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Susan Feagin

2014-05-21T21:54:39Z

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'''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.

She has been an active alumna, endowing several scholarships at GS (including the Susan Feagin Scholarship, the John J Brown Scholarship, and contributing to the the Ward H Dennis Scholarship), as well as serving on numerous GS committees. In recognition of this she was awarded the Alumni Medal in 2011.

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.

== External links ==
* [http://alumni.columbia.edu/evp/ EVP of University Development and Alumni Relations]
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/02/01/susanKFeagin.html Announcement of move to Columbia]
* [https://gs.columbia.edu/owl-article?ntitle=7143&mgid=7138 Alumni Medal Announcement]

[[Category:Administrators|Feagin, Susan]]
[[Category:General Studies alumni|Feagin, Susan]]
[[Category:Class of 1974|Feagin, Susan]]

Susan Feagin

2014-05-21T21:54:21Z

CLM: Added her alumna activities

'''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.

She has been an active alumna, endowing several scholarships at GS (including the Susan Feagin Scholarship, the John J Brown Scholarship, and contributing to the the Ward H Dennis Scholarship), as well as serving on numerous GS committees. In recognition of this she was awarded the Alumni Medal in 2011.

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.

== External links ==
* [http://alumni.columbia.edu/evp/ EVP of University Development and Alumni Relations]
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/02/01/susanKFeagin.html Announcement of move to Columbia]
* [https://gs.columbia.edu/owl-article?ntitle=7143&mgid=7138 Alumni Medal Announcement[

[[Category:Administrators|Feagin, Susan]]
[[Category:General Studies alumni|Feagin, Susan]]
[[Category:Class of 1974|Feagin, Susan]]

School of General Studies

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{{Infobox school
|Name=Columbia University School of General Studies
|Image=GS-Shield.gif
|Established=[[1947]]
|President=
|Dean=[[Peter Awn]]
|Degrees=[[BA]], Postbac Certificate in Premedical Sciences, [[BS]] until 2014
|Enrollment=2038 (2011)
|Website=[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/ www.gs.columbia.edu]
}}

The '''School of General Studies''', commonly referred to as '''General Studies''' or simply '''GS''', is one of the three official undergraduate colleges of Columbia University. GS is highly selective and widely considered to be "the nation’s finest undergraduate college for nontraditional students."<ref>https://gs.columbia.edu/owl-article?ntitle=2308&mgid=2180</ref> GS students themselves are known as '''GSers'''.

GS confers the Bachelor of Art degree in over seventy different majors, although until May 2014 it also conferred Bachelor of Science degrees. 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>

GS introduced Columbia's Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program in 1955, which is the largest and oldest in the United States. Around 90 percent of [[Postbac Premed]] students are accepted to top US medical schools. GS also runs a number of dual BA programs. In 1954, GS introduced the [[Joint Program]] with List College of the Jewish Theological Seminary. In 2010, GS introduced a dual degree program with [[Sciences Po]], a French grand établissement institution. Subsequently it began piloting a similar dual degree program with the [[City University of Hong Kong]].

==Nontraditional students==
GS defines the term "nontraditional" very loosely so as to accommodate the unusual backgrounds of potential students. That said, GSers typically need to have "a break in their education" for more than one year after high school; a previous undergraduate degree; some sort of weird international background; or a compelling reason to obtain the flexibility of optional part-time status and off-campus housing.<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>

GS students are an eclectic group that includes [[Jonathan Taylor Thomas|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.

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.

It is important to note that whether a student has a one year break or ten year break, most students who choose GS usually see themselves as being more mature and independent than a traditional student.<ref>https://gs.columbia.edu/admissions-faqs</ref>

==Background==
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.

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]], [[Columbia Business School|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>

==Admissions==
Admission to Columbia GS is highly selective and "extremely competitive."<ref>http://www.gs.columbia.edu/our-process</ref> According to old data from the College Board of questionable reliability, 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.

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 nontraditional 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.

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]

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]

==Placement==

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.

== Academics ==
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>

=== Core Requirements ===
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.
The following table lists the core requirements for GS and CC for students matriculating Fall 2012 or later:

{|- border="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
|
!width="45%"|GS<ref>[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/bulletin_courses/Bulletin98/bach_core.html School of General Studes Core Requirements]</ref>
!width="45%"|CC<ref>[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/ Columbia College Core Curriculum]</ref>
|-
!Writing<ref>[[University Writing]] is required of both GS and CC students, but the sections are divided by school.</ref>

|[[University Writing]]
|[[University Writing]]
|-
!Literature/Humanities
|[[Literature Humanities]], or 1 semester of literature at Columbia and 1 semester of humanities or literature.
|[[Literature Humanities]]
|-
!Foreign Language
|4th Semester of a Language OR exemption by university exam
|4th Semester of a Language OR exemption by university exam
|-
!Art
|[[Art Humanities]], Asian Humanities (Art) or exemption by similar course taken at another institution
|[[Art Humanities]]
|-
!Music
|[[Music Humanities]], Asian Humanities (Music), exemption by exam, or exemption by similar course taken at another institution
|[[Music Humanities]]
|-
!Contemporary Civilization/Social Science
|[[Contemporary Civilization]], which can count as either 2 social science or 1 social science + 1 humanities. Can substitute 2 approved social science classes.
|[[Contemporary Civilization]]
|-
!Quantitative Reasoning
|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
|Covered under Science requirement
|-
!Science
|3 approved science courses (very wide range, including math, statistics, CS, psychology), one of which can be [[Frontiers of Science]]
|[[Frontiers of Science]] and 2 additional science courses
|-
!Global Core
|2 courses from the Global Core List
|2 courses from the Global Core List
|-
!Physical Education
|None
|[[Swim test]], 2 courses
|}

=== Major Requirements ===

Major requirements are determined departmentally. These are almost always the same for both GS and CC.

==Science Po Columbia University Dual BA Program==

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.

== Financial Aid ==

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.

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.

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.

== Housing ==
General Studies students are not eligible for the CC/SEAS [[Room Selection]] process. However, many GS students receive housing through [[University Apartment Housing]].

== History ==
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.

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."

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.

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]].

The size of the GS student body has changed over the years. It was 3,000 students in 1992 when it included some programs now under the School of Continuing Ed, fell to 1,550 in 2004, and risen to 2,213 in 2013. These n umbers all include approximately 500 students in the post-bac premed program.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/18/nyregion/ward-h-dennis-54-for-15-years-general-studies-dean-at-columbia.html</ref><ref>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir/abstract/opir_enrollment_history_1.htm</ref>

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]</ref><ref>[http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=Glossary%2Fstudium Janus: ` studium]</ref> Awn and others have wanted to change the name for many years, but have thus far been waiting on a suitably sized naming donation, in the $100 to $250 million range.

== Myths ==
* GS is night school.
: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.
* GS is an extension program.
: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 degree.

== Relationship to Columbia College ==
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. Until 2014 some did 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.

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>

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/home.asp GS website]
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/studentservices/housing.htm GS Housing website]
* [http://www.alumni.gs.columbia.edu/ OwlNet, GS Alumni website]
* [http://gssc.columbia.edu GSSC Website] ([[GSSC]] General Studies Student Council)
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/history.htm History of the School of General Studies]
*[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
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,822081,00.html College for Grownups (''Time'' article from 1952)]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810834,00.html The Unwashed Brother (article on GS in Time Magazine, circa 1959.)]
* [[w:Columbia University School of General Studies|Wikipedia article]]

{{Schools}}

[[Category:General Studies|*]]

Peter Nason

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[[Peter Nason]] [[GS]] '[[2015|15]] is the 2014-2015 President of the [[General Studies Student Council]].

Similar to his predecessor as GSSC President, [[Hannah Germond]], Nason served as First Year Class Vice-President the year before becoming GSSC President (although he had joined the previous Spring semester, which is common at GS).

