General Studies Lounge

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From: Brody Berg
Date: Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 12:49 AM
Subject: GSSC Weekly Message
To: gsba@cuvmc.ais.columbia.edu

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen of General Studies,

This week the council is fine-tuning our communication with you. Every Sunday we will send this message about what the council is up to and posting information about upcoming events on http://gslounge.com.

Here is the event list for this week and top two events:

* Lunch with the Arts Initiative - How to Get Connected on Campus
* Students with Disabilities Recruitment Event - Tuesday Night - Merrill, Pepsi, Goldman, Google

In this message:

* International Students - share your experiences
* Living outside of the UAH apartment system?
* Your feedback: Student and Business Services
* Four college survey
* Sophomores Information
* Question of the Week

International Students:

If you are experiencing any difficulties due to your unique situation as an International Student please let us know. We would like to hear from you and identify ways to improve your time at Columbia. Email VP of Policy Michael Rain (mr2593@columbia.edu).

Living outside of the UAH apartment system?

We'd like to hear from students who are living outside the Columbia UAH housing system. How did you find your place? How did you choose it? How is it working out? How are you commuting? What are your living plans in future semesters? Let us know, email VP of Policy Michael Rain (mr2593@columbia.edu).

Your feedback: Student and Business Services

There is an administrative organization called "Student Auxiliary and Business Services" that I am meeting with this week to share student feedback about the relative success of their many units. If you have any experience with some of the following offices let me know (bcb2115@columbia.edu):

Survey's are a great way to reach out to the readership of the website and get a basic understanding of a certain set of topics. If you would like to be able to create survey's, like one would normally create content on the site, contact Communication.

Steps to Create a Survey on gslounge.com:

1. Get permission to create surveys. If you can already create pages, you can also create surveys. If you need permission to create a survey just contact Communication at the link above.
2. To actually create a new survey log in and on gslounge.com scroll down until you see your name on the left side.
3. Click "Create content"
4. On the following page click survey
5. Follow the steps to create each question and the various answers you'd like
6. When you are done, click the submit button at the bottom of the page
7. Optionally email an audience about the survey

Note: Your survey will now appear on the front page of gslounge.com and will be available to any user, including anonymous users.