Finance Management in Graduate School
August 27, 2008 - 4:45-6pm - Havemeyer 209

A free seminar by credit counselor Chris Dlugozima tailored specifically for us. He will address:

• How are we supposed to manage such an irregular pay schedule?
• Taxes (Can we write off student loan interest?, etc.)
• Credit (What do we do if our credit is bad?, etc.)
• Student Loans
• Credit Card debt
• Any questions you have

Dr. Susan Mescher - June 13, 2008 - 12:30pm

Dr. Susan Mescher, Associate Dean of Strategic Planning at Columbia University, began her career at Columbia University in 1977. A 1975 graduate of Miami University in Ohio, she spent her entire career at Columbia except for a two-year excursion in North Carolina after College. While at Columbia, Dr. Mescher experienced the academic environment from many different vantage points. From 1977 to 1988, she served as a Departmental Administrator in several Science Departments, working closely with faculty and students. In 1989, she was appointed the Assistant Vice President of Financial Planning for Arts and Sciences where she worked closely with 28 academic departments, ten institutes, and five schools overseeing a $350M budget. In 1997, Dr. Mescher moved her financial career in the Arts and Sciences to a more general career joining Dean Austin Quigley as the Associate Dean of Planning and Administration. In 2007, her position broadened, playing a more strategic role in alumni relations and development, where she now holds two positions within Columbia College: Associate Dean of Strategic Planning for Columbia College and Chief Administrative Officer for Columbia College's Office of Alumni Affairs and Development.

Prof. Norma Fuentes-Mayorga - May 19, 2008 - 12:00pm

Prof. Fuentes-Mayorga is a Professor of Sociology at Fordham Univeristy. Her areas of expertise include inequalities of gender, class, race and ethnicity in education and the urban labor market. She earned her PhD at Columbia and entered the Department of Sociology and Athropology at Fordum Univeristy in January 2004. See her website for more information.
Please join us for a discusion about gender and racial inequalities in education.
RSVP before Sunday, May 18 to Heidi. Meet in the Miller Room (Havemeyer 328).

Dr. Rebecca Goldburg - March 5, 2008 - 12:30 pm

Dr. Goldburg is a Senior Scientist for Environmental Defense. She is trained as an ecologist and works on public policy issues in food production. She serves on several committees, including the USDA's National Organic Standards Board and the EPA's Pesticide Policy Dialogue Committee. Check out her website for more information.
Please RSVP to Heidi by 9:00am on Tuesday.

Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig - February 26, 2008 - 3:30 pm

Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig leads the Climate Impacts research group at NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies, working to predict the impacts of climate change and how humans must adapt, especially in regards to food production. She served as Coordinating Lead Author of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), where she coordinated the contributing scientists writing the chapter on the impacts of climate change to document the consensus view of the global scientific community, then reviewed and finalized the chapter with government delegates from around the world. For more information, see her website , or this interview with NPR.
The tea will be held in The Miller Room, 328 Havemeyer.
Please RSVP to Heidi by 9:00am on Monday.

Vice Provost Geraldine Downey - January 28, 2008 - 12:30pm

Vice Provost for Diversity Initiatives Geraldine Downey will discuss mentoring and career development. The lunch will be held in the Office for Diversity Initiatives, 305 Low Library.