MEMO: Welcome New Part-Time Students
Part-Time May 2008 Orientation
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
8:30 am:
- Pick up name tags and Orientation Folders: Lobby
- Coffee and pastries: World Room
9:00 am - Welcome: World Room
- Prof. Laura Muha, Director of the Part-Time Program
- Leon Braswell, Director of Admissions & Financial Aid
- Melanie Huff, Assistant Dean of Students
- Ernest Sotomayor, Assistant Dean of Career Services
10:00 am: Break
10:15 am: Computer Activation
- Cabral 501A Lab
- Whitehouse 601A Lab
- Reisig 607C Lab
11:00 am: World Room
- Prof. Sree Sreenivasan, Dean of Student Affairs
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Student Panel led by David Ressel, J’07 “Succeeding as a Part-Time Student”
A group of part-time students discuss life at the J-school
12:00 pm: Box lunch, World Room
12:30 - 1:30pm:
- Pick up your Columbia University ID
- Financial Aid: 202 Kent Hall
2:00 pm-4:00 pm: First session with Professors
- Beth Whitehouse, Room 607A
- Roberta Reisig, Room 602
- Maria Elena Cabral, Room 501A
4-5:30 pm: Talk by Brian McDonald followed by a Reception: Student Center
hosted by the Dean of Student Affairs
Brian McDonald alumni of the PT program and author of four books in 10 years, will discuss his new book, “Last Call at Elaine’s: A Journey From One Side Of The Bar To The Other” and what he learned at Columbia Journalism School.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Beth Whitehouse - 10:30 am – 1:30pm: Walking Tour
In front of the Starbucks on Allen & Delancey St. (80 Delancey St.)
Roberta Reisig & Maria Elana Cabral - 8:15am - 5:30pm:
Meet 116th & Amsterdam
All Day Bus Trip to Brooklyn, Red Hook, Gowanus & more
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - First Class
Roberta Reisig: 7 pm - 10 pm - 601C
Maria Elana Cabral: 7 pm - 9 pm - 607A
Saturday, May 31, 2008 - First ClassBeth Whitehouse: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm - 302 Hamilton
**Our building is closed that day for electrical repairs, so Beth’s class will be held in
302 Hamilton (parallel to our building, on the other side of campus)**
