Benefits & Services

There are an assortment of benefits and services offered to alumni of the Journalism School, including access to career resources, discounts on computers, insurance, and a lifelong Columbia e-mail address. Stay in touch, update your profile and sign up for class and regional listservs.

Audit Classes

All University alumni are welcome to audit courses through the School of Continuing Education. The Auditing Program provides adults not currently enrolled in college with the opportunity to attend selected lectures drawn from the University's offerings in the arts and sciences during the academic year. Audit classes.

Career Resources

You can access JobNews, a database of journalism jobs and internships that is regularly updated by the Office of Career Services.

Class Listservs and Regional Listservs

Every Journalism School graduating class since 1942 is now linked via an email listserv, a great way to connect with friends, share information, plan reunions, swap job leads, and debate ethics in journalism. The Journalism School has created listservs by region and class. To join a listserv or to change your email address, complete the Update Contact Information form.

Computer Discounts

The Columbia Alumni Association (CAA), in partnership with GovConnection, Inc., now offers Colimbia alumni discounted computers (notebooks, desktops, and tablets) and peripherals.
See computer discounts.

Email Forwarding

Alumni email forwarding is a free service that combines the convenience of a single lifetime email address with the flexibility to change Internet service providers.
Check email forwarding.

Financial Products

Insurance
The Columbia University Visa and Master Card
Preferred CD and money-market deposit account rates
Financial products

Libraries and E-Resources

Alumni with degrees or certificates from the University may receive reading privileges at campus libraries. Contact the Library Information Office for more information:
Library Information Office
Room 201 Butler Library
(212) 854-7309
lio@columbia.edu

Graduates have electronic access to a selected group of databases via the University libraries, including the full text of newspapers and magazines, business publications, and medical journals. To find out more and to register for access, see library information.

Recreational & Fitness Facilities

Membership is available to alumni at the Dodge Physical Fitness Center and the Bard Athletic Club.
Fitness Center

Request Transcripts or Replace a Diploma

To obtain an official Columbia transcript or to replace a lost diploma, see Transcript information

UNI Information

Change your password, and see what's available online. Your UNI (University Network ID) is your lifelong key to alumni resources.
UNI information

Alumni and Friends