This Week at Columbia: Events & Opportunities (10/3)

Dear Students,

Please join us tomorrow, October 4 as we celebrate the inauguration of Minouche Shafik, Columbia’s 20th president!
 

• Investiture (Inauguration Ceremony - Hybrid). University Life will be celebrating on the South Lawn (in front of Butler Library). No registration required. Stop by for swag and light refreshments! You can also watch the livestream on Columbia’s homepage. Wednesday, October 4, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM. Learn more about Inauguration Day.

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

More University Life Events & Opportunities

• Financial Resource Tutorial for International Students (In-Person). Join Student Financial Services, University Life, and the International Students and Scholars Office to ask questions and review the budgeting and finance resources available to you as a Columbia student. Bring your laptop with you. Drop by 1:00 - 2:30 PM on Thursday, October 12. Register here.
• Social Justice Mini-Grant Program. Apply for the Social Justice Mini-Grant Program and share your innovative ideas to address social injustices, including efforts to bring awareness to racial, economic, accessibility, and educational inequities. Learn more and apply by November 7.
• Yoga Class (In-Person). Religious Life invites you to take a break and relax with yoga in Earl Hall. Please bring your own mat and arrive 10 minutes early to sign in and set up. Doors close at 7:05 PM. Thursdays, 7:00 - 8:00 PM. Learn more.
• Religious Life Work-Study Opportunity. Are you eligible for work-study and interested in helping support interfaith programming? Religious Life is looking for two program associates! You can apply through the work-study portal by searching for “Religious Life” in the keyword text box. Learn more about the position here.

Upcoming Community Citizenship Initiative Events

The following events fulfill one of the requirements for the Community Citizenship Initiative (CCI). Check our website for more upcoming CCI events!

• The Power of Bystanders (Virtual). Join Sexual Violence Response (SVR) at this workshop to explore how you can intervene as a bystander and create a campus culture of sexual respect. This event fulfills the Sexual Respect component. Tuesday, October 10, 2:00 - 3:30 PM. Register here.
• Responding to Disclosures (Virtual). Learn how to respond if a peer or loved one discloses that they've experienced harm. This workshop is hosted by Sexual Violence Response (SVR). This event fulfills the Sexual Respect component. Tuesday, October 10, 5:30 - 7:00 PM. ​Register here.
• Being Latine at Columbia (In-Person). Join us for a conversation on Latine identity and how it affects the work of four panelists from different disciplines across the University. Sponsored by the Institute of Latin American Studies, the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement, and University Life. This event fulfills the Inclusion & Belonging component. Wednesday, October 11, 4:30 - 6:30 PM. Register here.
• Film Screening: My Name Is Andrea (In-Person). Watch My Name Is Andrea, a documentary about feminist icon Andrea Dworkin. The screening will be followed by a conversation with writer and director Pratibha Parmar and filmmaker Prof. Tom Kalin. This event fulfills the Sexual Respect component. Thursday, October 12, 6:30 - 9:00 PM. Register here.
• The Art + Science of Flirting (In-Person). Interested in improving your flirting skills? Join Dr. Jane Bogart, Director of Well-Being and Health Promotion at CUIMC, for an interactive workshop to help you improve your communication skills and make meaningful connections. This event fulfills the Sexual Respect component. Monday, October 23, 5:30 - 7:00 PM. Register here.

Happening Around Campus

• October Narrative Medicine Rounds (Virtual). The Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics invites you to its Narrative Medicine Rounds, hosting acclaimed author and psychiatrist Judith L. Herman. She will discuss her latest book, Truth and Repair: How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice. Wednesday, October 4, 6:00 - 7:00 PM. Learn more.
• Culture on the Corner | Manhattanville: Old Heart of West Harlem (In-Person). Join The Forum for a conversation with Eric K. Washington about Manhattanville history. You’ll also receive a map to help you explore the community. Thursday, October 5, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Register here.
• Crooked Plow: Translating Social Justice in Brazil (In-Person). Join the Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities for a conversation with Brazilian author Itamar Vieira Junior about his novel Crooked Plow, social justice work, and the long shadow that slavery casts. Thursday, October 5, 6:15 - 7:15 PM. Register here.
• Carla Kuhn: Cat Person with Director Susanna Fogel (In-Person). The Film Program invites you to a screening of Cat Person. Stay for a Q&A after the screening with the film’s director, Susanna Fogel (CC’02), and Prof. James Schamus. Thursday, October 5, 6:30 - 9:30 PM. Register here.
• Velocity: Columbia’s Ride to End Cancer. Participate in a bike-riding fundraiser to support patient care and research at Columbia’s Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC). The registration fee is waived and the fundraising minimum is $250 for Columbia students with code: STUDENT23. Register by this Friday, October 6.
• Climate and Clean Energy Policy in the Post-Inflation Reduction Act World (In-Person) Learn about the impact of The Inflation Reduction Act on private investment and public policy and how the act will continue to shape climate change and our world. Tuesday, October 10, 6:00 - 8:00 PM. Register here.

Have a great week,

Joseph Defraine Greenwell, Ed.D.
Senior Vice President for Student Affairs
University Life
Gender Pronouns: He/Him/His

Ixchel Rosal
Senior Associate Vice President for Student Life
University Life
Gender Pronouns: She/Her/Hers