== GSSC Election ==

Nason declared his candidacy in March 2014. Upon the filing deadline, it was found that he was the only student running for the position, along with the VP of Policy and VP of Events. Consequently two candidates, including Joshua Dominic, altered their candidacies so that the presidency and VP of Policy positions were contested.<ref>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/04/02/gssc-elections-guide-2014</ref>

In an interview with the Spectator's editorial board, Nason stated that he wanted to:
*improve community both within the GS student body and the University as a whole -- "He proposed allowing GS students to attend first-year and sophomore formals and strengthening connections between GSSC and student groups like the Columbia University Family Support Network and MilVets."
*provide more community spaces for students
*improve financial aid for GS students -- "Nason suggested holding more fundraisers to raise money for GS-specific financial aid and proposed a resolution that would equalize financial assistance the school receives from the federal government with the other undergraduate schools."
*and create more transparency within the council.

In April 2014, Nason beat Dominic with 63 percent of the 339 votes cast in the election.

{{succession|preceded=[[Hannah Germond]]|succeeded=Incumbent|office=[[GSSC]] Student Body President|years=2014-2015}}

[[Category:General Studies students]]
[[Category:Class of 2015]]
[[Category:GSSC presidents]]

== References ==
<references/>

School of General Studies

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{{Infobox school
|Name=Columbia University School of General Studies
|Image=GS-Shield.gif
|Established=[[1947]]
|President=
|Dean=[[Peter Awn]]
|Degrees=[[BA]], Postbac Certificate in Premedical Sciences, [[BS]] until 2014
|Enrollment=2038 (2011)
|Website=[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/ www.gs.columbia.edu]
}}

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 degrees in over seventy different majors, although until May 2014 it also conferred Bachelor of Science degrees. 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>

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.

==Background==
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.

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]], [[Columbia Business School|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>

==Admissions==
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.

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.

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]

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]

==Placement==

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.

==Nontraditional students==

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.

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.

== Academics ==
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>

=== Core Requirements ===
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.
The following table lists the core requirements for GS and CC for students matriculating Fall 2012 or later:

{|- border="1" cellpadding="2"
|-
|
!width="45%"|GS<ref>[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/bulletin_courses/Bulletin98/bach_core.html School of General Studes Core Requirements]</ref>
!width="45%"|CC<ref>[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/ Columbia College Core Curriculum]</ref>
|-
!Writing<ref>[[University Writing]] is required of both GS and CC students, but the sections are divided by school.</ref>

|[[University Writing]]
|[[University Writing]]
|-
!Literature/Humanities
|[[Literature Humanities]], or 1 semester of literature at Columbia and 1 semester of humanities or literature.
|[[Literature Humanities]]
|-
!Foreign Language
|4th Semester of a Language OR exemption by university exam
|4th Semester of a Language OR exemption by university exam
|-
!Art
|[[Art Humanities]], Asian Humanities (Art) or exemption by similar course taken at another institution
|[[Art Humanities]]
|-
!Music
|[[Music Humanities]], Asian Humanities (Music), exemption by exam, or exemption by similar course taken at another institution
|[[Music Humanities]]
|-
!Contemporary Civilization/Social Science
|[[Contemporary Civilization]], which can count as either 2 social science or 1 social science + 1 humanities. Can substitute 2 approved social science classes.
|[[Contemporary Civilization]]
|-
!Quantitative Reasoning
|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
|Covered under Science requirement
|-
!Science
|3 approved science courses (very wide range, including math, statistics, CS, psychology), one of which can be [[Frontiers of Science]]
|[[Frontiers of Science]] and 2 additional science courses
|-
!Global Core
|2 courses from the Global Core List
|2 courses from the Global Core List
|-
!Physical Education
|None
|[[Swim test]], 2 courses
|}

=== Major Requirements ===

Major requirements are determined departmentally. These are almost always the same for both GS and CC.

==Science Po Columbia University Dual BA Program==

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.

== Financial Aid ==

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.

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.

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.

== Housing ==
General Studies students are not eligible for the CC/SEAS [[Room Selection]] process. However, many GS students receive housing through [[University Apartment Housing]].

== History ==
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.

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."

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.

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]].

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]</ref><ref>[http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=Glossary%2Fstudium Janus: ` studium]</ref>

== Myths ==
* GS is night school.
: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.
* GS is an extension program.
: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 degree.

== Relationship to Columbia College ==
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.

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. Until 2014 some did 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.

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>

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/home.asp GS website]
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/studentservices/housing.htm GS Housing website]
* [http://www.alumni.gs.columbia.edu/ OwlNet, GS Alumni website]
* [http://gssc.columbia.edu GSSC Website] ([[GSSC]] General Studies Student Council)
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/history.htm History of the School of General Studies]
*[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
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,822081,00.html College for Grownups (''Time'' article from 1952)]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810834,00.html The Unwashed Brother (article on GS in Time Magazine, circa 1959.)]
* [[w:Columbia University School of General Studies|Wikipedia article]]

{{Schools}}

[[Category:General Studies|*]]

School of General Studies

2014-02-26T19:44:30Z

CLM: GS no longer offers BS degrees

{{Infobox school
|Name=Columbia University School of General Studies
|Image=GS-Shield.gif
|Established=[[1947]]
|Dean=[[Peter Awn]]
|Degrees=[[BA]], Postbac Certificate in Premedical Sciences, [[BS]] until 2014
|Enrollment=2038 (2011)
|Website=[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/ www.gs.columbia.edu]
}}

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 degrees in over seventy different majors, although until May 2014 it also conferred Bachelor of Science degrees. 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>

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.

==Background==
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.

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]], [[Columbia Business School|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>

==Admissions==
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.

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.

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]

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]

==Placement==

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.

==Nontraditional students==

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.

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.

== Academics ==
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>

=== Core Requirements ===
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.
The following table lists the core requirements for GS and CC for students matriculating Fall 2012 or later:

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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>
!width="45%"|CC<ref>[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/ Columbia College Core Curriculum]</ref>
|-
!Writing<ref>[[University Writing]] is required of both GS and CC students, but the sections are divided by school.</ref>

|[[University Writing]]
|[[University Writing]]
|-
!Literature/Humanities
|[[Literature Humanities]], or 1 semester of literature at Columbia and 1 semester of humanities or literature.
|[[Literature Humanities]]
|-
!Foreign Language
|4th Semester of a Language OR exemption by university exam
|4th Semester of a Language OR exemption by university exam
|-
!Art
|[[Art Humanities]], Asian Humanities (Art) or exemption by similar course taken at another institution
|[[Art Humanities]]
|-
!Music
|[[Music Humanities]], Asian Humanities (Music), exemption by exam, or exemption by similar course taken at another institution
|[[Music Humanities]]
|-
!Contemporary Civilization/Social Science
|[[Contemporary Civilization]], which can count as either 2 social science or 1 social science + 1 humanities. Can substitute 2 approved social science classes.
|[[Contemporary Civilization]]
|-
!Quantitative Reasoning
|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
|Covered under Science requirement
|-
!Science
|3 approved science courses (very wide range, including math, statistics, CS, psychology), one of which can be [[Frontiers of Science]]
|[[Frontiers of Science]] and 2 additional science courses
|-
!Global Core
|2 courses from the Global Core List
|2 courses from the Global Core List
|-
!Physical Education
|None
|[[Swim test]], 2 courses
|}

=== Major Requirements ===

Major requirements are determined departmentally. These are almost always the same for both GS and CC.

==Science Po Columbia University Dual BA Program==

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.

== Financial Aid ==

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.

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.

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.

== Housing ==
General Studies students are not eligible for the CC/SEAS [[Room Selection]] process. However, many GS students receive housing through [[University Apartment Housing]].

== History ==
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.

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."

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.

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]].

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]</ref><ref>[http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=Glossary%2Fstudium Janus: ` studium]</ref>

== Myths ==
* GS is night school.
: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.
* GS is an extension program.
: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 degree.

== Relationship to Columbia College ==
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.

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. Until 2014 some did 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.

