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'''Katharine Celentano''', [[GS]] '[[2017|16]], was a University Senator for the School of General Studies.<br />
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Prior to the University Senate, Katharine served as president of [[Students for Sensible Drug Policy]], as well as a legislative assistant for the senators from the [[School of General Studies]]. She has also served on the board of the [[Columbia University Student Family Support Network]] and helped organize support for a resolution that advocated for child care benefits to all students with children. <ref> http://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/04/14/ccsc-approves-family-benefits-resolution-students-kids </ref> <ref> http://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/03/25/student-group-looks-expand-child-care-resources-undergraduates</ref><br />
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==Election==<br />
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Katharine was endorsed by the [[Columbia Spectator]], <ref> http://www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2014/04/02/endorsement-university-senators-gssc-president-and-vp-policy </ref> and garnered 64% of the vote from General Studies undergraduates. <ref> http://www.columbiaelections.com/Spring2014Results.pdf </ref><br />
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'''Lee Caroll Bollinger''' [[Columbia Law School|Law]] '[[1971|71]] is the [[University President|president of the university]]. He is affectionately known as '''PrezBo''' (alt. spelling '''Prezbo'''), a term coined by the [[Varsity Show]].<br />
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Bollinger came to Columbia after serving as president of the [[University of Michigan]], where he did now unthinkable things like host house parties for students. Occasionally, though, he will invite students for cotillions at the [[President's House]], where he will deftly avoid providing substantive answers to any of their questions or critiques. <br />
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His presidency has been marked by the vague goal of making Columbia a "[[global university]]," including the creation of the [[World Leaders Forum]] and the [[Committee on Global Thought]].<br />
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The massive [[Manhattanville campus]] project is another of his brainchilds.<br />
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==Other activities==<br />
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Once, in his spare time, he did something important involving law and [[affirmative action]]. Now, he mostly teaches undergrads how to behave like law students, luring them with a class on free speech, where he exercises Socratic Terror to compel debates that are still 1000 times more interesting than anything most actual lawyers do.<br />
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PrezBo also promotes physical fitness, inaugurating the [[5K Fun Run]]. The event, which occurs in September every fall, features free t-shirts and is led by PrezBo himself.<br />
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==Characteristics and interests==<br />
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He is rarely, if ever, seen walking to and from his official residence at [[116th Street|116th]] and [[Morningside Drive]]. Rumor (though confirmed by many who have actually seen it) has it he is driven the 1.5 blocks from his office in [[Low Library]].<br />
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He is recognizable for his wispy hair, trim physique, and vague, tepid statements about everything and everyone except perhaps [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]]. <br />
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Bollinger submitted an op-ed (his first and only submission to a campus publication) In response to a Spectator staff editorial which called for the firing of the Athletic Director, [[M. Dianne Murphy]]. This was responded to by CCSC President Daphne Chen, who asked Bollinger to "really speak to us" in a Spectator op-ed.<br />
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He loves the word "global" and uses it about five times in each sentence. <br />
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Asked by The Daily Beast what book everyone must read before graduating college, Bollinger said, "Montaigne’s Essays. Why? Because they teach you how to learn, how to observe the peculiarities of life, how to be a good friend, how to know and be honest about yourself—and how to spend the last years of your life once you have done your part to make the world a slightly better place."<ref>http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/04/the-books-everyone-must-read-before-graduating-college.html</ref> Because it would have been pretty embarrassing if he'd mentioned a book that wasn't part of the [[Core]].<br />
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Bollinger's salary was $1.93 million in 2010, which made him the 7th highest-earning college president.<br />
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His favorite TV shows are Mad Men, Saturday Night Live, the Wire, and Curb Your Enthusiasm. He has gone hiking in an area densely populated with grizzly bears to test his endurance. He is a fairly interesting man. <br />
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==Personal Life and Early Career==<br />
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Bollinger was born April 30, 1946 in Santa Rosa, CA, the son of Lee and Pat Bollinger. He received a B.S. in intellectual history from the University of Oregon in 1968, where he met his future wife Jean. They moved east to Columbia University where Lee attended law school and Jean received a masters degree in curriculum and teaching from Teachers College <ref> http://www.columbia.edu/cu/alumni/Magazine/Fall2002/Bollinger.html </ref>. They were married in 1968.<br />
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After graduating, Bollinger clerked for the Court of Appeals and then for Chief Justice Warren Berger. He taught at University of Michigan's law school in 1978 and became dean of the law school in 1987. He became provost of Dartmouth College in 1994, and then president of University of Michigan in 1997.<br />
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Bollinger has a son and a daughter with [[Jean Magnano Bollinger]], Carey and Lee Carroll. Carey Jean Bollinger graduated from Harvard in 1998 and from Columbia Law. She is on a leave of absence from a doctoral program in research psychology at Teachers College. <ref> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/fashion/weddings/carey-bollinger-benjamin-danielson-weddings.html?_r=0 </ref> Lee Carroll Bollinger graduated from Berkeley, and received his law degree from University of Michigan, and an LLM from New York University. <ref> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/fashion/weddings/carey-bollinger-benjamin-danielson-weddings.html?_r=0 </ref><br />
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* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/president/ Office of the President]<br />
* [https://directory.columbia.edu/people/uni?code=lcb50 Lee Bollinger]<br />
* [http://eye.columbiaspectator.com/node/586 Finding Lee Bollinger (Profile in Spectator's The Eye magazine)]<br />
* [http://www.cogmap.com/chart.php?id=2108 Organizational Chart (wiki) for Columbia University]<br />
* [http://www.twitter.com/LEE_BOLLINGER Parody twitter acount, @LEE_BOLLINGER]<br />
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<div>'''Class Day''' is like graduation, but not really ([[University Commencement]], at which students are formally conferred their [[degrees]], is held on a separate day). These celebrations, held for each of Columbia's schools, feature student speakers (usually class presidents and [[valedictorian]]s or [[salutatorian]]s, depending on the school) and keynote speakers (usually alumni), and an occasion for students to have their names called out, walk across the stage, and shake hands with the [[Dean]] and the [[University President|president]]. Their existence forces students' parents to spend an extra day or two dealing with their children's commencement. The upshot is that the ceremonies are more intimate and personal. Both the [[Columbia College]] and [[SEAS]] ceremony includes a [[Parade of Classes]].<br />
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Instead getting a [[diploma]], undergraduate students receive a [[Class Pin]] from members of the 50th reunion class of that year.<br />
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== History ==<br />
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The first class day for Columbia College was held in [[1865]].<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19640601-01.2.7]</ref><br />
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The location of Class Days has shifted considerably over time, moving between indoor and outdoor locations. Columbia College Class Day was held in the [[University Gymnasium]] around [[1907]], on "the Green between [[Earl Hall|Earl]] and [[School of Mines|Mines]]" in [[1921]], and in [[McMillan Theater]] in [[1931]].<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F20C15FF3D5F157A93C0A9178DD85F458385F9</ref> In [[1938]], Class Day was held on the [[Van Am Quadrangle]]. In [[1943]], ceremonies moved indoors again, to [[Brander Matthews Hall]]. Over the years, Class Day exercises have gradually migrated to [[South Lawn]]. However, [[Barnard College|Barnard]]'s Class Days have often been held in [[Dodge Gym]].<br />
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In [[1944]] due to "wartime difficulties," Class Day for Columbia College was held without cap and gown.<br />
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Although speeches have become the focal point of Class Day, in earlier years, prior to the establishment of the [[Academic Awards Ceremony]], the focus was on distributing prizes. In [[1941]], for example, there were no designated speakers at Columbia College Class Day other than University President [[Nicholas Murray Butler|Butler]], Dean [[Herbert Hawkes|Hawkes]], and the valedictorian and salutatorian. <br />
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Speakers at recent class days have stirred howls of complaint. Supposedly there is a rule the speaker must be an alumnus of their school, which accounts for Columbia's less famous speakers relative to our [[Ivy League|peer institutions]]. However, this rule has been ignored by CC when speakers such as novelist Ralph Ellison or Senator John McCain have agreed to speak, and does not apply to GS when the administration finds it convenient. Barnard does not have this rule.<br />
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In [[1991]], students circulated a petition hoping to disinvite [[1968 protests]] leader [[Juan Gonzalez]] as speaker; Gonzalez spoke anyway. Among the complaints were that literally no one apart from the class president could identify who Gonzalez was when the choice was announced.<br />
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In [[2006]], Senator [[John McCain]] (whose daughter is [[Columbia College|CC]] [[2007|'07]]) spoke, and some students expressed disapproval arguing that he did not represent the political beliefs of most CC students. <br />
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[[Matthew Fox]], a star of TV's ''Lost'', was the speaker for [[2007]], and was seen as an underwhelming or inappropriate choice for such a serious occasion, although his speech turned out well-received. These controversies generally involve petulant members of the senior class, who desire a meaningful close to their four year stint at the university, i.e. a charismatic intellectual celebrity.<br />
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|[[Terrence McNally]] '60CC<br />
|[[Robert Bakish]] '85SEAS, '89[[Business|BUS]]<br />
|[[Nicholas Dirks]]<br />
|[[w:Leymah Gbowee|Leymah Gbowee]]<br />
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|[[John MacArthur]] '78CC<br />
|[[Ursula Burns]] '82SEAS<br />
|[[Thomas Reardon]] '08GS<br />
|[[Barack Obama]] '83CC<br />
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|[[2011]]<br />
|[[Alexandra Wallace Creed]] '88CC<br />
|[[Ralph Izzo]] '79SEAS<br />
|[[Roger Leeds]] '66GS<br />
|[[w:Sheryl Sandberg|Sheryl Sandberg]]<br />
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|[[2010]]<br />
|[[Benjamin Jealous]] '94CC<br />
|[[Paul Brandt-Rauf]] '70, '74SEAS; '79[[College of Physicians and Surgeons|P&S]]; '87[[Mailman School of Public Health|PH]]<br />
|[[Jacques Pepin]] '70GS<br />
|[[w:Meryl Streep|Meryl Streep]]<br />
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|[[2009]]<br />
|[[Eric Holder]] '73CC<br />
|[[James Albaugh]] '74SEAS M.S.<br />
|[[Philippe Reines]] '00GS<br />
|[[w:Hillary Clinton|Hillary Clinton]]<br />
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|[[Joel Klein]] '67CC<br />
|[[Armen A. Avanessians]] '83SEAS M.S.<br />
|[[Alicia Graf]] '03GS<br />
|[[w:Michael Bloomberg|Michael Bloomberg]]<br />
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|[[Matthew Fox|Matthew C. Fox]] '89CC<br />
|[[Santiago Calatrava]] Parent '06, '07, '08, '09SEAS<br />
|Deborah Marshall, '79GS<br />
|Anna Deavere Smith<br />
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|[[John McCain]] Parent '07CC<br />
|[[Raymond P. Daddazio]] '75, '76, '82SEAS<br />
|Antonio Luis Freitas '97GS<br />
|[[Francine du Plessix Gray]] '52BC <br />
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|[[Robert Kraft]] '63CC<br />
|Mynoon Doro '73SEAS<br />
|Michael Margitich, '99GS<br />
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|[[Tony Kushner]] '78CC [http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/jul04/cover.php]<br />
|[[Savio Tung]] '73SEAS; Parent '01SEAS, '11B<br />
|[[Carlos Fedrigotti]], '73GS<br />
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|[[Michael Massimino]] '84SEAS [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/vforum/03/seas_class_day/seas.ram]<br />
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|[[David J. Stern]] '66L [http://www.college.columbia.edu/aboutcc/news/video_classday2002_stern_ref.php]<br />
|Jeffrey Bleustein [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/vforum/02/seas_class_day/seas.ram]<br />
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|[[Brian Dennehy]] '60CC<br />
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|[[Claire Shipman]] '86CC<br />
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|Norman R. Augustine<br />
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|David Marks<br />
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|Joseph Califano<br />
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|Samuel L. Higginbottom '43CC, '43SEAS<br />
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|Madeleine Kunin<br />
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|[[Herman Wouk]] '34CC<br />
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*Part of [[James Russell]]'s valedictory speech was delivered in ancient Armenian<br />
*In [[2010]], the [[General Studies]] valedictorian, [[Brian Corman]], plagiarized part of his speech from comedian Patton Oswalt<br />
*In [[1961]], valedictorian [[John Vaio]] delivered the first Latin Valedictory at Columbia since 1901, while his classmates followed along with English translations.<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19610605-01.2.6 Exercises Today to Include Latin Valedictory Address], Columbia Spectator, 5 June 1961</ref><br />
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After high school, Will was a pro-surfer for 15 years, and became a model for Nautica. He was also a host for Fuel TV.<br />
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*[http://www.easternsurf.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=987:the-will-tant-profile&Itemid=109 Eastern Surf Magazine: The Will Tant Profile]<br />
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Ollie's was opened in 1989 by Arthur Cutler (who also owned Carmine's, an Italian restaurant that is now a famous NYC chain) in the building on the corner of 116th & Broadway that is owned by [[Barnard College]]. He originally intended to keep the Ollie's open 24 hours a day. <ref> http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/imageserver/imageserver.pl?oid=cs19890918-01&key=&getpdf=true </ref><br />
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Prior to Ollie's the space was home to an unsuccessful 50s-style hamburger restaurant called Rickie's that was only open for two years. Prior to Rickie's, the space was host to a Chock Full O' Nuts.<br />
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Cutler died in 1997 at the age of 53. Cutler told the New York Times that Ollie's was how his Chinese friends pronounced his name (Artie). <ref> http://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/20/nyregion/arthur-cutler-53-restaurateur-of-eclectic-taste-and-unlikely-sites.html </ref><br />
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Ollie's is fairly good, as long as you're all right with all the grease and MSG. Compared to the other Ollie's branches, it's not so good. But compared to other Chinese restaurants in [[Morningside Heights]], it's upmarket and fairly tasty and reliable. The lo mein or chicken with broccoli are a step above the other Chinese joints in the neighborhood. Also, the noodle soups are excellent.<br />
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== Map ==<br />
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* [http://167.153.150.32/RI/web/detail.do?method=detail&restaurantId=40390693&inspectionDate=20060217 Current violation points: 6]<br />
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'''Katharine Celentano''', [[GS]] '[[2017|17]], is a University Senator for the School of General Studies.<br />
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Prior to the University Senate, Katharine served as president of [[Students for Sensible Drug Policy]], as well as a legislative assistant for the senators from the [[School of General Studies]]. She has also served on the board of the [[Columbia University Student Family Support Network]] and helped organize support for a resolution that advocated for child care benefits to all students with children. <ref> http://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/04/14/ccsc-approves-family-benefits-resolution-students-kids </ref> <ref> http://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/03/25/student-group-looks-expand-child-care-resources-undergraduates</ref><br />
