Category Archives: Fun Stuff

INVITE: Keynotes Cocktails: Women of NY

Chats, Conferences, Fun Stuff, Networking, New York City, Non-Columbia Events
The annual, off-the-record Keynotes & Cocktails: Women of NY conference returns to New York City on Tues., December 6 (7:30 am -12:30 pm), at the Paley Center for Media* in Midtown – and we have a special, deeply discounted rate available for Columbia students to join a morning of off-the-record insight and intimate, guided networking among the most accomplished women of the media, entertainment and tech communities. While Women of NY is designed to serve the women of our business community, everyone has a stake in gender equality, so…yes, ALL GENDERS are welcome.
 
As a student, you may attend for $79 + reg fee (the regular rate is $283 + reg fee). To receive the student rate, check out at www.melinc.com/ny by:
1 Entering promo code STUDENT in the “Enter Promotional Code” prompt
2 Entering your area of study in the “job title” field Columbia in the “company” line when you complete the work information section
   
The event gathers speakers, sponsors and attendees from ABC News, AMC Networks, Assembly Entertainment, The Associated Press, BRaVe Media Ventures, CBS News, Geek Girl Rising, go90, Google, HBO, NBCU, New Form Digital, NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, PBS, SheEO Radical Generosity, Tribune Media, Turner, United Talent Agency, Vertebrae VR, VH1 and more.
  
Agenda, a speaker gallery, sponsor info and registration may all be found on our online hub: www.melinc.com/ny.
 
You will also have the opportunity to request your preferred, expert-led break-out roundtable session…Modeled on the hit break-out sessions we debuted at Keynotes & Cocktails: Women of the West this past June in L.A., there will be sessions on such topics as AD SALES + MARKETING, PROGRAMMING + DEVELOPMENT, and DIGITAL MEDIA.

Free Tickets to PopUp Magazine in Brooklyn

Fun Stuff, Networking, New York City, Offers
Dear students,
I’m the co-founder and editor in chief of the new California Sunday Magazine (online at californiasunday.com and in print, delivered with Sunday editions of the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle and by mail to subscribers) and the live show Pop-Up Magazine. I’d love to see you Thursday night (11/17) when Pop-Up Magazine comes to Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre.

We’re offering a very special invitation this week, for a limited time: free tickets for Columbia journalism students.

To claim your pair of tickets, fill out this form.
If you’re not yet familiar with the show, media people have said nice things about us: “A sensation” – New York Times | “Beautiful” – Los Angeles Times | “Highbrow/Brilliant” – New York Magazine | “Go!” – Jad Abumrad
Pop-Up Magazine is a live magazine. Prominent and emerging writers, radio producers, photographers, and filmmakers perform new, mostly reported multimedia stories — sound, film, animation, photography, illustration, all mixed together — with live scores performed onstage by musicians. Followed by drinks after with audience and cast all together. We just performed a few days ago for a packed house at the 1600-seat Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles (with a long standing ovation at the end) and a few weeks earlier we performed another live magazine show, a music special, at the 5500-seat Greek Theatre in Berkeley.
A few more details: www.popupmagazine.com
Our New York show features a ton of interesting people, like Ira Glass (creator and host of This American Life), Jessica Hopper (editorial director for music at MTV), Joshuah Bearman (writer for Wired, Rolling Stone, Harper’s, etc; he wrote the story that inspired Argo, and his most recent story is being adapted by the Coen Brothers), Mychal Denzel Smith (2016 New York Times bestselling author), Stephanie Foo (This American Life producer), Lam Thuy Vo (visual journalist, coder, and fellow at BuzzFeed’s Open Lab), and more.
If you come to the show and see me after, please say hello.
Doug McGray

MEOjobs Meet-up Info & Discount Code

Discounts, Fun Stuff, Networking, New York City, Offers

The next MEOjobs  meet-up is on Monday, November 21 at House of Brews (51st St location). The goal of our meetups is to create a relaxed environment that encourages media and communications professionals to engage their peers and establish new professional contacts. You’ll also enjoy great happy hour specials.

Since July 2015, MEOjobs events have welcomed over 600 professionals from the fields of journalism, public relations, digital media, marketing, radio, television, and film. Attendees have ranged from entry-level pros to senior level executives. We look forward to another fun night of networking in the heart of New York City!