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>

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/home.asp GS website]
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/studentservices/housing.htm GS Housing website]
* [http://www.alumni.gs.columbia.edu/ OwlNet, GS Alumni website]
* [http://gssc.columbia.edu GSSC Website] ([[GSSC]] General Studies Student Council)
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/history.htm History of the School of General Studies]
*[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
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,822081,00.html College for Grownups (''Time'' article from 1952)]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810834,00.html The Unwashed Brother (article on GS in Time Magazine, circa 1959.)]
* [[w:Columbia University School of General Studies|Wikipedia article]]

{{Schools}}

[[Category:General Studies|*]]

Geology Library

2012-07-07T16:27:10Z

CLM: Added picture

[[File:Geology_library.jpg|thumb|240px|Geology Library]]
The Geology library is located on the sixth floor of [[Schermerhorn Hall]]. It's one of the smaller libraries on campus, but some consider it a hidden gem in the library system for its relative quiet. It shares some books with the [[Geoscience Library]], and you can request for books to be delivered to either the next business day.

{{Libraries}}
[[Category:Libraries on the Morningside Heights campus]]

File:Geology library.jpg

2012-07-07T16:25:17Z

CLM:

Kevin Shollenberger

2012-05-14T18:35:30Z

CLM: it seems Ke$ho is here to stay

'''Kevin Shollenberger''' is the [[Dean of Student Affairs]] for [[Columbia College]] and [[SEAS]] and Associate Vice President for Undergraduate Student Life. He worked in an associate role in the [[Division of Student Affairs]] for nine years before being appointed dean. He's commonly known as Ke$ho, a nickname coined in [[Another_Scandal!_(117th_Annual_Varsity_Show)|V117]].

Shollenberger was appointed Dean in the fall of [[2008]], with the expectation that his tenure would last about two years, after which point he'd be succeeded by a dean selected by the new deans of Columbia College ([[Moody-Adams]]) and SEAS ([[Peña-Mora]]), who had not yet been selected at the time.<ref>http://www.college.columbia.edu/news/kevin-shollenberger-appointed-dean-student-affairs</ref> He's been fairly popular, and there seems no interest in looking for a replacement of any kind.

{{succession|preceded=[[Chris Colombo]]|succeeded=None|office=Dean of Student Affairs|years=2008-Present}}

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Administrators]]
[[Category:Deans]]
[[Category:Division of Student Affairs]]

Varsity Show

2012-05-10T23:28:13Z

CLM: sometimes called vshow

{{Infobox club
|Name=Varsity Show
|Image=Vshow.jpg
|Founded=[[1894]]
|Recognition=[[ABC]]
|Membership=22
|Executive board=Director, Ameneh Bordi Producer, Cody Haefner Producer, Ajit Pillai
|Allocation=Lots (2008-2009)
|Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}
{{wp-also}}
The '''Varsity Show''', founded in [[1894]], is one of the university's oldest traditions, and certainly its oldest performing arts tradition. Every year, the Varsity Show produces a unique full-length show that skews and satirizes many aspects of life at Columbia. And every year students line up way before the show in order to get good seats.

Ironically, many of the administrators being parodied and lambasted are often sitting in the front rows of the audience. No study has been conducted to determine whether these administrators realize there's a reason they're being ridiculed on stage.

Past directors and writers include such distinguished names as [[Oscar Hammerstein]], [[Lorenz Hart]], [[Richard Rodgers]], [[I. A. L. Diamond]], and [[Herman Wouk]].

== Show preparations ==

The Varsity Show begins, however, long before the crowds begin to form outside the doors to [[Roone]]. In early October, the previous year's creative team interviews and auditions candidates to succeed them, and chooses a creative team of eight or nine students. The newly minted creative team runs cast and chorus auditions in the middle of November. The Varsity Show is notoriously the most selective casting process in Columbia theater, and the results are always the result of much gossip and debate: Though the numbers vary from year to year, around 150 people audition for the show, singing a one minute song selection, performing a scene with a random partner, and sometimes being asked to do improv comedy. From this group, around 25 people are asked to attend cast callbacks, and the invite is also automatically extended to performers from past Varsity shows. Callbacks are typically held on a Saturday from 8am until 3pm. Those who have been called back perform a monologue, do improv in a character, and learn an original song and dance. From the 30 or so that participate in callbacks, the creative team casts about twelve. The debates over casting notoriously span hours, and the new cast is welcomed into the Varsity family through a special ritual that's stuff of rumors and legend. If you want to find out what it is, why don't you put on your jester's cap and give auditions a go?

== Trivia ==
The Varsity Show coined the term "[[PrezBo]]".

Sometimes called vshow.

[[Songs|"Roar, Lion, Roar"]] is based on a Varsity Show melody.

==See also==

*[[Varsity Show performances]]
*[http://www.thevarsityshow.com/morningside Sing a Song of Morningside - A history of the Varsity Show] by [[Thomas Vinciguerra]]

== External links ==

* [http://www.thevarsityshow.com/ Varsity Show website]

[[Category:Performance clubs]]
[[Category:Traditions]]
[[Category:Annual events]]
[[Category:Varsity Show]]

User talk:BLT111

2012-05-05T05:19:08Z

CLM: delete space

WikiCU talk:Community portal

2012-05-03T19:51:19Z

CLM: Require email verification?

== User Accounts ==
Hey, sooooo is anyone else noticing the ridiculous number of user accounts being created, almost all of which appear to be spam? [[User:Cam2171|-|- cam2171 -|-]] 13:53, 3 May 2012 (EDT)

Yup. Can we add some sort of ColumbiaCaptcha that asks some basic Columbia trvia to verify they have SOME familiarity with the university? Alternative: require @columbia.edu, @barnard.edu, @anyaffiliate email address + verification? --[[User:CLM|CLM]] 15:51, 3 May 2012 (EDT)

WikiCU talk:Community portal

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CLM: /* User Accounts */

School of General Studies

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{{Infobox school
|Name=Columbia University School of General Studies
|Image=GS-Shield.gif
|Established=[[1947]]
|Dean=[[Peter Awn]]
|Student Body President=[[Jacqueline Thong]] '12
|Degrees=[[BA]], [[BS]], Postbac Certificate in Premedical Sciences
|Enrollment=2000(2010)
|Website=[http://www.gs.columbia.edu/ www.gs.columbia.edu]
}}The '''School of General Studies''', commonly known as '''General Studies''' or simply '''GS''', is one of Columbia University's three official undergraduate colleges. 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.

==Background==
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. The school awards both the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees. 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>

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.

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]].

==Admissions==
Admission to Columbia GS is highly selective. 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.

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. Applicants are automatically ineligible to apply to Columbia College if they have taken more than one year off from school; they are required to apply to GS instead.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.

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]

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]

==Placement==

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.

==Nontraditional students==

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.

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.

== Academics ==
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>

=== Core Requirements ===
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.
The following table lists the core requirements for GS and CC for students matriculating Fall 2012 or later:

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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>
!width="45%"|CC<ref>[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/ Columbia College Core Curriculum]</ref>
|-
!Writing<ref>[[University Writing]] is required of both GS and CC students, but the sections are divided by school.</ref>

|[[University Writing]]
|[[University Writing]]
|-
!Literature/Humanities
|[[Literature Humanities]], or 1 semester of literature at Columbia and 1 semester of humanities or literature.
|[[Literature Humanities]]
|-
!Foreign Language
|4th Semester of a Language OR exemption by university exam
|4th Semester of a Language OR exemption by university exam
|-
!Art
|[[Art Humanities]], Asian Humanities (Art) or exemption by similar course taken at another institution
|[[Art Humanities]]
|-
!Music
|[[Music Humanities]], Asian Humanities (Music), exemption by exam, or exemption by similar course taken at another institution
|[[Music Humanities]]
|-
!Contemporary Civilization/Social Science
|[[Contemporary Civilization]], which can count as either 2 social science or 1 social science + 1 humanities. Can substitute 2 approved social science classes.
|[[Contemporary Civilization]]
|-
!Quantitative Reasoning
|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
|Covered under Science requirement
|-
!Science
|3 approved science courses (very wide range, including math, statistics, CS, psychology), one of which can be [[Frontiers of Science]]
|[[Frontiers of Science]] and 2 additional science courses
|-
!Global Core
|2 courses from the Global Core List
|2 courses from the Global Core List
|-
!Physical Education
|None
|[[Swim test]], 2 courses
|}

=== Major Requirements ===

Major requirements are determined departmentally. These are almost always the same for both GS and CC.

