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Columbia University Toastmasters

2019-01-26T17:05:10Z

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The [http://columbiauniversity.toastmastersclubs.org/ Columbia University Toastmasters] club is a [https://www.toastmasters.org/ Toastmasters] club which focuses on building public speaking, communication and leadership skills. They are one of the largest Toastmasters clubs in North America. They usually meet every week on Saturdays.

== External links ==
* [http://www.toastmasters.org/Find-a-Club/03890961-columbia-university-toastmasters-club Columbia University Toastmasters club information]
* [http://columbiauniversity.toastmastersclubs.org/ Columbia University Toastmasters website]

Barack Obama

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[[Image:Obamany.jpg|thumb|right|Obama the Columbia undergrad, visiting [[Central Park]] ]]

'''Barack Obama''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1983|83]] was the 44th President of the United States. A former US Senator from [[w:Illinois|Illinois]], he is the first African-American to hold the nation's highest office.

Obama is the first attendee of [[Columbia College]] to occupy the Oval Office. Obama was also the first Columbia College alumnus to be nominated by a major modern party ticket, and the first CC alum to be a major party nominee since the Federalists nominated [[DeWitt Clinton]] in [[1812]].

He is the second Columbia alumnus to win a [[Nobel Prize|Nobel Peace Prize]], after [[Nicholas Murray Butler]] in [[1931]]. [[Theodore Roosevelt]] also won a Peace Prize.

==Columbia years==

[[Image:Obama-columbia.png|thumb|right|Obama wearing Columbia t-shirt]]

[[Image:Obamasiddiqi.jpg|thumb|right|Obama with his Pakistani friend Sohale Siddiqi in Obama's 109th St. apartment, 1981]]

[[Image:Obama109.jpg|thumb|right|The apartment building on 109th St. where Obama lived with [[Phil Boerner]] in 1981]]

[[Image:Obamaboerner.jpg|thumb|right|Photo by Obama of his friend Phil Boerner in their apartment on 109th St., Fall 1981.]]

[[Image:Obama tenement.jpg|thumb|right|A more recent image of the Yorkville apartment on East 94th where Obama lived during most of his time at Columbia]]

[[Image:Obamastudent.jpg|thumb|right|Obama not looking very happy in the winter of 1981]]

[[Image:Obama grandparents.jpg|thumb|right|Obama gets a visit from his grandparents during his Columbia years]]

Obama [[transfer student|transferred]] to CC from [[w:Occidental College|Occidental College]], which is even more rarely mentioned by the President, in the fall of [[1981]]. At Occidental, Obama wrote, he had been into partying and drugs. He hoped the move to New York, where the cold weather would force him to stay inside and read,<ref>http://bwog.net/2010/04/06/a-new-look-at-obamas-columbia-years</ref> would put him on a more serious track.

===Accommodations===

Columbia at that time barred transfer students from its limited supply of campus housing, so Obama lived off campus. He claims to have spent his first night sleeping in an alley near the corner of 109th and [[Amsterdam Avenue]] and washing with the homeless next to an open fire hydrant, as he had arrived too late to be let in to the apartment he had found, #3E, 142 W. 109th St., between Amsterdam and Columbus. The rent was $360.

The next day he moved into the apartment with fellow Occidental College transfer [[Phil Boerner]]. Boerner, who remained Obama's friend throughout his college years, describes the apartment as a third story walkup with a railroad layout and a missing doorbell. It had a walkthrough layout, and Boerner had to walk through Obama's room to get to his own. The heating frequently failed, one of the reasons Obama wound up spending so much time in [[Butler Library]]. At other times, the two roommates read their books under blankets. Their hot water was also irregular, and they often made use of the Columbia gym showers. They frequently hosted guests from their Occidental days, and Obama was reportedly a gracious host, doing grocery shopping and making chicken curry (which he'd learned to cook from Pakistani friend Sohale Siddiqi).<ref>http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/jan_feb09/alumni_corner</ref><ref>http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/recollections-of-obamas-ex-roommate/</ref>

After their first semester, Obama tried to find a better apartment for himself and his friend, but was only able to locate a studio. He eventually moved into a walkup at #6A, 339 E. 94th St., in [[Yorkville]], where he would "chat with his Puerto Rican neighbors about...the sound of gunfire at night".<ref>http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/30/where-obama-lived-in-1980s-new-york/</ref>

===Academics===

When he was on campus, Obama concentrated on academic work, spending most of his time in [[Butler Library]] "like a monk", and made few friends. He also took up jogging (around [[Central Park]]) and "stopped getting high". Still, he had time for the occasional beer, and enjoyed watching sports.

He majored in [[Political Science Department|PoliSci]], and concentrated in "International Relations," (now [[International Politics]] - this is a subfield of the PoliSci major and should not be confused with a "[[concentration]]," the Columbia term that substitutes for what most schools term a "minor").

