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This is the Center for Career Education event that we have been waiting for...

Career
Changers Workshop and Panel Event

October 29^th, 6:00pm –
7:30pm, Center for Career Education Conference Room

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Did you have a career before
coming back to school to finish your degree? Did you spend a summer in an
internship that left you wanting to switch career paths? Are you a
non-traditional student with nontraditional/unique skills?

Whether you were a financial
advisor or a manager at a restaurant in the past, this workshop will help you
explore other career options that best utilize your background. Learn how to
translate your skills and talents for future opportunities. This event will
also include a panel discussion by alumni who have successfully transitioned
into new careers.

This is your weekly update from the GSSC.  As VP of Communicaton, my
primary role is to keep you informed.  I welcome your feedback.  If you
have any questions/suggestions, please let me know by emailing me at ecm2128@columbia.edu

The contents of the update are...

1. GS Student Council Updates
2. Upcoming Free Excel Workshop for GS
   
3. GS Brunch - Make Your Own Sushi
4. Beyond the Closet: Queer Awareness Month 2008
5. Community @ Large Spotlight: America Reads
6. Interfaith Art Show Submission Deadline
7. Kraft Family Fund Proposal Extension
8. Volunteers Needed for Veterans Day Parade
9. WOrD Project Volunteers Needed

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 1. GS Student Council Updates

• What did your Student Council talk about last week?  Go to the Communications Page.  The week before?  Find out on our Minutes Page. 
• What is on the agenda for your Student Council this Tuesday night at 7.30pm?  Find out by previewing our Agenda.
• Communicate directly with your student representatives.  Email the GSSC.

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2. Upcoming Free Excel Workshop for GS

This is you weekly update.  As your VP of Communication, one of my primary roles is to keep you informed.

This week Brody Berg, Katherine Edwards, and I had an awesome meeting with Jenn Parker and Jamie Righetti, two enthusiastic and passionate GS student reporters from the Spec.  Be on the lookout for their articles from the GS perspective.     

I welcome your feedback.  If you have any questions let me know at ecm2128@columbia.edu or you can call me at (646) 250.7417. You can also look me up on Facebook.

The contents of the update are...

1. General Studies Student Council Updates
2. Volunteer: GS Columbia Cares
3. Students with Disabilities Recruitment Event - Tuesday Night - Merrill, Pepsi, Goldman, Google
4. Lunch with the Arts Initiative - How to Get Connected on Campus
5. Spectator Columnist Position Available

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1. General Studies Student Council Updates

• Meeting Minutes from the full council meetings and the Executive Board meetings can be found here.
• What is your General Studies Student Council up to this week? Find out here.
• Email us

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2.  Volunteer: GS Columbia Cares

How in the heck do I make paragraphs in my CourseWorks posts? I'm sick of everything jammed into 1 long paragraph!!

This is a great question.  I believe I have the answer.  Just add a <p>

<p>this is paragraph one</p>
<p>this is paragraph two</p>
<p>this is paragraph three</p>

I hope that this helps.

Why didn't I know that discussion section was required when I signed up for classes?

 This is a really good question, and one that many GSers wonder about at the beginning of every semester.  It seems that some classes on the course directory tell you specifically that there is a required discussion section.  Some even let you sign up for them before the semester begins, giving you a guaranteed time slot.  Others, on the other hand, do not.  In fact, you can be a week into classes before the professor tells everyone that there is a required section that is a part of your grade.  

What can we do?  Bring it up to your advisor the next time you meet with him/her.  This is what my advisor has suggested.  The more students make the Administration aware of the problem, the more likely something will be done about it.  

On my end, I have advised Jake Matilsky, our Academic Affairs Representative about this.  I will work with Jake this semester to find a way to solve this for us all.    

I have just been notified that Peace by P.E.A.C.E. is holding info sessions this week.  This is an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in volunteering to make a difference in the lives of young students in our community by teaching conflict resolution in an elementary school for one hour a week.  The students love it.  And I am quite certain that you will love them.  The details are below...