Columbia University School of General Studies Alumni

10/09/2026

Calling all GS alumni! 🦁💙

Homecoming is just around the corner! Join us on Saturday, October 24, for the annual GS Homecoming Lunch. Reconnect with fellow alumni, enjoy food, music, and family-friendly fun, and cheer on the Lions as they take on Dartmouth!

Bring your Columbia spirit and join us for a great day celebrating the GS community!

🎟️ Register today and we'll see you there! https://tinyurl.com/2ppf8vju

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Celebrate Homecoming with fellow alumni, students, families, and friends at our annual Homecoming Lunch before cheering on the Lions! Bring your family and friends and celebrate Homecoming with the Columbia community! Enjoy finger foods, desserts, a DJ, and family-friendly games including co****le a...

09/28/2026

GS students: Ready to grow your network? 🦉

Join us on October 5 for Speed Networking with GS Alumni, an evening dedicated to career conversations, advice, and connection.

Meet GS alumni working across a wide range of industries, hear how they navigated their own career paths, ask questions, and make connections with members of the GS community. Following the speed networking rounds, keep the conversations going during an open networking reception.

📅 Monday, October 5
📍 Pulitzer Hall

Come ready to connect, ask questions, and build your GS network. Register today:

Alumni News Building the GS Network: Alumni and Students to Gather for Speed Networking Event GS’s speed networking event on October 5 will celebrate the school’s diverse community through engaging student-alumni conversations and hands-on career support.  September 24, 2026 Columbia GS will ho...

09/23/2026

Ready to grow your Columbia network? 🤝

Join us October 5 for Speed Networking with GS Alumni! Meet GSers working across a variety of industries, hear about their career paths, ask questions, and make new connections through a series of fast-paced conversations.

📅 Monday, October 5 | 6 – 8:30 p.m.
📍 Pulitzer Hall

Open to all GS students and alumni. Register below! ⬇️

09/17/2026

Congratulations to GS alumnus Thomas Reardon ’08GS, ’13GSAS, ’16GSAS on his election to the Columbia University Board of Trustees! 💙🎉 We are proud to celebrate this exciting achievement with our GS community.

The Columbia University Board of Trustees today announced the election of Dr. Thomas Reardon (GS’08, GSAS’13, GSAS’16) to the board, effective September 8, 2026. Learn more about Dr. Reardon: https://lnkd.in/exhnxkmW

09/15/2026

Curious about a career in consulting? 💼

Join GS alumni Kennedy Roese ’22GS and Robert Mueller ’25GS on September 23 for a Lunch and Learn featuring career advice, industry insights, and strategies for breaking into consulting.

Open to students and alumni—and lunch is on us!

Register today: https://events.columbia.edu/go/consulting

09/11/2026

Homecoming is almost here! 🦁💙

Join fellow GS alumni, students, families, and friends on Saturday, October 24, for lunch, music, games, Homecoming swag, and plenty of Columbia spirit before cheering on the Lions!

Grab your Columbia Blue and register today:

Registration by AlumnIQ

09/08/2026

Welcome back, GS! 🦉💙

As we begin a new academic year, and celebrate 80 years of the School of General Studies, Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch welcomes new and returning students back to Columbia.

Here’s to a year of new opportunities, meaningful connections, and everything that makes the GS community so special.

▶️ Watch Dean Rosen-Metsch’s Fall 2026 welcome message.

🎉 Welcome back! We’re excited to welcome our Columbia GS community back to campus and kick off another semester together. 🦉💙 Dean Rosen-Metsch shares a warm welcome and a few words as we begin the new academic year. Here’s to a semester filled with new connections, meaningful moments, a...

08/17/2026

In a new study published by Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, GS Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch worked alongside Postbac Premed Program Dean James Colgrove, lead author Rae Chang '23CC (a 2023 GS Honorary Owl recipient!🦉), and co-author Nicholas Ganek '20GS to highlight the stigma of disclosure within the healthcare system.

Research across 1,240 physicians and dentists nationwide found:
➡️ 82.5% believed that substance history would impact their admissions decision
➡️ 50% believed the risk still existed even if it was their reason for pursuing medicine

"Whether or not these perceptions reflect actual admissions decisions, they reveal a widespread belief among physicians and dentists that disclosing a history of substance use carries professional risk," said Dean Rosen-Metsch.

Read the full study: https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/most-physicians-dentists-believe-disclosing-past-substance-use-medical-dental-school-applications-could-hurt-admissions-prospects

08/12/2026

What began at GS grew into a movement for change.

Meet the GS alumni whose experiences in the modeling industry helped inspire years of advocacy and ultimately contributed to New York’s groundbreaking Fashion Workers Act.

Read “Model Advocates” to learn more about their story and the new protections changing the fashion industry:

Alumni News Model Advocates New York State’s groundbreaking Fashion Workers Act—which went into effect in 2025— has deep roots at GS. By Carrie Kirby June 05, 2026 In her senior year of high school, Dorothee Grant ’21GS received an unexpected Instagram message from a premier modeling agency....

06/29/2026

We are proud to congratulate Paul Yates ’05GS, ’08BUS on his appointment to the Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) Board!
A decorated U.S. Navy veteran, accomplished business leader, and longtime Columbia volunteer, Paul has dedicated years of service to supporting GS students, alumni, and military veterans across the University. We look forward to the leadership and perspective he will bring to the CAA Board.

Alumni Stories New CAA Board Members for 2026-2027 June 25, 2026 The Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) is excited to announce that eight new board members were recently elected to their first term.Learn more about each of them in the brief bios below, including the experiences and skills they will b...