He also took classes in other disciplines, including a class with famed literary theorist [[Edward Said]]. Boehner confirmed that Obama found Said's focus on theory tedious and that both would have preferred to be reading Shakespeare. Obama apparently called Said "a flake". <ref>http://bwog.net/2010/04/06/a-new-look-at-obamas-columbia-years</ref>

Obama's professors and classmates, including former international politics professor Michael Baron and current MTV president Michael Wolf, confirm that he was a brilliant, standout student and that he was an active participant in seminars. Baron said he was one of the top one or two students in his class. Despite this, Obama continually declines requests to release his Columbia transcript.

Sources first differed on whether he wrote his senior thesis on Soviet nuclear disarmament<ref>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/?q=node/28631</ref> or the North-South debate on trade and the "new international economic order"<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/magazine/04obama-t.html</ref>. Later, it emerged that he had not really written an official thesis at all: students were not required to do so at the time, and what was considered his "thesis" was really a long seminar paper. Obama wrote his for Prof. Baron's American Foreign Policy class. A search has been launched<ref>http://www.bwog.net/articles/obama_s_schoolwork_verily_a_mystery</ref> for a copy of the paper, which was confirmed to have been on the topic of Soviet disarmament. Baron, Obama's de facto "thesis" advisor, is now retired to Florida, and claims to have lost his copy of the paper in a move some time ago.

It has been reported that Obama graduated without honors<ref>http://www.nysun.com/new-york/obamas-years-at-columbia-are-a-mystery/85015/</ref>, but if the policies then were the same as they are today, he would not have been eligible for [[Latin honors]], because he spent only two years in the college. After graduation, Obama hoped to become a community organizer, but could not find work as one, and joined a consulting firm instead.

===Extracurriculars===

In spring 1983, Obama wrote at least one article for the now defunct campus publication ''[[Sundial (magazine)|Sundial]]'', a discussion of the aims and methods of campus anti-war groups.<ref>http://www.politico.com/static/PPM116_obamaessay.html </ref> His friend Phil Boerner explains that during this period, Obama wanted to be a writer rather than a politician.

Obama also claims to have participated to some extent in anti-apartheid activities with the [[Black Students Organization]].

At one point he worked selling subscriptions to ''[[The New York Times]]'' to pay Columbia's tuition costs.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/opinion/10dowd.html</ref>

===Free time===

On off days, Obama would reportedly browse bookstores like the [[Strand]] and a Barnes & Noble that apparently once operated across from Columbia. He also went to museums, such as the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art|Met]] and the [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum|Guggenheim]].

Boerner remembers their discussions of John Rawls's ''A Theory of Justice'' in particular. They also listened to reggae.

Like many Columbia students, Obama partook of breakfast at [[Tom's Restaurant]] and beers at [[The West End]].

===Formation of views===

The racist and anti-Semitic graffiti he sometimes encountered on bathroom walls on campus helped Obama form his ideas about race and class. He wrote of "the almost mathematical precision with which America’s race and class problems joined; the depth, the ferocity, of resulting tribal wars; the bile that flowed freely not just out on the streets but in the stalls of Columbia’s bathrooms as well".<ref>''Dreams from My Father''</ref>

According to Phil Boerner, Obama "could get pretty emotional about sports, food and injustice" at the time.

==Recent relationship with Columbia==

Many Columbia students [[w:The Audacity of Hope|audaciously hoped]] he would win the Democratic primary and the national election.

He has repeatedly turned down requests to be the [[Class Day]] speaker in recent years, as well as general requests to appear from the [[College Democrats]]. Recently, CC Class of 2011 President [[Sean Udell]] spearheaded the "POTUS Project" to get the president to speak at [[University Commencement]], an honor traditionally reserved for the [[University President]] alone. President [[Lee Bollinger]], however, cosigned the initiative<ref>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2010/10/14/ccsc-launches-potus-project-0</ref>, to little avail.

Obama did, however, note that Columbia was his alma mater while visiting during the [[ServiceNation Presidential Candidates Forum]], and sent a letter to the attendees of the Class of 1983's 25th reunion gathering. Obama's 2009 tax filings revealed what may be stirrings of latent loyalty to the institution: Obama donated $1,000 to Columbia that fiscal year, giving nothing to Harvard.

In [[2012]], Obama spoke at the [[Class Day]] of [[Barnard College]]. This caused considerable consternation in the Columbia College community (see "[[Obamanard]]"), especially among those who had been organizing to bring him to campus as a Class Day speaker for CC. The ''[[New York Times]]'' speculated that the reasoning was tied to the political issues surrounding women's health at the time.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/us/politics/obama-will-speak-at-barnard-graduation.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1330794112-IRvF63PYWJu3Y6zj7xYWSA</ref>

==Other Columbia coincidences==

In his primary fight to become the Democratic nominee, Obama faced, among others, [[GS]] alum [[Mike Gravel]]. His Republican opponent was [[John McCain]], a former [[Class Day]] speaker whose daughter, [[Meghan McCain]], was CC'07. In the general election, he also faced tickets with [[Wayne Allen Root]], also CC'83, the Libertarian Party vice presidential nominee, and independent vice presidential candidate [[Matt Gonzalez]] CC'87.

