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Absentminded: New page: The Columbia Alumni Center (Courtesy of Spectator) The '''Columbia Alumni Center''' is a welcome center and space on campus for Columbia alumni as we...

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New page: thumb|240px|The Columbia Alumni Center (Courtesy of Spectator) The '''Columbia Alumni Center''' is a welcome center and space on campus for Columbia alumni as we...

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[[Image:AlumniCenter.jpg|thumb|240px|The Columbia Alumni Center (Courtesy of Spectator)]]
The '''Columbia Alumni Center''' is a welcome center and space on campus for Columbia alumni as well as the home of the [[Office of Alumni and Development]] and other school alumni offices, such as the [[Columbia College Alumni Association]].

Opening in April [[2009]], the center was constructed in what was [[McVickar Hall]]. The welcome center occupies the first floor and will feature a library stocked with old yearbooks, a lounge, a seminar room, and a courtesy office. The remaining eight stories of the building house various alumni offices, including offices for [[Columbia (magazine)|''Columbia'' Magazine]] and ''[[Columbia College Today]]''.

==External links==
*[http://alumni.columbia.edu/visit/s5_5.html Columbia Alumni Center page]
*[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2009/04/06/new-center-will-welcome-alums New center will welcome alums], Spectator, April 7, 2009

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 === Proposed University Infirmary ===
-After [[School of Social Work|SSW's]] departure from the building, Columbia proposed converting McVickar into a full-fledged infirmary for the University, bringing [[Health Services]] and [[CPS]] under one roof and adding a radiology suite and pharmacy, eliminating the need for students to shuttle between [[John Jay Hall]] and [[St. Luke's Hospital]] for services. However, intense protests from the neighborhood, citing potential noise pollution and the threat of 'psychic emergencies', lead the university to abandon plans for the infirmary.
+After [[School of Social Work|SSW's]] departure from the building, Columbia proposed converting McVickar into a full-fledged infirmary for the University, bringing [[Health Services]] and [[Counseling and Psychological Services]] under one roof and adding a radiology suite and pharmacy, eliminating the need for students to shuttle between [[John Jay Hall]] and [[St. Luke's Hospital]] for services. However, intense protests from the neighborhood, citing potential noise pollution and the threat of 'psychic emergencies', lead the university to abandon plans for the infirmary.
 ==External links==

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 [[Image:AlumniCenter.jpg|thumb|240px|The Columbia Alumni Center (Courtesy of Spectator)]]
 The '''Columbia Alumni Center''' is a welcome center and space on campus for Columbia alumni as well as the home of the [[Office of Alumni and Development]] and other school alumni offices, such as the [[Columbia College Alumni Association]]. It is located at 622 West 113th Street between [[Broadway]] and [[Riverside Drive]].
 The welcome center occupies the first floor and features a library stocked with old yearbooks, a lounge, a seminar room, and a courtesy office. The remaining eight stories of the building house various alumni offices, including offices for [[Columbia (magazine)|''Columbia'' Magazine]] and ''[[Columbia College Today]]'', among others.
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 == History ==
 [[Image:McVickarHall.jpg|thumb|240px|McVickar Hall]]
-'''McVickar Hall''' was a building on 113th Street between [[Broadway]] and [[Riverside Drive]], named for [[James McVickar]], a member of Columbia's faculty in the mid-19th century. It was completed in [[1906]] to a design by Schwartz and Gross.  The building served as the home of the [[School of Social Work]] until August [[2004]] when the school's new building on 122nd and Broadway opened.
+'''McVickar Hall''' was a building on 113th Street between [[Broadway (avenue)|Broadway]] and [[Riverside Drive]], named for [[James McVickar]], a member of Columbia's faculty in the mid-19th century. It was completed in [[1906]] to a design by Schwartz and Gross.  The building served as the home of the [[School of Social Work]] until August [[2004]] when the school's new building on 122nd and Broadway opened.
 In [[2009]], the building was converted to a space for the Office of Alumni and Development, prompting their exodus from the [[Interchurch Center]] on [[Claremont Avenue]] as well as some space above the [[Columbia Daily Spectator|Spectator]] office.  Since the renovation, the building is now generally known only as the Alumni Center, though some older campus maps and phone directories still list it as McVickar.

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 === Proposed University Infirmary ===
-After SSW's departure from the building, Columbia proposed converting McVickar into a full-fledged infirmary for the University, bringing [[Health Services]] and [[CPS]] under one roof and adding a radiology suite and pharmacy, eliminating the need for students to shuttle between [[John Jay Hall]] and [[St. Luke's Hospital]] for services. However, intense protests from the neighborhood, citing potential noise pollution and the threat of 'psychic emergencies', lead the university to abandon plans for the infirmary. Instead the University decided to convert the building into an alumni center, moving alumni offices from the [[Interchurch Center]] closer to campus.
+After [[School of Social Work|SSW's]] departure from the building, Columbia proposed converting McVickar into a full-fledged infirmary for the University, bringing [[Health Services]] and [[CPS]] under one roof and adding a radiology suite and pharmacy, eliminating the need for students to shuttle between [[John Jay Hall]] and [[St. Luke's Hospital]] for services. However, intense protests from the neighborhood, citing potential noise pollution and the threat of 'psychic emergencies', lead the university to abandon plans for the infirmary.
 ==External links==

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 ==External links==
-*[http://alumni.columbia.edu/visit/s5_5.html Columbia Alumni Center page]
+*[http://alumni.columbia.edu/alumni-community/columbia-alumni-center Columbia Alumni Center page]
 *[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2009/04/06/new-center-will-welcome-alums New center will welcome alums], Spectator, April 7, 2009
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