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Columbia College recognizes the world as a dynamic, vibrant environment that requires our alumni to continually adapt, grow and innovate in order to succeed. Through career support and lifelong intellectual stimulation, our alumni have continuing opportunities to think deeply, refine their skills and sharpen their thinking. With faculty-led classes and tours, Mini-Core Classes and alumni expert lectures that reveal the wisdom of our former students, our alumni can learn for life.

Mini Core

Mini-Core Classes

This exhilarating program encourages small-class dialogue among generations of alumni and offers participants a new perspective on an enduring topic, much like the famed Core Curriculum that all College students experience.

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Dr. Barry Bergdoll leads tour at MoMA

Café Columbia in the City of New York

Café Columbia is a series of book salons, museum tours and other cultural programs led by Columbia faculty and focused broadly on the arts, humanities, sciences and social sciences.

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Virtual Book Club

Virtual Book Club

Core Conversations is an online book club experience that allows College alumni to re-engage with the Core Curriculum, in a faculty-guided Columbia-only experience. Read Core and Core-like texts with the critical approach and dialogue experienced in the classroom.

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AlumniTALK: Career Insights

AlumniTALK: Career Insights is a series of webinars featuring Columbia College alumni talking about a variety of topics — from creating a flourishing personal life to enhancing your career and much more.

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John Ma, Professor of Classics, teaching a class of alumni

Speaker Series with Scholars

The Columbia Undergraduate Scholars Program (CUSP) provides named scholars with enhanced academic and cultural opportunities.

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Audit a Class

Audit a Class

The Auditing Programs provide 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.

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Alumni Travel Study

Alumni Travel Study

The Alumni Travel Study Program offers alumni the opportunity to combine learning and pleasure through domestic and international travel. The travel study experience is often enriched by the participation of Columbia faculty members.

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Join the College Big Read.

Read Between the Lions

While we’re apart, let’s read together. Read Between the Lions revives the communal reading experience that made up our days at Columbia.

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