Following his victory, Obama nominated [[Eric Holder]] CC'73 for Attorney General and [[Julius Genachowski]] CC'85 chairman of the FCC. [[Judd Gregg]] CC'69 was later nominated as Commerce Secretary, but later removed himself from consideration, citing irreconcilable differences with the administration.

==Revisionism and Obama's Columbia Years==
As with the 'birther' movement's obsession with the veracity of Obama's birth records, occasional hoaxes and misinformation are promulgated surrounding his time at Columbia or a fictitious "thesis" written while a student.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/10/25/2009-10-25_limbaugh_falls_for_obama_thesis_hoax__but_is_in_no_rush_to_apologize.html</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/jan05/cover.php Columbia College Today profile of Obama]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/us/politics/30obama.html NYT article on Obama's years at Columbia and subsequent time in New York]

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Columbia University Toastmasters

2016-06-06T16:03:18Z

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The [http://columbiauniversity.toastmastersclubs.org/ Columbia University Toastmasters] club is a [https://www.toastmasters.org/ Toastmasters] club which focuses on building communication and leadership skills. They usually meet every other week.

== External links ==
* [http://www.toastmasters.org/Find-a-Club/03890961-columbia-university-toastmasters-club Columbia University Toastmasters club information]
* [http://columbiauniversity.toastmastersclubs.org/ Columbia University Toastmasters website]

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Eng.Sc.D.

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Doctor of Engineering Science

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The '''Doctor of Engineering Science''' ('''Eng.Sc.D.''') is the highest degree awarded by the [[Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science]]. This degree requires additional coursework beyond the [[MS]] in addition to significant research and the completion of a doctoral project and thesis.

The degree is not a [[PhD]], which is only awarded by the [[Graduate School of Arts and Sciences]]. However, the Eng.Sc.D. is considered to be at a similar level, and recipients are still styled ''doctor'' upon conferral of the degree. The Eng.Sc.D. has identical academic requirements as the PhD<ref>[http://bulletin.engineering.columbia.edu/doctoral-degrees-engscd-and-phd "Doctoral Degrees: Eng.Sc.D. and Ph.D." ''Columbia Engineering Bulletin''. December 23, 2013]</ref>.

== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:Degrees]]
[[Category:SEAS]]

Professional Degree

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A '''Professional Degree''' ('''PD''') is a degree granted by the [[Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science]] to students who wish to pursue coursework beyond the [[MS]] but do not wish to emphasize research. The degree is not considered as high as the [[Eng.Sc.D]] or [[PhD]] since it does only requires coursework. Thirty points beyond the [[MS]] (or sixty points beyond the [[BS]]) must be completed for conferral.

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[[Category:SEAS]]

Master of Science in Engineering

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#REDIRECT [[Master of Science]]

Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

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User: SEAS doesn't confer BSE or MSE degrees. They confer BS and MS degrees.

{{Infobox school
|Name=School of Engineering and Applied Science
|Image=SEAS_new_logo.jpg
|Established=1863
|Dean=[[Mary Boyce|Mary Cunningham Boyce]]
|Degrees=[[BS]], [[MS]], [[Eng.Sc.D]], [[Prof. Degree]]
|Enrollment=1,531 Undergraduate; 1,652 Masters; 697 PhD (2012-2013)
|Website=[http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/ http://www.engineering.columbia.edu/]
}}

'''The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science''' (referred to for branding purposes as '''Columbia Engineering''' as of the late [[2000s]], but almost always informally referred to as '''SEAS'''), is the engineering school of Columbia. No one calls it Fu. Ever. It awards degrees in engineering, applied physics and applied mathematics.

The school maintains a close [[CC-SEAS Relationship|relationship]] with [[Columbia College]], and undergraduate students from both schools fall under the oversight of the [[Division of Student Affairs]] and live in the same dorms.

In [[2011]]-[[2012]], the School's research expenditure was $125 million.

== History ==

SEAS was founded in [[1863]] by [[Thomas Egleston Jr.]] as the '''School of Mines''' and then the '''School of Mines, Engineering and Chemistry''' before becoming the '''School of Engineering and Applied Science'''. It was the country's first such institution. In [[1997]], the school was renamed in honor of Chinese businessman [[Z. Y. Fu]], who had donated $26 million.

Following Columbia's move to the [[Morningside Heights campus]], the school took residence in [[Lewisohn Hall]] and [[Mathematics Hall]], which were then known as Mines and Engineering Halls, respectively. The construction of the [[Seeley W. Mudd Building]] in the '60s allowed the school to move into more spacious (though more ugly) quarters on the northeast corner of the main campus. Due to the growth of the school in the past four decades, further expansion was determined necessary, leading to the planning of the [[Northwest Science Building]], which opened in the spring of 2011. SEAS will benefit greatly from the opening of the [[Manhattanville campus]], including 1,000,000 square feet of space being allocated for a new [[Institute for Data Science]].