==Science Po Columbia University Dual BA Program==

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.

== Financial Aid ==

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.

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.

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.

== Housing ==
General Studies students are not eligible for the CC/SEAS [[Room Selection]] process. However, many GS students receive housing through [[University Apartment Housing]].

== History ==
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.

The University Extension program was reorganized and renamed the School of General Studies in 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]].

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]].

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]</ref><ref>[http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=Glossary%2Fstudium Janus: ` studium]</ref>

== Myths ==
* GS is night school.
: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.
* GS is an extension program.
: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.

== Relationship to Columbia College ==
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.

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.

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>

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/home.asp GS website]
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/studentservices/housing.htm GS Housing website]
* [http://www.alumni.gs.columbia.edu/ OwlNet, GS Alumni website]
* [http://gssc.columbia.edu GSSC Website] ([[GSSC]] General Studies Student Council)
* [http://www.gs.columbia.edu/history.htm History of the School of General Studies]
*[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
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,822081,00.html College for Grownups (''Time'' article from 1952)]
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,810834,00.html The Unwashed Brother (article on GS in Time Magazine, circa 1959.)]
* [[w:Columbia University School of General Studies|Wikipedia article]]

{{Schools}}

[[Category:General Studies|*]]

Computer Music Center

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[[Image:Cpemc.jpg|thumb|Predecessor the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center]]
The Computer Music Center (CMC) at Columbia University is the oldest center for electronic and computer music research in the United States. The Center was founded in the 1950s as the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center. It is located in [[Prentis Hall]].

==External Links==
*[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/cpemc.html Columbia Computing History CPEMC history]

Computer Music Center

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File:Cpemc.jpg

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CLM: Computer Music Center predecessor the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.

[[Computer Music Center]] predecessor the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.

General Studies Student Council

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The '''General Studies Student Council''' (GSSC) represents students in the [[School of General Studies]].

The purpose of the General Studies Student Council (GSSC) of Columbia University is to represent the undergraduate population of the School of General Studies by pursuing academic, political, social, and administrative initiatives of interest to that student body. The General Studies Student Council acts as a liaison between the student body and the administration, the larger University community, the local, state and federal governments, and other individuals and organizations. The ultimate task of the GSSC is to ensure that it serves the needs of the Columbia students of the School of General Studies in all their diversity.

GSSC hosts the [[GS Gala]] every spring,<ref>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2012/04/02/450-general-studies-students-turn-out-masquerade-gala</ref> a formal event for GS students and guests. It's a very popular evening of dining, dancing, and drinking. Tickets tend to sell out in hours. The event is considered one of the few great successes of GSSC by the student population at large.

'''2011-2012 Current Council Members:'''

'''Jacqueline Thong''' | ''Student Body President'' 
'''Rachel Boehr''' | ''Vice President of Policy'' (Following resignation of Benjamin Paladino) 
'''Jennifer Wisdom''' | ''Vice President of Communications'' (Following resignation of Mahogany Wright) 
'''Scott Bacon''' | ''Vice President of Student Events'' (Following resignation of Frank Castellucci) 
'''Peter Fisher''' | ''Vice President of Finance'' (Following resignations of Joshua Lewin-Jacus CC'13 and Michael Oakley) 
'''Jose Robledo''' | ''University Senator'' 
'''Nicole Morgan''' | ''Chief Policy Representative'' 
'''Alex Lee''' | ''Chief Communications Representative'' 
'''Amanda Koch''' | ''Senior Class President'' 
'''Kyle Riggle''' | ''Senior Class Vice President'' 
'''Briana Holmer''' | ''Social Chair'' 
'''Elle Littlefield''' | ''Alumni Affairs Representative'' 
'''Laura Wasserman''' | ''Four Council Representative'' 
'''Angela Kelichner''' | ''Academic Affairs Representative'' 
'''Justin Carter''' | ''Student Services Representative'' 
'''Benjamin Briggs''' | ''Comptroller'' 
'''Angelica Hoyos''' | ''Working Students Representative'' 
'''Arakel Minias''' | ''International Students Representative'' 
'''Ryan Robinson''' | ''Veteran Students Representative'' 
'''Miguel Morel''' | ''Community Services Representative'' 
'''Crissy McConnell''' | ''First Year Class President'' 
'''Nick Hesselgrave''' | ''First Year Class Vice President'' 

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
* [http://gssc.columbia.edu GSSC website]

[[Category:GSSC|*]]

General Studies Student Council

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The '''General Studies Student Council''' (GSSC) represents students in the [[School of General Studies]].

The purpose of the General Studies Student Council (GSSC) of Columbia University is to represent the undergraduate population of the School of General Studies by pursuing academic, political, social, and administrative initiatives of interest to that student body. The General Studies Student Council acts as a liaison between the student body and the administration, the larger University community, the local, state and federal governments, and other individuals and organizations. The ultimate task of the GSSC is to ensure that it serves the needs of the Columbia students of the School of General Studies in all their diversity.

GSSC hosts the [[GS Gala]] every spring, a formal event for GS students and guests. It's very popular and tends to

'''2011-2012 Current Council Members:'''

'''Jacqueline Thong''' | ''Student Body President'' 
'''Rachel Boehr''' | ''Vice President of Policy'' (Following resignation of Benjamin Paladino) 
'''Jennifer Wisdom''' | ''Vice President of Communications'' (Following resignation of Mahogany Wright) 
'''Scott Bacon''' | ''Vice President of Student Events'' (Following resignation of Frank Castellucci) 
'''Peter Fisher''' | ''Vice President of Finance'' (Following resignations of Joshua Lewin-Jacus CC'13 and Michael Oakley) 
'''Jose Robledo''' | ''University Senator'' 
'''Nicole Morgan''' | ''Chief Policy Representative'' 
'''Alex Lee''' | ''Chief Communications Representative'' 
'''Amanda Koch''' | ''Senior Class President'' 
'''Kyle Riggle''' | ''Senior Class Vice President'' 
'''Briana Holmer''' | ''Social Chair'' 
'''Elle Littlefield''' | ''Alumni Affairs Representative'' 
'''Laura Wasserman''' | ''Four Council Representative'' 
'''Angela Kelichner''' | ''Academic Affairs Representative'' 
'''Justin Carter''' | ''Student Services Representative'' 
'''Benjamin Briggs''' | ''Comptroller'' 
'''Angelica Hoyos''' | ''Working Students Representative'' 
'''Arakel Minias''' | ''International Students Representative'' 
'''Ryan Robinson''' | ''Veteran Students Representative'' 
'''Miguel Morel''' | ''Community Services Representative'' 
'''Crissy McConnell''' | ''First Year Class President'' 
'''Nick Hesselgrave''' | ''First Year Class Vice President'' 

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
* [http://gssc.columbia.edu GSSC website]

[[Category:GSSC|*]]

WikiCU:About

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'''WikiCU''' is a wiki with articles related to Columbia University and its neighborhood. It is effectively an insider's guide to Columbia University. As an observant Bwog commenter notes, WikiCU is to an extent Columbia's "institutional memory".<ref>http://bwog.com/2008/05/11/reminder-pillow-fight/#comment-59183</ref>

== History ==
[[Image:YahooNotepad.png|thumb|300px|Screenshot of the note in which WikiCU was first conceived.]]

=== Beginnings ===
The site was first conceived on April 12th, 2006, in a note on Yahoo Notepad, as pictured on the right. It was originally intended to be at "cuwiki.com". However, the domain was no longer available by February 2007, so "wikicu.com" was registered instead on February 28th, 2007. Other options included "cuwiki.net" and "cuwiki.org", but these were judged inferior to a ".com" domain name. Since then, "cuwiki.org" has been registered and is the location of a wiki about [[Cornell University]].

The first edits by the wider Columbia community started to be made on Tuesday 6th March in the late afternoon / early evening.

