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

Dear Students,

The Dean’s Office is holding two events next week that will restrict student access to the Stabile Student Center and Cafe.

The first, a donor appreciation event, will close the center from noon on Tuesday, October 21 to the morning of Wednesday, October 22. The second event will close the center from 3 p.m. on Thursday, October 23, to the following morning.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

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
• 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)**

Summer Room Availability
* schedules/notices will be posted on each room:

-107a lab is open and available until further notice.

-Student Lounge is open.

-601A lab/602 and 501A lab will be in use in the late afternoons and evenings on Tuesdays and Thursdays for summer RW1 classes, but are otherwise available at other times.

-601B will be closed the week of Monday May 29th and then back open and available unless otherwise posted.

-601C will be open unless otherwise posted.

-the 607 suite will be closed for the duration of the summer due to construction.

-511A will be closed Tuesday 5-30 through Wednesday 6-7, then open during the day and used by Radio Documentary Class on Wednesday evenings.

-511B is closed now through Tuesday 6-6, then open during the day and in use by Radio Documentary class on Wednesday evenings.

-511C lab will be closed Tuesday 5-30 through Thursday 6-8 and then open for day use unless otherwise posted.

-709c will be used in the evenings for Electives and Seminar classes.

-801 will be used exclusively by News 21 for the duration of the summer.

*Please make note that the Columbia Publishing Course will be using all the available rooms in the building for their intensive workshops from June 30th to July 7th and July 17th to July 23rd except for those spaces dedicated to regular summer classes.

*If you would like to request a room, please send an email to room-requests@jrn.columbia.edu and if you have any conflict with rooms or space, please contact Eryn Curfman at 212-854-1124 or by email ec2165@columbia.edu.