TODAY is the Last Day for SEAS Students to Drop a Class

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TODAY - Thursday, March 27th is the last day for SEAS students to drop a class.

Please see your Advising Dean to sign your Add/Drop form before the Thursday afternoon deadline. The Registrar is located in 205 Kent Hall and is open until 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday.

TODAY is the Last Day for CC Students to Pass/D/Fail

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TODAY - Thursday, March 27th is the last day for CC students to choose the Pass/D/Fail grading option.

You must fill out an Add/Drop form before the Thursday afternoon deadline and turn it in to the Registrar's Office. The Registrar is located in 205 Kent Hall and is open until 5:00 p.m. Monday - Friday.

Statistics Open House Luncheon

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The Department of Statistics
Undergraduate Open House Luncheon

• Date: Thursday, March 27, 2008
• Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
• Place: Room 1025 SSW
• 1255 Amsterdam Avenue
• (between 121st and 122nd street)

Prospective Majors

Statistics, Mathematics-Statistics, Political Science-Statistics, and Economics-Statistics


We will meet to have lunch and hold informational discussions.


Lunch will be provided.


Anyone interested in becoming a major or learning more about the department is encouraged to attend.

Prospective majors
will have and opportunity to speak with Professors, Graduate students and other students in the major to learn about their research interests and work, statistics courses and possible summer internships/projects.

Students who have graduated with a degree in Statistics go into various fields such as:

Finance, Biostatistics, Insurance, Risk Management,
Consulting, Economics, and much more.


Please RSVR to: cruz@stat.columbia.edu
Or stop by for a few minutes so we can meet you.

Religion Open House - TONIGHT!!

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TONIGHT!!

Are you a newly declared Religion major or concentrator?

Then you are invited to a Department of Religion Open House

Come for an informal gathering to meet faculty and students and to learn about our program.

When: Monday, March 24, 2008, 5:00-7:00 pm - TONIGHT!!
Where: Room 101, 80 Claremont (Corner of 120th St. between Broadway and Riverside)

Light refreshments will be served. We hope to see you there!

Fall 2008 Registration

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Fall 2008 Registration is: Monday, April 14 - Friday, April 18
(check SSOL for your assigned on-line registration appointments)

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!

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Columbia University to Offer Financial Aid to More Students

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Columbia University will significantly expand the financial aid it offers to lower- and middle-income students, university officials announced.

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March 11, 2008
Columbia University to Offer Financial Aid to More Students
By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Columbia University will join a number of other selective universities in significantly expanding the financial aid it offers to lower- and middle-income students, university officials announced.

Undergraduates from families with incomes as high as $60,000 a year will no longer have to pay for tuition, room and board, and other fees, beginning next fall. The previous threshold for a full scholarship based on financial need was family income of $50,000 a year.

Columbia also said it would end loans for incoming and current students who are on financial aid, replacing loans that were traditionally part of aid packages with grants from the university. In addition, officials said that Columbia would expand the aid it gave to students from families earning $60,000 to $100,000.

Since early December, several elite universities and colleges have either expanded aid for middle- and upper-income students or replaced loans with grants for many students. The moves have reshaped the financial aid landscape for students entering college next year. In some cases, attending a prestigious private college could cost less than a public university.

Lee C. Bollinger, Columbia’s president, said in a statement that the university had long attracted an economically diverse student body. “We are both proud of that diversity and determined to maintain it by expanding aid to the extent our resources allow,” Mr. Bollinger said.

The increased aid will be financed by annual gifts, new fund-raising and an increase in spending from the university’s endowment, officials said.

GRAD SCHOOL ON THE BRAIN? - TONIGHT!!

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TONIGHT!!!

Interested in applying to Graduate School in Neuroscience or Psychology?

The psychology and neuroscience and behavior peer advisors will be hosting an informative and interactive workshop on:

Tuesday, March 11th at 8:10 p.m. in Schermerhorn 200B

This is a great opportunity to ask questions and talk to current Columbia undergraduate and graduate students from many areas of neuroscience and psychology, with various professional and research backgrounds and experiences.

We will walk through the application process, discuss schools, and generally gear up for grad school!

Do not worry if you have no idea what you want to do, or if you have already started applying. This event will be a great way for younger students to set goals for the rest of their education and learn more about what possibilities there are for psychology and neuroscience and behavior majors.

Job Search for Seniors Workshop - TONIGHT!!

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Are you a senior and feeling anxious about what to do after graduation?

Come to this informative and interactive workshop where we will explore the tools and techniques to secure your first job out of college!

The Job Search for Seniors:
Tools and Techniques to Secure Your First Job

TONIGHT: March 10th from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
CCE Conference Room

SENIORS!!!! Don’t Miss this Job Search Workshop!!

Earth Intern Program for Columbia University Undergraduates

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Program dates: June 4th - August 6th, 2008

This is a paid summer internship and includes housing. It is sponsored by the Earth Institute, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Barnard College, and the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University

The Earth Intern Program offers the chance to experience scientific
research as an undergraduate.