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Katharine was endorsed by the [[Columbia Spectator]], <ref> http://www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2014/04/02/endorsement-university-senators-gssc-president-and-vp-policy </ref> and garnered 64% of the vote from General Studies undergraduates. <ref> http://www.columbiaelections.com/Spring2014Results.pdf </ref><br />
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'''Bill de Blasio''' [[SIPA]] [[1987|'87]] is the 109th [[Mayor]] of [[New York City]]. He previously served as the New York City Public Advocate, and represented the 39th district in [[Brooklyn]] on the City Council. Prior to his career in electoral politics, he managed Hillary Clinton's U.S. senate campaign in [[2000]].<br />
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De Blasio received a Masters in International Affairs from [[SIPA]] with a concentration in Latin American and Iberian Studies. <br />
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<div>'''Jim McGreevy''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1978|78]] is the former governor of [[New Jersey]], known for flaming out in a gay sex scandal. <br />
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Like [[Barack Obama]], he came to Columbia as a transfer student. He spent slightly more then one calendar year at Columbia, as he had transferred after a year of community college, then a year at the Catholic University of America, and then took summer sessions before and after his only academic year at Columbia before graduating.<br />
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While at Columbia, McGreevy lived in [[Ford Hall]], an on-campus residence for Catholic graduate students.<br />
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[[Category:Politicians]]</div>Ad2397https://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Community_Impact&diff=45316Community Impact2013-05-15T19:09:36Z<p>Ad2397: /* Programs */</p>
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<div>'''Community Impact''' (CI) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization located at Columbia University. Community Impact (CI) serves community members from Harlem, Washington Heights, and Morningside Heights. Community Impact strives to provide high quality programs, advance the public good, and foster meaningful volunteer opportunities for students, faculty, and staff of Columbia University. CI provides food, clothing, shelter, education, job training, and companionship for residents in its surrounding communities. CI consists of a dedicated corps of about 950 Columbia University student volunteers participating in 25 community service programs, which serve more than 8,000 people each year. Community Impact has partnerships with more than 100 community organizations and agencies who do service work in the Harlem, Washington Heights, and Morningside Heights communities, including service organizations, social service offices, religious institutions, and schools. Many of these organizations refer their clients to Community Impact’s programs and work collaboratively to positively influence residents’ lives.<br />
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CI also serves as one of Columbia's [[governing boards]], overseeing [[:Category:Community service clubs|community service related clubs]]. The student portion of Community Impact is run primarily by seven elected student executives who oversee the coordinators of each of the groups. The student executives work closely with the Community Impact staff to facilitate operations at CI.<br />
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==History==<br />
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From its earliest inception as a single service initiative formed in 1981 by Columbia University undergraduates Joe DeGenova and David Joyce, Community Impact has grown into Columbia University’s largest student service organization and a primary interface between the University and the Morningside Heights and Harlem communities.<br />
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As Community Impact integrated itself into the neighborhood’s social safety-net, students identified and responded to new community needs, expanding the number of services available to clients and working towards transforming the organization into an integrated service network with a strong education emphasis. Community Impact figures foremost in the University’s long standing pledge to support education through service. Operating under the dual status as a non-profit organization and an emissary from the University, Community Impact has forged partnerships with community leaders and agencies committed to realizing neighborhood change.<br />
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==Programs==<br />
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Community Impact’s programs can be grouped into four areas, based on the type of programming and the constituency that is being served. The four categories are: Youth Programs, Health and Environment Programs Adult Education Programs, and the Emergency Programs (Assistance and Advocacy). <br />
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'''Youth Programs:''' Community Impact runs 13 separate groups that work with young people, from mentoring, tutoring, and literacy programs, to programs in which Columbia students teach classrooms about art or conflict resolution. <br />
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'''Health and Environment Programs:''' These programs are all aimed at building the health of Columbia’s surrounding communities by providing education to youth and families and to eliminate the barriers to health imposed by poverty and marginalization. This is done in a variety of ways, from teaching classes on healthy living to middle schoolers to educating families on the availability of government benefits. <br />
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'''Adult Education Programs:''' CI’s Adult Programs provide an important range of services to adult residents in the Harlem, Morningside Heights, and Washington heights communities. Programs offered include ESL classes, computer training, career counseling, and a critically acclaimed GED program, which helps adults receive high school equivalency diplomas and move on to college or employment. <br />
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'''Emergency Programs (Assistance and Advocacy):''' This group includes some of CI’s oldest programs, and its programs form an integral part of our community’s social safety-net. Lunch is served to about 100 homeless or low-income guests each Friday at the Broadway Presbyterian Church, a food pantry is run out of [[Ford Hall]] on 114th St, and Columbia students staff two homeless shelters 6 nights a week.<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://communityimpactatcu.org/ci/ Community Impact website]<br />
* [mailto:ciexecs@columbia.edu ciexecs@columbia.edu]<br />
* [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Community-Impact-at-Columbia-University/182476618103 Community Impact Facebook Page]<br />
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<div>'''Jean Magnano Bollinger''' is the wife of [[Lee C. Bollinger]]. She is seldom seen, and is an "artist" who spends most of her time at the Bollinger manse located on a 30-acre property in Norwich, [[Vermont]].<br />
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<div>'''Jean Magnano Bollinger''' is the wife of [[Lee C. Bollinger]]. She is seldom seen, and is an "artist" who spends most of her time at the Bollinger manse in Norwich, [[Vermont]].<br />
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'''Joseph Denis Coffee, Jr.''' [[CC]] [[1941|'41]] (1918 - 2011) was a [[John Jay Award]] winner, university trustee and president of the Columbia Club.<br />
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==Early life and career==<br />
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Coffee was born in 1918 in Glen Falls, NY. He attended Columbia College and was the chairman of the Class Day Committee in 1941.<br />
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From 1946 - 1950, Coffee was assistant to the general secretary of Columbia University. He was in the Navy during World War II, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Commander. In 1942, Coffee was naval aide to President Roosevelt. <br />
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Coffee was appointed associate dean in charge of college development for Columbia College in [[1959]]. Prior to being named associate dean, Coffee was director of Columbia College Development Program. Coffee also served as president of Columbia University Club, and secretary of Columbia College Council. Coffee was also director of the Columbia College Fund.<br />
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Coffee helped start [[Dean's Day]], the John Jay Associates program, the [[Alexander Hamilton Medal]], [[Columbia College Today]], and the [[Columbia College Fund]].<br />
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In 1967, Coffee left Columbia to become a founding administrator of the now-defunct Eisenhower College. <br />
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In [[1998]], Coffee received the [[John Jay Award]]. <br />
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==Death==<br />
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Coffee died at the age of 92. At the time, he was living in Lakewood, NJ. A memorial service for Coffee was held at [[St. Paul's Chapel]].<br />
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<div>'''Class Day''' is like graduation, but not really ([[University Commencement]], at which students are formally conferred their [[degrees]], is held on a separate day). These celebrations, held for each of Columbia's schools, feature student speakers (usually class presidents and [[valedictorian]]s or [[salutatorian]]s, depending on the school) and keynote speakers (usually alumni), and an occasion for students to have their names called out, walk across the stage, and shake hands with the [[Dean]] and the [[University President|president]]. Their existence forces students' parents to spend an extra day or two dealing with their children's commencement. The upshot is that the ceremonies are more intimate and personal. Both the [[Columbia College]] and [[SEAS]] ceremony includes a [[Parade of Classes]].<br />
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Instead getting a [[diploma]], undergraduate students receive a [[Class Pin]] from members of the 50th reunion class of that year.<br />
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== History ==<br />
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The first class day for Columbia College was held in [[1865]].<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19640601-01.2.7]</ref><br />
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The location of Class Days has shifted considerably over time, moving between indoor and outdoor locations. Columbia College Class Day was held in the [[University Gymnasium]] around [[1907]], on "the Green between [[Earl Hall|Earl]] and [[School of Mines|Mines]]" in [[1921]], and in [[McMillan Theater]] in [[1931]].<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F20C15FF3D5F157A93C0A9178DD85F458385F9</ref> In [[1938]], Class Day was held on the [[Van Am Quadrangle]]. In [[1943]], ceremonies moved indoors again, to [[Brander Matthews Hall]]. Over the years, Class Day exercises have gradually migrated to [[South Lawn]]. However, [[Barnard]]'s Class Days have often been held in [[Dodge Gym]].<br />
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In [[1944]] due to "wartime difficulties," Class Day for Columbia College was held without cap and gown.<br />
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Although speeches have become the focal point of Class Day, in earlier years, prior to the establishment of the [[Academic Awards Ceremony]], the focus was on distributing prizes. In [[1941]], for example, there were no designated speakers at Columbia College Class Day other than University President [[Nicholas Murray Butler|Butler]], Dean [[Herbert Hawkes|Hawkes]], and the valedictorian and salutatorian. <br />
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In subsequent years a Senior Banquet was held on the same day, during which students would hear from an invited speaker, but the integrated Class Day speaker tradition did not begin until the later decades of the 20th century.<br />
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===Speaker Complaints===<br />
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Speakers at recent class days have stirred howls of complaint. Supposedly there is a rule the speaker must be an alumnus of their school, which accounts for Columbia's less famous speakers relative to our [[Ivy League|peer institutions]]. However, this rule has been ignored by CC when speakers such as novelist Ralph Ellison or Senator John McCain have agreed to speak, and does not apply to GS when the administration finds it convenient. Barnard does not have this rule.<br />
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In [[1991]], students circulated a petition hoping to disinvite [[1968 protests]] leader [[Juan Gonzalez]] as speaker; Gonzalez spoke anyway. Among the complaints were that literally no one apart from the class president could identify who Gonzalez was when the choice was announced.<br />
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In [[2006]], Senator [[John McCain]] (whose daughter is [[Columbia College|CC]] [[2007|'07]]) spoke, and some students expressed disapproval arguing that he did not represent the political beliefs of most CC students. <br />
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[[Matthew Fox]], a star of TV's ''Lost'', was the speaker for [[2007]], and was seen as an underwhelming or inappropriate choice for such a serious occasion, although his speech turned out well-received. These controversies generally involve petulant members of the senior class, who desire a meaningful close to their four year stint at the university, i.e. a charismatic intellectual celebrity.<br />
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In [[2012]], controversy was ignited again when President [[Barack Obama]], a Columbia College alumnus, opted to speak at [[Barnard College]]'s Class Day, despite entreaties from CC.<br />
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== Class Day speakers ==<br />
===Undergraduate School Speakers===<br />
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|- style="background:#DDDDDD;"<br />
| '''Year'''<br />
| '''[[Columbia College]]'''<br />
| '''[[SEAS]]'''<br />
| '''[[General Studies]]'''<br />
| '''[[Barnard College]]<br />
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|[[2013]]<br />
|[[Terrence McNally]] '60CC<br />
|[[Robert Bakish]] '85SEAS, '89[[Business|BUS]]<br />
|[[Nicholas Dirks]]<br />
|[[w:Leymah Gbowee|Leymah Gbowee]]<br />
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|[[2012]]<br />
|[[John MacArthur]] '78CC<br />
|[[Ursula Burns]] '82SEAS<br />
|[[Thomas Reardon]] '08GS<br />
|[[Barack Obama]] '83CC<br />
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|[[2011]]<br />
|[[Alexandra Wallace Creed]] '88CC<br />
|[[Ralph Izzo]] '79SEAS<br />
|[[Roger Leeds]] '66GS<br />
|[[w:Sheryl Sandberg|Sheryl Sandberg]]<br />
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|[[2010]]<br />
|[[Benjamin Jealous]] '94CC<br />
|[[Paul Brandt-Rauf]] '70, '74SEAS; '79[[College of Physicians and Surgeons|P&S]]; '87[[Mailman School of Public Health|PH]]<br />
|[[Jacques Pepin]] '70GS<br />
|[[w:Meryl Streep|Meryl Streep]]<br />
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|[[2009]]<br />
|[[Eric Holder]] '73CC<br />
|[[James Albaugh]] '74SEAS M.S.<br />
|[[Philippe Reines]] '00GS<br />
|[[w:Hillary Clinton|Hillary Clinton]]<br />
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|[[2008]]<br />
|[[Joel Klein]] '67CC<br />
|[[Armen A. Avanessians]] '83SEAS M.S.<br />
|[[Alicia Graf]] '03GS<br />
|[[w:Michael Bloomberg|Michael Bloomberg]]<br />
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|[[2007]]<br />
|[[Matthew Fox|Matthew C. Fox]] '89CC<br />
|[[Santiago Calatrava]] Parent '06, '07, '08, '09SEAS<br />
|Deborah Marshall, '79GS<br />
|Anna Deavere Smith<br />
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|[[2006]]<br />
|[[John McCain]] Parent '07CC<br />
|[[Raymond P. Daddazio]] '75, '76, '82SEAS<br />
|Antonio Luis Freitas '97GS<br />
|[[Francine du Plessix Gray]] '52BC <br />
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|[[2005]]<br />
|[[Robert Kraft]] '63CC<br />
|Mynoon Doro '73SEAS<br />
|Michael Margitich, '99GS<br />
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|[[2004]]<br />
|[[Tony Kushner]] '78CC [http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/jul04/cover.php]<br />
|[[Savio Tung]] '73SEAS; Parent '01SEAS, '11B<br />
|[[Carlos Fedrigotti]], '73GS<br />
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|[[2003]]<br />
|[[George Stephanopoulos]] '82CC [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/vforum/03/cc_class_day/cc.ram]<br />
|[[Michael Massimino]] '84SEAS [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/vforum/03/seas_class_day/seas.ram]<br />
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|[[2002]]<br />
|[[David J. Stern]] '66L [http://www.college.columbia.edu/aboutcc/news/video_classday2002_stern_ref.php]<br />
|Jeffrey Bleustein [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/vforum/02/seas_class_day/seas.ram]<br />
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|[[2001]]<br />
|[[w:David Boies|David Boies]]<br />
|Russell Bassette<br />
|R. W. Apple, Jr '61GS<br />
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|-<br />
|[[2000]]<br />
|[[Brian Dennehy]] '60CC<br />
|[[Peter Slosberg]] '72SEAS; '74B; Parent '04SEAS<br />
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|[[1999]]<br />
|[[Claire Shipman]] '86CC<br />