== Departments and faculty members ==

SEAS is divided into nine departments with a total of 152 members of faculty as follows:
* [[Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Department]] (29)
* [[Biomedical Engineering Department]] (19)
* [[Chemical Engineering Department]] (10)
* [[Civil Engineering Department]] (13)
* [[Computer Science Department]] (35)
* [[Earth and Environmental Engineering Department]] (15) (formerly "Mining, Metallurgical, and Mineral Engineering (Henry Krumb School of Mines))
* [[Electrical Engineering Department]] (20)
* [[Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Department]] (16)
* [[Mechanical Engineering Department]] (11)

Additional faculty unaccounted for in above departments:
* [[Computer Engineering]] (10)
* [[Materials Engineering]] (9)
* Other (1)

{{Schools}}

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Harvard University

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[[Image:Columbiaharvard.jpg|thumb|Early [[football]] game between Columbia and Harvard. Characteristically, the ref is letting Harvard win.]]

'''Harvard University''' (also known as '''The Kremlin on the Charles''') is a mediocre university in a dull [[Boston]] [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|suburb]] that was preemptively set up to accommodate students who don't get into Columbia.

==Know Thy Safety==

Like Columbia, Harvard is actually a vast domain divided into an infinitude of fiefdoms. Columbia-trained anthropologists have investigated the following Harvard tribes:

===Harvard College===

[[Image:Harvardlibrary.jpg|thumb|Lamont, Harvard's actual undergraduate library (what?): architecture to inspire the towering intellectual achievement of an average suburb near you]]

A repository for those unfortunate enough not to have been given the thumbs-up by [[Columbia College]]'s enlightened admissions office. [http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=514692 Sex-starved] and [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20050113-0500-life-harvard.html fun-deprived], Harvard undergraduates are often desperate for recognition, leading to reprehensible acts of [http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=512948 intellectual property theft] perpetrated against creative Columbia students and alumni.

Given this state, it is not uncommon for recent Harvard graduates to infest New York shortly after receiving their [http://harvardmagazine.com/2001/07/the-ba-diploma-from-a-to.html low-grade English language diplomas]. Harvard graduates then typically engage in insignificant careers as late night talk show writers, when not bloating the waitlists of Columbia grad schools.

===Radcliffe College===

Radcliffe was once Harvard's [[Barnard College]]. It was forced to completely dissolve in the 1990s, when Harvard decided it hated the idea of women doing anything independently.

[[Image:Harvardgraduation.jpg|thumb|left|Swelling with pride, newly-minted Harvard graduates hoist the university colors during their commencement ceremony]]

===Harvard Business School===

A factory for the production of [[w:Mitt Romney|slick tools]] and [[w:Boston Consulting Group|powerful]] [[w:McKinsey & Co.|consulting]] [[w:Bain & Co.|outfits]], Harvard Business School has its own, predictably country-club-like campus across the Charles River from the rest of Harvard, because apparently even [[w:Alan Dershowitz|Alan Dershowitz]] was too left-wing for them to be around.

===Kennedy School of Government===

Named for [[w:John F. Kennedy|one of Harvard's most famous (and most accidental) alumni]] (who only transferred from [[Princeton]] when a health scare forced him to stay closer to home), the K-School primarily educates hippie freak activists and foreign trust-fund babies (in addition to [[Bill O'Reilly]]) in the art of becoming languishing members of the current opposition party - a state [[w:David Gergen|most K-School faculty]] are all too familiar with.

[[Image:Hlsstudent.jpg|thumb|A Harvard Law student recovers after class]]

===Harvard Law School===

From the [[w:Eliot Spitzer|scandal-scalded]] to the [[w:Samantha Power|gaffe-gifted]], there is no powerful person screwing up the world that Harvard Law School has not educated. Known for its [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxMS59sxwxs punishing, psychologically-ruinous regime of torturous Foucauldian discipline], it is undoubtedly Harvard's most sinister organ.

===Harvard Medical School===

Where the victims of Harvard Law School receive treatment. It is actually located in [[Boston]], miles away from the main Harvard campus, in order not to be contaminated by the rest of the university.

===Harvard Divinity School===

Basically a monastery. Columbia does not have one for good reason.

== Harvard/Yale rivalry ==

If you're starting to think that we rag on Harvard because we have an inferiority complex or some other issue, I would like to respectfully disagree and politely direct you to [[Yale]]. Like many lesser institutions of learning, Harvard maintains a petty rivalry with Yale, as evidenced in the following video:

<videoflash>T4kai4FL0MQ</videoflash>

== 2009 Budget Crisis ==

[[Image:oliver28.jpg|thumb| A typical Harvard student protests cuts to dining services in the wake of financial crisis]]

In late 2006, Harvard was sitting on a chart-topping endowment of $35 billion. That year, Harvard's administration, mad with wealth, announced sweeping changes to its financial aid program. They offered free tuition to undergrads whose family income fall in the sub-$60k range. Students in the under $120k bracket would be asked to contribute no more than %10 of family income. Several other institutions of higher learning (whose names are not Columbia) soon followed Harvard's lead. Feeling the pressure, President Bollinger emphasized in an address his steadfast commitment to making Columbia affordable to all.<ref>http://www.wikicu.com/Image:FedColumbiaCartoon.jpg</ref>

By mid 2009, however, Harvard's spendthrift ways had depleted its cash pile by some $8 billion, or about 22 percent. (To put this in perspective, Columbia's ''entire'' endowment was about $7.1 billion as of FY2008.) The financial implications of this disaster led one Harvard account manager to comment, "They are completely fucked."<ref>http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2009/06/harvard.html</ref><ref>http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0316/080_harvard_finance_meltdown.html</ref>

==Athletics==
Although Harvard's athletics program is arguably worse than Columbia's, they do have a wicked [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YmJob5rbNM quidditch team].

==Notable Alumni==
Harvard has a few notable alumni such as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unabomber Unabomber].

== References ==
<references />

== External links ==
* [http://www.harvard.edu/ Harvard University]

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String Theory Cellos

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String Theory

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'''String Theory''' is a cello ensemble composed of Columbia students. It was founded in 2011.

== External links ==
* [http://stringtheorycellos.com String Theory's website]

Getting to Columbia

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== Airports ==
To try to cut costs on taxi travel, see what you can get on [[Carsplit]].

=== LaGuardia Airport ===
* [[LaGuardia Airport]] is the closest to the campus.
* Take the M60 bus directly to the campus, every half hour, for '''$2.50''' (in coins or on a [[Metrocard]]).
* Taxi for about '''$30''', including tip.
* Super Shuttle van for '''$17'''
* Car: take the Grand Central Parkway east to the Whitestone Parkway (I-678). Follow it across the Whitestone Bridge and onto I-95 south. Follow directions [[#From the north|from the north]].

=== JFK Airport ===
* [http://www.panynj.gov/airports/jfk-airtrain.html AirTrain JFK] - take this to Jamaica station and ride the E to 42nd St–Port Authority. Follow the signs to the 1 at 42nd St–Times Square and take the uptown 1 to Columbia. Will cost '''$7.25''' total.
** Alternatively, take the AirTrain to Howard Beach and ride the A line to 59th St–Columbus Circle, then transfer to the 1 train going uptown.
* By far the quickest (and most comfortable) way by rail is taking the [http://lirr42.mta.info/sfweb/faces/index.jspx LIRR] to [[Penn Station]]. Take the Airtrain to Jamaica, and then board the next inbound train at LIRR Jamaica Station. Depending on when you travel, the total cost will be '''$15.25''' or '''$13''': $5 AirTrain + $8 LIRR (peak) or $5.75 LIRR (off-peak) + $2.25 subway. Make sure to purchase your ticket at one of the machines before boarding the train, because buying the ticket directly from the conductor on the train will $14 (peak) or $12 (off-peak).
* Taxi for about '''$60''', including toll and tip.
* Super Shuttle van for '''$17'''.
* Take the Van Wyck Expressway (I-678) to the Whitestone Bridge and across. Follow directions [[#From the north|from the north]].
* If you want to be ''really'' cheap, you could take the Q10 bus and use the free transfer to get onto the E or F at Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike. The total cost would be '''$2.50'''.

=== Newark Airport ===
* [http://www.panynj.gov/airports/ewr-airtrain.html AirTrain Newark] - '''$15''', including New Jersey Transit ticket to Penn Station. Take the 1 from Penn Station to Columbia ($2.25 Metrocard required).
* Taxi for about '''$85''', including toll and tip.
* Newark: Follow directions above for [[#From the south or west|from the south or west]].

== Car ==
* Note that in NYC right turns at red lights are illegal unless otherwise stated by traffic signs.
=== From the north ===
Take the New York Thruway (I-87) or the New England Thruway (I-95) south to the Cross Bronx Expressway (I-95) in the direction of the George Washington Bridge. Take the exit for the Henry Hudson Parkway south downtown, 9A (the last exit before the bridge).

(From New England, a good alternative to these routes is to take the I-84 from Hartford to the I-684 and then to the Saw Mill River Parkway, which then becomes the Henry Hudson Parkway.)

Exit the Parkway at West 95th/96th Street. After the underpass, make a right onto 95th Street and then a left onto Riverside Drive. Follow directions [[#From Riverside Drive and West 95th Street|from Riverside Drive and West 95th Street]].

=== From the south or west ===
Take the New Jersey Turnpike north or I-80 east to the George Washington Bridge. As you cross the bridge, take the exit for the Henry Hudson Parkway south downtown. Exit the Parkway at West 95th/96th Street. After the underpass, make a right onto 95th Street and then a left onto Riverside Drive. Follow directions [[#From Riverside Drive and West 95th Street|from Riverside Drive and West 95th Street]].
=== From Long Island ===
Take the Long Island Expressway or the Grand Central Parkway west to the Cross Island Parkway north. Cross the Throgs Neck Bridge onto the Cross Bronx Expressway (I-95 south) and follow directions [[#From the north|from the north]].
=== From Riverside Drive and West 95th Street ===
Go north on Riverside Drive to 116th Street. Turn right and go two blocks to Broadway and the University's main gate (which is not open to traffic).

== Public transport ==
=== Train ===
* If you are arriving at Grand Central Terminal, take the crosstown S to 42nd Street Times Square and take the uptown 1 to 116th Street. Coming in by Metro-North, however, it is quicker to get off at 125th-Harlem and take the M60 west from 125th and Park.
* If you are arriving at Penn Station, take the uptown 1 to 116th Street.

