Monthly Archives: February 2014

Call for Entries: AAJA National Journalism Awards

Awards/Grants, Contests, M.A. Program, M.S. Program, Part-time Students, PhD, Student work

The Asian American Journalists Association is proud to announce the call for entries and nominations for the 2014 National Journalism Awards.

Award winners will be announced at the 2014 AAJA National Convention in Washington, D.C. at the Gala Awards & Scholarship Banquet on August 16. Submissions are made online.

Please note: this year they have added a Student Journalism category. See links below for more details:

 

INVITE: Master classes with French Director – Bertrand Tavernier

Fun Stuff, M.A. Program, M.S. Program, Master Class, Other Schools, Speakers

You are cordially invited to attend the special presentations by
internationally renowned French filmmaker and critic Bertrand Tavernier:

Please note: seats are limited and registration is required. You must be a current Columbia/Barnard student to attend. To register, please email Lucie Rousseau at lcr2140@columbia.edu

Friday, Feb. 28, 3 – 6 p.m., 511 Dodge Hall
Bertrand Tavernier Master Class on Film and “The Blacklist”

Tavernier, an expert on American as well as French cinema, will discuss the Hollywood Blacklist of the 1950s (which denied employment to screenwriters, actors, and directors because of their suspected association with the American Communist Party).  He will show and discuss clips from Salt of the Earth (Herbert Biberman, 1954), He Ran All the Way (John Berry, 1951), Exodus (Dalton Trumbo script, 1960), The Prowler (Joseph Losey, 1951), The Molly Maguires (Martin Ritt, 1970), Give Us This Day (Edward Dmytryk, 1949), and Wild River (Elia Kazan, 1960).

Friday, March 7, 3 – 6 p.m., 507 Dodge Hall
Bertrand Tavernier Master Class on French Cinema during the Occupation

Mr. Tavernier has a particular interest in French cinema during the Occupation, which was also the subject of his own film Laissez Passer (Safe Conduct, 2002).  In addition to screening Laissez Passer, he will discuss clips from such films as Le Corbeau (The Raven, Georges Clouzot, 1943), Le Ciel est à vous (The Sky is Yours, Jean Grémillon, 1944), Lumière d’été (Wonders in the Dark,  Julien Duvivier, 1943), and La Bataille du rail (The Battle of the Rails, Réné Clément, 1946).

CPS Workshop Series: Procrastination Workshop

Columbia Events, Fun Stuff, Healthcare Issues, M.A. Program, M.S. Program, Offers, Surviving the School, Workshops

Procrastination Workshop

This hands-on, sequential 4-session* workshop will:

  •  address procrastination and time management difficulties which affect your studies   and your life
  •  enable you to pinpoint the problem and address its’ solutions

When?               Mondays, 3/24, 3/31, 4/7 & 4/14/14

What time?      5:30pm – 7:00pm

Where?     Counseling & Psychological Services’ Conference Room,

Alfred Lerner Hall, 8th Floor

To reserve a spot or for more information, please e-mail:

Dr. Yaniv Phillips at py2120@columbia.edu

*Students must attend the first meeting and are expected to attend all

4 meetings.

MEMO: Diploma Applications & Graduation Ceremony tickets

Columbia Events, Graduation, M.A. Program, M.S. Program, Major memos

Dear Graduating Students, Just Graduated Students, Spencers, & 3rd semester doc students:

This year’s graduation information page is now live at: http://bit.ly/CUJ14Grad), you will find complete information about this year’s graduation events

The online registration/ticket request links for both the CU commencement ceremony and the Journalism School graduation ceremony will be live soon.  You will be notified when they go live.

PLEASE NOTE: If you have not submitted a diploma/certificate application (or graduated in October 2013 or February 2014), you will not be on the graduation ticket eligibility list.  *The 3rd semester doc students will be added manually and do not have to submit a diploma application at this time.

You may check the status of your diploma application in SSOL (https://ssol.columbia.edu/). Please note that it may take a week for your status to be updated in SSOL after you submit your application.

If you have not completed the form, please do so immediately.

http://registrar.columbia.edu/content/application-degree-or-certificate

There will be multiple graduation info sessions in April at which you can ask all of your questions. The dates are listed at http://bit.ly/CUJ14Grad

OFFER: Byliner.com discount for J-school students and faculty

Adjuncts, Discounts, Faculty, Fun Stuff, Offers, Useful Websites

Thanks to Adjunct Prof. Stephen Fried, Byliner.com has offered a special discount to all Columbia J-School students and faculty.