|[[David E. Shaw]]<br />
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|-<br />
|[[1998]]<br />
|Judge [[Joseph A. Greenaway]] '78CC<br />
|Norman R. Augustine<br />
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|Joyce Purnick '67BC<br />
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|[[1997]]<br />
|Jonathan Kozol <br />
|David Marks<br />
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|[[Anna Quindlen]] '74BC<br />
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|[[1996]]<br />
|[[w:Robert Rubin|Robert Rubin]]<br />
|Y.D. Kim<br />
|Joseph Califano<br />
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|[[1995]]<br />
|[[w:Tom Brokaw|Tom Brokaw]]<br />
|Samuel L. Higginbottom '43CC, '43SEAS<br />
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|[[Madeleine Albright]] '68GSAS, '76SIPA<br />
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|[[1994]]<br />
|[[Fritz Stern]] '46CC<br />
|Eleanor Baum<br />
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|Sheila E. Widnall<br />
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|[[1993]]<br />
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|[[Anna K. Longobardo]] '49, '52SEAS<br />
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|[[1992]]<br />
|Louis Harris<br />
|Lee-Un Chung<br />
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|-<br />
|[[1991]]<br />
|[[Juan Gonzalez]] '98CC<br />
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|[[1990]]<br />
|Ralph Ellison<br />
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|Madeleine Kunin<br />
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|[[1989]]<br />
|[[Herman Wouk]] '34CC<br />
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|[[Mary Gordon]] '71BC<br />
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|[[1987]]<br />
|Anthony Lewis<br />
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|Charles S. Robb<br />
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|[[1986]]<br />
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|[[Thomas Kean]] MA (TC)<br />
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|[[1982]]<br />
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|Carol Bellamy<br />
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|[[1980]]<br />
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|Shirley Hufstedler<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
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*Part of [[James Russell]]'s valedictory speech was delivered in ancient Armenian<br />
*In [[2010]], the [[General Studies]] valedictorian, [[Brian Corman]], plagiarized part of his speech from comedian Patton Oswalt<br />
*In [[1961]], valedictorian [[John Vaio]] delivered the first Latin Valedictory at Columbia since 1901, while his classmates followed along with English translations.<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19610605-01.2.6 Exercises Today to Include Latin Valedictory Address], Columbia Spectator, 5 June 1961</ref><br />
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[[Category:Commencement]]</div>Ad2397https://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Coffee&diff=45235Joseph Coffee2013-05-15T18:05:04Z<p>Ad2397: /* Death */</p>
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<div>'''Joseph Denis Coffee, Jr.''' [[CC]] [[1941|'41]] (1918 - 2011) was a [[John Jay Award]] winner, university trustee and president of the Columbia Club.<br />
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==Early life and career==<br />
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Coffee was born in 1918 in Glen Falls, NY. He attended Columbia College and was the chairman of the Class Day Committee in 1941.<br />
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From 1946 - 1950, Coffee was assistant to the general secretary of Columbia University. He was in the Navy during World War II, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Commander. In 1942, Coffee was naval aide to President Roosevelt. <br />
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Coffee was appointed associate dean in charge of college development for Columbia College in [[1959]]. Prior to being named associate dean, Coffee was director of Columbia College Development Program. Coffee also served as president of Columbia University Club, and secretary of Columbia College Council. Coffee was also director of the Columbia College Fund.<br />
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Coffee helped start [[Dean's Day]], the John Jay Associates program, the [[Alexander Hamilton Medal]], [[Columbia College Today]], and the [[Columbia College Fund]].<br />
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In 1967, Coffee left Columbia to become a founding administrator of the now-defunct Eisenhower College. <br />
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In [[1998]], Coffee received the [[John Jay Award]]. <br />
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==Death==<br />
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Coffee died at the age of 92. At the time, he was living in Lakewood, NJ. A memorial service for Coffee was held at [[St. Paul's Chapel]].<br />
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[[Category:John Jay Award recipients|Coffee, Joseph]]</div>Ad2397https://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Joseph_Coffee&diff=45226Joseph Coffee2013-05-15T17:59:32Z<p>Ad2397: Created page with "'''Joseph Denis Coffee, Jr.''' CC '41 (1918 - 2011) was a John Jay Award winner, university trustee and president of the Columbia Club. ==Early life and care..."</p>
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<div>'''Joseph Denis Coffee, Jr.''' [[CC]] [[1941|'41]] (1918 - 2011) was a [[John Jay Award]] winner, university trustee and president of the Columbia Club.<br />
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==Early life and career==<br />
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Coffee was born in 1918 in Glen Falls, NY. He attended Columbia College and was the chairman of the Class Day Committee in 1941.<br />
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From 1946 - 1950, Coffee was assistant to the general secretary of Columbia University. He was in the Navy during World War II, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Commander. In 1942, Coffee was naval aide to President Roosevelt. <br />
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Coffee was appointed associate dean in charge of college development for Columbia College in [[1959]]. Prior to being named associate dean, Coffee was director of Columbia College Development Program. Coffee also served as president of Columbia University Club, and secretary of Columbia College Council. Coffee was also director of the Columbia College Fund.<br />
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Coffee helped start [[Dean's Day]], the John Jay Associates program, the [[Alexander Hamilton Medal]], [[Columbia College Today]], and the [[Columbia College Fund]].<br />
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In 1967, Coffee left Columbia to become a founding administrator of the now-defunct Eisenhower College. <br />
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In [[1998]], Coffee received the John Jay Award. <br />
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==Death==<br />
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Coffee died at the age of 92. At the time, he was living in Lakewood, NJ. A memorial service for Coffee was held at St. Paul's Chapel.<br />
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[[Category:John Jay Award Winners|Coffee, Joseph]]</div>Ad2397https://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Charles_H._Bjorkwall_Prize&diff=45212Charles H. Bjorkwall Prize2013-05-15T17:52:26Z<p>Ad2397: </p>
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<div>The '''Charles H. Bjorkwall Prize''' is awarded annually to a member of the [[Columbia College]] senior class for unselfish service to the College community. It was established by Ottle Emma Bjorkwall in memory of her brother, Dr. Charles H. Bjorkwall, in [[1937]].<br />
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==Past winners==<br />
*[[2012]]: [[Amirah Sequeira]]<br />
*[[2011]]: [[Terrell Winder]]<br />
*[[2010]]: [[Isabel Broer]]<br />
*[[2009]]: [[Susana Bernal]]<br />
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*[[2007]]: [[Keith Hernandez]]<br />
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*[[1979]]: [[Fernando Ortiz Jr.]]<br />
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*[[1941]] [[William Theodore de Bary]]]<br />
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[[Category:Student awards]]</div>Ad2397https://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Bill_de_Blasio&diff=45194Bill de Blasio2013-05-15T17:25:19Z<p>Ad2397: </p>
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<div>'''Bill de Blasio''' [[SIPA]] [[1987|'87]] is the New York City Public Advocate. He is a former New York City councilmember, representing the 39th district in Brooklyn. He was also Hillary Clinton's senate campaign manager in 2000.<br />
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Currently, de Blasio is a candidate for the Democratic primary for Mayor.<br />
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de Blasio received a Master's in International Affairs with a concentration in Latin American and Iberian Studies. <br />
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<div>'''Bill de Blasio''' [[SIPA]] [[1987|'87]] is the New York City Public Advocate. He is a former New York City councilmember, representing the 39th district in Brooklyn. He was also Hilary Clinton's senate campaign manager in 2000.<br />
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Currently, de Blasio is a candidate for the Democratic primary for Mayor.<br />
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de Blasio received a Master's in International Affairs with a concentration in Latin American and Iberian Studies. <br />
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<div>'''Bill de Blasio''' [[SIPA]] [[1987|'87]]] is the New York City Public Advocate. He is a former New York City councilmember, representing the 39th district in Brooklyn. He was also Hilary Clinton's senate campaign manager in 2000.<br />
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Currently, de Blasio is a candidate for the Democratic primary for Mayor.<br />
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de Blasio received a Master's in International Affairs with a concentration in Latin American and Iberian Studies. <br />
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The library was founded in 1863.<br />
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'''Grayson Kirk''' (October 12, 1903 – November 21, 1997) had the misfortune of becoming the 14th [[University President]] after [[Dwight Eisenhower]] set off for [[w:White House|greener pastures]], and thus of later enduring the [[1968 protests]]. Previously, Kirk had served as [[Provost]]. Everyone hated him:<br />
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*The students hated him because... well they hated establishment authority figures- it was the 60s, after all. <br />
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*The faculty hated him because, thanks to recurring budget woes, the university grossly underpaid its employees in relation to peer institutions during his tenure.<br />
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*The civil rights movement hated him because he declined to open up a [[Lydia C. Roberts Graduate and Traveling Fellowships|racially restrictive fellowship program]] to all applicants.<br />
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Of course it didn't help that Columbia had arguably been drifting through the two decades before his tenure - through the great depression and WWII, through President Butler's late tenure senility, through the three years without a permanent president while the [[trustees]] kept the seat warm for [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], and through Eisenhower's own absentee presidency while he served as Supreme Allied Commander NATO, and then ran for President of the United States. By 1954, Kirk was left to preside over the nation's "most complexly organized university."[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2506&dat=19540321&id=3F5SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HTcNAAAAIBAJ&pg=789,3208225]<br />
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After all the stress of keeping up appearances, trying to manage the University's [[Campaign for Columbia (1966)|first major fundraising campaign]] and a massive physical expansion, combined with the scandals like the the University's harebrained involvement in the [[The Strickman Filter|Strickman Filter]] controversy, the [[1968 protests]] finally broke him and led to his resignation. Kirk is therefore perhaps indirectly responsible for the decades of alumni apathy that followed (including, at one point, the serious thought of closing the school due to a lack of funding) and the affirmation of the university as a left-wing jihadist institution, much like the University of Havana. <br />
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'''Juan Gonzalez''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '98 is an activist and journalist at the ''[[New York Daily News]]''. He is a frequent co-host with [[Amy Goodman]] on the radio program 'Democracy Now!' <br />
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Originally a Columbia College student in the 1960s, he played a highly active role in his senior year as a representative on the strike committee for the [[1968 protests]].<br />
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In [[1991]], Gonzalez served as the Columbia College [[Class Day]] speaker, despite considerable controversy stemming both from his role in the protests and relative obscurity. Despite the circulation of a formal petition by students opposing the choice, Gonzalez spoke at Class Day that year.<br />
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He majored in English and Comparative Literature and is listed as being on the listserv for the Latino Alumni Association (LAACU).<br />
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'''Juan Gonzalez''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '98 is an activist and journalist at the ''[[New York Daily News]]''. Originally a Columbia College student in the 1960s, he played a highly active role in his senior year as a representative on the strike committee for the [[1968 protests]].<br />
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In [[1991]], Gonzalez served as the Columbia College [[Class Day]] speaker, despite considerable controversy stemming both from his role in the protests and relative obscurity. Despite the circulation of a formal petition by students opposing the choice, Gonzalez spoke at Class Day that year.<br />
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He majored in English and Comparative Literature and is listed as being on the listserv for the Latino Alumni Association (LAACU).<br />
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'''Harry Morgan Ayres''' (1881 - 1948) was the head of University Extension and the founding head of the [[School of General Studies]].<br />
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Ayres was born in Passaic, NJ on October 6, 1881, the son of Dr. Morgan Willcox Ayres (who was from Brooklyn, NY). He received his AB from Harvard in 1902, and a PhD in philology from Harvard in 1908. While at Harvard, Ayres was chosen to be Ivy Orator, and was editor of the Harvard Lampoon, and a writer at the Harvard Advocate. The Cambridge Tribune wrote that " Mr. Ayres is one of the most popular men of his class. " While Ayres was at Harvard, George Santayana wrote him a postcard indicating that George received a B in a Philosophy 10 class.<br />
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Ayres was an associate professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, an authority on Chaucer, and an Italian scholar. He was first named acting director of University Extension in 1942. He became a full professor in his department in 1928.<br />
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Ayres was also started an Italian program which eventually became Casa Italiana in 1940. He replaced [[Giuseppe Prezzolini]] in 1940 who had the post since 1930. <br />
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Ayres was also director of Columbia's Summer Session program in 1939, the time of the World's Fair in which Columbia saw a record number of summer students.<br />
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As head of University Extension, on September 1, 1946, Ayres wrote to Acting President [[Frank D. Fackenthal]] suggesting that the Extension "should be given the official designation and status of the School of General Studies." Three months later, the trustees acted on his letter and established the School.<br />
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Ayres died of a heart attack in 1948 at his home at 200 West 108th Street at the age of 67. He was survived by his wife, Amy Wentworth, a graduate of Smith College, and his children.<br />
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'''Harry Morgan Ayres''' (1881 - 1948) was the head of University Extension and the founding head of the [[School of General Studies]].<br />
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Ayres was born in Passaic, NJ on October 6, 1881, the son of Dr. Morgan Willcox Ayres (who was from Brooklyn, NY). He received his AB from Harvard in 1902, and a PhD in philology from Harvard in 1908. While at Harvard, Ayres was chosen to be Ivy Orator, and was editor of the Harvard Lampoon, and a writer at the Harvard Advocate. The Cambridge Tribune wrote that " Mr. Ayres is one of the most popular men of his class. " While Ayres was at Harvard, George Santayana wrote him a postcard indicating that George received a B in a Philosophy 10 class.<br />
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Ayres was an associate professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, an authority on Chaucer, and an Italian scholar. He was first named acting director of University Extension in 1942. He became a full professor in his department in 1928.<br />
