Year in Pictures

August

August 26

The Class of 2017 was welcomed to Columbia at Convocation. Members of the New Student Orientation Program committee carried flags showcasing all of the nations represented in the undergraduate student body. Photo: Eileen Barroso

August 27

The Columbia College Class of 2017 made history as the first class to adopt an honor code. Students took the pledge together at the Columbia College Academic Assembly during New Student Orientation Program (NSOP). Photo: Alycen Ashburn

August 29

During the New Student Orientation Program, the Class of 2017 celebrated with a night out in New York City at Central Park's Victorian Gardens.

September

September 9

Representatives of Columbia's more than 300 student organizations connected with new students during Undergraduate Student Life's annual Activities Day. Here, the Double Discovery Student Organization’s (DDSO) Volunteer Coordinators sign up volunteers for the Double Discovery Center. Photo: Courtesy Double Discovery Center

September 11

Residential Life and the Columbia Bhakti Club partnered on a wellness series providing free yoga and meditation to the entire Columbia community. Photo: Stella Girkins CC ’15

September 13

Students met with career counselors during Quick Questions, part of the Center for Career Education's second annual Open House. CCE's open houses provide an opportunity for students to learn about CCE's services and programs. Photo: Katie Taflan

September 17

Students and alumni filled Roone Arledge Auditorium in Alfred Lerner Hall to hear Jack Dorsey, founder of Square and Twitter, speak about entrepreneurship.

September 20

During the Center for Career Education’s Fall Career Fair in Lerner Hall, which attracted more than 2,300 students and alumni, students met with an employer to discuss opportunities at her organization. This career fair, one of numerous career fairs and networking events organized by CCE each year, brought 135 employers to campus. Photo: Katie Taflan

September 27

More than 500 students learned about study abroad and fellowships opportunities during the Annual Study Abroad Fair in Lerner Hall. Representatives promoted programming in more than fifty countries. Photo: Sydney Schwartz Gross

September 27

Members of the Columbia College Student Council and Columbia College Class Councils joined fellow campus leaders at Student Engagement's first combined Council and Governing Board Leadership Retreat. Photo: Josh Lucas

October

October 4

Residential Life hosted Columbia's inaugural Garden Party with students and staff enjoying a cappella performances and refreshments on Philosophy Lawn. Photo: Beth V. Perlongo

October 10

Staff from Residential Life and residents of the Special Interest Community House hosted members of the Columbia community at an opening reception for Columbia’s new residence for special interest communities. Communities in the new SIC House include the Application Development Initiative, Manhattan House and Wellness House.

October 11

During the Center for Career Education’s Employer Site Visit to Christie's, one of multiple site visits to various companies from many fields that CCE sponsors throughout the year, students took a tour of the gallery space, sat in on an auction and heard from Columbia alumni and members of the Human Resources team about what it's like to work in the auction field. Site visits were also held at CNN and The Penguin Group. Photo: Gerald Tang

October 18

More than 1,000 friends and family members came to Columbia from hometowns across the globe to participate in Family Weekend and spend time with their favorite student. Here, parents place a pin in the location of their hometown on a world map after checking in for Family Weekend. Photo: Kat Cutler

October 18

I.I. Rabi Scholars Science and Math Research Symposium poster

October 19

Alumni, students, parents and friends gathered at Baker Athletics Complex on October 19, 2013, for Homecoming. Festivities included a picnic under the Big Tent, an appearance by Roar-ee and the Marching Band, football, a carnival and lots of tables with fun giveaways. Photos: Eileen Barroso

October 22

CC Senior Fund Kick-Off photo

October 23

More than 1,500 alumni, parents and friends gave to the College this year on the second annual Columbia Giving Day, raising more than $2.47 million. Columbia College raised more than any other school or program at the University for the second year in a row, earning $95,398 in matching funds. Photo: Eileen Barroso

October 23

CNN Correspondent Poppy Harlow ’05 talked with students about career paths in broadcast journalism as part of the Center for Career Education's Dinner and Discussion series, which brings alumni back to campus to talk about their careers and experiences with students. Photo: Katie Taflan

October 29

CSA Talks — Ric Burns ’78 photo

November

November 1

More than 1,100 students visited the American Museum of Natural History with their Frontiers of Science sections over the course of the 2013-14 academic year. Photo: ©AMNH/D

November 2

Men’s Cross Country won its fourth Ivy League Championship at the annual Heptagonal meet in Princeton, New Jersey. Photo: Courtesy Columbia University Athletics

November 8

Multicultural Affairs enhanced student connections to the Columbia community at the annual Students of Color Leadership Retreat, held at the Frosty Valley YMCA in Claryville, NY, for 50 participating students. Photo: Roshawn Johnson