J-school students and faculty members are invited to subscribe to Byliner.com for ONLY $1 a month (regularly $5.99 a month) for four months. To take advantage of this offer use PROMO CODE: EDUCATION.  Don’t wait – this code will expire by the end of July.

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Veteran Information Resource Fair

Healthcare Issues, New York City, Non-Columbia Events, Offers, Outside Events, Tips

For Our Veterans:

Veteran Information Resource Fair
When: Tuesday, Feb 11, 2014 – 10:00am – 2:00pm
Where: Mid-Manhattan Library (The Corner Room)
455 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10016

For U.S Military Veterans and Their Families
Employment Services, Housing Assistance, Legal Assistance, Benefits Counseling, Vocational Services, Income Opportunities, Community Health Services, Behavioral Health Services, Educational Opportunities, VA Claim Assistance, Financial Counseling, Relocation Assistance

Please Bring A Copy Of Your DD-214

Call (212) 340-0861 To Register

Fun Stuff: Breakaway Hoops 2014 Spring Season

Columbia Events, Contests, Fun Stuff, Other Schools, Sports

Breakaway Hoops is happy to announce registration is now open for its Men’s Spring basketball season at Columbia-Barnard College and Mother Cabrini HS gym. The Winter league starts on Monday, March 17, 2014. Team Cost: $1,150.00 or  Individual Cost: $125.00. SIGN UP TODAY by visiting the website www.breakawayhoops.com. If you have any questions please do not hesitate in contacting me. I look forward to hearing from you shortly.

Entry Deadline Friday, March 7

Speaker Announcement: Mark Little, CEO, Storyful

Chats, Fun Stuff, M.A. Program, M.S. Program, Social Media, Speakers
Brown Bag: Mark Little, CEO, Storyful, on “The News Agency for the Social Media Age”
When: Monday, Feb. 10, 2014 – 12:00pm
Where: Stabile Student Center)

 

Mark Little is the CEO and founder of Storyful, described as the first news agency for the social media age. Acquired in December 2013 by News Corp, the organization mines the Web for live social media posts and videos of events as they occur in real time. Among their many international clients are The New York Times, Reuters, Al Jazeera, ABC, CBS, Google and The Wall Street Journal.

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Professor Edward Schumacher-Matos has invited Little to speak first to his Audience and Engagement class and then atnoon join with other interested students for this brown bag lunch in Stabile Student Center.  Little will discuss the evolving media environment and the ever-perplexing challenge of verification in the midst of prolific user-generated content.
Storyful was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

INVITE: STORYLINK Feb. 21 networking event

Columbia Events, Fun Stuff, Networking, Other Schools, Writing

Students, we’re passing along an invitation to STORYLINK, an event hosted by Columbia’s School of the Arts, that provides opportunity to cross-mingle and find artistic collaborators. Details are below, and note that an RSVP by Feb. 14 on Facebook is required.

FOR: Writers & Directors in these graduate departments: Creative Writing, Film, Journalism, Theater, Visual Arts.
DATE:Friday, February 21st, 9pm.
DEADLINE TO APPLY: Friday, February 14th.
LOCATION: Dodge Hall, room 501.
HOST: Film Directing Professor Ramin Bahrani,http://arts.columbia.edu/film/ramin-bahrani-0
STORYLINK is an exclusive networking event to link graduate students in the Creative Writing, Theater, Journalism, Film and Visual Arts departments. This is an opportunity for writers (screenwriters, playwrights, fiction writers & journalists) and directors (theater & film) to meet and spark collaborations on story ideas that can become scripts, plays or films.There is tremendous talent spread through multiple departments at Columbia, and we hope that this event can bring students together and foster long-lasting collaborations both within and also outside the scope of the coursework of each discipline. By RSVP’ing in advance and filling out the RSVP/CreativeProfile Form, we will attempt to connect writers and directors who share similar interests in creative speed-dating sessions. A mixer with food and drinks will follow where dialogues can continue, and also provide a forum to meet writers and directors who you were not paired with in the creative speed-dating sessions.
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