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Ayres was also started an Italian program which eventually became Casa Italiana in 1940. He replaced [[Giuseppe Prezzolini]] in 1940 who had the post since 1930. <br />
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Ayres was also director of Columbia's Summer Session program in 1939, the time of the World's Fair in which Columbia saw a record number of summer students.<br />
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As head of University Extension, on September 1, 1946, Ayres wrote to Acting President [[Frank D. Fackenthal]] suggesting that the Extension "should be given the official designation and status of the School of General Studies." Three months later, the trustees acted on his letter and established the School.<br />
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Ayres died of a heart attack in 1948 at his home at 200 West 108th Street at the age of 67. He was survived by his wife, Amy Wentworth, a graduate of Smith College, and his children.<br />
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'''Harry Morgan Ayres''' (1881 - 1948) was the head of University Extension and the founding head of the [[School of General Studies]].<br />
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Ayres was born in Passaic, NJ on October 6, 1881, the son of Dr. Morgan Willcox Ayres (who was from Brooklyn, NY). He received his AB from Harvard in 1902, and a PhD in philology from Harvard in 1908. While at Harvard, Ayres was chosen to be Ivy Orator, and was editor of the Harvard Lampoon, and a writer at the Harvard Advocate. The Cambridge Tribune wrote that " Mr. Ayres is one of the most popular men of his class. " While Ayres was at Harvard, George Santayana wrote him a postcard indicating that George received a B in a Philosophy 10 class.<br />
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Ayres was an associate professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, an authority on Chaucer, and an Italian scholar. He was first named acting director of University Extension in 1942. He became a full professor in his department in 1928.<br />
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Ayres was also started an Italian program which eventually became Casa Italiana in 1940. He replaced [[Giuseppe Prezzolini]] in 1940 who had the post since 1930. <br />
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Ayres was also director of Columbia's Summer Session program in 1939, the time of the World's Fair in which Columbia saw a record number of summer students.<br />
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As head of University Extension, on September 1, 1946, Ayres wrote to Acting President [[Frank D. Fackenthal]] suggesting that the Extension "should be given the official designation and status of the School of General Studies." Three months later, the trustees acted on his letter and established the School.<br />
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Ayres died of a heart attack in 1948 at his home at 200 West 108th Street at the age of 67. He was survived by his wife, Amy Wentworth, a graduate of Smith College, and his children.<br />
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'''Harry Morgan Ayres''' (1881 - 1948) was the head of University Extension and the founding head of the [[School of General Studies]].<br />
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Ayres was born in Passaic, NJ on October 6, 1881, the son of Dr. Morgan Willcox Ayres (who was from Brooklyn, NY). He received his AB from Harvard in 1902, and a PhD in philology from Harvard in 1908. While at Harvard, Ayres was chosen to be Ivy Orator, and was editor of the Harvard Lampoon, and a writer at the Harvard Advocate. The Cambridge Tribune wrote that " Mr. Ayres is one of the most popular men of his class. " While Ayres was at Harvard, George Santayana wrote him a postcard indicating that George received a B in a Philosophy 10 class.<br />
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Ayres was an associate professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, an authority on Chaucer, and an Italian scholar. He was first named acting director of University Extension in 1942. He became a full professor in his department in 1928.<br />
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Ayres was also started an Italian program which eventually became Casa Italiana in 1940. He replaced [[Giuseppe Prezzolini]] in 1940 who had the post since 1930. <br />
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Ayres was also director of Columbia's Summer Session program in 1939, the time of the World's Fair in which Columbia saw a record number of summer students.<br />
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As head of University Extension, on September 1, 1946, Ayres wrote to Acting President [[Frank D. Fackenthal]] suggesting that the Extension "should be given the official designation and status of the School of General Studies." Three months later, the trustees acted on his letter and established the School.<br />
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Ayres died of a heart attack in 1948 at his home at 200 West 108th Street at the age of 67. He was survived by his wife, Amy Wentworth, a graduate of Smith College, and his children.<br />
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'''Harry Morgan Ayres''' (1881 - 1948) was the head of University Extension and the founding head of the [[School of General Studies]].<br />
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Ayres was born in Passaic, NJ on October 6, 1881, the son of Dr. Morgan Willcox Ayres (who was from Brooklyn, NY). He received his AB from Harvard in 1902, and a PhD in philology from Harvard in 1908. While at Harvard, Ayres was chosen to be Ivy Orator, and was editor of the Harvard Lampoon, and a writer at the Harvard Advocate. The Cambridge Tribune wrote that " Mr. Ayres is one of the most popular men of his class. " While Ayres was at Harvard, George Santayana wrote him a postcard indicating that George received a B in a Philosophy 10 class.<br />
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Ayres was an associate professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, an authority on Chaucer, and an Italian scholar. He was first named acting director of University Extension in 1942. He became a full professor in his department in 1928.<br />
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Ayres was also started an Italian program which eventually became Casa Italiana in 1940. He replaced [[Giuseppe Prezzolini]] in 1940 who had the post since 1930. <br />
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Ayres was also director of Columbia's Summer Session program in 1939, the time of the World's Fair in which Columbia saw a record number of summer students.<br />
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As head of University Extension, on September 1, 1946, Ayres wrote to Acting President [[Frank D. Fackenthal]] suggesting that the Extension "should be given the official designation and status of the School of General Studies." Three months later, the trustees acted on his letter and established the School.<br />
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Ayres died of a heart attack in 1948 at his home at 200 West 108th Street at the age of 67. He was survived by his wife, Amy Wentworth, a graduate of Smith College, and his children.<br />
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'''Harry Morgan Ayres''' (1881 - 1948) was the head of University Extension and the founding head of the [[School of General Studies]].<br />
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Ayres was born in Passaic, NJ on October 6, 1881, the son of Dr. Morgan Willcox Ayres (who was from Brooklyn, NY). He received his AB from Harvard in 1902, and a PhD in philology from Harvard in 1908. While at Harvard, Ayres was chosen to be Ivy Orator, and was editor of the Harvard Lampoon, and a writer at the Harvard Advocate. The Cambridge Tribune wrote that " Mr. Ayres is one of the most popular men of his class. " While Ayres was at Harvard, George Santayana wrote him a postcard indicating that George received a B in a Philosophy 10 class.<br />
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Ayres was an associate professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, an authority on Chaucer, and an Italian scholar. He was first named acting director of University Extension in 1942. He became a full professor in his department in 1928.<br />
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Ayres was also started an Italian program which eventually became Casa Italiana in 1940. He replaced [[Giuseppe Prezzolini]] in 1940 who had the post since 1930. <br />
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Ayres was also director of Columbia's Summer Session program in 1939, the time of the World's Fair in which Columbia saw a record number of summer students.<br />
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As head of University Extension, on September 1, 1946, Ayres wrote to Acting President [[Frank D. Fackenthal]] suggesting that the Extension "should be given the official designation and status of the School of General Studies." Three months later, the trustees acted on his letter and established the School.<br />
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Ayres died of a heart attack in 1948 at his home at 200 West 108th Street at the age of 67. He was survived by his wife, Amy Wentworth, a graduate of Smith College, and his children.<br />
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<div>The '''Kreitchman PET Center''' was a research laboratory on the [[Medical School campus]]. In July [[2010]], it was shut down by the FDA for injecting suspicious radioactive substances into schizophrenic patients' brains, and then covering up the process with forged documents. Well done, Kreitchman PET Center. Anything for science.<br />
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As a result of the incident, the [[EVP]] for Research, [[David I. Hirsh]], resigned.<br />
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*[http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/radiology/pet/ Website (also shut down)]<br />
*[http://bwog.net/2010/07/16/mistakes-are-made-on-168th-street Bwog post]<br />
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/17/health/17columbia.html NY Times article]<br />
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'''Clifford Lee Lord''' (September 4, 1912 - October 22, 1980) was a historian and the first official Dean of the [[School of General Studies]]. Prior to Lord, the heads of General Studies were designated as "director."<br />
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He received a BA from Amherst in 1933. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy as a Lieutenant Junior Grade in the Bureau of Aeronautics. After the war, Lord served as the Director of the Wisconsin Historical Society from 1946 to 1958. He was Dean of General Studies from 1958 until he became president of Hofstra in 1964. <br />
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Lord became the fourth president of Hofstra University in the fall of 1964. As president of Hofstra, Lord provided an honorary degree to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1965, and he created the School of Business and the Law School. In 1972, Lord invited Columbia president [[William McGill]] to deliver the commencement address at Hofstra</div>Ad2397https://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Clifford_Lord&diff=45098Clifford Lord2013-05-14T21:49:40Z<p>Ad2397: Created page with "Clifford Lord, with Martin Luther King '''Clifford Lord''' (September 4, 1912 - October 22, 1980) was the first official Dean of the [[School..."</p>
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'''Clifford Lord''' (September 4, 1912 - October 22, 1980) was the first official Dean of the [[School of General Studies]]. Prior to Lord, the heads of General Studies were designated as "director."<br />
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During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy as a Lieutenant Junior Grade in the Bureau of Aeronautics. After the war, he served as the Director of the Wisconsin Historical Society from 1946 to 1958. He was Dean of General Studies until he became president of Hofstra in 1964.<br />
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|Established=[[1947]]<br />
|Dean=[[Peter Awn]]<br />
|Degrees=[[BA]], [[BS]], Postbac Certificate in Premedical Sciences<br />
|Enrollment=2038 (2011)<br />
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The '''School of General Studies''', commonly known as '''General Studies''' or simply '''GS''', is one of the three official undergraduate colleges of Columbia University. It is a highly selective liberal arts college known for its non-traditional and international students. GS confers the Bachelor of Art and Bachelor of Science degrees in over seventy different majors. GS students take the same courses with the same faculty, are held to the same high standards, and earn the same degree as all other Columbia undergraduates. GS students, who comprise of approximately 25% of all Columbia undergraduates, have the highest average GPA of all the undergraduate schools at Columbia.<ref>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir/abstract/enrollment%20headcount%20by%20school%20all.htm</ref><br />
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GS is also home to Columbia's Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program, which is the largest and oldest in the United States. In recent years, up to 90 percent of the students in the GS Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program have been accepted to top U.S. medical schools.<br />
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==Background==<br />
A Columbia undergraduate class could include students from any of the following schools: GS, Columbia College, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, or Barnard College. GS is unique among colleges of its type, because its students are fully integrated into the Columbia undergraduate curriculum: GS Students take the same classes with the same students and professors and are granted the same degrees as students at Columbia College or SEAS. <br />
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In addition to its bachelor's degree program, the School of General Studies offers combined undergraduate/graduate degree programs with Columbia's schools of [[Columbia Law School|Law]], [[CBS|Business]], [[College of Dental Medicine|Dental Medicine]], [[School of Social Work|Social Work]], [[SIPA|International and Public Affairs]], [[Teachers College]], and the [[College of Physicians and Surgeons]], as well as undergraduate dual-degree programs with [[SEAS]], the [[Jewish Theological Seminary]], and a dual-BA program with [[w:Sciences Po|Sciences Po]]. In 2012, GS launched a pilot dual degree program with City University of Hong Kong. <ref> http://gs.columbia.edu/owl-article?ntitle=7141&mgid=7138 </ref><br />
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==Admissions==<br />
Admission to Columbia GS is highly selective and "extremely competitive."<ref>http://www.gs.columbia.edu/our-process</ref> According to the College Board, the GS acceptance rate is 23%. Admissions officers examine high school records, test scores, extra-curricular activities, resumes and essays. They conduct interviews in person and on the phone. They also consider college-level work and real-life experience. For transfer students, most successful applicants attain GPAs of at least 3.8 according to the GS admissions office. GS also requires standardized test scores for entry. The school will use scores from the SAT, ACT, or the school's own General Studies Admissions Exam. A list of admissions requirements and procedures is available from the General Studies website and statistics on application, admission, and matriculation are available at the website of Columbia's Office of Planning and Institutional Research. GS admissions statistics are not reported in conjunction with CC/SEAS statistics. This is related both to GS's different admission deadlines and the fact that CC/SEAS and GS have different applicant pools.<br />
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Applicants to the School of General Studies must have a break of one academic year or have compelling personal or professional reasons for part-time attendance to be eligible to apply for admission. Prospective Columbia undergraduates who have had a break of a year or more in their education are considered non-traditional and are required to apply to the School of General Studies (such persons are automatically ineligible for admission to Columbia College). GS students have the option to attend part- or full-time unlike Columbia College students, who are required to attend full-time. Also, scholarships at Columbia GS are merit based rather than income based like that of Columbia College or SEAS. In the 2006 class, the average age was 27 for incoming students, and the majority attend full-time.<br />
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Most GS students are transfer students, as 78% of the admitted class in 2006 transferred some college credit.<ref>Source: [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/bulletin_courses/bulletin98/tc.html 78% of 2006 admitted students transferred credit.]</ref> A list of admissions requirements and procedures is available from the [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/index_howtoapply.htm/ General Studies website]<br />
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Additional statistics on application, admission, and matriculation are available at the website of the Office of Planning and Institutional Research. [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir/index.html]<br />
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==Placement==<br />
