INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL POLICY

Action Item, FAQ, Major memos, Master's Project, Master's Project Grants, PhD, Safety/Security

Dear Students:

I am writing to remind you that Columbia University has an International Travel Planning Policy that applies to students/fellows/faculty/staff who travel abroad for purposes related to the University, such as class trips, conferences, research or reporting for class papers, projects or dissertations.

This policy is intended to allow the University to follow the movement of student, faculty and others officially conducting University business abroad so we are prepared to provide you with assistance if needed. As stated on the University site: “Columbia University supports and encourages travel by individuals whose educational, research, or occupational activities are international in scope. At the same time, the University seeks to reduce risk to travelers and the University by encouraging thorough preparation and common-sense practices while abroad.”

The steps below are required of everyone who will be conducting reporting outside of the U.S.

1. Review the information and follow the steps detailed on the Columbia Global Travel Page.

2. Register your trip and itinerary with ISOS (Deadline December 14 for winter break travel)

3. Register your trip with the Journalism School Dean of Students Office (Deadline December 14 for winter break travel)

* Students who fail to register are ineligible for travel grants and lose their eligibility to submit receipts for grant based reimbursements.

* Students who fail to register will also be in violation of Columbia University policy and subject to disciplinary action.

Fellowship Opportunity: AC4 Graduate Student Fellowship

Applications, Fellowship Programs

The AC4 Fellowship Program engages students and faculty who are doing interdisciplinary research/ practice with focus on conflict resolution and peacebuilding, to cultivate constructive conflict management and sustainable peace, and to support students to think critically about issues of peace and sustainability. The Graduate Fellowship provides funding to students at Columbia University, linking across disciplines, cultural lenses and methodologies to further theory, research and practice on peace and conflict at Columbia and across the globe.

How To Apply

Online application will open Dec 19th and will be accepted until February 17, 2017 (11:59 EST).

All applications should be submitted through our online application form. Eligibility and requirements are described here: AC4 Graduate Fellowship Eligibility and Requirements.

Applicants must submit:

  • A Proposal (no more than 3-pages), describing proposed project;
  • Estimated Budget, itemizing how the funding would be used (see form below);
  • Faculty Sponsor, with faculty signature on approval form (see form below);
  • Letter of Recommendation, signed and on institutional letterhead;
  • Brief CV or resume (up to 3 pages); and
  • Letter of Sponsorship for internship proposals, signed and on institutional letterhead.
  1. Projected Budget Form (2017 will be available Dec. 19)
  2. Fellowship Faculty Approval Form (2017 will be available Dec. 19)

Applicants must be current Columbia University graduate level students in order to be considered.

INVITE: Conference – The Evolving Role of Dentist in Healthcare

Columbia Events, Conferences, Healthcare Issues, Speakers

We invite you to join Visiting Professor Dr. Donald Giddon, Harvard Professor Emeritus,
and faculty and students from the College of Dental Medicine for a thought provoking
discussion on how changing disease patterns and advances in technology may revolutionize the delivery of oral health care.

Register here for all or part of the program, which includes lunch, audience participation debates and a cocktail reception.

Sessions run from 1:00 to 3:00pm, 3:20 to 5:00 pm and 5:15 to 6:00 pm (with reception to follow).


Whether or not you can attend, we would greatly appreciate if you would take just a minute to complete this
short pre-conference survey that explores attitudes about integration of dentistry and medicine.

Responses are completely anonymous and results will be reviewed during the program. Thank you!

 

 

 

ACTION ITEM: Spring 2017 – M.S. Course Preference Ballot

Grants

Dear M.S., dual/SEAS, and Knight Bagehot students:

Please read this Spring 2017 registration memo carefully.

Important Dates:
· Monday, November 28, 7am – M.S. Course Preference Ballot opens (instructions below).

· Monday, December 5, 10am – M.S. Course Preference Ballot closes.

· Saturday, December 17 – Spring 2017 schedules available in SSOL (Those with financial HOLDS on their accounts cannot be registered until the fall bill is paid).

· Monday, January 2, 7am – Add/Drop opens (Those with financial or Assessment HOLDS are ineligible to participate).

· Friday, January 27, 10am – Add/Drop ends.

Automatic Registrations:
· All students enrolled for the Master’s Project in the Fall of 2016 will be automatically registered for the Spring of 2017 – no action required.

· FT students required to take Investigative Techniques this spring will be automatically registered for a section – no action required.

· FT & 1st Year PT Doc students will be automatically registered for the Doc Seminar – no action required.

· Those admitted to Book Writing & Covering Religion will be automatically registered – no action required.

· 1st Year PT Doc & SEAS 1st year will be automatically registered for their required classes and DO NOT have to submit a ballot.

Ballot Submission Instructions

The ballot goes live on Monday, November 28, at 7am.

Please carefully read and follow the instructions below:

Before balloting, review the curriculum doc.

The ballots are NOT handled on a first-come, first-served basis. As long as you make the deadline (Monday, December 5, 10 a.m.) you have equal standing with all other students.

When the ballot opens, please select the appropriate ballot for your concentration/program. If you complete a ballot for a concentration/program other than your own, you will have your classes assigned randomly in the correct concentration/program. If you do not submit a ballot by the deadline, you will also be placed in classes on a space available basis.

To complete your ballot, you will need your UNI, your Columbia email address, and your PID.

If you made a mistake or change your mind, please resubmit your ballot. Your most recently-submitted ballot as of the deadline (Monday, December 5, 10 a.m.) will be the one processed.

To see course/professor evaluations from other semesters, please follow the instructions here.

NOTE: Ranking the same class as your first choice repeatedly DOES NOT increase your likelihood of getting into that class. Rather it means that we will randomly select your class if we are not able to give you your first choice.

Students may not take more than of the specialty classes (Video, Data, Investigative). You may rank multiple options for those classes but once we are able to get you into one, we will consider your rankings based on the first non- specialty option. For instance if your rankings are along these lines:

·       1st choice: Multi-Media: Covering Education

·       2nd choice: Video Newsroom Broadcast

·       3rd choice: Video Newsroom: Web/Doc

·       4th choice: Video Storytelling A

·       5th choice: Covering Race

So if we are able to get you into Multi-Media/Education we would consider your next highest ranking for the second class as Covering Race because it is the highest ranked class without a video component.

If you experience any problems using the ballot, please send e-mail to mgh2@columbia.edu.

Please note we cannot promise students they will gain a seat in any specific class.

You will receive a confirmation e-mail containing the ballot information you submitted. You will have to look through it carefully to find what you entered as the response includes both the pages you were required to complete and those you weren’t based on type of ballot.

SPRING 2017 – M.S. COURSE PREFERENCE BALLOT

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.

International Student Meeting

Grants

Dear International Students,

We will have a representative from the International Students & Scholars Office here tomorrow to discuss any concerns you may have about student visas and OPT under the new presidential administration.

Friday, November 18
11:45 a.m.
Room 607C

Noelle Willecke, Senior International Student Adviser, ISSO
Prof. Ann Cooper
Dean Melanie Huff

University Resources – Harassment on or off campus

Campus Services, Community Citizenship, Counseling/Psychological Services, FAQ, Healthcare Issues, University Life

Dear Students,

In this time of heightened tensions after the elections, we want to remind you of the resources available to students

If you experience harassment on or off campus, you can report it to Public Safety. This is also true if you experience something threatening on social media. Public Safety works with the police on these matters.

In addition, students can seek counseling for individualized support. We are aware that many students are already making use of counseling and wellness resources for this purpose.

Useful Links:
Report harassment
Counseling Services

MH

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