=== Project Athena ===
For a few years, Columbia's undergraduate student councils intended to create a Columbia wiki called "Project Athena".<ref>[http://media.www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2006/01/31/News/Esc-Ccsc.Join.To.Create.Athena.Wiki-2028767.shtml ESC, CCSC Join to create Athena Wiki]</ref> The students working on this project managed to create about 50 brief articles, but they didn't get round to making the site publicly accessible. A [[Spectator]] editorial on September 6, 2006 spoke positively of the prospect of a Columbia wiki, but noted that "if the delays run too long, students may take it upon themselves to create their own solution. As has been shown by the abundance of private [[Wi-Fi]] networks, when the institution doesn't provide a means, students will just come up with their own ways to communicate-and procrastinate."<ref>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/?q=node/21818</ref> Well, as it turned out, the Spectator's prediction came true. When WikiCU emerged, the articles written for Project Athena were moved to corresponding articles in WikiCU.

=== Slow Decline ===
Wikicu experienced a period of slow decline after about 2008 when the very active users graduated. Although edits were still occasionally made, they became more and more rare. By 2011 user registration was disabled to combat spam.

=== Handover and revitalization ===
In March 2012 wikicu was compromised by malware, and the administrators were unable to save it. After some discussion [[Sam Aarons]] SEAS'14 and a [[Bwog]] webmaster took over.<ref>http://bwog.com/2012/03/14/wikicu-changes-hands/</ref> Following cleanup the site experienced a renewed energy as new editors were allowed to register and content was updated throughout the site.

== Statistics ==

=== MediaWiki ===
{{SITENAME}} is powered by MediaWiki software, which records several statistics. The wiki has {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} useful articles, or {{NUMBEROFPAGES}} if you count all the shorter articles, redirect pages, talk pages, and so on. The wiki also has {{NUMBEROFFILES}} images and other uploaded files. So far, {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} users have registered, and {{NUMBEROFADMINS}} have additional administrative powers including the ability to fly. Further statistics are available at [[Special:Statistics]].

=== MySQL ===
According to the latest site backup, WikiCU's MySQL database takes up 130.8 megabytes. In the last 30 days, the MySQL database received 5.8 MCn conqueries. (I have no idea what that means; maybe it's a DreamHost-specific stat?) In terms of connects, it received 125,177 in total for the month, making for a 4,471 daily average, ranging from 2,422 to 6,663 per day. In terms of queries, the database received 2,297,565 in total for the month, making for a 82,056 daily average, ranging from 44,541 to 135,581 per day.

=== Hosting ===
According to the latest site backup, WikiCU's folder structure takes up 128 megabytes. The site consumes about 50MB of bandwidth per day, for a total of about 1500MB per month.

=== Google Analytics ===
More detailed site usage statistics are recorded using [[w:Google Analytics|Google Analytics]]. The '''[http://www.wikicu.com/images/d/d6/GoogleAnalyticsReport_20070324-20071130.pdf latest Google Analytics report]''' has lots of detailed and interesting information (number of users, most popular pages, etc.).

== Comparative statistics ==
The following graphs compare WikiCU with other university/college wikis. Only "independent" wikis have been included in the comparison; not wikis run by [[w:Wikia|Wikia]] or CollegeWikis.

===8 July 2007===
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===7 December 2007===
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User:CLM

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NINJa

2012-04-07T15:40:16Z

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'''NINJa''' refers to the [[CUIT]]-developed printing system that powers 100 printers throughout the Morningside Heights campus. The precursor to NINJa was called JAKE. No one has any idea why it was called that, and everyone at AcIS agreed that it didn't sound very bad ass at all. Therefore, the new name: "Ninja Is Not Jake." Seriously. Some of the graduate schools opt out of NINJa and provide their own system.

Undergraduate students get 100 pages per week of free black and white printing on NINJa, plus an extra 100 per semester. You can print to NINJa from any CUIT campus computer. Specific NINJa printers can be added to your personal computer and printed to directly from anywhere in the world. In addition the handy website [https://printatcu.com/ Print@CU], develoepd by [[Sam Aarons]] allows users to upload PDFs and other documents for easy printing. Once you've printed you must walk to the printer and authenticate with your UNI and password to retrieve the print job.

NINJa is one of the unsung gems of the CUIT world, with generous quotas and generally decent, if imperfect, reliability.

== External links ==
*[http://www.columbia.edu/acis/facilities/printers/ninja.html Ninja Printing System]
*https://printatcu.com/

[[Category:IT]]

Journalism Hall

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Pulitzer Hall

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[[Image:Journalism.jpg|thumb|240px|Pulitzer Hall]]

[[Image:Jefferson-journalism 450.jpg|thumb|240px|Statue of Thomas Jefferson in front of Pulitzer Hall.]]

'''Pulitzer Hall''' was built with the same [[Joseph Pulitzer]] gift that went towards founding the [[Graduate School of Journalism|J-School]], which is naturally housed in the building. From its construction until [[2012]] the building was known as Journalism Hall, however in 2003 James Boylan J'51 noticed that the original gift agreement in 1903 specified "and the building shall bear the name of the donor."<ref>[http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/page/818/12 Renaming press release]</ref>

It is located next to [[Furnald]] and has a statue of Thomas Jefferson in front, a political counterpoint to the statue of [[Alexander Hamilton]] in front of [[Hamilton Hall]] on the opposite side of [[South Lawn]]. Both statues were done by alumnus [[William Ordway Partridge]].

In [[2007]], the J-School announced that it would fill the space between Furnald and Journalism Halls with a glass-enclosed cafe and student lounge, the [[Stabile Student Center]], for J-School students. This space is home to [[Brad's]] sandwich shop.

==See also==
See the Journalism School site for [http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/cs/ContentServer/jrn/1175374414694/page/1175295249196/JRNSimplePage2.htm/ updates] on the Stabile Student Center.

==References==
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Pullitzer Hall

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Graduate School of Journalism

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|Dean=[[Nicholas Lemann]]
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|Enrollment=381 students (2005)
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The '''Graduate School of Journalism''', also known as the '''Journalism School''' or the '''J-School''', is the only school of its kind in the [[Ivy League]]. It is located in [[Pulitzer Hall]] (known as Journalism Hall until 2012). Columbia’s Journalism School offers three degree programs: Master of Science ([[MS]]) in Journalism (full and part-time), Master of Arts ([[MA]]) in Journalism, and a [[PhD]] in communications. As the preeminent school of journalism in the United States, the Columbia J-School awards many of its most prestigious prizes, including the [[Pulitzer Prize]] and the [[DuPont-Columbia Award]].

Today, a faculty of internationally-recognized journalists with varying specialties—including politics, arts and culture, religion, science, education, business and economics, investigative reporting, national and international affairs—instruct Journalism School students. Faculty members are preeminent in their fields, and many have won numerous journalism awards including the [[Pulitzer Prize]], the [[Guggenheim Fellowship]], the [[duPont-Columbia Award]], the National Magazine Award, and the National Book Award.

The Graduate School of Journalism offers approximately $4.4 million annually in fellowships and scholarships to students who demonstrate high academic achievement, financial need, and promise for leading careers in journalism.

==History==

The Journalism School was opened in [[1912]] with a gift given ten years earlier by [[Joseph Pulitzer]]. In its early years, it was referred to as the "Pulitzer School". It has gone on to become among the top journalism schools (if not ''the'' top such school) in the United States.

For its first two decades, the journalism school was an undergraduate professional school, and enrolled both students entering university for the first time and [[BA]] graduates who were seeking an additional credential, awarding the degree of [[Litt.B.]] in Journalism. In [[1935]], Dean [[Carl W. Ackerman]] led the school's transition to become the first ''graduate'' school of journalism in the United States. Classes of 60 students dug up stories in New York City during the day and drafted articles in a single, large newsroom in the Journalism School at night.

Pulitzer would also endow the eponymous [[Pulitzer Prize]], which are awarded each year by the J-School in a ceremony held in the [[Low Library]] Rotunda.

==Student Life==
Students study journalism in the classroom, but also by covering diverse neighborhoods of New York City with close guidance and mentoring from their professors. Students form intense bonds during their time at the school. Every day, students are invited to attend and participate in lectures, workshops, conferences, and receptions with journalists who visit the school. The school’s student government is run through the University chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the world’s largest journalism organization. Student officers organize events throughout the year, including field trips, panel discussions, and community service projects.

