Churchill Scholarships, offered by the Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States, provide for one year of post-baccalaureate study in the sciences, engineering, and mathematics at the University of Cambridge. 

Interested students and faculty are invited to attend this session, held on Monday, September 24, 5-7pm in Room 520 in Mudd Hall.

For more information about these scholarships, please see this fellowship link:
http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/fellowships/catalog/churchill-scholarships

Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans provide opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished new Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields.  Up to thirty fellowships are awarded each year.  Each fellowship supports up to two years of graduate study in the U.S., in any field and in any advanced degree-granting program.

Please join us for an information session on Thursday, Sept. 13, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. in the Center for Student Advising Conference Room (Lerner 403).

For more information about this fellowship, please see this fellowship link:
http://www.college.columbia.edu/students/fellowships/catalog/soros-fello...

More than 620 students attended the inaugural open house at The Center for Career Education on Friday, Sept. 14. The event featured an employer relations station for students to set up job agents and learn about LionSHARE, power half-hours on the “Job/Internship Search” and “On Campus Recruiting,” an internship station, and quick meetings with career counselors. Students could also meet with members of student professional groups, including Columbia Women’s Business Society, Multicultural Business Association, Columbia Economics Society and Columbia Financial Investment Group, and representatives from the Columbia Student Enterprises — Inside New York, the Columbia Bartending Agency and the Columbia University Tutoring and Translating Agency, which are run through the Center for Career Education. Student photographers were also on hand to shoot photos for attendees’ LinkedIn profiles, and those who attended got free Korilla Korean BBQ and a chance to win prizes.

During the event, the walls featured "Did You Know?" signs with facts about CCE.

During the event, the walls of the Center for Career Education featured “Did You Know?” facts about the Center for Career Education last year, including the number of employers who attended at least one of the four career fairs (382), the number of employer info sessions (186 — a 44 percent increase over the previous year), the number of employers who participated in the On Campus Recruiting Program (182 — a 14 percent increase over the previous year), the number of individual advising appointments (more than 9,400 — 75 percent more than four years before), the number of students and alumni who had individual advising appointments (more than 4,200 — double the number served four years prior), the number of students and alumni served by CCE events (more than 12,000), the number of job and internship postings in LionSHARE (more than 20,000) and the #1 LionSHARE Industry (non-profit).

Career counselors answer students' questions at the inaugural CCE open house.

Kavita Sharma, dean of the Center for Career Education, said the open house was an opportunity to welcome students to the Center for Career Education and familiarize them with CCE’s services. “This is an opportunity to showcase the wealth of resources and diversity of programs available to students through CCE,” she said.

The Center for Career Education offers career counseling appointments, LinkedIn profile reviews, practice interviews, job and internship postings, resume and cover letter reviews, career development, interview prep and other services. The center works with students and alumni from Columbia College, Columbia Engineering, General Studies, the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Continuing Education and the School of the Arts.

Columbia has been ranked fourth place in U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of National Universities for the third year in a row. Harvard and Princeton are tied for first place this year, followed by Yale. The University of Chicago is also ranked fourth. Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University are tied for sixth place, Duke University and the University of Pennsylvania are tied for eighth place, and California Institute of Technology and Dartmouth College are tied for tenth place. U.S. News’ “Best Colleges 2013” rankings were released on September 12. 

U.S. News’ ratings were begun in 1983 and are based on peer evaluations, graduation and freshman retention rates, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources, graduation rate performance and alumni giving rate.

Dean of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid Jessica Marinaccio said she hopes students and their families look at this ranking as just one piece of data in of choosing where they would like to attend college. 

"We look at college rankings with a certain amount of skepticism, questioning their evolving methodologies and their sway over a student's college choice," she said. "We are proud, nevertheless, of all the factors that led US News and World Report to once again see us as one of the best universities in the world—the Columbia academic experience, our faculty's commitment to undergraduate education, the financial resources provided  to our students, the generosity and dedication of our alumni, and our high retention and graduation rates."

"Instead of relying on rankings, we hope prospective students will truly explore all that Columbia has to offer through all sources and by visiting campus to evaluate whether we might be the best fit for them."

Columbia is listed under the "National Universities" category, which include universities that offer a full range of undergraduate majors, master’s, and doctoral degrees, and are committed to producing groundbreaking research. The University climbed from eighth place to fourth place two years ago.

For more information and to see the full list of rankings, visit http://www.usnews.com or http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities.