Student Life
Life in New York City is an exploration and education that can be replicated in few places on earth.
Student life at Columbia Journalism School is not strictly about class work. The school is a regular host to lecture series, workshops, conferences and receptions. The school’s Stabile Student Center serves as a social hub for students with a newly renovated space that includes a café, work stations, teaching labs, conference rooms and the school library. The Student Affairs and Career Services offices are also located in this wing of the building.
Student Government
The student government of the Journalism School is run through the university chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the world's largest journalism organization. An elected board of student officers organizes events throughout the school year with active participation from the student body. Events include parties, field trips, panels and community service projects.
In addition, the board serves as the official liaison to the faculty on student matters. For more information, e-mail spj@columbia.edu.
Columbia Journalism School
Student Associations
Students interested in developing local chapters or liaising with a national journalism association are encouraged to contact us at dos@jrn.columbia.edu
Students interested in joining the student interest groups or Columbia chapters of national associations should contact the student representative or faculty adviser listed below. While we encourage membership to the national organizations, it is not something we require.
Arab & Middle Eastern Journalists Assoc.
Columbia J-School Chapter
Jasmine Bager Cruz and Omar Rahman, chapter co-presidents
Adviser: Melanie Huff
http://www.ameja.org/
Asia American Journalists Assoc. 
Columbia J-School Chapter
Justin Chan and Tenzin Shakya, chapter co-presidents
Adviser: Duy Linh Tu
http://www.aaja.org/
National Assoc. of Black Journalists
Columbia J-School Chapter
Syvia Obell, chapter president
Stephone Dingle, chapter vice-president
Adviser: Howard French
http://cuabj.wordpress.com/
National Assoc. of Hispanic Journalists
Columbia J-School Chapter
Griselda Ramirez, chapter president
Camilo Vargas, chapter vice-president
Adviser: Elena Cabral
http://cunahj.wordpress.com/
National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Assoc.
Columbia J-School Chapter
Chritopher Carbone and Caitlin Shure, chapter co-presidents
Adviser: Mark Hansen
http://culgja.wordpress.com/
South Asian Journalists Assoc.
Columbia J-School Chapter
Sameea Kamal, chapter president
Adviser: Anusha Shrivastava
saja@columbia.edu
Society of Professional Journalists
Columbia J-School Chapter
Kimberly Brooks, chapter president
Adviser: Rebecca Castillo
Faculty Advisor: Kenan Davis
spj@columbia.edu
http://spj.jrn.columbia.edu/
New York, New York
Journalism students' reporting is informed by living in New York City. From the Dominican bodegas of Manhattan’s Washington Heights to the Hasidic synagogues of Brooklyn’s Borough Park, from the Irish soccer leagues of Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx to the Guyanese chutney clubs of Richmond Hill, Queens, living here is an exploration and education that can be replicated in few places on earth.
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Contact the Admissions Office
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
2950 Broadway (at 116th St.)
Room 203 (lobby)
New York, NY 10027
(212) 854-8608
admissions@jrn.columbia.edu