==See also==

*In addition to offering graduate degree programs, the Journalism School administers several prizes, including the [[Pulitzer Prize]] and the [[duPont-Columbia Award]]. It also co-sponsors the National Magazine Award and publishes the ''Columbia Journalism Review''.

*See the Journalism School site for [http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/cs/ContentServer/jrn/1175374414694/page/1175295249196/JRNSimplePage2.htm/ updates] on the Stabile Student Center.

==External links==
*[http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/ J-School site]

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Pulitzer Hall

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Pulitzer Hall

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[[Image:Journalism.jpg|thumb|240px|Journalism Hall]]

[[Image:Jefferson-journalism 450.jpg|thumb|240px|Statue of Thomas Jefferson in front of Journalism building.]]

The unimaginatively named '''Journalism Hall''' was built with the same [[Joseph Pulitzer]] gift that went towards founding the [[Graduate School of Journalism|J-School]], which is naturally housed in the building. It is located next to [[Furnald]] and has a statue of Thomas Jefferson in front, a political counterpoint to the statue of [[Alexander Hamilton]] in front of [[Hamilton Hall]] on the opposite side of [[South Lawn]]. Both statues were done by alumnus [[William Ordway Partridge]].

In [[2007]], the J-School announced that it would fill the space between Furnald and Journalism Halls with a glass-enclosed cafe and student lounge, the [[Stabile Student Center]], for J-School students.

==See also==
See the Journalism School site for [http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/cs/ContentServer/jrn/1175374414694/page/1175295249196/JRNSimplePage2.htm/ updates] on the Stabile Student Center.

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Journalism Hall

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Social Work Library

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The '''Social Work Library''' is located in the [[School of Social Work Building]] at Amsterdam Ave and 122nd St. It shockingly features collections on social work.

Access is available to all undergraduates, despite some occasionally alarmist signs. It's not especially large in terms of study space, but it has a number of corrals and tables available. It does feature some [[NINJa]] printers. The library has excellent natural light and can be a nice off the beaten path study spot.

{{Libraries}}
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Social Work Library

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The '''Social Work Library''' is located in the [[School of Social Work Building]] at Amsterdam Ave and 122nd St. It shockingly features collections on social work.

Access is available to all undergraduates, despite some occasionally alarmist signs. It's not especially large in terms of study space, but it has a number of corrals and tables available. It does feature some [[NINJa]] printers. The library has excellent natural light and can be a nice off the beaten path study spot.

{{Libraries}}
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School of Social Work Building

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[[Image:Socialwork.jpg|thumb|Social Work Building]]

The '''School of Social Work Building''' is home to the [[School of Social Work]], the [[Social Work Library]], and the [[Department of Statistics]].

It is located at 1255 [[Amsterdam Avenue]], which is approximately at 120th St. The School of Social Work moved into the building from its former home in [[McVickar Hall]] when the former opened in August [[2004]].

The site of the building had originally been slated for an aquatics field house for the [[Athletics Department]]. However, [[Athletics Director]] [[John Reeves]]'s [[Athletics Facilities Scandal|failure to raise any funds]] for the project resulted in the site being repurposed as the future home of SSW.

Columbia has yet to find a use for the street level space of the building on the corner of [[122nd Street]] and [[Amsterdam Avenue]].

==External links==
* [http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2001/05/02/school-social-work-fights-new-home The School of Social Work Fights for a New Home], Columbia Spectator, 2 May 2001.

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Social Work Library

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The '''Social Work Library''' is located in the [[School of Social Work Building]] at Amsterdam Ave and 122nd St. It shockingly features collections on social work.

Access is available to all undergraduates, despite some occasionally alarmist signs. It's not especially large in terms of study space, but it has a number of corrals and tables available. It does feature some [[NINJa]] printers. The library has excellent natural light and can be a nice off the beaten path study spot.

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Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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The '''Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory''' is a 157-acre campus. It is located in Palisades, [[New York State|New York]] on the west bank of the [[Hudson River]].

Lamont-Doherty is a key part of the [[Earth Institute]]. Scientists at Lamont-Doherty try to map and understand the planet, from the core to the seafloor to the atmosphere. 120 PhD researchers and 90 graduate students conduct research at LDEO. The LDEO Marine Operations operates a research ship owned by the National Science Foundation, the ''[[R/V Marcus Langseth]]'' (replaced the ''[[R/V Maurice Ewing]]'' in 2006).

A free shuttle bus transports CUID holders from Morningside Heights to LDEO regularly on weekdays.

== Campus history ==
The LDEO campus was originally "Torrey Cliff", the weekend estate of Wall Street banker Thomas W. Lamont. When he died in [[1948]], his widow, Florence Corliss Lamont (a Columbia alumnus) donated the estate to the University as an unrestricted gift. Two years later Columbia would be the beneficiary of the bequest of another country estate when they received the [[Arden House|"Arden"]] estate in Orange County, NY.

The Lamont Geological Observatory was founded at the estate in [[1949]] under [[Maurice Ewing]]. It was renamed "Lamont-Doherty" in 1969 after a donation from the Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation. In [[1993]], the name was changed from Geological Observatory to Earth Observatory.

In [[2007]], LDEO celebrated the opening of the new 63,000 sq ft. [[Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building]].

Other facilities include the [[Geoscience Library]], a labs for the study of geoscience, seafloors, marine biology, oceanography, paleo-magnetics, boreholes, and seismology. The campus features a cafeteria and guesthouse as well.

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== External links ==
*[http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/ Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Website]
*[http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?tag_id=1075 Bwog's series on the Lamont-Doherty Observatory]
*[http://www.columbiauniversitycampus.com/#/lamont-campus/Lamon-5464 Lamont Campus Photographs]

[[Category: Campuses]]

Milstein Library

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{| style="margin:0 auto; clear:both" cellspacing=0 align=center width="90%" class="toccolours"
|align=center style="background:#75B2DD"| '''[[Columbia University Libraries]]'''
|-
|align=center style="font-size:92%;"|[[Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library|Avery (Architecture & Fine Arts)]] • [[Business and Economics Library|Business & Economics]] • [[Butler Library|Butler]] • [[Engineering Library|Engineering]] • [[Geology Library|Geology]] • [[Geoscience Library|Geoscience]] • [[Health Sciences Library|Health Sciences]] • [[Journalism Library|Journalism]] • [[Law Library|Law School]] • [[Lehman Library|Lehman Social Sciences]] • [[Mathematics Library|Mathematics Library]] • [[Gabe M. Weiner Music and Arts Library|Music & Arts]] • [[Science and Engineering Library|Science & Engineering]] • [[Social Work Library|Social Work]] • [[C. V. Starr East Asian Library|Starr East Asian]]
|-
|align=center style="background:#ccccff"| '''Affiliated Libraries'''
|-
|align=center style="font-size:92%;"|[[Barnard Library|Barnard College]] • [[Burke (UTS) Library|Burke (UTS)]] • [[Jewish Theological Library|Jewish Theological]] • [[Teachers College Library|Teachers College]]
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|align=center style="background:#C9D3D8"| '''Special Collections and Programs'''
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[[Digital Humanities Center (formerly Electronic Text Service) Library|Digital Humanities Center]] • [[Digital Social Science Center Library|Digital Social Science Center]] • [[Oral History Research Office Library|Oral History Research Office]] • [[Rare Book and Manuscript Library|Rare Book & Manuscript]] • [[University Archives|University Archives]]
|}

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Geoscience Library

2012-04-07T14:34:41Z

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The '''Geoscience Library''' is located at [[Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory]] in Pallisades, NY. You may be thinking of the [[Geology Library]] located in Schermerhorn Hall, with which it closely collaborates.

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Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

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[[File:Avery_Library.jpg|thumb|240px|Main level of Avery Library]]
The '''Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library''', located in [[Avery Hall]], collects books and periodicals in architecture, historic preservation, art history, painting, sculpture, graphic arts, decorative arts, city planning, real estate, and archaeology. It is the largest library of architecture in the US, with more than 400,000 volumes, most of which are non-circulating. The Ware collection, focused on urban planning and related fields, does circulate.