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More than 70 percent of GS students go on to earn advanced degrees after graduation. Columbia GS students have been admitted to top graduate programs all over the country including law schools at Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, the University of Chicago, NYU, the University of Pennsylvania, UC Berkeley (Boalt Hall), Duke, and Cornell. They have also been admitted to medicals schools at Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins, Duke, Stanford, UC San Francisco, Yale, Columbia, the University of Chicago, Cornell, and many others. In recent years, GS graduates have been recruited by investment banks such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, UBS, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup.<br />
<br />
==Nontraditional students==<br />
<br />
GS enrolls world-class artists, Olympic athletes, and musicians; investment bankers and business owners; published authors and military veterans; and people who come from as far away as China, Israel, and Germany. Many students work full-time while pursuing a degree, and many have family responsibilities; others attend classes full-time and experience Columbia's more traditional college life.<br />
<br />
Many have enjoyed successful careers in fields such as investment banking and information technology and quite a few are nontraditional due to previous conscription or community service requirements in their home countries. A substantial portion of the population enter as transfer students; the previous schools of these students range from community colleges to Columbia's peer institutions.<br />
<br />
== Academics ==<br />
GS students must complete a total of 124 credits to graduate. Up to 60 of these credits may be transferred from another institution; at least 64 credits must be completed at Columbia University.<ref>Source: [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/bulletin_courses/bulletin98/tc.html GS Credit Policies]</ref> <br />
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=== Core Requirements ===<br />
GS has been progressively bringing its Core closer into alignment with CC, most recently during the summer of 2012 when it replaced the Cultural Diversity requirement (1 class that may overlap with another core class, commonly Asian Music or Art) with CC's 2 class [[Global Core]] requirement.<br />
The following table lists the core requirements for GS and CC for students matriculating Fall 2012 or later:<br />
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!width="45%"|GS<ref>[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/bulletin_courses/Bulletin98/bach_core.html School of General Studes Core Requirements]</ref> <br />
!width="45%"|CC<ref>[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/ Columbia College Core Curriculum]</ref><br />
|-<br />
!Writing<ref>[[University Writing]] is required of both GS and CC students, but the sections are divided by school.</ref><br />
<br />
|[[University Writing]]<br />
|[[University Writing]]<br />
|-<br />
!Literature/Humanities<br />
|[[Literature Humanities]], or 1 semester of literature at Columbia and 1 semester of humanities or literature.<br />
|[[Literature Humanities]]<br />
|-<br />
!Foreign Language<br />
|4th Semester of a Language OR exemption by university exam<br />
|4th Semester of a Language OR exemption by university exam<br />
|-<br />
!Art<br />
|[[Art Humanities]], Asian Humanities (Art) or exemption by similar course taken at another institution<br />
|[[Art Humanities]]<br />
|-<br />
!Music<br />
|[[Music Humanities]], Asian Humanities (Music), exemption by exam, or exemption by similar course taken at another institution<br />
|[[Music Humanities]]<br />
|-<br />
!Contemporary Civilization/Social Science<br />
|[[Contemporary Civilization]], which can count as either 2 social science or 1 social science + 1 humanities. Can substitute 2 approved social science classes.<br />
|[[Contemporary Civilization]]<br />
|-<br />
!Quantitative Reasoning<br />
|Exemption by exam: 600 on Math section of SAT OR sufficient grade on QR test during orientation OR any mathematics, statistics, economics, or computer science course, OR [[Frontiers of Science]], most classes satisfy both the Quantitative requirement and count as a Science requirement<br />
|Covered under Science requirement<br />
|-<br />
!Science<br />
|3 approved science courses (very wide range, including math, statistics, CS, psychology), one of which can be [[Frontiers of Science]]<br />
|[[Frontiers of Science]] and 2 additional science courses<br />
|-<br />
!Global Core<br />
|2 courses from the Global Core List<br />
|2 courses from the Global Core List<br />
|-<br />
!Physical Education<br />
|None<br />
|[[Swim test]], 2 courses<br />
|}<br />
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=== Major Requirements ===<br />
<br />
Major requirements are determined departmentally. These are almost always the same for both GS and CC.<br />
<br />
==Science Po Columbia University Dual BA Program==<br />
<br />
The Dual BA Program is a rigorous, transatlantic program in which undergraduate students earn Bachelor of Arts degrees from both Sciences Po and Columbia University. Students spend two years at one of three Sciences Po campuses in France, each of which is devoted to a particular region of the world and offers a heavy linguistic and cultural focus. After two years, students matriculate at Columbia University School of General Studies in New York City to complete the interdisciplinary social sciences curriculum. High school students may apply. Admission to the program is highly selective.<br />
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== Financial Aid ==<br />
<br />
GS offers scholarships for both newly accepted and continuing students. These scholarships are merit- rather than need-based like that of Columbia college and SEAS.<br />
<br />
A common complaint made by GS students is that the financial aid amounts and options offered by GS are smaller than those offered to CC/SEAS students. In the absence of need-based institutional aid, many GS students rely on a combination of loans, external grants, and personal funds. In 2006 the University announced financial aid reforms for CC and SEAS students whose parents earn less than $50,000 annually. <br />
<br />
GS does not offer parity with the packages offered to CC/SEAS students. This is because the scholarship system at GS is independent of the financial aid system for CC/SEAS and funding is sourced from a separate GS-only pool. GS has made some recent efforts to address the issue, both through campaigns to increase the endowment and by increasing its scholarship offerings by 10 percent (in 2006). Starting summer 2012 GS is offering merit institutional aid for summer study, in addition to fall and spring semesters.<br />
<br />
== Housing ==<br />
General Studies students are not eligible for the CC/SEAS [[Room Selection]] process. However, many GS students receive housing through [[University Apartment Housing]].<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
GS's evolutionary ancestor is [[Seth Low Junior College]], which was established in [[Brooklyn]] to help alleviate the steady flood of applicants to [[Columbia College]], particularly Jews. SLJC was closed in 1936, and some students were given the option to transfer to The University Extension and finish their studies.<br />
<br />
The University Extension program was reorganized and renamed the School of General Studies in December 6, 1947, in part to address the influx of GIs returning from World War II. It became Columbia's third official undergraduate school. It is sometimes claimed that [[Barnard College]] is Columbia's third undergraduate school, and GS is its fourth; however Barnard is officially only affiliated with Columbia University, while GS, its deans, and students are formally integrated into the university proper, along with [[Columbia College]] and the [[Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science]]. Prior to the existence of GS, nontraditional undergraduates were classified as "University Undergraduates."<br />
<br />
The first head of General Studies was Associate Professor of English [[Harry Morgan Ayres]], who was the head of University Extension. Among the first members of the GS Administrative Board were Dean [[Harry J. Carman]], and Dean [[Millicent Carrey Mcintosh]]. In 1954, General Studies had the largest enrollment (9,700) and faculty of any college or school at Columbia. <br />
<br />
GS originally maintained its own faculty, classes, and programs. In 1968 the University Council first decided to allow GS to grant the B.A. degree in addition to the B.S. In the 1980s it was separated from the [[School of Continuing Education|Division of Continuing Education]]. In 1990, the CC, GS, and GSAS faculties were merged into the [[Faculty of Arts and Sciences]].<br />
<br />
The school's name refers to its diverse student body by alluding to medieval universities, which were also known as ''studia generalia''. ''Studia generalia'' were degree-granting institutions that served a much broader, often international group of students and scholars.<ref>[http://users.manchester.edu/Facstaff/SSNaragon/Kant/Universities/UnivIntro.htm Universities: Introduction<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=Glossary%2Fstudium Janus: ` studium<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><br />
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== Myths ==<br />
* GS is night school.<br />
:GS students attend the same classes as students in other colleges at the university. Columbia offers some classes at night, but they are available to all students.<br />
* GS is an extension program.<br />
:GS should not be confused with the separate [[School of Continuing Education]], which offers individual courses on non-degree basis. GS is one of the two official liberal arts colleges at Columbia University along with Columbia College. Students are expected to pursue a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree. <br />
<br />
== Relationship to Columbia College ==<br />
The School of General Studies is loosely defined as a school for 'non-traditional students.' “Nontraditional students include persons who have interrupted their educations since high school for at least one academic year or individuals who have compelling personal or professional reasons to attend college on a part-time basis. GS is also the college at Columbia for students seeking to complete a second B.A. or B.S. degree.” <ref>[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/newspages.dll/pages?sitename=COLAD&record=449&htmlfile=gsnews2.htm Average gap in studies for a GS student in the fall 2006 entering class was 6 years] (Admissions section of the 2006-07 GS Academic Bulletin, pg. 7).</ref> Columbia College is for 'traditional students' who matriculate directly from high school and have not had a gap of more than one year in their undergraduate studies. On this basis, students applying to study at Columbia University are directed to the appropriate school. <br />
<br />
In December 1968 the University Council decided, over the objections of some members of the Columbia College Faculty, to allow GS to grant the B.A. degree in addition to the B.S. The Board of Trustees authorized that decision in February 1969. The creation of the [[Faculty of Arts and Sciences]] in 1991 merged the GS, CC and [[GSAS]] faculties. As a result, GS and CC students are nearly academically indistinguishable – they both receive instruction in the liberal arts and sciences from the Columbia Faculty of Arts and Sciences and receive the Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University. Note that some do receive the Bachelor of Science degree, like SEAS students. GS students participate in nearly the same Core as Columbia College students, with a little additional flexibility, and the waiving of the swim test, PE, and [[Frontiers of Science]]. GS students have the same curriculum, but their own sections of, [[University Writing]], [[Literature Humanities]], and [[Contemporary Civilization]] although non-GS students may enroll if they wish and can gain permission. GS students may substitute certain other classes for the traditional Lit Hum, Art Hum, and CC that focus on non-western culture, if they wish. <br />
<br />
The wide range of students that form the GS student body, from professionals or dropouts returning to school for a degree, to military veterans, to students who took 2 years off before attending college, to 'traditional'-age students enrolled in the Joint Degree Program with List College at [[JTS]], to postbac pre-med students, makes it hard to say just what specific identity GS students have that makes them so different from their fellow students in the College. In [[2007]], the administration floated the idea of a CC-GS merger.<ref>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2007/11/12/university-may-merge-gs-cc "University May Merge GS with CC." Columbia Spectator. November 12, 2007</ref> However it quickly died down.<ref>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2008/03/10/merits-gs-cc-integration "The Merits of the GS, CC Integration" Columbia Spectator. March 10 2008</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/home.asp GS website]<br />
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/studentservices/housing.htm GS Housing website]<br />
* [http://www.alumni.gs.columbia.edu/ OwlNet, GS Alumni website]<br />
* [http://gssc.columbia.edu GSSC Website] ([[GSSC]] General Studies Student Council)<br />
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/history.htm History of the School of General Studies]<br />
*[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/03/05/News/Implications.General.Studies-2757242.shtml IMPLICATIONS: General Studies (Article on the evolving and conflicting identities of GS)] - [[Columbia Spectator|The Spectator]] 3/5/07<br />
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,822081,00.html College for Grownups (''Time'' article from 1952)]<br />
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810834,00.html The Unwashed Brother (article on GS in Time Magazine, circa 1959.)]<br />
* [[w:Columbia University School of General Studies|Wikipedia article]]<br />
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<div>'''Harry Morgan Ayres''' (1881 - 1948) was the head of University Extension and the founding head of the [[School of General Studies]].<br />
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Ayres was born in Passaic, NJ on October 6, 1881, the son of Dr. Morgan Willcox Ayres (who was from Brooklyn, NY). He received his AB from Harvard in 1902, and a PhD in philology from Harvard in 1908. While at Harvard, Ayres was chosen to be Ivy Orator, and was editor of the Harvard Lampoon, and a writer at the Harvard Advocate. The Cambridge Tribune wrote that " Mr. Ayres is one of the most popular men of his class. " While Ayres was at Harvard, George Santayana wrote him a postcard indicating that George received a B in a Philosophy 10 class.<br />
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Ayres was an associate professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, an authority on Chaucer, and an Italian scholar. He was first named acting director of University Extension in 1942. He became a full professor in his department in 1928.<br />
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Ayres was also started an Italian program which eventually became Casa Italiana in 1940. He replaced [[Giuseppe Prezzolini]] in 1940 who had the post since 1930. <br />
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Ayres was also director of Columbia's Summer Session program in 1939, the time of the World's Fair in which Columbia saw a record number of summer students.<br />
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As head of University Extension, on September 1, 1946, Ayres wrote to Acting President [[Frank D. Fackenthal]] suggesting that the Extension "should be given the official designation and status of the School of General Studies." Three months later, the trustees acted on his letter and established the School.<br />
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Ayres died of a heart attack in 1948 at his home at 200 West 108th Street at the age of 67. He was survived by his wife, Amy Wentworth, a graduate of Smith College, and his children.</div>Ad2397https://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=School_of_General_Studies&diff=45094School of General Studies2013-05-14T21:37:07Z<p>Ad2397: /* History */</p>
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<div>{{Infobox school<br />
|Name=Columbia University School of General Studies<br />
|Image=GS-Shield.gif<br />
|Established=[[1947]]<br />
|Dean=[[Peter Awn]]<br />
|Degrees=[[BA]], [[BS]], Postbac Certificate in Premedical Sciences<br />
|Enrollment=2038 (2011)<br />
|Website=[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/ www.gs.columbia.edu]<br />
}}<br />
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The '''School of General Studies''', commonly known as '''General Studies''' or simply '''GS''', is one of the three official undergraduate colleges of Columbia University. It is a highly selective liberal arts college known for its non-traditional and international students. GS confers the Bachelor of Art and Bachelor of Science degrees in over seventy different majors. GS students take the same courses with the same faculty, are held to the same high standards, and earn the same degree as all other Columbia undergraduates. GS students, who comprise of approximately 25% of all Columbia undergraduates, have the highest average GPA of all the undergraduate schools at Columbia.<ref>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir/abstract/enrollment%20headcount%20by%20school%20all.htm</ref><br />
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GS is also home to Columbia's Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program, which is the largest and oldest in the United States. In recent years, up to 90 percent of the students in the GS Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program have been accepted to top U.S. medical schools.<br />
<br />
==Background==<br />
A Columbia undergraduate class could include students from any of the following schools: GS, Columbia College, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, or Barnard College. GS is unique among colleges of its type, because its students are fully integrated into the Columbia undergraduate curriculum: GS Students take the same classes with the same students and professors and are granted the same degrees as students at Columbia College or SEAS. <br />
<br />