Tickets and Discount Code:

Anyone interested can enter discount code Columbia2016 at checkout and their ticket will cost only $5: https://meojobsmeetup.eventbrite.com

About MEOjobs

Founded by veteran higher education administrator Marc E. Oppenheim, MEOjobs aggregates career opportunities in media, communications and the arts and produces a daily top jobs newsletter reaching more than 5,000 subscribers worldwide. You can subscribe via . MEOjobs also hosts monthly happy hour meetups for media and communications professionals.

 

INVITE: Post-Election Conversation and Reflection

Columbia Events, Community Citizenship, Fun Stuff, University Life

Post-Election Conversation and Reflection

Wed, Nov. 9, 5 to 7 pm 

Columbia Law School Case Lounge – Jerome Greene Hall, 7th Floor 

435 W 116th St. (at Amsterdam Ave.)

The Office of University Life invites all Columbia students to stop by for informal post-election conversation and reflection. Light refreshments will be served.

http://universitylife.columbia.edu/

INVITE: BIG APPLE FILM FESTIVAL – NOV 1

Alumni, Film Screening, Fun Stuff
INVITE: Film Screening – “In Our Backyard”
 
November 1st at 6:15
 
Village East Cinema
181-189 2nd Avenue
New York, NY 10003
 
“In Our Backyard” is an investigative look into the widely unknown and unspoken world of sex trafficking in Brooklyn. Documenting the emotional stories of recent survivors while also presenting the work of heroic aid organizations, law enforcement agencies and politicians. The film aims to raise awareness and fight this serious epidemic.
 
For more info: http://inourbackyard.nyc/
 

INVITE: Reading Columbia – Oct. 26

Book Talk, Columbia Events, Faculty, Fun Stuff, School of Arts

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 Register here.
Reading Columbia brings you into conversation with Columbia faculty authors whose recent work examines issues of inclusion, access, and community. School of the Arts professor and author Victor LaValle discusses his book, The Ballad of Black Tom – a thrilling work set in 1920s New York that explores racism and xenophobia. Barnard English professor Monica Miller moderates.A reception will follow the discussion.

You can borrow The Ballad of Black Tom in hard copy at the Reserves Desk in 208 Butler Library or digitally here.Please note: space is limited and seats are first-come, first-serve.

EVENT: CRLT Players to perform at Columbia, Oct 27-28

Columbia Events, Community Citizenship, Fun Stuff

The University of Michigan’s nationally renowned Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) Players are coming to Columbia University!

The CRLT Players event series feature high-energy, interactive performances that engage audiences in thoughtful conversations about diversity, inclusion, and institutional climate on campus. These performances provide the perfect opportunity to consider these issues as a community and foster dialogue toward the cultivation of inclusive learning environments on campus.

The events are free and open to the entire Columbia community including faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, administrators, and staff. Instructors are encouraged to bring their students to the performances.

Sponsored by: Columbia Center for Teaching and Learning, the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Diversity and Inclusion, the CUMC Deans for Diversity, the Office of University Life, and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Register at bit.ly/crltplayers or via the links below to reserve your spot.

7 into 15
 A series of sketches on the challenges of teaching and learning.

Thursday, October 27
12 pm – 1:30 pm
Milbank Chapel at Teachers College
525 West 120th Street
Register

Friday, October 28
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Alumni Auditorium
650 West 168th Street, First Floor
Columbia University Medical Center
Register

Consisting of short plays presented in rapid succession, 7 into 15 uses a variety of innovative staging techniques to place the challenges of teaching and learning within the academy center stage. Provocative and often humorous, 7 into 15 is perfect for considering issues of diversity and inclusion as a community, and fostering dialogue toward the cultivation of inclusive teaching environments.

Continue the conversation and stay for a reception after the performance!

Great Expectations: Mentoring Graduate Students
A performance exploring common tensions between advisors and advisees.

Thursday, October 27
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Milbank Chapel at Teachers College
525 W 120th Street
Register

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Fall Prep Day is this Friday!

Adjuncts, Alumni, Faculty, Fun Stuff, M.A. Program, M.S. Program, Orientation, Part-time Students, PhD, Staff, Surviving the School, Tips
Hello All,
This Friday is Fall Prep Day!
All faculty, staff and students are invited!
Below is the schedule.  We look forward to seeing all of you at this official launch of the fall semester!

Friday, September 2, 2016 – Fall Prep Day

10:30 a.m.- 12:00 p.m., Miller Theatre

Welcome from the Alumni Board

Karen Toulon, J’85, Chair of the J-School Alumni Board

 

“How to Survive – and Thrive – at the J-School” – All-Class Lecture

Prof. William Grueskin gives his annual presentation on what you need to know to get the most out of your year here — and out of your career as a journalist. (You won’t want to miss this one — it’s legendary!)

