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AROUND THE QUADS
Alumni, Parents Become Students Again at Dean’s
Day
By Lisa Palladino
Dean’s Day, the day-long event that offers
a chance to be a “student for a day”
by attending lectures given by some of Columbia’s
best and most popular professors, is scheduled for
Saturday, April 3, from 9 a.m.– 5 p.m. This
popular annual event, which is open to alumni, parents
and students, includes a continental breakfast with
an opening address by Dean Austin Quigley, a morning
lecture, a luncheon, two afternoon lectures and
a closing reception. Lectures are free to students.
This year’s speakers include several alumnae
who have gone on to careers in higher education
at Columbia and other schools. On April 1, Columbia
College Women will honor 10 such alumnae in celebration
of 20 years of coeducation at Columbia.
Scheduled speakers at Dean’s Day are Duncan
J. Watts, associate professor of sociology; George
Saliba, professor of Arabic and Islamic science;
Achille C. Varzi, associate professor of philosophy;
Mignon Moore ’92, assistant professor of sociology
and African-American studies; Leslie M. Harris ’88,
associate professor of history and African-American
studies at Emory University; Nicole Marwell ’90,
assistant professor of sociology and Latina/o studies;
Abby M. Shrader ’87, associate professor of
history at Franklin & Marshall College; Elizabeth
McHenry ’87, assistant professor of English
at NYU; Julio M. Fernandez Philippi, professor of
biological sciences; and Virginia W. Cornish ’91,
assistant professor of chemistry.
In addition, two special events will take place
this year. In honor of Columbia’s 250th anniversary,
the original King’s College charter will be
on display, and Greg Wyatt ’71’s impressive
sculpture, Scholar’s Lion, will be dedicated.
If you can’t make it to New York, you’ll
have the chance to get a feel for what Dean’s
Day is like in the form of College Day, whereby
the Alumni Office brings the professors to you.
Events are held in several areas across the country;
during the past year, College Days have taken place
in September, the Mid-Atlantic (Washington, D.C.);
November, New England (Boston); January, Southeast
(Florida); and March, the West Coast (Los Angeles).
More College Days are planned for next year.
For further information about Dean’s Day,
please contact Heather Applewhite in the Alumni
Office: (212) 870-2757 or hh15@columbia.edu.
You may register
online.
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