We are pleased to introduce the Academic Year Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) for ALL Columbia Undergraduates.  

The FLAS Fellowship competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students of Columbia University who are U.S. citizens, nationals, or permanent residents who are enrolled in a full-time program(either domestic or overseas) that combines modern foreign language training with international or area studies.  The FLAS award offers fellowship assistance to meritorious students undergoing beginning, intermediate, or advanced training in modern foreign languages with concentrations in related international or area studies.

Undergraduates students must be at the intermediate or advanced level of language proficiency and can apply for a Less Commonly Taught Language, except French German and Spanish. The Estimated FLAS grant amounts for Undergraduate students is $10,000 with a stipend of $5,000.

To learn more about this opportunity, please visit the Fellowships website or office.

Jordan Hirsch was selected as 1 of 5 fellows this year through an application process that was judged by senior members of the Wall Street Journal editorial board.  Starting this summer, he will work as writer and editor on the Journal's opinion pages—editorial, op-ed, Leisure & Arts—in the U.S.

We are very pleased to share the Columbia College Fund 57th Annual Report, online for the first time and reflecting the success of the 2008-2009 Fiscal Year. Going green allows the College to reduce waste and save costs while providing more information than would be possible in a printed publication.

The Annual Report can be found online at http://fund.college.columbia.edu/annualreport. In the report, you can read about how giving to Columbia College impacts and supports students. Our achievement is because of our committed alumni, parents and friends, and we thank you for your continued support of Columbia College!

Susan L. Birnbaum
Executive Director
Columbia College Fund

We are pleased to report that Shlomo Bolts, a senior Political Science and Sociology double major from Miami Beach Florida, has won the Gates Cambridge Scholarship.  Shlomo plans to pursue an MPhil in Modern Society and Global Transformations at Cambridge.  His areas of interest include globalization, peace studies, and denationalization.  Shlomo is the former recipient of a research grant from the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life which focused on religious toleration.  He is a leader in a number of campus organizations including Columbia’s Progressive Jewish Alliance and Columbia’s Amnesty International chapter.  Shlomo also co-founded Common Ground, a Jewish-Muslim dialogue group on campus.  He intends to pursue a career in diplomacy and conflict resolution.  The Gates Cambridge Scholarship, which was awarded to only 29 students in the United States, will fund him for two years and is estimated to be valued at $55,000 a year.