The Daily Plan-it / Dean of Students Blog, Columbia J-school

Dear Students,

We are hearing from students and faculty that many classrooms, labs, and the student center are left littered with trash and generally filthy.

Although we have a great cleaning crew that comes in each weekday to clean, it is not possible to have every room cleaned between each class.

So, I’m asking for everyone to pitch in by depositing all cups, plates and wrappers into garbage cans or appropriate recycling bins.

Questions to dos@jrn.columbia.edu.

Thanks!

Three of the five 2008 Foreign Press Association Scholarship Fund awards have gone to students from The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

First Prize: Anup Kaphle, M.S.

Second Prize (one of two): Vinod Jose, M.A.

Third prize (one of two): Lam Thuy Vo, M.S.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Come meet the new Student Services team!

All Ph.D students are invited to a fun and relaxing Chef’s Choice buffet at Faculty House on Tuesday, February 26, at 1 p.m.

Please RSVP to Evelyn Corchado at eoc11@columbia.edu.

[ Throughout the year, the DOS office organizes informal events for students to interact with various deans. Apart from individual meetings, these are good ways for us to hear your thoughts and get your feedback. These include: Breakfast with the Deans (we take your questions over breakfast we provide); Brown-Bag Lunch Briefings (questions over lunch you bring; we provide chips, dessert and soda); Nick @ Night (questions over refreshments we provide). Please come to
these when you can. No RSVP required. ]

Breakfast with the Deans
Occasional sessions with Deans Lemann, Hancock. Sreenivasan and other deans to discuss various aspects of the J-school that affect YOU.

Wednesday, February 27, 8:15-9:15 a.m.
Room 607B
Bring your comments/critiques/compliments and chat over a cup of coffee and a pastry.

&

Wednesday, April 23, 8:15-9:15 a.m.
Room 607B
Bring your comments/critiques/compliments and chat over a cup of coffee and a pastry.

8:15-8:30 - chance to chat informally with the deans
8:30-9:00 - Q&A with the deans
9:00-9:15 - back to mingling

No agenda - they answer your questions.
No RSVP required, just show up.

The menu, as described by Columbia Catering:

* Assorted Chilled Juices Consisting of: Orange Juice, Apple Juice
and Cranberry Juice
* Assorted Breakfast Bakeries Consisting of: Mini Croissants,
Danish, Assorted Muffins, and Bagels, Butter, Preserves, and Cream
Cheese
* Brewed Regular and Decaffeinated Coffee and Assorted Teas

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“Nick at Night”
Open house in the Stabile Student Center
Wednesday, March 26
5:30-7:00 pm

No agenda - just casual mingling.
No RSVP required, just show up.

The menu, as described by Columbia Catering:

* Assorted Soft Drinks and Bottle Water
* Mediterranean Platter: Hummus, Baba Ghanoush, Tabouleh & Stuffed Grape
Leaves Garnished w/ Kalamata - Served with Pita Triangles
* Tortilla Chips & Salsa

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Watch for Brown-Bag Lunch Briefings on various other topics in March & April.

Comments, suggestions welcome.

To pick up your CUID validation sticker for the new semester, please go to the 5th floor equipment room.

Equipment room hours are Monday – Friday 8am to 8pm; Saturday 10am – 5pm

Work Block Group Available

Location: Counseling and Psychological Services: Lerner Hall 8th Floor

Day and Time: Monday 1-3PM

For 6 sessions: February 25, March 3,10,24, 31 and April 7

To register or for more information contact Dr. William Sommer at 212 854
2878 or email wgs2@columbia.edu

FROM: The New York Coalition for Professional Women in Arts and Media

Call for entries for the 2008 Collaboration Award

The New York Coalition of Professional Women in the Arts & Media (NYCWAM) will present the second biennial Collaboration Award recognizing Women Working with Women.

The $1000 award aims to encourage professional women in the arts and media to work collaboratively with other women on the creation of new works. Eligible teams are those who have completed a work, are readying a new work, or are continuing a work in progress.

Applicants may suggest any form of creative collaboration. Submissions will be judged on the basis of artistic excellence and clarity of the proposal, with special attention given to those proposals involving more than one discipline and which reflect the goals of the Coalition: to advance women and women’s issues. The team that has been selected, plus two runners up, will be invited to present a portion of their work at an awards ceremony in New York in October 2008. Women outside of New York may send a designee to present their project. NYCWAM does not pay for travel expenses.

Teams of two or more women working together on a creative project may apply for a Collaboration Award. Applicants must be members in good standing of an organization with full membership in NYCWAM. Those organizations are: Actors’ Equity Association, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Dramatists Guild, League of Professional Theatre Women, New York Women in Film & Television, Screen Actors Guild, Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers, and Writers Guild of America, East.

Funding for the 2008 Collaboration Award has been provided by playwright, Elsa Rael, and by Back Stage editor, Sherry Eaker. The first Collaboration Award was presented in 2006 to playwright Jennifer Maisel and director Wendy McClellan for their play BIRDS.

Applications may be downloaded from the NYCWAM website: www.nycwam.org

or by mail by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to:

The New York Coalition of Professional Women in the Arts & Media

P.O. Box 2537
Times Square Station
New York, NY 10108
Completed Applications must be postmarked by May 1, 2008.

For further information after reviewing guidelines and application contact:
Deborah Savadge
Phone: 212-592-4511 or 212-595-2582
E-Mail: Collaboration@NYCWAM.org

* A reminder that the J-school Lost & Found has two locations:

The traditional, physical one is in the mailroom on the 1st floor (west side of the building).

The virtual one is on Facebook, where you can post items you have lost or found (we know several items have been returned to their owners this way; you can scroll through the listings or post your own):
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2422437369&topic=2931

* Virtual Suggestion/Comment Box

Please use this form to communicate with the Dean of Students Office about
any topic you wish. It can be anonymous or you can choose to provide your
name. Unless you tell us who you are, we have no way of replying to you.
It’s your call.

This form, launched in November 2006, is the result of a request from students from that graduating class.

http://deanstudents.blogsome.com/2006/11/21/virtual-feedbacksuggestion-form/

You can find it easily on the right rail in the DOS Blog,
http://deanstudents.blogsome.com