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The School of Arts and Sciences is seeking a student to work as an Undergraduate Course Assistant (UCA) to support faculty who are teaching hybrid courses in spring 2021.
Wearing a face covering to cover the mouth and nose is required, consistent with CDC, New York State, and New York City guidelines, while on University property, including outdoor spaces, at all times.
Please note that this requirement applies to the GS Student Lounge.
GS students are invited to learn more about a new Spring 2021 course, NSBV BC3382: Neuroscience Frontiers, taught by Rae Silver and Michele Miozzo. This course is aimed at introducing students interested in Neuroscience to the local community of scientists.
Schwarzman Scholars, the one-year, fully-funded Master of Global Affairs program based at Schwarzman College in Beijing, mobilized quickly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, getting their students to safety and transitioning all classes online within just four weeks. Many GS alumni have participated in Schwarzman Scholars over the years, and this year, three are taking part remotely in the program.
The Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University is excited to announce the launch of the Spring 2021 Global Thought Experience, an experiential learning initiative which enables Columbia undergraduates to complete a meaningful internship experience at a local organization working on issues ranging from immigration to social justice.
Medical Humanities (formerly known as Medicine, Literature and Society) has officially been approved as a new Columbia undergraduate major.
Earlier today, Dean Rosen-Metsch sent the following message to GS students regarding the spring 2021 semester.
The Postbac Premed/Prehealth Program at the School of General Studies invites currently registered Postbac students to apply to be part of a Postbac Program Student Advisory Board. The Advisory Board is intended to provide a venue for incorporating student perspectives into decision-making about the program’s activities. The Board will play an active role in developing new programs and services, and will help ensure that current services remain as effective, supportive, and accessible as possible.
Randee Howard, one of few Black, female veterans, enlisted in the United States Navy in 2014, putting her dreams of earning a degree on hold. After her service, in 2019, she enrolled at the Columbia University School of General Studies where she has been able to prioritize education, while also advocating for and serving both the female veteran community at Columbia through a leadership role in the MilVets, and other women through Columbia’s Center for Justice.
In honor of Veterans Day, GS is featuring a number of students and alumni who have served in armed forces around the world. Nearly 500 military veterans are currently enrolled at GS—21 percent of the School's student body.
Earlier today, Barry S. Kane, associate vice president and university registrar, sent the following message to students regarding the spring 2021 semester.
On Friday, October 30, the Columbia University Center for Veteran Transition and Integration (CVTI) hosted a virtual college fair for active duty service members and military veterans interested in enrolling in two- and four- year institutions. At this first-of-its-kind event, students met virtually with representatives from 88 institutions including the Columbia University School of General Studies, Princeton, Harvard, UC Berkeley, Virginia Tech, Johns Hopkins University, and more.
The Columbia University Center for Veteran Transition and Integration (CVTI) has appointed Jason Dempsey Interim Executive Director of the Center. Dempsey, one of the nation’s leading experts on military demographics and civilian-military relations, has served as Senior Advisor to CVTI since 2017, joining soon after its launch.
Last Wednesday, the worldwide Columbia community came together to raise an unprecedented $695,784 for GS students from hundreds of individual gifts—an incredible 56 percent increase in fundraising compared to last year’s totals, and a more-than-threefold increase over the last five years. These gifts directly support scholarships for current and future students at the School of General Studies.
For more than a decade, United States Army veteran Kristofer Goldsmith ’20 has been championing veterans’ rights after experiencing shortcomings in the system, testifying before the United States Congress and advocating for several bills to protect veterans that became law. Most recently, his efforts have been focused on combating online disinformation campaigns designed to influence political opinions within veteran communities.