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Columbia admits most selective class with overall rate of 9.82 percent
Mon, Mar 30, 2009, 4:34pm

BREAKING: 4:00 p.m.Columbia College and the School of Engineering and Applied Science admitted 9.82% of applicants overall, yielding its most selective undergraduate class.

Enrollment increase coupled with faculty wage freeze, 10 percent Ph.D. cut
Wed, Mar 25, 2009, 10:10pm

Increased enrollment in Columbia College is just a drop in the bucket of money-saving initiatives, which also include a 10-percent decrease in the number of Ph.D. students and a faculty wage freeze.

Breaking: Harmony Hall will open to undergraduates to accommodate enrollment increase
Mon, Mar 23, 2009, 8:41pm

Enrollment for the Columbia College class of 2013 will increase by about 50, and in order to compensate for the dormitory space, Harmony Hall on 110th street between Amsterdam and Broadway—until now a graduate school building—will be made available for CC/SEAS students participating in General Selection this year. Stay tuned for updates.

CC enrollment to grow by 50; Harmony Hall now available to general selection
Mon, Mar 23, 2009, 7:14pm

The Columbia College Class of 2013 will increase by 50 students, in what Kevin Shollenberger, dean of student affairs and associate vice president for undergraduate life, called an effort to “address our budgetary concerns.”

SEAS picks James Albaugh as Class Day speaker
Mon, Mar 23, 2009, 1:31am

James Albaugh, SEAS M.S. ’74 and executive vice president of the Boeing Company, has been selected as Class Day speaker for the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, according to a release sent by the administration to Spectator on Sunday evening.

Holder Selected as Class Day Speaker
Tue, Mar 10, 2009, 9:14pm

Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General, CC ’73, Law ’76, and a Columbia University trustee, will be Columbia College’s 2009 Class Day Speaker, the senior class council announced on Low Library steps Tuesday afternoon.

Scholars Present Awards to CC Alums at John Jay Dinner
Tue, Mar 10, 2009, 9:12pm

A 17-year-old first year once snuck into Columbia College Dean Austin Quigley’s senior seminar.

Breaking: Senior Class Council Confirms Holder as CC Class Day Speaker
Tue, Mar 10, 2009, 12:58pm

Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General, CC '73, Law '76, and a University Columbia trustee, has accepted the invitation to be Columbia College's Class Day Speaker in 2009, the senior class council announced. Holder, the first African American to head the Justice Department, will laud graduating seniors on Tuesday, May 19 on South Lawn.
Stay tuned for updates.

Breaking: Class Day Speaker to be Announced at 12:30 on Low Plaza
Tue, Mar 10, 2009, 11:47am

Head over to Low Plaza at 12:30 p.m. today, Tuesday, March 10, to find out who will speak to Columbia College seniors on Class Day.

Breaking: Holder Top Choice for CC Class Day Speaker
Mon, Mar 9, 2009, 6:37pm

Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General, CC '73, Law '76, and a Columbia trustee, has been invited as Columbia Class Day Speaker. Holder, the first African American to head the Justice Department, is now the first choice of the senior class council, according to class representative Colin Felsman, CC '12.

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