November 10

November 14

Columbia College announced a new undergraduate global opportunity, the Presidential Global Fellowships, funded with a seed grant from Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger, which provides support for rising sophomores to study abroad during the summer on a Columbia global program at a location at or near one of the Columbia Global Centers. Photo: Courtesy of Wina Huang ’17, 2014 Presidential Global Fellow

November 14

Joel I. Klein ’67, CEO of Amplify, the education division of News Corp., and executive vice president at News Corp., as well as a member of News Corp.’s Board of Directors, was presented the 2013 Alexander Hamilton Medal at a gala dinner in Low Rotunda on November 14. The medal, the highest honor paid to a member of the College community, is presented by the Columbia College Alumni Association for distinguished service to the College and accomplishment in any field of endeavor. Photos: Eileen Barroso

December

December 5

December 12

Columbia College early decision mailing photo

December 14

During fall finals, Residential Life supported students with the 5th Annual Puppy Study Break. This popular event, held in John Jay Lounge, provides students a break from studying and offers crafts, Stressbusters massages and Pet Partners therapy dogs to play with.

December 19

The Columbia University Board of Trustees announced that attorney Jonathan D. Schiller ’69, LAW’73, P: ’01, ’06, CE’13 was elected co-chair of the board, to serve alongside current chair William V. Campbell ’62, TC’64, P: ’04, ’13. Schiller will succeed Campbell as chair upon the latter’s retirement from the board. Schiller is a managing partner and co-founder of the law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner, and one of the country’s most well-known and respected attorneys.

January

January 13

Three hundred students currently enrolled in Literature Humanities saw performances of King Lear with Frank Langella at the Brooklyn Academy of Music thanks to partially-subsidized tickets provided by the Center for the Core Curriculum. Photo: Elena Olivo, courtesy Brooklyn Academy of Music

January 15

Dean James J. Valentini joined about 200 College alumni, parents, students and friends in Beverly Hills on January 15 for an evening with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti ’92, ’93 SIPA (above, left). Held at the Beverly Hills home of David Javdan ’90, the evening featured time to mingle with guests and with Garcetti as well as a discussion between Garcetti and Valentini. The mayor spoke about his time at Columbia; the Core Curriculum; the two organizations he helped to found, the Harlem Restoration Project a

January 15

Columbia College appointed Joseph Ayala ’94, an experienced non-profit leader with nearly 20 years of experience in youth development and advocacy, as the new executive director of the Double Discovery Center (DDC), a Columbia College program that works to enhance the higher education opportunities for low-income and first-generation youth in the surrounding community. Photo: Bruce Gilbert

January 30

On January 30, screenwriter Jenji Kohan ’91 spoke to students through the Center for Student Advising's CSA Talks series, a program which invites captivating scholars, thinkers, dreamers, writers and doers to share their narratives and personal keys to fulfillment.Screenwriter Jenji Kohan ’91 spoke to students through the Center for Student Advising’s "CSA Talks" series, a program that invites captivating scholars, thinkers, dreamers, writers and doers to share their narratives and keys to fulfillment. Koh

January 31

Columbia College’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter welcomed 22 new members on January 31 in an initiation ceremony attended by parents, faculty and friends. The 22 students were chosen by a faculty selection committee of Phi Beta Kappa members based on the breadth, depth and rigor of their academic programs, as well as recommendations from faculty members who have worked closely with them.

February

February 6

Nearly 500 named scholarship donors and student recipients filled Roone Arledge Auditorium on February 6 at the annual Dean’s Scholarship Reception. Dan Loeb ’83 spoke to students about the importance of giving back to the College and spent time with current and former scholarship recipients, including Zack Susel ’11 who introduced him to the audience. The reception gives students who receive named scholarships and the donors of those scholarships the opportunity to meet and share their College experiences.

February 9

Men’s Fencing, which was ranked as high as No. 1 in the nation during the regular season, tied for the league title, with Columbia winning two bouts nearly simultaneously with Harvard on adjacent fencing strips at the Ivy League Round Robins in Providence, Rhode Island. Photo: Courtesy Columbia University Athletics

February 15

Double Discovery Center senior Jeremy Luna working with DDC volunteer Rubab Rehman '15 on a college scholarship application. Rehman worked with the Center's "Scholarship Saturdays" program,which assisted high school seniors with researching scholarship opportunities and drafting their essays. Photo: Lisa Herndon

February 21

Deantini's Senior Contest winners photo

February 26

Chelsea Clinton PH'10, an adjunct assistant professor of health policy and management at the Mailman School of Public Health, spoke to students and scholars at the Kenneth Cole Community Engagement Program Spring Forum, encouraging students to consider their generation's commitment to action and their ability to effect real change.

