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the Office of Preprofessional Advising.
Students will work with their advising
deans as primary preprofessional advisers;
these advisers will be instrumental
in writing committee evaluations for
some professional schools.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
The Community Development team
works to foster a vibrant and welcoming
undergraduate community through organizational
advising, leadership development,
advocacy, diversity education,
civic engagement, and community programming.
The team includes the Office
of Student Development and Activities,
the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the
Office of Student Group Advising, and
the Office of Residential Programs.
Knowing that students’ learning continues
beyond the classroom, Columbia
University strongly encourages students
to become involved in programs and
activities to enhance their educational
experience and personal growth. A wide
array of student organizations addresses
both student interests and professional
concerns, including the arts, politics,
identity, culture, and religion. Joining
such groups offers an exciting and
dynamic opportunity to develop leadership
skills that will serve students well
throughout their lives.
Student Organizations
Programs and activities at Columbia
are shaped primarily by students who
assume leadership and volunteer
positions in hundreds of organizations
across the campus. The Engineering
Student Council and its associated class
councils are the elected representative
body of undergraduates with The Fu
Foundation School of Engineering and
Applied Science. Its members represent
student interests on committees and
projects addressing a wide range of
issues facing the Columbia community
and help shape the quality of life for
Columbia students.
Working in conjunction with the
Student Council, the Activities Board at
Columbia (ABC), Student Governing
Board (SGB), Inter-Greek Council (IGC),
Community Impact (CI), Club Sports,
and Interschool Governing Board (IGB)
oversee the management and funding of
over 300 student organizations.
The ABC provides governance for over
160 recognized student organizations,
including cultural organizations, performance-based
and theatrical groups, media
and publications groups, competition and
special interests groups and preprofessional
organizations and societies. The
preprofessional organizations and societies
are of special interest to engineering students.
These societies reflect the range of
academic disciplines and interests to be
found among students and include the
Asian-American Society of Engineers,
National Society of Black Engineers,
the Society of Women Engineers, the
American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics, and the Biomedical
Engineering Society, just to name a few.
The SGB provides governance for
approximately 100 recognized student
organizations that are faith-based, spiritual,
political, activist, and humanitarian
and that encourage open interreligious
and political dialogue at Columbia
University’s Morningside Campus. The
InterSchool Governing Board recognizes
student organizations whose membership
spans across the various undergraduate
and graduate schools.
For more information on the Inter-
Greek Council (IGC), see Residential
Programs, below. For more information
on Club Sports, see Intercollegiate
Athletics Program (page 210), and for
more information on Community Impact
see Office of the University Chaplain
(page 209). All the governing groups
provide networking, leadership, and
professional development opportunities
for students.
Columbia University graduate students
can participate in and enjoy hundreds
of diverse, University-affiliated
social, religious, cultural, academic,
athletic, political, literary, professional,
public service, and other organizations.
At SEAS, graduate students are encouraged
to become active members of the
Engineering Graduate Student Council
(EGSC). The EGSC is a recognized
group that consists of representatives
from each of the nine academic departments
at SEAS. The objectives of the
EGSC are to foster interaction among
graduate engineering students, to serve
as a voice for graduate engineering students,
and to sponsor social and educational
events of interest to the graduate
engineering community.
Office of Student Development
and Activities
The Office of Student Development and
Activities (SDA) provides programs and
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