Common Meal
A popular program at Columbia, the Common Meal is a regularly scheduled gathering sponsored by Chaplain Davis that addresses different issues and concerns of the Columbia community. Students from across the University are invited, along with faculty and senior administrators, to discuss ideas and opinions about Columbia's past, present, and future. Recent Common Meal topics and themes have included: Black Heritage Month, a focus on Graduate Students, Faculty of Color and Tenure, Student activism and LGBTQ Students of Color.
Faith Vision Service
This dinner series is a commemoration of the life and death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In these dinner meetings a small group of students, faculty and staff come together to talk about how their faith informs their vision of justice and how that effects their service or work.
The Earl Hall Annual Spring Lecture
The lecture designed to help community within the Earl Hall Center is financially funded by the Office of the University Chaplain and programmatically co-sponsored by the Student Governing Board (SGB) of Earl Hall. Past lecturers include Senator Paul Wellstone (D, MN) and Professor Jacob Neusner.
Fireside Chats
Students from all over campus can get together over dinner to discuss issues that affect them and their spiritual, social and academic environment. Firesides will not be formal lectures or presentations; rather they will be a sharing session where attendees are lead in a provocative topic. Firesides may also feature invited guests from the greater community.
Music at St. Paul's
The Music at St. Paul's program showcases a wide variety of sacred and secular performances in St. Paul's Chapel. Performances range from small recitals to large dramatic productions. The artists are as varied as the program and include both amateurs and professionals from Columbia, New York City, and around the world. Students and student groups are encouraged to submit proposals for concerts, readings, and theatrical performances.
The Kraft Family Fund Intercultural and Interfaith Awareness Fund
The Kraft Family Fund encourages recognized student groups at Columbia University and Barnard College to collaborate on projects that promote intercultural and interfaith awareness and understanding across the University. Sponsored programs will provide students with timely and appropriate venues for exploring controversial issues and resolving conflicts in a manner that promotes greater understanding among Columbia University students of diverse backgrounds and perspectives. Email KraftFund@columbia.edu for more information or click here for the fund application. Deadline for Spring 2008 is NOON on Friday, February 15, 2008.
Office of the University Chaplain Co-Sponsorship Fund
The Office of the University Chaplain Co-Sponsorship fund is available to recognized Columbia University undergraduate, graduate, and professional student groups. This fund provides administrative and/or financial support to programs that focus on religion, spirituality, race, ethnicity, sexual identity, gender, social justice and community service. The OUC Co-Sponsorship Fund is available for annual events, as well as first-time innovative programs.
Email commonmeal@columbia.edu for more information.
Click here for the co-sponsorship fund application: Winter 2008. Deadline for Spring 2008 is NOON on Friday, February 22.
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