Please join Twitter and follow the Center for Student Advising (CSA) announcements. Starting this Fall we will be sending out short blurbs of important deadlines and announcements through Twitter. Think of this as a much lighter version of the CSA Blog. You can receive updates through the web or receive text messages on your cell phone. All messages are 140 letters or less.
Follow this link to see the ColumbiaCSA Twitter account: http://twitter.com/ColumbiaCSA
What is Twitter??
Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?
Why use Twitter?
Why? Because even basic updates are meaningful to family members, friends, or colleagues—especially when they’re timely.
How does it work?
With Twitter, you can stay hyper–connected to your friends and always know what they’re doing. Or, you can stop following them any time. You can even set quiet times on Twitter so you’re not interrupted.
Watch the video below to learn more...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
PLEASE READ: TEXT MESSAGING
From: James McShane, Associate Vice President for Public Safety
SUBJECT: PLEASE READ: TEXT MESSAGING
Dear Students:
At Columbia, the safety of our students is our highest priority. Knowing that you depend on accurate information that is delivered quickly, I am pleased to announce that text messaging will now be used by the University as one of the communication channels for sending important messages.
Text messaging is useful because of the portability and ubiquity of cell phones, and it will complement the use of email, web postings, phone calls and in-person communication for delivering important information. And, by adding text messaging, we further ensure redundancy across our communications channels. Some likely instances for sending text messages include weather emergencies, major transit interruptions and campus closures.
In order to receive text messages, Columbia students must register their mobile numbers, which can be done securely and confidentially in Student Services Online (SSOL). Please register now by clicking here: https://ssol.columbia.edu/?tran[1]_tran_name=seni
or by logging in to your SSOL account and clicking on "Text Message Enrollment." These numbers will not be used for any purpose other than important communications.
I encourage all Columbia students to register your mobile number today.
Sincerely yours,
James McShane, Associate Vice President for Public Safety
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