Cindy del Rosario-Tapan
Executive Director of Communications and Media Relations
Columbia College
(212) 851-0291
c.tapan@columbia.edu
News and Updates for May 2008
Joel Klein Delivers Class Day Address
Friday, May 30, 2008
Joel Klein ’67, Chancellor of New York City’s Department of Education,
delivered the keynote address at Columbia College’s 2008 Class Day on
May 19, urging the graduating seniors to embrace the challenges they
will face in their careers. “Hard as it may be, you’ve got to get
outside your current comfort zone sooner or later, and if you want my
advice, sooner is better,” Klein told members of the Class of 2008. “We
are all so programmed, so eager to know what we are expected to do
next, that all too often we don’t realize that we are the architects of
our own destiny. Rejoice in that knowledge. It’s truly empowering.”
Dean Quigley to Step Down In July 2009
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Dean Austin Quigley has announced his plans to step down at the end of
the 2008–09 academic year, after a term of 14 years as Dean of Columbia
College and Lucy G. Moses Professor.
The Beat Goes On: Applications Up, Selectivity Down
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Once again, applications to the College are up and the selectivity rate
is down as the Class of 2012 continues a trend that has been going on
for more than a decade. Applications rose by 5.7 percent, to 19,116,
for roughly 1,050 places in the Class of 2012. The College’s overall
admit rate, or selectivity, was 8.68 percent.