March

March 5

Five accomplished alumni were each presented with a 2014 John Jay Award for distinguished professional achievement at the annual John Jay Awards Dinner, held at Cipriani 42nd Street on March 5

March 6

Student Engagement staff members took to the Lerner ramps to educate students on leadership topics like the difference between a leader and a manager and components of a healthy student group. Photo: Beth V. Perlongo

March 7

An employer reviews a student's resume during CCE's Spring Career Fair in Lerner Hall, which attracted more than 1,300 students and alumni. Photo: Katie Taflan

March 7

“Retranslating Literary Classics: A Panel of Cervantes, Montaigne, and Dostoevsky,” this spring’s Literature Humanities Course-wide event, was held in Miller Theatre and moderated by Susan Bernofsky, director of literary translation at Columbia.

March 12

On March 12, The Heyman Center for the Humanities presented the Annual Award for Distinguished Service to the Core Curriculum at the Core Award Ceremony.

March 17

With the support of Student Engagement's Alternative Break Program, students participated in civic engagement opportunities that addressed community challenges locally and globally.

March 21

Ten faculty members were honored with Lenfest Distinguished Teaching Awards, created in 2005 by Gerry Lenfest LAW'58, a trustee emeritus whose total donations of more than $100 million place him among Columbia's most generous benefactos. His $12 million gift for the teaching awards honors exceptional instruction and scholarship, with a special emphasis on the mentoring of students in the arts and sciences. Image designed by Nicoletta Barolini

March 26

Students learned about careers in media from industry professionals at the Center for Career Education’s Media Networking Night in Low Memorial Library. Photo: Katie Taflan

March 27

On March 27, Columbia College Dean James J. Valentini, Columbia Engineering Dean Mary C. Boyce, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid Jessica Marinaccio and Columbia admissions officers mailed acceptance letters to Regular Decision applicants in the Class of 2018, chosen from one of the largest applicant pools in Columbia's history. Students in the Class of 2018 represent all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. territories, as well as nearly 80 countries from around the world. Photo: Char

March 28

Students and employers filled Low Memorial Library Rotunda for the Center for Career Education’s third annual Startup Career Fair. At this year's event, CCE asked the Columbia Organization of Rising Entrepreneurs (CORE) to play a role in welcoming employers to the fair and assisting them with their setup. CORE is a student organization focused on inspiring, educating and launching the next generation of student entrepreneurs. Photo: Katie Taflan

April

April 2

Members of the Columbia community celebrated the arrival of spring on campus and Holi, the Hindu festival of colours, with festivities on Ancel Plaza. Photo: Nate Johnson

April 9

On April 9, the students of Columbia College and the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences gathered on the steps of Low Plaza to take a photo with their fellow classmates. Participating students were given a Columbia University pin displaying their class year. Photo: LifeTouch Photography

April 11

More than 100 Columbia College alumni and students cheered on their hometown team at a Student and Young Alumni Night at the Yankees on April 11. Photo: Andrea Arellano '17, Columbia Photography Association

April 14

April 16

April 17

The King’s Crown Leadership Excellence Awards recognizes the hard work and dedication of campus student leaders. At the 2014 ceremony, Columbia College students were honored with 124 individual awards.

April 20

Men’s Tennis won its 11th Ivy League Championship, won two matches in the NCAA Championships and advanced to the Round of 16 at the NCAA Championships for the first time ever. Men’s Tennis finished the year ranked 16th in the nation. Photo: Courtesy Columbia University Athletics

April 21

April 21 was College Discovery Day, a day where DDC high school students accompanied Columbia College, Barnard and Engineering undergraduates to class to get a first-hand look at a day in the life of a college student. College Discovery Day has been a DDC tradition since the 1980s. It was formerly known as Columbia Key Day. Photo credit: Lisa Herndon

April 21

Columbia College Dean James J. Valentini joined The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science Dean Mary C. Boyce to raise a glass to the Class of 2014 and to celebrate the end of the spring semester at the first annual “Deans’ Toast to the CC and SEAS Class of 2014” event.

April 23

Residents of Shapiro Residence Hall hosted fellow students during a new building event, "Tasty Tower." The program showcased the cultures of building residents through global foods and won Residential Life's "Diversity Program of the Year" award for residence hall programming. Photo: Darleny Cepin

April 23

The 2014 Core Scholars — Jeremy Corren ’17, Soomin Kang ’16, Tiffany May ’17, Ethan Plaue ’15 and Matt White ’15 — were honored in a reception at the Center for the Core Curriculum. Each year the Core Scholars Program invites any student who has taken a Core course to reflect on the materials of the Core Curriculum by creating a Core Reflection. Students who submit exceptionally creative and well executed reflections are honored as Core Scholars.