=== Bus ===
* Buses arrive in NYC at the Port Authority Bus Terminal. Take the underground passageway to Times Square and take the uptown 1 to 116th Street.

== NYC public transport ==
=== Bus ===
* Take the [[M4]], M5, M11, [[M60]], or [[M104]] bus lines.
* The M60 bus line is a direct link between Columbia and LaGuardia Airport.

=== [[Subway]] ===
* Take the #2 (express) or #3 (express) train uptown to 96th Street, then transfer to the #1 (local).
* Take the #1 (local) train to 116th Street-Columbia University.

====See also====

*[[Riding the subway]]

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Getting to Columbia

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{{prefrosh}}

== Airports ==
To try to cut costs on taxi travel, see what you can get on [[Carsplit]].

=== LaGuardia Airport ===
* [[LaGuardia Airport]] is the closest to the campus.
* Take the M60 bus directly to the campus, every half hour, for '''$2.50''' (in coins or on a [[Metrocard]]).
* Taxi for about '''$30''', including tip.
* Super Shuttle van for '''$17'''
* Car: take the Grand Central Parkway east to the Whitestone Parkway (I-678). Follow it across the Whitestone Bridge and onto I-95 south. Follow directions [[#From the north|from the north]].

=== JFK Airport ===
* [http://www.panynj.gov/airports/jfk-airtrain.html AirTrain JFK] - take this to Jamaica station and ride the E to 42nd St–Port Authority. Follow the signs to the 1 at 42nd St–Times Square and take the uptown 1 to Columbia. Will cost '''$7.25''' total.
** Alternatively, take the AirTrain to Howard Beach and ride the A line to 59th St–Columbus Circle, then transfer to the 1 train going uptown.
* By far the quickest (and most comfortable) way by rail is taking the [http://lirr42.mta.info/sfweb/faces/index.jspx LIRR] to [[Penn Station]]. Take the Airtrain to Jamaica, and then board the next inbound train at LIRR Jamaica Station. Depending on when you travel, the total cost will be '''$15.25''' or '''$13''': $5 AirTrain + $8 LIRR (peak) or $5.75 LIRR (off-peak) + $2.25 subway. Make sure to purchase your ticket at one of the machines before boarding the train, because buying the ticket directly from the conductor on the train will $14 (peak) or $12 (off-peak).
* Taxi for about '''$60''', including toll and tip.
* Super Shuttle van for '''$17'''.
* Take the Van Wyck Expressway (I-678) to the Whitestone Bridge and across. Follow directions [[#From the north|from the north]].
* If you want to be ''really'' cheap, you could take the Q10 bus and use the free transfer to get onto the E or F at Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike. The total cost would be '''$2.25'''.

=== Newark Airport ===
* [http://www.panynj.gov/airports/ewr-airtrain.html AirTrain Newark] - '''$15''', including New Jersey Transit ticket to Penn Station. Take the 1 from Penn Station to Columbia ($2.25 Metrocard required).
* Taxi for about '''$85''', including toll and tip.
* Newark: Follow directions above for [[#From the south or west|from the south or west]].

== Car ==
* Note that in NYC right turns at red lights are illegal unless otherwise stated by traffic signs.
=== From the north ===
Take the New York Thruway (I-87) or the New England Thruway (I-95) south to the Cross Bronx Expressway (I-95) in the direction of the George Washington Bridge. Take the exit for the Henry Hudson Parkway south downtown, 9A (the last exit before the bridge).

(From New England, a good alternative to these routes is to take the I-84 from Hartford to the I-684 and then to the Saw Mill River Parkway, which then becomes the Henry Hudson Parkway.)

Exit the Parkway at West 95th/96th Street. After the underpass, make a right onto 95th Street and then a left onto Riverside Drive. Follow directions [[#From Riverside Drive and West 95th Street|from Riverside Drive and West 95th Street]].

=== From the south or west ===
Take the New Jersey Turnpike north or I-80 east to the George Washington Bridge. As you cross the bridge, take the exit for the Henry Hudson Parkway south downtown. Exit the Parkway at West 95th/96th Street. After the underpass, make a right onto 95th Street and then a left onto Riverside Drive. Follow directions [[#From Riverside Drive and West 95th Street|from Riverside Drive and West 95th Street]].
=== From Long Island ===
Take the Long Island Expressway or the Grand Central Parkway west to the Cross Island Parkway north. Cross the Throgs Neck Bridge onto the Cross Bronx Expressway (I-95 south) and follow directions [[#From the north|from the north]].
=== From Riverside Drive and West 95th Street ===
Go north on Riverside Drive to 116th Street. Turn right and go two blocks to Broadway and the University's main gate (which is not open to traffic).

== Public transport ==
=== Train ===
* If you are arriving at Grand Central Terminal, take the crosstown S to 42nd Street Times Square and take the uptown 1 to 116th Street. Coming in by Metro-North, however, it is quicker to get off at 125th-Harlem and take the M60 west from 125th and Park.
* If you are arriving at Penn Station, take the uptown 1 to 116th Street.

=== Bus ===
* Buses arrive in NYC at the Port Authority Bus Terminal. Take the underground passageway to Times Square and take the uptown 1 to 116th Street.

== NYC public transport ==
=== Bus ===
* Take the [[M4]], M5, M11, [[M60]], or [[M104]] bus lines.
* The M60 bus line is a direct link between Columbia and LaGuardia Airport.

=== [[Subway]] ===
* Take the #2 (express) or #3 (express) train uptown to 96th Street, then transfer to the #1 (local).
* Take the #1 (local) train to 116th Street-Columbia University.

====See also====

*[[Riding the subway]]

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[[Category:How to]]

Metrocard

2013-04-16T18:15:27Z

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Terry Martinez

2013-04-16T17:34:30Z

User:

'''Terry Martinez''' is the dean of community development and multicultural affairs. She became interim [[Dean of Student Affairs]] for [[Columbia College]] and [[SEAS]] after [[Kevin Shollenberger]] stepped down on May 31, 2013<ref>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2013/04/16/shollenberger-step-down-student-affairs-dean</ref>.

{{succession|preceded=[[Kevin Shollenberger]]|succeeded=Incumbent|office=Dean of Student Affairs|years=2013-present}}

== External links ==
* [https://twitter.com/DeanTMartinez DeanTMartinez Twitter]
* [http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/profilebio/6429 Columbia Student Affairs Profile Page]

==References==
<references/>

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

Terry Martinez

2013-04-16T17:32:18Z

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'''Terry Martinez''' is the dean of community development and multicultural affairs. She became interim [[Dean of Student Affairs]] for [[Columbia College]] and [[SEAS]] after [[Kevin Shollenberger]] stepped down on May 31, 2013.

{{succession|preceded=[[Kevin Shollenberger]]|succeeded=Incumbent|office=Dean of Student Affairs|years=2013-present}}

== External links ==
* [https://twitter.com/DeanTMartinez DeanTMartinez Twitter]
* [http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/profilebio/6429 Columbia Student Affairs Profile Page]

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

Kevin Shollenberger

2013-04-16T17:21:24Z

User:

'''Kevin Shollenberger''' was 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>. Shollenberger was fairly popular and held the position until May 31, 2013 when he stepped down to take a position as Vice Provost for Student Affairs at Johns Hopkins University<ref>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2013/04/16/shollenberger-step-down-student-affairs-dean</ref>.

{{succession|preceded=[[Chris Colombo]]|succeeded=[[Terry Martinez]]|office=Dean of Student Affairs|years=2008-2013}}

==References==
<references/>

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

Academic degrees

2012-12-15T16:35:54Z

User: EMBA isn't a degree. It's a program that grants an MBA degree at the end.

An '''Academic degree''' is a recognition awarded for having satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study. In short, it's what you get when you're done. A [[diploma]] is physical proof of your having completed a degree. Typically a degree is granted by the appropriate [[faculty]] of a university, e.g., [[SEAS|Engineering]], [[Faculty of Arts and Sciences|Arts and Sciences]], [[School of Law|Law]], etc. Typically there's a strong correlation between what you might think of as a "school" and a faculty (though sometimes a faculty can have multiple schools, and things get a little confusing when dealing with the Arts and Sciences at Columbia.) New degree programs are approved by the [[University Senate]].

==Number of Degrees Conferred by Columbia and its Peers==
Columbia has been 'accused' on occasion of being a "degree-mill", since Columbia grants degrees at a significantly higher rate than its peer private schools. In fact, Columbia confers more degrees each year than some large state universities. This is probably thanks to Columbia's expansive offerings of Masters degree programs relative to its peers (undergraduate degrees make up less than one fifth of the degrees conferred each spring). Consider:

{|
|- style="background:#DDDDDD;"
| '''School'''
| '''Degrees awarded (2010)'''
|-
|Columbia
| 12,575 [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir/abstract/degrees%20and%20certificates%20awarded%202009-2010.htm]<ref>Includes 2,538 recipients of Columbia degrees at affiliated institutions (Barnard College and Teachers College)[http://news.columbia.edu/files_columbianews/imce_shared/vol3512.pdf]</ref>
|-
|Harvard
| 6,777 [http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/05/degrees-certificates-awarded-at-359th-commencement/]
|-
|Yale
| 3,243 [http://opac.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7588]
|-
|Princeton
| 1,979 [http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S27/54/12O50/index.xml?section=newsreleases]
|-
|Cornell
| 6,619 [http://www.cornell.edu/about/facts/stats.cfm]
|-
|UPenn
| 7,432 [http://www.upenn.edu/ir/Common%20Data%20Set/UPenn%20Common%20Data%20Set%202010-11.pdf]
|-
|Brown
| 2,259 [http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2010/05/stats]
|-
|Dartmouth
| 1,726 [http://now.dartmouth.edu/2010/06/commencement-notes-for-the-dartmouth-class-of-2010/]
|-
|Stanford
| 4,717 [http://ucomm.stanford.edu/cds/2010.html#enrollment]
|-
| University of California, Berkeley
| 10,387 [http://berkeley.edu/about/fact.shtml]
|-
| University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
| 11,594 [http://sitemaker.umich.edu/obpinfo/files/umaa_degrssummary_10.pdf]
|}