In addition to its bachelor's degree program, the School of General Studies offers combined undergraduate/graduate degree programs with Columbia's schools of [[Columbia Law School|Law]], [[CBS|Business]], [[College of Dental Medicine|Dental Medicine]], [[School of Social Work|Social Work]], [[SIPA|International and Public Affairs]], [[Teachers College]], and the [[College of Physicians and Surgeons]], as well as undergraduate dual-degree programs with [[SEAS]], the [[Jewish Theological Seminary]], and a dual-BA program with [[w:Sciences Po|Sciences Po]]. In 2012, GS launched a pilot dual degree program with City University of Hong Kong. <ref> http://gs.columbia.edu/owl-article?ntitle=7141&mgid=7138 </ref><br />
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==Admissions==<br />
Admission to Columbia GS is highly selective and "extremely competitive."<ref>http://www.gs.columbia.edu/our-process</ref> According to the College Board, the GS acceptance rate is 23%. Admissions officers examine high school records, test scores, extra-curricular activities, resumes and essays. They conduct interviews in person and on the phone. They also consider college-level work and real-life experience. For transfer students, most successful applicants attain GPAs of at least 3.8 according to the GS admissions office. GS also requires standardized test scores for entry. The school will use scores from the SAT, ACT, or the school's own General Studies Admissions Exam. A list of admissions requirements and procedures is available from the General Studies website and statistics on application, admission, and matriculation are available at the website of Columbia's Office of Planning and Institutional Research. GS admissions statistics are not reported in conjunction with CC/SEAS statistics. This is related both to GS's different admission deadlines and the fact that CC/SEAS and GS have different applicant pools.<br />
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Applicants to the School of General Studies must have a break of one academic year or have compelling personal or professional reasons for part-time attendance to be eligible to apply for admission. Prospective Columbia undergraduates who have had a break of a year or more in their education are considered non-traditional and are required to apply to the School of General Studies (such persons are automatically ineligible for admission to Columbia College). GS students have the option to attend part- or full-time unlike Columbia College students, who are required to attend full-time. Also, scholarships at Columbia GS are merit based rather than income based like that of Columbia College or SEAS. In the 2006 class, the average age was 27 for incoming students, and the majority attend full-time.<br />
<br />
Most GS students are transfer students, as 78% of the admitted class in 2006 transferred some college credit.<ref>Source: [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/bulletin_courses/bulletin98/tc.html 78% of 2006 admitted students transferred credit.]</ref> A list of admissions requirements and procedures is available from the [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/index_howtoapply.htm/ General Studies website]<br />
<br />
Additional statistics on application, admission, and matriculation are available at the website of the Office of Planning and Institutional Research. [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir/index.html]<br />
<br />
==Placement==<br />
<br />
More than 70 percent of GS students go on to earn advanced degrees after graduation. Columbia GS students have been admitted to top graduate programs all over the country including law schools at Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, the University of Chicago, NYU, the University of Pennsylvania, UC Berkeley (Boalt Hall), Duke, and Cornell. They have also been admitted to medicals schools at Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins, Duke, Stanford, UC San Francisco, Yale, Columbia, the University of Chicago, Cornell, and many others. In recent years, GS graduates have been recruited by investment banks such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, UBS, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup.<br />
<br />
==Nontraditional students==<br />
<br />
GS enrolls world-class artists, Olympic athletes, and musicians; investment bankers and business owners; published authors and military veterans; and people who come from as far away as China, Israel, and Germany. Many students work full-time while pursuing a degree, and many have family responsibilities; others attend classes full-time and experience Columbia's more traditional college life.<br />
<br />
Many have enjoyed successful careers in fields such as investment banking and information technology and quite a few are nontraditional due to previous conscription or community service requirements in their home countries. A substantial portion of the population enter as transfer students; the previous schools of these students range from community colleges to Columbia's peer institutions.<br />
<br />
== Academics ==<br />
GS students must complete a total of 124 credits to graduate. Up to 60 of these credits may be transferred from another institution; at least 64 credits must be completed at Columbia University.<ref>Source: [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/bulletin_courses/bulletin98/tc.html GS Credit Policies]</ref> <br />
<br />
=== Core Requirements ===<br />
GS has been progressively bringing its Core closer into alignment with CC, most recently during the summer of 2012 when it replaced the Cultural Diversity requirement (1 class that may overlap with another core class, commonly Asian Music or Art) with CC's 2 class [[Global Core]] requirement.<br />
The following table lists the core requirements for GS and CC for students matriculating Fall 2012 or later:<br />
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|-<br />
|<br />
!width="45%"|GS<ref>[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/bulletin_courses/Bulletin98/bach_core.html School of General Studes Core Requirements]</ref> <br />
!width="45%"|CC<ref>[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/ Columbia College Core Curriculum]</ref><br />
|-<br />
!Writing<ref>[[University Writing]] is required of both GS and CC students, but the sections are divided by school.</ref><br />
<br />
|[[University Writing]]<br />
|[[University Writing]]<br />
|-<br />
!Literature/Humanities<br />
|[[Literature Humanities]], or 1 semester of literature at Columbia and 1 semester of humanities or literature.<br />
|[[Literature Humanities]]<br />
|-<br />
!Foreign Language<br />
|4th Semester of a Language OR exemption by university exam<br />
|4th Semester of a Language OR exemption by university exam<br />
|-<br />
!Art<br />
|[[Art Humanities]], Asian Humanities (Art) or exemption by similar course taken at another institution<br />
|[[Art Humanities]]<br />
|-<br />
!Music<br />
|[[Music Humanities]], Asian Humanities (Music), exemption by exam, or exemption by similar course taken at another institution<br />
|[[Music Humanities]]<br />
|-<br />
!Contemporary Civilization/Social Science<br />
|[[Contemporary Civilization]], which can count as either 2 social science or 1 social science + 1 humanities. Can substitute 2 approved social science classes.<br />
|[[Contemporary Civilization]]<br />
|-<br />
!Quantitative Reasoning<br />
|Exemption by exam: 600 on Math section of SAT OR sufficient grade on QR test during orientation OR any mathematics, statistics, economics, or computer science course, OR [[Frontiers of Science]], most classes satisfy both the Quantitative requirement and count as a Science requirement<br />
|Covered under Science requirement<br />
|-<br />
!Science<br />
|3 approved science courses (very wide range, including math, statistics, CS, psychology), one of which can be [[Frontiers of Science]]<br />
|[[Frontiers of Science]] and 2 additional science courses<br />
|-<br />
!Global Core<br />
|2 courses from the Global Core List<br />
|2 courses from the Global Core List<br />
|-<br />
!Physical Education<br />
|None<br />
|[[Swim test]], 2 courses<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== Major Requirements ===<br />
<br />
Major requirements are determined departmentally. These are almost always the same for both GS and CC.<br />
<br />
==Science Po Columbia University Dual BA Program==<br />
<br />
The Dual BA Program is a rigorous, transatlantic program in which undergraduate students earn Bachelor of Arts degrees from both Sciences Po and Columbia University. Students spend two years at one of three Sciences Po campuses in France, each of which is devoted to a particular region of the world and offers a heavy linguistic and cultural focus. After two years, students matriculate at Columbia University School of General Studies in New York City to complete the interdisciplinary social sciences curriculum. High school students may apply. Admission to the program is highly selective.<br />
<br />
== Financial Aid ==<br />
<br />
GS offers scholarships for both newly accepted and continuing students. These scholarships are merit- rather than need-based like that of Columbia college and SEAS.<br />
<br />
A common complaint made by GS students is that the financial aid amounts and options offered by GS are smaller than those offered to CC/SEAS students. In the absence of need-based institutional aid, many GS students rely on a combination of loans, external grants, and personal funds. In 2006 the University announced financial aid reforms for CC and SEAS students whose parents earn less than $50,000 annually. <br />
<br />
GS does not offer parity with the packages offered to CC/SEAS students. This is because the scholarship system at GS is independent of the financial aid system for CC/SEAS and funding is sourced from a separate GS-only pool. GS has made some recent efforts to address the issue, both through campaigns to increase the endowment and by increasing its scholarship offerings by 10 percent (in 2006). Starting summer 2012 GS is offering merit institutional aid for summer study, in addition to fall and spring semesters.<br />
<br />
== Housing ==<br />
General Studies students are not eligible for the CC/SEAS [[Room Selection]] process. However, many GS students receive housing through [[University Apartment Housing]].<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
GS's evolutionary ancestor is [[Seth Low Junior College]], which was established in [[Brooklyn]] to help alleviate the steady flood of applicants to [[Columbia College]], particularly Jews. SLJC was closed in 1936, and some students were given the option to transfer to The University Extension and finish their studies.<br />
<br />
The University Extension program was reorganized and renamed the School of General Studies in December 6, 1947, in part to address the influx of GIs returning from World War II. It became Columbia's third official undergraduate school. It is sometimes claimed that [[Barnard College]] is Columbia's third undergraduate school, and GS is its fourth; however Barnard is officially only affiliated with Columbia University, while GS, its deans, and students are formally integrated into the university proper, along with [[Columbia College]] and the [[Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science]]. Prior to the existence of GS, nontraditional undergraduates were classified as "University Undergraduates."<br />
<br />
The first head of General Studies was Associate Professor of English [[Harry Morgan Ayres]], who was the head of University Extension. Among the first members of the GS Administrative Board were Dean [[Harry J. Carman]], and Dean [[Millicent Carrey Mcintosh]]. <br />
<br />
GS originally maintained its own faculty, classes, and programs. In 1968 the University Council first decided to allow GS to grant the B.A. degree in addition to the B.S. In the 1980s it was separated from the [[School of Continuing Education|Division of Continuing Education]]. In 1990, the CC, GS, and GSAS faculties were merged into the [[Faculty of Arts and Sciences]].<br />
<br />
The school's name refers to its diverse student body by alluding to medieval universities, which were also known as ''studia generalia''. ''Studia generalia'' were degree-granting institutions that served a much broader, often international group of students and scholars.<ref>[http://users.manchester.edu/Facstaff/SSNaragon/Kant/Universities/UnivIntro.htm Universities: Introduction<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=Glossary%2Fstudium Janus: ` studium<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><br />
<br />
== Myths ==<br />
* GS is night school.<br />
:GS students attend the same classes as students in other colleges at the university. Columbia offers some classes at night, but they are available to all students.<br />
* GS is an extension program.<br />
:GS should not be confused with the separate [[School of Continuing Education]], which offers individual courses on non-degree basis. GS is one of the two official liberal arts colleges at Columbia University along with Columbia College. Students are expected to pursue a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree. <br />
<br />
== Relationship to Columbia College ==<br />
The School of General Studies is loosely defined as a school for 'non-traditional students.' “Nontraditional students include persons who have interrupted their educations since high school for at least one academic year or individuals who have compelling personal or professional reasons to attend college on a part-time basis. GS is also the college at Columbia for students seeking to complete a second B.A. or B.S. degree.” <ref>[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/newspages.dll/pages?sitename=COLAD&record=449&htmlfile=gsnews2.htm Average gap in studies for a GS student in the fall 2006 entering class was 6 years] (Admissions section of the 2006-07 GS Academic Bulletin, pg. 7).</ref> Columbia College is for 'traditional students' who matriculate directly from high school and have not had a gap of more than one year in their undergraduate studies. On this basis, students applying to study at Columbia University are directed to the appropriate school. <br />
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In December 1968 the University Council decided, over the objections of some members of the Columbia College Faculty, to allow GS to grant the B.A. degree in addition to the B.S. The Board of Trustees authorized that decision in February 1969. The creation of the [[Faculty of Arts and Sciences]] in 1991 merged the GS, CC and [[GSAS]] faculties. As a result, GS and CC students are nearly academically indistinguishable – they both receive instruction in the liberal arts and sciences from the Columbia Faculty of Arts and Sciences and receive the Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University. Note that some do receive the Bachelor of Science degree, like SEAS students. GS students participate in nearly the same Core as Columbia College students, with a little additional flexibility, and the waiving of the swim test, PE, and [[Frontiers of Science]]. GS students have the same curriculum, but their own sections of, [[University Writing]], [[Literature Humanities]], and [[Contemporary Civilization]] although non-GS students may enroll if they wish and can gain permission. GS students may substitute certain other classes for the traditional Lit Hum, Art Hum, and CC that focus on non-western culture, if they wish. <br />
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The wide range of students that form the GS student body, from professionals or dropouts returning to school for a degree, to military veterans, to students who took 2 years off before attending college, to 'traditional'-age students enrolled in the Joint Degree Program with List College at [[JTS]], to postbac pre-med students, makes it hard to say just what specific identity GS students have that makes them so different from their fellow students in the College. In [[2007]], the administration floated the idea of a CC-GS merger.<ref>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2007/11/12/university-may-merge-gs-cc "University May Merge GS with CC." Columbia Spectator. November 12, 2007</ref> However it quickly died down.<ref>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2008/03/10/merits-gs-cc-integration "The Merits of the GS, CC Integration" Columbia Spectator. March 10 2008</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/home.asp GS website]<br />
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/studentservices/housing.htm GS Housing website]<br />
* [http://www.alumni.gs.columbia.edu/ OwlNet, GS Alumni website]<br />
* [http://gssc.columbia.edu GSSC Website] ([[GSSC]] General Studies Student Council)<br />
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/history.htm History of the School of General Studies]<br />
*[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/03/05/News/Implications.General.Studies-2757242.shtml IMPLICATIONS: General Studies (Article on the evolving and conflicting identities of GS)] - [[Columbia Spectator|The Spectator]] 3/5/07<br />
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,822081,00.html College for Grownups (''Time'' article from 1952)]<br />
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810834,00.html The Unwashed Brother (article on GS in Time Magazine, circa 1959.)]<br />
* [[w:Columbia University School of General Studies|Wikipedia article]]<br />
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<div>'''Harry Morgan Ayres''' (1881 - 1948) was the head of University Extension and the founding head of the [[School of General Studies]].<br />
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Ayres was born in Passaic, NJ on October 6, 1881, the son of Dr. Morgan Willcox Ayres (who was from Brooklyn, NY). He received his AB from Harvard in 1902, and a PhD in philology from Harvard in 1908. While at Harvard, Ayres was chosen to be Ivy Orator, and was editor of the Harvard Lampoon, and a writer at the Harvard Advocate. The Cambridge Tribune wrote that " Mr. Ayres is one of the most popular men of his class. " While Ayres was at Harvard, George Santayana wrote him a postcard indicating that George received a B in a Philosophy 10 class.<br />