Please go to this website for more information and application link:
http://eesc.columbia.edu/resources/internships/earth/index.html

Application deadline: March 15th

For more information email Dr. Dallas Abbott: dallas@ldeo.columbia.edu
or Carol Mountain: carolm@ldeo.columbia.edu

CC Major Declaration Dates and Events

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Monday, February 25 - Thursday, March 6
Columbia College Online Major Declaration

Monday, March 24 – Friday, April 18
Columbia College Departmental Advising

Monday, April 14 – Friday, April 18
SEAS and CC Fall 2008 Course Registration

New MA Program in International and World History

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Columbia University and the London School of Economics are launching a new MA program in International and World History this fall.

It will be a two-year "boot camp" for aspiring international and global historians. The curriculum includes classic readings and research methods in a series of core courses, a language training requirement, and an array of electives in the history of migration, trade, technological revolutions, epidemic disease, environmental change, wars and diplomacy. Students will spend the first year in New York and the second year in London, where they will complete a masters thesis and receive degrees from both institutions.

The program is described in greater detail at our new website:

http://www.worldhistory.columbia.edu

The new deadline for applications is April 1.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact the program
coordinator, Line Lillevik, at: worldhistory@columbia.edu or call (212) 854-3860.

TODAY is the LAST Day CC Sophomores Can Declare a Major

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To declare your academic program:

1. Go to the Major Declaration webpage:
http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/csa/cc_majordec/index.php
2. Carefully read the information provided.
3. Click the “Declare Major” button at the top of the page and follow the instructions.

The Major Declaration webpage will be available from February 25 to March 6. You may access the major declaration webpage only once. Any subsequent changes you wish to make after declaring online must be made in person at one of the Centers for Student Advising. Once you have completed your selections, you will receive an email with information about departmental advising. As a newly declared major you are expected to outreach to your new faculty adviser before choosing fall courses in April.

Very Important: To declare a program in one of the following disciplines, you must declare online and receive written approval from the department.

• Architecture (310 Barnard Hall)
• Comparative Literature & Society (Heyman Center)
• Creative Writing (612 Lewisohn)
• Earth & Environmental Sciences (556-7 Schermerhorn)
• East Asian Languages & Cultures (407 Kent)
• Film Studies (513 Dodge)
• Italian (502 Hamilton)
• Physics (702 Pupin)
• Spanish & Portuguese (307 Casa Hispanica)
• Special Concentration in Sustainable Development (Earth Institute Office, 1408 IAB)
• Urban Studies (208 Hamilton)

To receive written approval from these departments, you must: (1) download and complete a Major/Concentration Declaration Signature Form ; (2) meet with a faculty adviser in the department to obtain a signature of approval; and (3) bring the signed form to the Center for Student Advising in 403 Lerner by March 6.

If you declare a program in one of these departments but have not submitted written approval by March 6, the major or concentration will be removed from your program of study.

Anthropology Open House (TONIGHT & TOMORROW NIGHT)

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***NEVER TOO LATE***

Considering a Major or Concentration in Anthropology?

Already a Major or Concentrator in Anthropology and have
Questions and/or would like to meet Others?

Just Curious about Anthropology at Columbia?

TWO EVENINGS of Informal Open House
in the Department of Anthropology
during this major declaration moment

TUESDAY March 4th and WEDESDAY March 5th
6pm-8pm both evenings

ANTHROPOLOGY LOUNGE
465 Schermerhorn Extension

Professor John Pemberton, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Anthropology, will be available for questions, of any sort, concerning Anthropology at Columbia. Musings on the major, concentration, semesters abroad, futures, writing ethnography, and more.
Visit Anthropology. Rediscover the social--global or otherwise!

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/anthropology/

Refreshments

Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U) - Information Session - Wednesday, March 5th at 6:00 p.m.

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The Center for Environmental Research and Conservation at Columbia University is pleased to be offering for the 9th year:

Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U):
An introductory ecology and conservation biology lecture, field, and digital laboratory course

All Majors Welcome to Apply! Fellowships Available!

Live and learn in one of our beautiful locations:

SEE-U Abroad: Brazil or the Caribbean
Session 1: May 24-June 28, 2008 (Brazil full in Session 1)
Session 2: July 5-August 9, 2008
6 Credits

SEE-U New York
Short Session: June 4-June 20
3 Credits

Our abroad SEE-U courses earn students 6 credits that can be used to fulfill two of the 3-credit Core Curriculum science requirements for CC, GS, and GS-JTS students as well as one of the 5-credit science laboratory requirements for Barnard students. Additionally, this course fulfills a "systems" requirement for the new Special Concentration in Sustainable Development.

PLUS - we will be offering a shortened SEE-U program at the Black Rock Forest in upstate New York's Hudson Highlands. This SEE-U short course in the Hudson Highlands will earn students 3 science credits that can be used to complete one of the 3 science requirements that CC, GS, and GS-JTS students need for graduation.

If you would like more information, please visit the CERC website at:
http://www.cerc.columbia.edu/education_seeu.html
or attend an information session.

CERC will be holding a SEE-U Information Session on:

Wednesday, March 5th at 6:00 p.m.

We are located on the 10th Floor of Schermerhorn Extension, Columbia University’s main campus.

We appreciate an RSVP to: cerc@columbia.edu. If you cannot attend an Information Session, we encourage you to call, email, or set up an appointment to learn more.

My best to you,
Sara

Sara Scovronick
Associate Director
Center for Environmental Research and Conservation
Columbia University
1200 Amsterdam Ave. New York, NY 10027
Tel 212 854 2992
Fax 212 854 8188
ss2412@columbia.edu
http://www.cerc.columbia.edu