==List of degrees offered at Columbia sorted by conferring Faculty==
*'''Faculty of Arts and Sciences'''
:*[[Columbia College]]
::*''Baccalaureus in Artibus'' (Bachelor of Arts) - BA (sometimes abbreviated AB)<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue.</ref><ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
:*[[Graduate School of Arts and Sciences]]
::*Master of Arts - MA
::*Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
::*Doctor of Musical Arts - DMA
::*Liberal Studies MA - MALS
:*[[School of Continuing Education]]
::*Master of Science - MS
:*[[School of International and Public Affairs]]
::*Master of Public Administration - MPA<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
::*Master of International Affairs - MIA<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
::*Executive Master of Public Administration - eMPA<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
::*Doctor of Philosophy in Sustainable Development - PhD
:*[[School of the Arts]]
::*Master of Fine Arts - MFA<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref><ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
::*Master of Arts in Film Studies - MA
:*[[School of General Studies]]
::*Bachelor of Arts - BA
::*Bachelor of Science - BS
*'''Faculty of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation'''
:*[[Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation]]
::*Master of Architecture - MArch<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref><ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
::*Master of Science - MS
*'''Faculty of Business'''
:*[[Graduate School of Business]]
::*Master of Business Administration - MBA<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref><ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
::*Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
::*Master of Arts in Mathematical Finance (Joint with Mathematics) - MA
*'''Faculty of the Graduate School of Journalism'''
:*[[Graduate School of Journalism]]
::*Master of Arts - MA
::*Master of Science - MS<ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
::*Doctor of Philosophy in Communication - PhD
*'''Faculty of Law'''
:*[[School of Law]]
::*''Juris Doctor'' (Doctor of Law) - JD<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref><ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
::*''Legum Magister'' (Master of Laws) - LLM<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
::*''Juris Scientiae Doctor'' (Doctor of the Science of Law) - JSD<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
*'''Faculty of the School of Social Work'''
:*[[School of Social Work]]
::*Master of Science - MS<ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
::*Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
*'''Faculty of the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science'''
:*[[Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science]]
::*Bachelor of Science - BS
::*Master of Science - MS
::*Doctor of Engineering Science - EngScD<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
::*Professional Degree - PD<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
*'''Faculty of Medicine'''
:*[[College of Physicians and Surgeons]]
::*Doctor of Medicine - MD<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref><ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
*'''Faculty of the Joseph P. Mailman School of Public Health'''
:*[[Mailman School of Public Health]]
::*Master of Science - MS
::*Master of Public Health - MPH<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
::*Executive Master of Public Health - eMPH
::*Doctor of Public Health - DrPH<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
*'''Faculty of Dental Medicine'''
:*[[College of Dental Medicine]]
::*Doctor of Dental Science - DDS<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref><ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
*'''Faculty of Nursing'''
:*[[School of Nursing]]
::*Bachelor of Science - BS
::*Master of Science - MS
::*Doctor of Nursing Science - DNSc<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
*'''Faculty of Teachers College'''
:*[[Teachers College]]
::*Master of Arts - MA
::*Master of Arts in Teaching - MA
::*Master of Science - MS
::*Master of Education - MEd<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
::*Doctor of Education - EdD<ref name="unique">Unique to the school of issue</ref>
::*Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
*'''Faculty of Barnard College'''
:*[[Barnard College]]
::*''Baccalaureus in Artibus'' (Bachelor of Arts) - BA<ref name="majority">Overwhelming majority of degrees conferred.</ref>
*'''Degrees Conferred ''Honoris Causa'''''
:*Extrafaculty
::*''Litterarum Doctor'' (Doctor of Letters) - LittD
::*''Scientiae Doctor'' (Doctor of Science) - ScD
::*''Musicae Doctor'' (Doctor of Music) - MusD
::*''Litterarum Humanarum Doctor'' (Doctor of Humane Letters) - LHD
::*''Legum Doctor'' (Doctor of Laws) - LLD
::*''Divinitatis Doctor'' (Doctor of Divinity) - DD (unclear if Columbia has conferred one in recent years)
::*''Sacrae Theologiae Doctor'' (Doctor of Sacred Theology - STD (seems to have been conferred independent of UTS<ref>http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9907E3DD1F39E13ABC4D53DFB0668382609EDE&oref=slogin</ref>)

==References==
<references />
[[Category:Degrees|*]]

Gac Filipaj

2012-11-18T08:53:31Z

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'''Gac Filipaj''' [[School of General Studies|GS]] '[[2012|12]] received a [[B.A.]] in [[Classics Department|Classics]] at age 52 after studying part time for 12 years while working as a janitor at Columbia. His graduation received significant press from the media. With his degree in Classics, he should now be qualified to hold a position as a senior janitor.

== External links ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru-HemSUMEo US university janitor earns Ivy League degree]
* [http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57433417/gac-filipaj-from-janitor-to-ivy-league-graduate/ Gac Filipaj: From janitor to Ivy League graduate]