,779 for the School of General Studies.