Its reading rooms are very quiet, including one on the lower level designated for graduate study (though I've never seen an undergraduate kicked out). There's a strict prohibition against food and drinks here that's more stringently enforced than in other libraries, but there's a cafe in the basement of [[Avery Hall]] called [[Brownie's Cafe|Brownie's]] that you can reach by taking the stairs just outside the library's entrance.

The library rarely has any room on the photogenic top floor, but cubicles and large tables can be found on the lower levels. You can sneak into the architecture library, although it closes early.

== External links ==
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/avery/ Columbia University Libraries: Avery Library]

{{Libraries}}

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Geology Library

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The Geology library is located on the sixth floor of [[Schermerhorn Hall]]. It's one of the smaller libraries on campus, but some consider it a hidden gem in the library system for its relative quiet.

{{Libraries}}
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Mathematics Library

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[[Image:Math_Library.jpg|thumb|300px|The Mathematics library, from the study area toward the front section]]
The mathematics library is located in the Mathematics building, immediately up the steps to the left. It's small and doesn't see a lot of use. However some may consider it ideal for that very reason. It also boasts surprisingly nice views of Broadway and the Barnard Campus. One nice feature is that many copies of math textbooks, including Stewart's Calculus, are available on reserve to save you from having to lug it around all the time.

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[[Mathematics Library]]

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[[Avery Library]]

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{| style="margin:0 auto; clear:both" cellspacing=0 align=center width="90%" class="toccolours"
|align=center style="background:#75B2DD"| '''[[Columbia University Libraries]]'''
|-
|align=center style="font-size:92%;"|[[Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library|Avery (Architecture & Fine Arts)]] • [[Business and Economics Library|Business & Economics]] • [[Butler Library|Butler]] • [[Engineering Library|Engineering]] • [[Geology Library|Geology]] • [[Geoscience Library|Geoscience]] • [[Health Sciences Library|Health Sciences]] • [[Journalism Library|Journalism]] • [[Law Library|Law School]] • [[Lehman Library|Lehman Social Sciences]] • [[Mathematics Library|Mathematics Library]] • [[Milstein 24 Hour Rooms Library|Milstein 24 Hour Rooms]] • [[Gabe M. Weiner Music and Arts Library|Music & Arts]] • [[Science and Engineering Library|Science & Engineering]] • [[Social Work Library|Social Work]] • [[C. V. Starr East Asian Library|Starr East Asian]]
|-
|align=center style="background:#ccccff"| '''Affiliated Libraries'''
|-
|align=center style="font-size:92%;"|[[Barnard Library|Barnard College]] • [[Burke (UTS) Library|Burke (UTS)]] • [[Jewish Theological Library|Jewish Theological]] • [[Teachers College Library|Teachers College]]
|-
|align=center style="background:#C9D3D8"| '''Special Collections and Programs'''
|-
|align=center style="font-size:92%;"|
[[Digital Humanities Center (formerly Electronic Text Service) Library|Digital Humanities Center]] • [[Digital Social Science Center Library|Digital Social Science Center]] • [[Oral History Research Office Library|Oral History Research Office]] • [[Rare Book and Manuscript Library|Rare Book & Manuscript]] • [[University Archives|University Archives]]
|}

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Columbia University Libraries

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'''Columbia University Libraries''' (CUL) is one of the top five academic research library systems in North America. The collections include over 10 million volumes, over 100,000 journals and serials, as well as extensive electronic resources, [[Rare Book and Manuscript Library|rare books and manuscripts]], microforms, maps, graphic and audio-visual materials, and the [[University Archives|university archives]]. The services and collections are organized into 25 libraries and various academic technology centers. The Libraries employs more than 550 professional and support staff.

Columbia's primary library is [[Butler Library]], which houses the humanities and history collections. Other disciplines are located in other buildings throughout campus. The centerpiece of campus is [[Low Library]], which only served as a library from 1897 until Butler's completion in 1934.

== ReCAP ==
Due to limited storage space in Morningside Heights approximately 4 million volumes are stored offsite in Princeton, NJ at [http://library.columbia.edu/requestit/off-site.html ReCAP]. ReCAP is a joint program with the [http://library.princeton.edu/ Princeton University Library] and the [http://www.nypl.org/ NY Public Library]. Documented can be requested at no cost, and will be either scanned and delivered electronically, or physically delivered for pickup at almost any Columbia library. The ReCAP facility is managed by Princeton University and is not generally available for visiting, although special arrangements may be made.

== External links ==
* [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/ CUL website]
* [http://tidings.cul.columbia.edu/cul-fyi/ Blog]
* [http://recap.princeton.edu/ ReCAP official site]

{{Libraries}}

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40s on 40

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[[Image:40s.jpg|thumb|300px|Aftermath of the first roped-off, penned event, April 2007]]

'''40s on 40''' (officially known for a period as '''40 Days''') is an annual event for seniors that took place 40 days before graduation. The event began informally, was co-opted by the Columbia administration, and, although no longer officially supported or tolerated, continues as an underground tradition.

== Original event ==

Starting sometime in the early 2000s, seniors would gather on [[the Steps|Low Steps]] to enjoy the spring weather and down [[w:Malt liquor#Forties (40s)|40s]] exactly 40 days before graduation. The event continued as an underground, organic event for several years in this tradition. However, in many cases, the large crowd of seniors drinking on the Steps would draw the attention of [[Public Safety]], who would break up the event.

== New, co-opted event ==

In [[2007]], [[CCSC]] surreptitiously attempted to get the administration to place extra trash bins on Low Steps since students typically left a mess after the event, usually leading to a scolding staff editorial from the [[Spectator]]. The administration responded to the request by co-opting the event, clearly pursuing the classic Microsoft strategy of "co-opt and destroy". The new, official event was given the more salubrious title '''40 Days'''. Informal drinking on the steps was replaced with a per-student limit of four beers, a penned-off student enclosure, ID checks, and a ban on bringing in any sort of container or bag which - heaven forfend - a student might use to smuggle in alcohol. In their cattle-like enclosure, administrators tried to tempt students with offers of free T-shirts and stickers. Rumor had it that the administration even booked a clown for entertainment, and there'd be a coloring-in contest too!<ref>See generally, [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sarcasm Sarcasm]</ref>

In a sense it was generous of the university to start sponsoring a drinking party, but most would agree the event became a pale shadow of what it used to be. To sum up, as of 2007, 40 Days became a lame, tame, roped and fenced-off boozefest.

==Slow death==

In [[2009]], administrators decided that they could no longer support an event whose primary draw was the consumption of alcohol. Administrators did not comment on the fact that event hadn't been sponsored by them until [[2007]]. Nor did they have anything to say about [[Lerner Pub]] or that fact that students more or less only go to [[Baker Field]] for football games because [[Athletics]] offers them free beer.<ref>[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2009/02/25/continuity-40s-40-question Continuity of '40s on 40' in Question], Spectator, February 25, 2009</ref>

In [[2010]], the CC & SEAS Senior Class Councils decided to kill off the official university-sponsored event because most of the cost of the event went into constructing a fenced off zone for alcohol consumption, rather than to actually providing fun for students.<ref>[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2010/04/05/traditional-40s-40-cut-due-expense Traditional '40s on 40' cut due to expense], Columbia Spectator, 5 April 2010.</ref>

Demonstrating that they had successfully internalized the lessons of [[subalternism]], students protesting the co-opted and eventually canceled event continued to hold the tradition informally, gathering on Low Steps and enduring harassment from Public Safety. In 2012 the unofficial 40s on 40 was held at 2AM.<ref>[http://bwog.com/2012/04/05/its-the-final-countdown-cc12/ It’s the Final Countdown, 2012], Bwog, 5 April 2012].</ref>