 

12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Furnald Lawn/Furnald Plaza

BBQ Picnic

Join faculty, students and staff for an old-fashioned picnic.

*You must attend the morning lecture to be admitted to the BBQ.

 

1:00 p.m. Lecture Hall, 3rd FL

Student Government & Affinity Group Briefing

Learn about how our student government and affinity groups operate and what you can do to get involved!

 

2-3:30 p.m. Rooms listed below

Affinity group first meetings

 

2 p.m.

African Students Association – Room 601C with Ajibola Taofee Amzat, J17 & Evelyn Corchado 

National Association of Hispanic Journalists – Room 607B with Prof. Elena Cabral

National Gay & Lesbian Journalists Association – Brown Center with Spencer Macnaughton, J’15 & Prof. Mark Hansen

South Asian Journalists Association – Room 601B with Noreyana Fernando, J’16 & Anusha Shrivastava

 

2:30 p.m.

Asian American Journalists Association – Room 601C with Evelyn Corchado

Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association – Room 601B with Dean Melanie Huff

National Association of Black Journalists – with Carlett Spike, J’16

 

3 p.m.

Women in Media – Stabile Student Center with Rachel Lowry, J’16

OPTIONAL: Fun Activity!

Alumni, Columbia Events, Faculty, Fun Stuff, Knight Bagehot, M.A. Program, M.S. Program, Part-time Students, PhD

Dear Students,

As I mentioned this morning, Columbia is launching a new interactive portal for sharing Columbia stories [from students, faculty, alumni and staff] – everything from the personal & inspirational to fun memories to class work to research to how the Columbia experience impacted one’s career or the world!

The go-live date is in October, but they are gathering materials for the launch now!  And they would love to hear from you!  Share your first impressions! Tell us how you got here! What does coming here mean to you?

You can submit text, photos, video and audio!

More information and instructions here (you must click through via your LionMail account).

CU Campus Services: New Bike Rental Program

Campus Services, Fun Stuff, Going Green

Starting today, April 4, Columbia University students, faculty and staff can ride around campus and beyond on brand new cruiser bikes as part of a new bike-share program through Zagster, Inc. The program is piloting with 14 Zagster cruiser bikes at three Morningside campus locations.

Following the leadership and success of the EcoReps bike-share group for undergraduate students and through Columbia’s recruitment of Zagster to campus, a bike-share program is now open to the entire University community.

Campus Locations

Zagster bike share is located on campus at:

–          Eastern entrance of Lerner Hall

–          Between Butler Library and John Jay Hall

–          Wien Courtyard on East Campus

 Expansion opportunities for the Zagster bike share are also being considered at the Manhattanville campus sometime after the first new buildings open.

 Membership

The bike share is offered through three different options, following standard guidelines of bike-share programs at other campuses: annual, monthly and one-day memberships, described below.

1. Annual Membership

$20 membership fee billed annually

Trips under 1 hour are free; then pay $3/hour (up to $30/ride)

2.  Monthly Membership

$8 membership fee billed monthly

 

Trips under 1 hour are free; then pay $3/hour (up to $30/ride)

3. 24-Hour Membership

$5 one-time fee

Trips under 1 hour are free; then pay $3/hour (up to $30/ride)

* Riders will be charged an additional $35 overtime charge for keeping a bike over 24 hours.

To join and ride, visit www.zagster.com/columbia, or download the free Zagster Mobile App, available for iPhone and Android.

Say Hello on April 6

On Wednesday, April 6 the EcoReps will be at the Sundial from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. with giveaways and free ride coupons. Stop by to say hello and take a peek at one of the Zagster bikes.

 Other Columbia Bike Initiatives

The bike-share expansion to the entire Columbia community is one of several bicycle-friendly initiatives Columbia is leading.

  • Following the successful pilot of the bicycle parking enclosure in the Grove, a second enclosure has been installed in Wien Courtyard.
  • There are several workshops on bicycle street skills and traffic safety being offered to Columbia affiliates in conjunction with Bike New York.
  • Ride Your Bike to Campus Days are returning on April 13 at Morningside, and April 15 and a special Earth Day event on April 22 at the Columbia University Medical Center campus.

Find more bicycle-related information on the Columbia Transportation website attransportation.columbia.edu/bike-services-columbia.  Send questions toenvironment@columbia.edu.