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Message from LynNell Hancock, Interim Dean of Academic Affairs

Dear Students and Colleagues:

I am pleased to announce three major additions to our new media
efforts at the Journalism School.

The first is the appointment of one our most popular adjuncts, Duy
Linh Tu, to the full-time faculty. Duy (pronounced “Do” - see bio
below) joins us as new media coordinator and an assistant professor of
professional practice. As you know, he has been teaching here for
several years in the new media classrooms. He will intensify his
efforts to “webbify” our fall classes, and to integrate new and
compelling ideas in multimedia storytelling throughout the curriculum
in the years to come. Duy will continue to work with Dean Sree
Sreenivasan, who, as you know, has increased administrative
responsibilities at the school.

In addition, we have created two new post-graduate New Media
Fellowships starting this year. These July-June fellowships will
employ two students who will work closely with the technology staff to
help students and professors alike navigate the world of new media
journalism.

Our inaugural fellows are Kenan Davis and Dave Mayers (see bios
below). Part-teaching assistants, part-technologists, this year’s
fellows are both smart journalists with terrific reporting, writing,
editing and production skills. They will report to Duy.

Please join me in congratulating them. Kenan and Dave officially begin
their duties on July 1, but I am sure you will have other
opportunities to greet them before then.

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[Note to Part-Time & M.A. Students: We would like to see you at as many of
the lecture/social events as possible - please see schedule below. A
separate M.A. orientation schedule will be circulated next week].

Dear M.S. Students,

We look forward to meeting all incoming broadcast concentration students
next Monday, August 7, and to welcoming the rest of the full-time students
on August 17.

Below is information about the August schedule and about how to access the
list of classes to which you have been assigned.
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August Schedule:

The August schedule for full-time, M.S. students is available from the quick
link section at http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/students/. Please note that it
is a work-in-progress and changes will occur. Please check it regularly.

From August 7-August 16, FT broadcast students will be in class most days
from 9am-4pm, with an afternoon off here and there. Your specific broadcast
schedule is listed according to your RWI professor (Cross, Lipton or
Cooper).

Please note: your schedule for seminars and drills (these take place on
August 22, 23 and 31) will be distributed upon your arrival at School.

Evenings: On some evenings there are optional events, listed in green. On
other evenings there are required events, listed in blue.
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MS Fall Schedule of Classes

The list of classes to which you were assigned (including Master’s Project
advisers for part-time students) is now available at
https://ssol.columbia.edu/

You log into the system using your UNI (the part of your Columbia e-mail
address before “@columbia.edu”) and your password (same as for your e-mail).

Please note that the University system cannot accommodate our exact
sub-terms for the skills classes. For that information, please refer to
http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/admissions/programs/courses/fall2006/skillssked.
asp

All of our classes meet in the Journalism Building. However, at this time
we have yet to enter room numbers for most classes. They will be posted
before classes begin in September.

For the start dates for the rest of your classes (all of which begin in
September except for RWI), please refer to the academic calendar at
http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/admissions/programs/courses/calendar/

The Add/Drop period begins at 7:30 a.m. on Monday, August 28 and ends on
Friday, September 15, at 9 a.m. During this time, you will be able to
request classes changes (and in some cases additions). Please note that
these are requests only; we cannot guarantee that we will be able to grant
what it is you request. Add/Drop requests are handled on a first-come,
first-served basis. Further instructions and information will be sent to you
before the system becomes available.

Questions to dos@jrn.columbia.edu

- Deans Sreenivasan and Huff

This 2006 Fall Skills Schedule is tentative for now, but should give you and idea of the timings.