community service

Changing community service

College community service needs to be reformed.

By Matt Chupack, Lulu Mickelson, and Allie Rickard | Dec 6 08:36 pm ET

Students, locals protest CU community relations

The demonstration brought together around 30 students and neighborhood residents below the University’s large banner, which reads “Support Columbia Community Service: We’re Neighbors Helping Neighbors.”

By Abby Mitchell | Dec 10 04:53 am ET

Columbia Community Service launches nonprofits campaign

Like many fundraising organizations, CCS has seen an increase in demand due to the recession.

By Katie Bentivoglio | Nov 10 02:59 am ET

State-funded Barnard program shuts down

To some parents, Liberty is irreplaceable. But to administrators who built and promoted the program, Liberty in recent years became no longer financially sustainable.

By Madina Toure and Chelsea Lo | Sep 24 01:28 am ET

Columbia, Barnard finish Mayor’s service challenge competition

The Challenge, launched by NYC Service—an office Bloomberg created in April 2009 to oversee community initiatives—tracks various universities’ service efforts through a portfolio of goals and points logged online based on hours volunteered.

By Madina Toure | Apr 30 02:11 am ET

Getting the spark back in your community service

Columbia students tend to see service as something external to their lives.

By Mark Hay | Apr 19 07:31 pm ET

Charity gets competitive at Columbia, Barnard

How do you measure the value of community service? Mayor Michael Bloomberg says, with points.

By Madina Toure | Feb 12 05:21 am ET

No time like the present

See the beautiful stages on the long path to perfection.

By Michelle Abell Jacobo | Feb 4 09:29 pm ET

Sign up for service

Playing expert on an organization we knew nothing about, an organization that did not even properly exist yet, Lauri Feldman and I assembled a motley group of 15 Columbians to mentor high school students from the Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics.

By Jesse Horwitz | Nov 23 07:55 pm ET

Big brothers, not just big sisters

I propose a different argument: modern young men have few opportunities to hone and develop confidence in their ability to interact with children.

By Marshall Thomas | Nov 12 06:46 pm ET

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