General Studies Lounge

A few General Studies pros spent the afternoon with some incoming students Wednesday as part of GSSC’s Pre-Orientation events. 

Gathering at Alma Mater, the group of excited newcomers was led on a fantastic tour by the School’s own Melissa Van, an official Campus Tour Guide. Hiking up stairs, strolling through the lawns and skipping up and down the pathways (OK, there was no skipping); the Pre-Orientation group was treated to quite a few nuggets of knowledge.

Did you know President Dwight Eisenhower, former Columbia University President, insisted on having a GS bulletin appear in his portrait? It now hangs in Butler Library above the stairway going from the second to third floor, behind the security desk at the main entrance.

The group ended the afternoon chowing down and sipping some great strawberry iced tea at the cafeteria in the Interfaith Center. The newest GS students discussed their enthusiasm with the upcoming semester as the pros shared their wishes for summer break to be extended.