This Week at Columbia: Events & Opportunities (10/1)

October 01, 2024

Dear Students,

We hope the semester is going well for each of you and that you’ll be able to join us for one or more of these community gatherings.

University Life Events & Opportunities

All events below are in Eastern Time (ET), free, and open to all students unless otherwise noted.

  • Sacred Music Concerts (Hybrid). Religious Life is hosting sacred music concerts throughout the Fall semester. Find a moment for quiet reflection and beautiful music:
  • Focus Group: Student Parents (In-Person). If you identify as a student parent, the Center for Student Success and Intervention invites you to discuss your experiences.  Your feedback will assist us in developing University services that will help meet the needs and goals of students who are parents. Wednesday, October 2, 2:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. Register here.
  • Focus Group: First-Generation Graduate Students (Virtual). Calling all first-generation graduate students, the Center for Student Success and Intervention invites you to discuss your experiences. Your feedback will assist us in developing University services that will help meet the needs and goals of first-generation graduate students. Friday, October 11,1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Register here.
  • Yoga Class (In-Person). Take a break and relax with yoga in Earl Hall hosted by Religious Life. Please bring your own mat and arrive 10 minutes early to sign in and set up! Thursdays, 7 - 8 p.m. Learn More.

Community Citizenship Initiative

The following events fulfill one of the two requirements for the Community Citizenship Initiative

  • Campus Conversation: Story of Your Name (In-Person). Share the origin story of your name and hear from peers about their name and why it matters to them. Explore how names can impact us and our perceptions of other people. This event fulfills the Inclusion & Belonging component. Tuesday, October 8, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Register here.
  • Campus Conversation: Exploring the Social Identity Wheel (In-Person). Join University Life to reflect on your social identities and the various ways those identities become visible or felt at different times. This event fulfills the Inclusion & Belonging component. Tuesday, October 22, 10 - 11 a.m. Register here.
  • Speak Now: David Henry Hwang and Leigh Silverman on "Yellow Face" (In-Person). Playwright and faculty member David Henry Hwang and director Leigh Silverman discuss Yellow Face, Hwang’s acclaimed and “laugh-out-loud farce about the complexities of race.” Moderated by playwright and director James Ijames. This event fulfills the Inclusion & Belonging component. Wednesday, October 30, 7 - 8:30 p.m. Register here.
  •  A Workshop & Conversation on Bias - Recognizing the Role We Play (In-Person). Join University Life for an introductory discussion about the factors that cause and perpetuate bias and to review resources to minimize bias’ impact on campus. This event fulfills the Inclusion & Belonging component. Thursday, October 31, 3:15 - 4:30 p.m. Register here.
  • RelationShorts (In-Person). Sexual Violence Response (SVR) will lead an interactive workshop that uses short films and television clips to help students identify effective and accessible communication methods relating to sexual relationships. This event fulfills the Sexual Respect component. Friday, November 1, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Register here.

The President’s Campus Collaborative Fund

Each member of the Columbia community brings their own talents and perspective to our campuses and our work, and everyone should have a voice in strengthening the collective experience for all Columbians. The President’s Campus Collaborative Fund seeks to support and share these voices by funding student, faculty, and staff projects with awards of $1,000 to $5,000. Submit a proposal by Friday, October 25. Learn more.

Happening Around Campus

  • Caste, Race, and Space: Architectural History as Property History (In-Person). This talk will explore the impact of architecture in perpetuating caste, using the architecture of Bangalore as a case study. Thursday, October 3, 12:15 - 2 p.m. Register here.
  • Directing Thesis: Sally (In-Person)The School of the Arts presents Sally, a directing thesis production by current student Calvin Atkinson. Various Times from October 3 - 6. Register here.
  • A Conversation with Maria Alejandra Velez (In-Person). Join the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) for a conversation with María Alejandra Vélez about navigating natural resources and drug policy in the Global South. Monday, October 7, 1 - 2 p.m. Learn more.
  • Beyond Neoliberalism (In-Person). The neoliberal era is coming to an end, but what will replace it? Explore this question at this event hosted by the Center for Political Economy and Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change. Tuesday, October 8, 6 - 7:30 p.m. Register here.

Take care,

Joseph Defraine Greenwell, Ed.D. (he/him/his)

Senior Vice President for Student Affairs
University Life

Ixchel Rosal (she/her/hers)

Senior Associate Vice President for Student Life
University Life