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AROUND THE QUADS
TRANSITIONS
CCT welcomes Natasha S. Clermont as its business manager.
In this new position, Clermont will solicit advertising, run
the annual voluntary subscription drive, serve as liaison
with CCT’s vendors and handle all related financial
matters. Clermont comes to Columbia from the University of
Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language, where she
served as financial coordinator; prior to that, she held two
positions in research units at Maryland. She is a graduate
of Temple, where she was advertising manager for the Temple
News, an independent student newspaper, and worked in public
relations for the department of campus safety services.
Michael Pippenger is Columbia’s first associate dean
of fellowship programs, having begun work in the Office
of Academic Affairs earlier this month. Until this semester,
students’ applications for prestigious scholarship programs
were handled by the Scholars and Fellows Office. Pippenger
said, “We have an incredibly talented pool of potential
applicants. My immediate goal is to get the word out.” Before
coming to Columbia, Pippenger worked at NYU for three years
as the director of scholarship programs. Before that, he
was manager of the foreign Fulbright scholarship program
for Asia and the Pacific.
Kavita Sharma has been named interim dean of the Center
for Career Education, replacing Christopher Pratt, who
resigned in December.
Corlisse Thomas, associate dean of student affairs and
head of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, resigned
effective March 3 to become assistant vice president for student
life at Baruch College. Thomas had been a member of
the Student Affairs staff since 1998. Dean of Student Affairs
Chris Colombo and Assistant Dean of Multicultural Affairs
Melinda Aquino will run OMA until Thomas’ successor
is selected.
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