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Ayres was an associate professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, an authority on Chaucer, and an Italian scholar. He was first named acting director of University Extension in 1942. He became a full professor in his department in 1928.<br />
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Ayres was also started an Italian program which eventually became Casa Italiana in 1940. He replaced [[Giuseppe Prezzolini]] in 1940 who had the post since 1930. <br />
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Ayres was also director of Columbia's Summer Session program in 1939, the time of the World's Fair in which Columbia saw a record number of summer students.<br />
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Ayres died of a heart attack in 1948 at his home at 200 West 108th Street at the age of 67. He was survived by his wife, Amy Wentworth, a graduate of Smith College, and his children.</div>Ad2397https://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Harry_Morgan_Ayres&diff=45092Harry Morgan Ayres2013-05-14T21:21:09Z<p>Ad2397: Created page with "'''Harry Morgan Ayres''' (1881 - 1948) was the head of University Extension and the founding head of the School of General Studies. Ayres was born in Passaic, NJ on Octob..."</p>
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<div>'''Harry Morgan Ayres''' (1881 - 1948) was the head of University Extension and the founding head of the [[School of General Studies]].<br />
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Ayres was born in Passaic, NJ on October 6, 1881, the son of Dr. Morgan Willcox Ayres (who was from Brooklyn, NY). He received his AB from Harvard in 1902, and a PhD in philology from Harvard in 1908. While at Harvard, Ayres was chosen to be Ivy Orator, and was editor of the Harvard Lampoon, and a writer at the Harvard Advocate. The Cambridge Tribune wrote that " Mr. Ayres is one of the most popular men of his class. " While a graduate student at Harvard, George Santayana wrote him a postcard indicating that George received a B in a Philosophy 10 class.<br />
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Ayres was an associate professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, an authority on Chaucer, and an Italian scholar. He was first named acting director of University Extension in 1942. He became a full professor in his department in 1928.<br />
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Ayres was also the founder of an Italian program which eventually became Casa Italiana in 1940. He was director of Columbia's Summer Session program in 1939. <br />
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<div>{{Infobox school<br />
|Name=Columbia University School of General Studies<br />
|Image=GS-Shield.gif<br />
|Established=[[1947]]<br />
|Dean=[[Peter Awn]]<br />
|Degrees=[[BA]], [[BS]], Postbac Certificate in Premedical Sciences<br />
|Enrollment=2038 (2011)<br />
|Website=[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/ www.gs.columbia.edu]<br />
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The '''School of General Studies''', commonly known as '''General Studies''' or simply '''GS''', is one of the three official undergraduate colleges of Columbia University. It is a highly selective liberal arts college known for its non-traditional and international students. GS confers the Bachelor of Art and Bachelor of Science degrees in over seventy different majors. GS students take the same courses with the same faculty, are held to the same high standards, and earn the same degree as all other Columbia undergraduates. GS students, who comprise of approximately 25% of all Columbia undergraduates, have the highest average GPA of all the undergraduate schools at Columbia.<ref>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir/abstract/enrollment%20headcount%20by%20school%20all.htm</ref><br />
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GS is also home to Columbia's Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program, which is the largest and oldest in the United States. In recent years, up to 90 percent of the students in the GS Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program have been accepted to top U.S. medical schools.<br />
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==Background==<br />
A Columbia undergraduate class could include students from any of the following schools: GS, Columbia College, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, or Barnard College. GS is unique among colleges of its type, because its students are fully integrated into the Columbia undergraduate curriculum: GS Students take the same classes with the same students and professors and are granted the same degrees as students at Columbia College or SEAS. <br />
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In addition to its bachelor's degree program, the School of General Studies offers combined undergraduate/graduate degree programs with Columbia's schools of [[Columbia Law School|Law]], [[CBS|Business]], [[College of Dental Medicine|Dental Medicine]], [[School of Social Work|Social Work]], [[SIPA|International and Public Affairs]], [[Teachers College]], and the [[College of Physicians and Surgeons]], as well as undergraduate dual-degree programs with [[SEAS]], the [[Jewish Theological Seminary]], and a dual-BA program with [[w:Sciences Po|Sciences Po]]. In 2012, GS launched a pilot dual degree program with City University of Hong Kong. <ref> http://gs.columbia.edu/owl-article?ntitle=7141&mgid=7138 </ref><br />
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==Admissions==<br />
Admission to Columbia GS is highly selective and "extremely competitive."<ref>http://www.gs.columbia.edu/our-process</ref> According to the College Board, the GS acceptance rate is 23%. Admissions officers examine high school records, test scores, extra-curricular activities, resumes and essays. They conduct interviews in person and on the phone. They also consider college-level work and real-life experience. For transfer students, most successful applicants attain GPAs of at least 3.8 according to the GS admissions office. GS also requires standardized test scores for entry. The school will use scores from the SAT, ACT, or the school's own General Studies Admissions Exam. A list of admissions requirements and procedures is available from the General Studies website and statistics on application, admission, and matriculation are available at the website of Columbia's Office of Planning and Institutional Research. GS admissions statistics are not reported in conjunction with CC/SEAS statistics. This is related both to GS's different admission deadlines and the fact that CC/SEAS and GS have different applicant pools.<br />
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Applicants to the School of General Studies must have a break of one academic year or have compelling personal or professional reasons for part-time attendance to be eligible to apply for admission. Prospective Columbia undergraduates who have had a break of a year or more in their education are considered non-traditional and are required to apply to the School of General Studies (such persons are automatically ineligible for admission to Columbia College). GS students have the option to attend part- or full-time unlike Columbia College students, who are required to attend full-time. Also, scholarships at Columbia GS are merit based rather than income based like that of Columbia College or SEAS. In the 2006 class, the average age was 27 for incoming students, and the majority attend full-time.<br />
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Most GS students are transfer students, as 78% of the admitted class in 2006 transferred some college credit.<ref>Source: [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/bulletin_courses/bulletin98/tc.html 78% of 2006 admitted students transferred credit.]</ref> A list of admissions requirements and procedures is available from the [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/index_howtoapply.htm/ General Studies website]<br />
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Additional statistics on application, admission, and matriculation are available at the website of the Office of Planning and Institutional Research. [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir/index.html]<br />
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==Placement==<br />
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More than 70 percent of GS students go on to earn advanced degrees after graduation. Columbia GS students have been admitted to top graduate programs all over the country including law schools at Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, the University of Chicago, NYU, the University of Pennsylvania, UC Berkeley (Boalt Hall), Duke, and Cornell. They have also been admitted to medicals schools at Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins, Duke, Stanford, UC San Francisco, Yale, Columbia, the University of Chicago, Cornell, and many others. In recent years, GS graduates have been recruited by investment banks such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, UBS, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup.<br />
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==Nontraditional students==<br />
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GS enrolls world-class artists, Olympic athletes, and musicians; investment bankers and business owners; published authors and military veterans; and people who come from as far away as China, Israel, and Germany. Many students work full-time while pursuing a degree, and many have family responsibilities; others attend classes full-time and experience Columbia's more traditional college life.<br />
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Many have enjoyed successful careers in fields such as investment banking and information technology and quite a few are nontraditional due to previous conscription or community service requirements in their home countries. A substantial portion of the population enter as transfer students; the previous schools of these students range from community colleges to Columbia's peer institutions.<br />
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== Academics ==<br />
GS students must complete a total of 124 credits to graduate. Up to 60 of these credits may be transferred from another institution; at least 64 credits must be completed at Columbia University.<ref>Source: [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/bulletin_courses/bulletin98/tc.html GS Credit Policies]</ref> <br />
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=== Core Requirements ===<br />
GS has been progressively bringing its Core closer into alignment with CC, most recently during the summer of 2012 when it replaced the Cultural Diversity requirement (1 class that may overlap with another core class, commonly Asian Music or Art) with CC's 2 class [[Global Core]] requirement.<br />
The following table lists the core requirements for GS and CC for students matriculating Fall 2012 or later:<br />
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!width="45%"|GS<ref>[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/bulletin_courses/Bulletin98/bach_core.html School of General Studes Core Requirements]</ref> <br />
!width="45%"|CC<ref>[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/ Columbia College Core Curriculum]</ref><br />
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!Writing<ref>[[University Writing]] is required of both GS and CC students, but the sections are divided by school.</ref><br />
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|[[University Writing]]<br />
|[[University Writing]]<br />
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!Literature/Humanities<br />
|[[Literature Humanities]], or 1 semester of literature at Columbia and 1 semester of humanities or literature.<br />
|[[Literature Humanities]]<br />
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!Foreign Language<br />
|4th Semester of a Language OR exemption by university exam<br />
|4th Semester of a Language OR exemption by university exam<br />
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!Art<br />
|[[Art Humanities]], Asian Humanities (Art) or exemption by similar course taken at another institution<br />
|[[Art Humanities]]<br />
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!Music<br />
|[[Music Humanities]], Asian Humanities (Music), exemption by exam, or exemption by similar course taken at another institution<br />
|[[Music Humanities]]<br />
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!Contemporary Civilization/Social Science<br />
|[[Contemporary Civilization]], which can count as either 2 social science or 1 social science + 1 humanities. Can substitute 2 approved social science classes.<br />
|[[Contemporary Civilization]]<br />
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!Quantitative Reasoning<br />
|Exemption by exam: 600 on Math section of SAT OR sufficient grade on QR test during orientation OR any mathematics, statistics, economics, or computer science course, OR [[Frontiers of Science]], most classes satisfy both the Quantitative requirement and count as a Science requirement<br />
|Covered under Science requirement<br />
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!Science<br />
|3 approved science courses (very wide range, including math, statistics, CS, psychology), one of which can be [[Frontiers of Science]]<br />
|[[Frontiers of Science]] and 2 additional science courses<br />
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!Global Core<br />
|2 courses from the Global Core List<br />
|2 courses from the Global Core List<br />
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!Physical Education<br />
|None<br />
|[[Swim test]], 2 courses<br />
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=== Major Requirements ===<br />
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Major requirements are determined departmentally. These are almost always the same for both GS and CC.<br />
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==Science Po Columbia University Dual BA Program==<br />
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The Dual BA Program is a rigorous, transatlantic program in which undergraduate students earn Bachelor of Arts degrees from both Sciences Po and Columbia University. Students spend two years at one of three Sciences Po campuses in France, each of which is devoted to a particular region of the world and offers a heavy linguistic and cultural focus. After two years, students matriculate at Columbia University School of General Studies in New York City to complete the interdisciplinary social sciences curriculum. High school students may apply. Admission to the program is highly selective.<br />
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== Financial Aid ==<br />
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GS offers scholarships for both newly accepted and continuing students. These scholarships are merit- rather than need-based like that of Columbia college and SEAS.<br />
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A common complaint made by GS students is that the financial aid amounts and options offered by GS are smaller than those offered to CC/SEAS students. In the absence of need-based institutional aid, many GS students rely on a combination of loans, external grants, and personal funds. In 2006 the University announced financial aid reforms for CC and SEAS students whose parents earn less than $50,000 annually. <br />
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GS does not offer parity with the packages offered to CC/SEAS students. This is because the scholarship system at GS is independent of the financial aid system for CC/SEAS and funding is sourced from a separate GS-only pool. GS has made some recent efforts to address the issue, both through campaigns to increase the endowment and by increasing its scholarship offerings by 10 percent (in 2006). Starting summer 2012 GS is offering merit institutional aid for summer study, in addition to fall and spring semesters.<br />
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== Housing ==<br />
General Studies students are not eligible for the CC/SEAS [[Room Selection]] process. However, many GS students receive housing through [[University Apartment Housing]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
GS's evolutionary ancestor is [[Seth Low Junior College]], which was established in [[Brooklyn]] to help alleviate the steady flood of applicants to [[Columbia College]], particularly Jews. SLJC was closed in 1936, and some students were given the option to transfer to The University Extension and finish their studies.<br />
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The University Extension program was reorganized and renamed the School of General Studies in December 6, 1947, in part to address the influx of GIs returning from World War II. It became Columbia's third official undergraduate school. It is sometimes claimed that [[Barnard College]] is Columbia's third undergraduate school, and GS is its fourth; however Barnard is officially only affiliated with Columbia University, while GS, its deans, and students are formally integrated into the university proper, along with [[Columbia College]] and the [[Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science]].<br />
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The first head of General Studies was Associate Professor of English [[Harry Morgan Ayres]], who was the head of University Extension.<br />
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GS originally maintained its own faculty, classes, and programs. In 1968 the University Council first decided to allow GS to grant the B.A. degree in addition to the B.S. In the 1980s it was separated from the [[School of Continuing Education|Division of Continuing Education]]. In 1990, the CC, GS, and GSAS faculties were merged into the [[Faculty of Arts and Sciences]].<br />
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The school's name refers to its diverse student body by alluding to medieval universities, which were also known as ''studia generalia''. ''Studia generalia'' were degree-granting institutions that served a much broader, often international group of students and scholars.<ref>[http://users.manchester.edu/Facstaff/SSNaragon/Kant/Universities/UnivIntro.htm Universities: Introduction<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=Glossary%2Fstudium Janus: ` studium<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><br />