April 25

On April 25, more than 200 guests attended the Columbia College Young Alumni Fund Spring Benefit at the Racquet and Tennis Club in New York. The evening included an open bar, hors d’oeuvres, a DJ, photo booth and silent auction. Proceeds from the benefit helped to enhance financial aid, provide the resources necessary to maintain the College's renowned Core Curriculum, support improvements in student services and support summer internship stipends. Photo: Scott Rudd Photography

April 27

April 29

May

May 5

Lionel Trilling Book Award and Mark Van Doren Teach Award Ceremony photo

May 6

Multicultural Affairs (OMA) recognized the achievement of members of the Class of 2014 at the OMA graduation cord ceremony. Cords were worn by student recipients at Commencement and Class Day activities to signify their leadership within the Columbia community. Photo: Char Smullyan

May 6

Dean James J. Valentini deemed the Class of 2014 the "Best Class Ever!" at the Columbia College Senior Dinner, held on South Lawn on May 6. Hosted by the Columbia College Alumni Association, the dinner welcomed the graduating seniors into the community of more than 47,000 College alumni. Photo: Rich Ormanowski, Lifetouch Photography

May 10

May 11

Nadia Eke ’15 won the triple jump at the indoor and outdoor Ivy League Heptagonal Championship meets on March 1 and May 11 respectively. She also won the Ivy League title in the long jump on March 1, during the indoor season, and finished sixth in the triple jump at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, earning First Team All-America honors, on March 15. Photo: Courtesy Columbia University Athletics

May 16

Will Savage ’15 and David Speer ’14, both members of Columbia Baseball, were named Ivy League Rookie of the Year and Ivy League Pitcher of the Year, respectively. Savage and Speer were joined by David Vandercook ’15 on the All-Ivy League first team. Photo: Courtesy Columbia University Athletics

May 17

The Class of 2014 held a masquerade ball celebrating their myriad personal and academic accomplishments as Columbia undergraduates. Photo: LifeTouch Photography

May 20

Phi Beta Kappa Ceremony photo

May 20

The Class of 2014 celebrated Class Day, held on South Lawn, on May 20. The Keynote speaker was screenwriter and actor Dan Futterman ’89. Photo: Char Smullyan

May 20

The Academic Awards and Prizes Ceremony at which students are recognized for their academic achievements is a highlight of graduation week. Dean James J. Valentini and Dean of Academic Affairs Kathryn Yatrakis were on hand to congratulate the students at the ceremony, held on May 20 at Faculty House. Yatrakis, along with several noted faculty members, presented the 54 awards and fellowships. Photo: David Dini SIPA’14

May 21

On May 21, the members of the Columbia College Class of 2014 joined more than 14,000 degree candidates from the University and its affiliates as they officially became graduates during Commencement, presided over by President Lee C. Bollinger.

May 29

Alumni Reunion Weekend, held May 29-June 1, brought more than 2,100 alumni back to campus to reminisce, relive and reunite. On May 31, Dean's Day brought more than 180 additional alumni to campus for thought-provoking lectures and discussions with some of Columbia’s finest faculty. The weekend culminated with the Starlight Reception (pictured here), a beautiful evening under the stars where alumni celebrated their connection to each other and to Columbia College. Photo: Scott Rudd

June

June 1

This summer, Columbia College welcomed 26 faculty members from 13 institutions from across the United States, Europe, and China to participate in a two-week intensive workshop on designing and teaching Core courses. Photo: Elena Hecht

June 15

Columbia officials, including President Lee C. Bollinger and Dean James J. Valentini, joined with government officials on June 15 for an official ribbon-cutting ceremony at the opening of the Columbia Startup Lab in lower Manhattan. The facility, located on the ground floor of WeWork Soho West in NYC’s Silicon Alley, provides a co-working space with heavily subsidized rent for alumni who have graduated within the past five years and have started their own businesses. Matt Star ’12 (left, in white shirt) sho

June 24

On June 24, the Columbia Italian Cultural Studies in Venice summer program celebrated its 10th anniversary with a reception at the Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza in Venice, overlooking the Canal Grande. The reception was attended by the program's current students and faculty, as well as representatives from Ca' Foscari University and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection Museum in Venice. Photo: Laura Schiff

June 30

Columbia College flag photo

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