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Leslie Grinage will serve as Barnard’s new Dean of the College, following a nearly yearlong search since the departure of Avis Hinkson, BC ’84, last August, President Beilock announced in an email sent to the student body on Monday.
Representatives from Barnard’s Student Government Association questioned administrators about low rates of alumni engagement and a lack of awareness among the student body of student-alumni networking opportunities at an SGA meeting on Monday.
Barnard will implement a credit cap of 19 credits per semester beginning in fall 2019, Dean of Studies Natalie Friedman announced in an email sent to students on Wednesday.
Barnard’s admission rate for the class of 2023 has fallen to 11.3 percent, a new record low for the college.
Barnard’s 110th Street dormitory will no longer have studio single rooms or several double and triple rooms in the housing lottery, likely changing housing configurations for the upcoming school year, Barnard Residential Life and Housing announced in an email sent to students on Friday.
Associate Dean for Student Success Jemima Gedeon spoke to Barnard’s Student Government Association about upcoming events and initiatives to support First-Generation and Low-Income students, including the development of an FGLI student awareness week at Barnard, at an SGA meeting on Monday.
In honor of Black History Month, Spectator is publishing a series of profiles on notable black alumni scholars, activists, leaders, and more whose stories we have previously overlooked and failed to cover. The second article in the series features Roberta “Bobbi” Yancy, BC ’62, a civil rights activist who fundraised for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during its tenure as one of the more radical organizations mobilizing young people in the 60s. Before her interview with Spectator, Yancy had not been contacted by Barnard nor returned to campus since graduation.
Barnard’s Student Government Association voted unanimously to release a statement to the college’s Board of Trustees in support of the establishment of an Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing on Monday night.
Newly appointed Student Ombuds for Barnard DeShaunta Johnson, one of the most recent additions to the slate of recently hired college administrators, spoke to Barnard’s Student Government Association about the role of her office in fielding confidential student grievances, particularly those related to diversity and inclusion in the classroom, at an SGA meeting on Monday.
Barnard pushes to grow alumni engagement as financial aid fundraising remains millions short of goal
Updated Feb. 7, 2019 at 4:34 p.m.