New Student Photo Series – post 10

Through the summer we also received a few profile photos for our New Student Photo Series from the incoming class.  We thought it would be nice to add them to the post since you may hear from them through the year on our Blog about their experiences at SIPA as a first-year student.  (I hope…

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New Student Photo Series – Post 9

Joe Maddens (Jelle is my legal name, but people call me Joe), MIA Joe Maddens is a dual degree MIA/MBA student studying self-sustainable genocide prevention initiatives. This summer he is in Phnom Penh, helping a Cambodian nonprofit write the business plan for a museum that supports genocide education, national healing, and cultural revival. (Joe is…

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New Student Photo Series – post 8

Sissi Yan Xi Goh, MIA 2015 Singapore Over the years, traveling has become an integral part of my life. After taking a few courses on Taiwanese history and Cross strait relations, I decided to go beyond what I have studied in theory and go to Taiwan for a visit. The first photo was taken at…

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New Student Photos Series – Post 7

As we prepare for Orientation, we will finish this week off with a series of photographs submitted by our newest entering MIA/MPA class who will join the SIPA community on August 26th. Today’s photos were submitted by Anne Renner, MIA 2015 from West Virginia, USA. A buzkashi competition outside of Hisor, Tajikistan      …

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Paying your tuition bill… gag

SIPA, like most schools at Columbia, has its own Financial Aid Office to assist our students.  However, the office responsible for posting charges on student accounts, billing, collecting payments and issuing refunds or stipends, is Student Financial Services (SFS), a centralized office serving the entire University.  At many colleges, this is known as the Bursar’s…

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