== Lament for the previous incarnation of 40 Days ==

{{quote|Man everywhere is free, and yet he lives in chains. One day, one single day, out of every grinding year we have a chance to do the Greeks we've etched into our edifaces proud and have our own Symposium on the steps. Our libations flow and for one sweet, ephemerally passing moment, we do something that is so rare and precious that we seek it like platinum and should guard it like a diamond - we have fun. Well today, the eternal enemy, the powers that be, have decided to flew their muscles of control. No one is hurt, no one has problems, and still they must reach their iron fists into our cradles of tradition and rob a little child that I call "fun." They come as they always come, with the "law" and the "power" on their side. They come with the police, with the guns, with the endowments, with the 200+ years of history, and they come, my friends, for me and for you. Now we know for whom the bell tolls. And what will the administration do with my beloved little "fun?" They will toss it on the trash heap, with the rest of the things they have no use for but cannot stand anyone else in the world having. They will fight us ravenously because they know no other way. They are the GIANTS. we are meek. But despite all their advantages, and all our meekness, shall we surrender? Does might make right or can we stop them? Our brothers who marched on Washington all those years ago, did they gain nothing? When Gandhi went to the sea and made salt did he use it to flavor his vegetables? No! He used it to toss the British from India! We do not need their power, their right, their history, their might. We need only to march together, to be unified in truth, to be unafraid. I will not lie friends. We stand now in a great darkness. Surrender if you must, but I will go foward, a majority of one, standing against the implaccable forces of the universe. I will refuse to go gently into that good night. And friends, sweet, loving friends, I beg you to join me. You have nothing to lose but your chains, and nothing to gain but equality. Rise up! Grab the 40! Tilt it backwards and bring the frothy fullness to your lips, letting the cool suds of freedom wash down your oppression parched throat. Yes they may arrest us. Yes they may shatter our bottles and splatter our beer on the cold stony steps of their institution. They may knock the bottles from our hands, spraying the cool liquid on Alma, letting the alcohol drip down her face like so many tears at the unjustice of it all. They may do all this and worse. But if they do, and I hope they do strike us down, we will become more powerful than they can ever imagine. There are far more of us than them, and we do not need to loose our wroth for them to feel the disapproval of the countless billions. We do not need violence to defeat them. We need merely to try and drink our beers. In failing we shall succeed, and in succeeding we shall reach unheard levels of truth. So I call to you, friend of friends, lover of life, giver of hope. You, individual, the one who knows what is right and will do what needs to be done. You, beautiful soul, who can lift the 40, who can get krunk, who knows what life really is. I call on you. Come forth, come outside! Awaken the sleeper! Breath the air of a better tomorrow! Remake the world how we know it should be, not how it is! For fairness! For freedom! For 40s!|Anonymous [[Bwog]] commenter}}

== External links ==

* [http://www.bwog.net/publicate/index.php?page=post&article_id=1014 Bwog - Hipsters enjoy 40s on 40]
* [http://www.bwog.net/articles/why_is_it_called_40_days_again Bwog - 40 Days Without the 40s]

==References==
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[[Category:Traditions]]

Teachers College Library

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'''[http://library.tc.columbia.edu/ The Gottesman Libraries at Teachers College]''', commonly known as '''Teachers College Library''', is a large library serving Teachers College. It features one of the nation's largest collections on education and psychology, featuring over 500,000 volumes and numerous rare volumes.

The library is open to all students at Columbia, although printing requires a separate quota rather than [[NINJa]]. Borrowing privileges are generally available to students, with standard borrowing periods of one semester.

Unlike other campus libraries, TC's library is very modern, well-lit, and clean. But most importantly, food and drinks are allowed. This is perhaps the reason why students from all of Columbia's schools come here to study (i.e. lots of law and medical students). Many students bring in whole pizza pies, sandwiches, and takeout. The second floor is dedicated to collaboration and is therefore designated as a talking area. The third floor, for the more serious individuals, is a quiet area. The first floor is, well, still up for decision as there is a mix of both quietness and nonsensical chatter.

Students, including Columbia undergraduates, can reserve study rooms ahead of time online.

{{Libraries}}

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Teachers College

2012-04-05T16:42:28Z

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[[Image:04 14 15.JPEG|thumb|right|Teachers College spire]]

Founded in [[1893]], '''Teachers College''' is a comprehensive graduate institution offering programs at the master's and doctoral level in fields as wide ranging as early childhood education, primary and secondary school education, developmental psychology, health sciences, adult education, higher education, international and transcultural education, mathematics, science and technology, and organizational leadership.

The building itself is considered by many to be a labyrinth of equal or greater stature to that of King Minos's. Teachers College is actually made of multiple buildings. However, one day someone thought it was a good idea to combine all the buildings into one. This has caused considerable amounts of confusion (particularly among first year grads) as many of the building's floors do not line up evenly. It is not uncommon to walk on the 2nd floor of a building and then suddenly end up on the 4th floor of another. It just doesn't make sense.

Contrary to what one might expect, only 1/3 of TC's students are in teacher preparation programs. The remaining 2/3 are enrolled in a variety of disciplines which share the common purpose of knowledge creation and education as the primary lens through which to approach their field.

[[Teachers College Library]] is a popular study area for Columbia students as well as TC students.

In 2010, TC was ranked #2 behind Vanderbilt. Teachers College students, faculty, and employees are confident that the school will once again become #1, but not before wasting Vanderbilt and Stanford in the dust with their shame and humiliation. Teachers College is the largest of Columbia University's graduate professional schools and the largest graduate school of education in the US with more than 5,000 graduate students.

== External links ==
* [http://www.tc.columbia.edu Teachers College website]

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Teachers College

2012-04-05T16:42:14Z

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[[Image:04 14 15.JPEG|thumb|right|Teachers College spire]]

Founded in [[1893]], '''Teachers College''' is a comprehensive graduate institution offering programs at the master's and doctoral level in fields as wide ranging as early childhood education, primary and secondary school education, developmental psychology, health sciences, adult education, higher education, international and transcultural education, mathematics, science and technology, and organizational leadership.

The building itself is considered by many to be a labyrinth of equal or greater stature to that of King Minos's. Teachers College is actually made of multiple buildings. However, one day someone thought it was a good idea to combine all the buildings into one. This has caused considerable amounts of confusion (particularly among first year grads) as many of the building's floors do not line up evenly. It is not uncommon to walk on the 2nd floor of a building and then suddenly end up on the 4th floor of another. It just doesn't make sense.

Contrary to what one might expect, only 1/3 of TC's students are in teacher preparation programs. The remaining 2/3 are enrolled in a variety of disciplines which share the common purpose of knowledge creation and education as the primary lens through which to approach their field.

[[Teacher's College Library]] is a popular study area for Columbia students as well as TC students.

In 2010, TC was ranked #2 behind Vanderbilt. Teachers College students, faculty, and employees are confident that the school will once again become #1, but not before wasting Vanderbilt and Stanford in the dust with their shame and humiliation. Teachers College is the largest of Columbia University's graduate professional schools and the largest graduate school of education in the US with more than 5,000 graduate students.

== External links ==
* [http://www.tc.columbia.edu Teachers College website]

{{Schools}}

[[Category:Teachers College|*]]
[[Category:Schools]]
[[Category:Affiliates]]

Peter Awn

2012-04-05T16:37:34Z

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[[File:Columbia_gs_dean_peter_awn.jpg|thumb|Peter Awn]]
'''Peter Awn''' is Dean of the [[School of General Studies]], Professor in the Department of Religion, and Director of the Middle East Institute. He's been on the faculty at Columbia University since 1978 and Dean of [[General Studies]] since 1997. He served as Interim Dean of the [[School of Continuing Education]] from when it separated from GS until 2009.

Awn is a religion scholar of Arab descent, and often teaches a famously intensive survey course on Islam during the spring semester. Previously he regularly taught [[LitHum]]. He's a "Silver Nugget" on [[CULPA]] receiving large praise for his lectures<ref>http://www.culpa.info/professors/188</ref>.

Awn received a [[B.A.]] from [[Fordham University]], an M.Div. from Woodstock College and a [[Ph.D.]] from [[Harvard University]].<ref>http://www.gs.columbia.edu/expert-bios</ref> He was previously a Jesuit priest.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/02/nyregion/traditions-collide-in-a-chelsea-parish.html</ref>

{{succession|office=Dean of the School of General Studies|years=[[1997]]-|succeeded=incumbent|preceded=[[Gillian Lindt]]}}

== References ==
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[[Category:Religion professors|Awn, Peter]]
[[Category:Deans of the School of General Studies|Awn, Peter]]

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[[Peter Awn]], Dean of [[General Studies]] from 1997