The 2020 Columbia Student Well-Being Survey was emailed to all students across Columbia University on Monday, February 10 and it will run through Friday, March 6. Upon survey completion, students will automatically be entered to win prizes. The goal of the survey is to learn directly from students about their experiences with the campus climate, health behaviors, mental health and well-being, and sexual respect. Student feedback will guide and inspire future efforts to strengthen campus life and enhance student resources.
The GS Academic Resource Center (ARC) is currently closed due to the water main break on Broadway and 111th Street. Please email [email protected] with any questions about appointments or schedules.
Columbia Residential has extended the Spring 2020 waitlist and will continue to accept housing applications until February 28, 2020. Any student who accepts a housing offer between February 5 -March 6 will receive a 15% rent discount for the Spring 2020 semester.
The GS Alumni Relations team is pleased to invite students to bring their performing arts talent to be considered for a special evening at this year’s Reunion Weekend (scheduled for June 5, 2020.) Dancers, singers, or musicians are invited to email [email protected] to learn more and to schedule a time on Feb. 11 or 12 to meet with the Alumni Relations team.
Friend2Friend is a skills-based training designed to help students effectively recognize and respond to others exhibiting indicators of distress. The training is focused on understanding, re-framing, referring, and self-care.
Twenty GS students will have the opportunity to invite a Columbia or Barnard faculty member to Faculty House to share a one-on-one meal and conversation during the spring 2020 semester.
Students are invited to apply for the 2020 Women's Forum Education Fund Award, a $10,000 grant to be used toward expenses incurred while attending college.
The new GS Academic Resource Center on the northwest corner of Broadway and West 111th Street is now open. All tutoring, coaching, and academic support sessions are taking place in the new location beginning today.
If selected, you will have the opportunity to facilitate both the Responsible Community at Columbia (RC@C) and Live Well | Learn Well programs during New Student Orientation Programs (NSOP). This training and facilitation offers an opportunity to learn about alcohol and other drug issues, stress management and healthy lifestyle behaviors, to speak to incoming first-years about managing their choices as they transition into the Columbia community, and to participate as a campus leader throughout the year on outreach initiatives to create a smart, safe, responsible, and well community at Columbia…
The Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies is launching a Holocaust Study Fellowship this spring. IIJS Fellows in Holocaust Study will have the opportunity to receive funds for study, independent research, and to support student-initiated programming as a supplement to approved courses teaching the history, culture, and literature of the Holocaust. In addition, GS students may be additionally eligible for full tuition support for the related courses.The application deadline is Friday, January 31.
The GS Student Lounge will be closed Sat., Dec. 21 - Sat., Dec. 28. Learn more about additional on-campus study spaces.
GS students looking for an interesting spring 2020 course should consider ENGL UN3738: Philanthropy and Social Difference. Taught by GS Dean of Academic Affairs Victoria Rosner, this course is for anyone interested in how philanthropy changes the lives of both donors and recipients – for better and for worse.