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== Myths ==<br />
* GS is night school.<br />
:GS students attend the same classes as students in other colleges at the university. Columbia offers some classes at night, but they are available to all students.<br />
* GS is an extension program.<br />
:GS should not be confused with the separate [[School of Continuing Education]], which offers individual courses on non-degree basis. GS is one of the two official liberal arts colleges at Columbia University along with Columbia College. Students are expected to pursue a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree. <br />
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== Relationship to Columbia College ==<br />
The School of General Studies is loosely defined as a school for 'non-traditional students.' “Nontraditional students include persons who have interrupted their educations since high school for at least one academic year or individuals who have compelling personal or professional reasons to attend college on a part-time basis. GS is also the college at Columbia for students seeking to complete a second B.A. or B.S. degree.” <ref>[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/newspages.dll/pages?sitename=COLAD&record=449&htmlfile=gsnews2.htm Average gap in studies for a GS student in the fall 2006 entering class was 6 years] (Admissions section of the 2006-07 GS Academic Bulletin, pg. 7).</ref> Columbia College is for 'traditional students' who matriculate directly from high school and have not had a gap of more than one year in their undergraduate studies. On this basis, students applying to study at Columbia University are directed to the appropriate school. <br />
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In December 1968 the University Council decided, over the objections of some members of the Columbia College Faculty, to allow GS to grant the B.A. degree in addition to the B.S. The Board of Trustees authorized that decision in February 1969. The creation of the [[Faculty of Arts and Sciences]] in 1991 merged the GS, CC and [[GSAS]] faculties. As a result, GS and CC students are nearly academically indistinguishable – they both receive instruction in the liberal arts and sciences from the Columbia Faculty of Arts and Sciences and receive the Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University. Note that some do receive the Bachelor of Science degree, like SEAS students. GS students participate in nearly the same Core as Columbia College students, with a little additional flexibility, and the waiving of the swim test, PE, and [[Frontiers of Science]]. GS students have the same curriculum, but their own sections of, [[University Writing]], [[Literature Humanities]], and [[Contemporary Civilization]] although non-GS students may enroll if they wish and can gain permission. GS students may substitute certain other classes for the traditional Lit Hum, Art Hum, and CC that focus on non-western culture, if they wish. <br />
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The wide range of students that form the GS student body, from professionals or dropouts returning to school for a degree, to military veterans, to students who took 2 years off before attending college, to 'traditional'-age students enrolled in the Joint Degree Program with List College at [[JTS]], to postbac pre-med students, makes it hard to say just what specific identity GS students have that makes them so different from their fellow students in the College. In [[2007]], the administration floated the idea of a CC-GS merger.<ref>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2007/11/12/university-may-merge-gs-cc "University May Merge GS with CC." Columbia Spectator. November 12, 2007</ref> However it quickly died down.<ref>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2008/03/10/merits-gs-cc-integration "The Merits of the GS, CC Integration" Columbia Spectator. March 10 2008</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/home.asp GS website]<br />
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/studentservices/housing.htm GS Housing website]<br />
* [http://www.alumni.gs.columbia.edu/ OwlNet, GS Alumni website]<br />
* [http://gssc.columbia.edu GSSC Website] ([[GSSC]] General Studies Student Council)<br />
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/history.htm History of the School of General Studies]<br />
*[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2007/03/05/News/Implications.General.Studies-2757242.shtml IMPLICATIONS: General Studies (Article on the evolving and conflicting identities of GS)] - [[Columbia Spectator|The Spectator]] 3/5/07<br />
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,822081,00.html College for Grownups (''Time'' article from 1952)]<br />
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810834,00.html The Unwashed Brother (article on GS in Time Magazine, circa 1959.)]<br />
* [[w:Columbia University School of General Studies|Wikipedia article]]<br />
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<div>How do I change the title of the page itself? It's spelled wrong. [[User:Ad2397|Ad2397]] 16:40, 14 May 2013 (EDT)</div>Ad2397https://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Talk:History_of_financial_aid&diff=45080Talk:History of financial aid2013-05-14T20:31:02Z<p>Ad2397: </p>
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<div>Should add somewhere in here links to Moody-Adams' resignation letter, the McKinsey report, and Shollenberger increasing the CC class size to make up for lost revenue as a result of fin. aid reform, as well as the protests in 1991-1992 led by Benjamin Jealous over the jeopardizing of need-blind admissions, as well as the proposed cutting of full-need financial aid at the the time [[User:Ad2397|Ad2397]] 08:22, 30 April 2013 (EDT)<br />
:all good context to add. I just wanted to do an info drop here in the meantime to start a page. [[User:Absentminded|Absentminded]] 11:22, 30 April 2013 (EDT)<br />
::blah. I just lost an hours worth of edits on the 1992 financial aid crisis. yuck. Note to self (others): see [http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=q&r=80&results=1&e=------199-en-20--1-byDA-txt-IN-%22financial+aid%22----1991 here] and [http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=q&r=1&results=1&yeq=1992&e=------199-en-20--61-byDA-txt-IN-%22financial+aid%22----here], basically november 1991-february 1992. [[User:Absentminded|Absentminded]] 12:35, 30 April 2013 (EDT)<br />
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Faculty of Columbia College still exists, according to this page [[Faculty]], and in the University statutes. [[User:Ad2397|Ad2397]] 16:31, 14 May 2013 (EDT)</div>Ad2397https://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Susan_Feagin&diff=45012Susan Feagin2013-05-14T14:42:30Z<p>Ad2397: </p>
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<div>'''Susan Feagin''', [[School of General Studies|GS]] [[1974|'74]], is the Special Adviser to [[PrezBo]], and formerly Columbia's [[Executive Vice President]] for [[University Development and Alumni Relations]]. Originally she was brought to Columbia, along with [[Robert Kasdin]], from the [[University of Michigan]] by [[PrezBo]], as Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations in 2002. She was elevated to the position of EVP in 2003 and stepped into the role of Special Adviser to the President in [[2011]]. Feagin's salary in 2010 was $503,092.<br />
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Prior to serving in her current position, Feagin joined [[Harvard]]'s development office in [[1975]] to work on the $350 million Harvard Campaign. In [[1982]] she returned to Columbia to work on the Arts and Sciences portion of the [[Campaign for Columbia (1982)|Campaign for Columbia]]. In [[1987]], she returned to Harvard, eventually becoming director of development and lead Harvard's multi-billion dollar capital campaign. In [[1998]] she decamped for Michigan, her last stop before returning to lead development at Columbia.<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://alumni.columbia.edu/evp/ EVP of University Development and Alumni Relations]<br />
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/02/01/susanKFeagin.html Announcement of move to Columbia]<br />
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[[Category:Class of 1974|Feagin, Susan]]</div>Ad2397https://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Claude_Steele&diff=45011Claude Steele2013-05-14T14:41:59Z<p>Ad2397: </p>
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<div>'''Claude Steele''' was the [[Provost]] of the University and a professor of psychology. He succeeded [[Alan Brinkley]] and came from [[Stanford University]]. After only two years on the job, Steele resigned to return to Stanford in [[2011]]. <br />
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In 2010, Steele's salary was $552,418.<br />
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In 2013, Steele was quoted in article about EVPAS [[Nicholas Dirks]] as saying “Columbia is an ambitious university and it tried to expand into a new campus and that strained resources. When you have strained resources, you have tensions. And tensions can be taken out on people.” <ref> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-28/berkeley-sees-dirks-claiming-place-as-ivy-with-public-mandate.html </ref><br />
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==Background==<br />
Born and raised in [[Chicago]], Steele went to Hiram College in Ohio on a swimming scholarship. He went earned his doctorate in psychology from [[The Ohio State University]], and, since then, has taught at many institutions. During his tenure at the University of Michigan, he overlapped briefly with [[Bollinger]]. (Steele recalls first meeting his current boss in the [[UMich]] gym.) His most recent post has been at Stanford University, where he directed the school's Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. As a social psychologist, Steele has focused on stereotype threat, a stream of research that elevated his name in the field.<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[http://news.columbia.edu/oncampus/1554 Stanford Psychology Professor Claude M. Steele Appointed Columbia University’s Next Provost], Columbia University News, May 13, 2009.<br />
*[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2009/05/19/incoming-provost-claude-steele-brings-practical-outlook-post Incoming Provost Claude Steele Brings Practical Outlook to Post], Columbia Spectator, May 19, 2009<br />
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[[Category:Psychology professors|Steele, Claude]]</div>Ad2397https://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Anne_Sullivan&diff=45010Anne Sullivan2013-05-14T14:41:12Z<p>Ad2397: /* Columbia */</p>
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'''Anne Rollow Sullivan''' is executive vice president for finance. She replaced Chief Financial Officer [[Al Horvath]] in September 2007. <br />
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Prior to Columbia, Sullivan was Wharton’s senior associate dean for finance and administration in 2005. Before Wharton, she was Columbia's assistant vice president for administrative planning and financial management.<br />
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She had also served vice president for strategic development and marketing for [[Fathom Knowledge Network]], a $30-million online learning initiative spearheaded by Columbia that was launched in 1999. <br />
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Sullivan has a BA from the University of Virginia, a master’s degree in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.<br />
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==Columbia==<br />
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In July 2012, Sullivan launched Columbia's new financial accounting system, [[Accounting and Reporting at Columbia]]. In 2010, her salary was $362,037.<br />
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'''Robert Kasdin''' is the Senior Executive Vice President of Columbia University. This is one of several new [[Executive Vice President]]s created by PrezBo for doing something Columbia should have already been taking care of. Kasdin, along with [[Susan Feagin]], was brought to CU in [[2002]] from [[UMich]] by [[PrezBo]]. At Umich, Kasdin was the "executive vice president and chief financial officer." At Columbia, as one senior faculty member put it, his job is to be the "money man who runs the university" hidden in a bunker. In short, he is Bollinger's Dick Cheney. Other administrators fear him, and everyone lower than administration is too distracted by PrezBo and [[Sachs]] to pay attention to him.<br />
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His official job description is to "[lead] operating departments, financial management, and innovation enterprises at Columbia University." His salary in 2010 was $659,634.<br />
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Few students and faculty have seen him, let alone interacted with him. These interactions are rumored to be unpleasant. Some undergraduate students colloquially refer to him as "Bobby K". Apparently he hates this, which in turn continues the use of said moniker.<br />
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Mr. Kasdin earned his [[AB]] from [[Princeton]] and his [[JD]] from [[Harvard]] Law School.<br />
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* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/evp/ official page]<br />
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/02/03/robertKasdin.html announcement from CU News]<br />
* [http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/may02/may02_quads2.html accounement from columbia college today]<br />
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/alumni/Magazine/Fall2002/Transitions.html announcement from alumni magazine]<br />
* [http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?zip=10027&last=Kasdin&first=Robert donations as a 10027 resident]<br />
* [http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?zip=10025&last=Kasdin&first=Robert donations as a 10025 resident]<br />
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'''Jerome Davis''' is, as of June [[2007]], [[Secretary of the University]].<br />
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Davis is a graduate of [[Princeton]] and [[Yale]] Law School, and a [[Rhodes Scholar]]. He has been a member of the [[w:Council on Foreign Relations|Council on Foreign Relations]] since 1985 and served as a [[trustee]] of Princeton University.<br />
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His salary in 2010 was reported at $250,942.<br />
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[[Category:Administrators|Davis, Jerome]]</div>Ad2397https://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Lee_C._Bollinger&diff=45007Lee C. Bollinger2013-05-14T14:39:02Z<p>Ad2397: /* Characteristics and interests */</p>
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'''Lee Caroll Bollinger''' [[Columbia Law School|Law]] '[[1971|71]] is the [[University President|president of the university]]. He is affectionately known as '''PrezBo''' (alt. spelling '''Prezbo'''), a term coined by the [[Varsity Show]].<br />
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Bollinger came to Columbia after serving as president of the [[University of Michigan]], where he did now unthinkable things like host house parties for students. Occasionally, though, he will invite students for cotillions at the [[President's House]], where he will deftly avoid providing substantive answers to any of their questions or critiques. <br />
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His presidency has been marked by the vague goal of making Columbia a "[[global university]]," including the creation of the [[World Leaders Forum]] and the [[Committee on Global Thought]].<br />
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The massive [[Manhattanville campus]] project is another of his brainchilds.<br />
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Once, in his spare time, he did something important involving law and [[affirmative action]]. Now, he mostly teaches undergrads how to behave like law students, luring them with a class on free speech, where he exercises Socratic Terror to compel debates that are still 1000 times more interesting than anything most actual lawyers do.<br />
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PrezBo also promotes physical fitness, inaugurating the [[5K Fun Run]]. The event, which occurs in September every fall, features free t-shirts and is led by PrezBo himself.<br />
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He is rarely, if ever, seen walking to and from his official residence at [[116th Street|116th]] and [[Morningside Drive]]. Rumor (though confirmed by many who have actually seen it) has it he is driven the 1.5 blocks from his office in [[Low Library]].<br />
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He is recognizable for his wispy hair, trim physique, and vague, tepid statements about everything and everyone except perhaps [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]].<br />
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He loves the word "global" and uses it about five times in each sentence. <br />
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His favorite TV shows are Mad Men, Saturday Night Live, the Wire, and Curb Your Enthusiasm. He has gone hiking in an area densely populated with grizzly bears to test his endurance. He is the most interesting man in the world. <br />
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Bollinger's salary was $1.93 million in 2010, which made him the 7th highest-earning college president.<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/president/ Office of the President]<br />
* [https://directory.columbia.edu/people/uni?code=lcb50 Lee Bollinger]<br />
*[http://eye.columbiaspectator.com/node/586 Finding Lee Bollinger (Profile in Spectator's The Eye magazine)]<br />
* [http://www.cogmap.com/chart.php?id=2108 Organizational Chart (wiki) for Columbia University]<br />
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