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Commencement and visiting SIPA this week

Posted by Columbia SIPA 
· Friday, May 11th, 2012 
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Next week (May 14th– 17th) the Columbia University campus will be bustling with commencement activities.  Graduation is a time of celebration, reflection and also particularly limited access to campus. A Columbia University ID card is required to enter campus only at specific points and during specific times. Guests of graduating students must have a ticket and graduating students must arrive at the appointed time to line up and prepare to walk onto the great lawn for the ceremony.

President Obama is the commencement speaker for Barnard College on Monday, May 14th on the great lawn. As a result, campus security is heightened and many streets will be closed off to vehicular and pedestrian traffic.

As you can imagine, a lot of planning, preparation and execution is required for such a large event and Columbia’s great lawn will hold hundreds of people for multiple events before the week is over. Commencement week 2012 is a website dedicated specifically to provide information about the graduation ceremonies being held all week.  You can even catch some of the commencement festivities on the campus webcam.

As a result, we advise anyone planning to visit SIPA during this time to make alternate arrangements. You are welcome to call our office or send an email to receive answers to your inquiries or make other visiting arrangements.

The commencement ceremony for SIPA is being held on Thursday, May 17th. We wish our students the absolute best of luck and congratulations!!

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Kofi Annan Graduation Speech

Posted by Matt Clemons 
· Thursday, May 19th, 2011 
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Earlier in the week I posted a few photos I took of the SIPA graduation ceremony with my phone.  This is the follow up post I promised now that our media team has had some time to publish information for distribution.  The entire ceremony was captured and can be viewed by clicking here.

Kofi Anna was the graduation speaker and here is his address to the SIPA Class of 2011.

Here are a few more pictures to enjoy as well.  The President of the University, Lee Bollinger, and his wife shared a special moment with their daughter who graduated from the MIA program.

What kinds of friendships can you expect to develop as a SIPA student?  The kind where someone helps you to graduate, even when you cannot make it to the ceremony.  This graduate is holding a gown draped on a hanger with a photo of the missing graduate.

Mr. Annan likely had a sore hand and tired feet at the end of the day – he shook the hand of every graduate and hung out at the reception (with his lovely wife).

A SIPA graduate . . . with a possible future SIPA student.

 

 

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Graduation 2011

Posted by Matt Clemons 
· Monday, May 16th, 2011 
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I really enjoyed the 2011 edition of the SIPA graduation ceremony.  After being held inside for several years the ceremony this year was held outside.  Everyone was nervous all week because the weather forecast was foreboding, however the rain held off and and no one had to get wet.

Tents were set up so we were not worried too much about the ceremony itself, but the reception area was not entirely covered.  As it turns out, we had nothing to worry about.  When I took this picture I was standing on the steps of . . .

. . . Low Library . . .

. . . which is where the graduates assembled prior to the ceremony.

Kofi Annan addressed the graduates and we are working on getting his speech on line.  When it is ready it will appear on this blog.

SIPA graduates will return to the main quad for the University Commencement on Wednesday.  Congratulations to the class of 2011!

 

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Academic Calendar

Posted by Matt Clemons 
· Friday, May 6th, 2011 
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Some recently admitted applicants have been asking questions about the academic calendar.  If you want to see what the next two years are going to look like for the most part all you have to do is click here.  You can view both the 2011-12 and 2012-13 calendars.

Do note that not every single event will be listed.  For example the calendar lists the University graduation ceremonies, but not the SIPA graduation ceremonies.  This year for example SIPA will have its graduation ceremony on May 14th (Kofi Annan will be speaking) and then the main ceremony for all graduates takes place on May 18th.

Some specific events and occasions will be added as time progresses but the calendar as it stands now will give you a firm idea of holidays, breaks, and class start and end dates.  This will allow you to book tickets far, far in advance if you need to for travel and you can let family members and friends know of important dates.

Newly admitted students . . . you will turn your tassel from right to left at the main graduation ceremony on May 22, 2013!  The specific date of the SIPA graduation ceremony will not be released until sometime next year.

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SIPA Graduation Speaker – Kofi Annan

Posted by Matt Clemons 
· Friday, February 4th, 2011 
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The last month of weather we have had makes our graduation in the spring seem far away, but in reality it’s a mere 15 weeks until the class of 2011 walks across stage to pick up their diplomas.  It should be an especially exciting graduation ceremony this year as it was recently announced that Kofi Annan will be the speaker.  The following is the announcement sent out by our Dean, John Coatsworth.

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Columbia University tradition holds that all degrees are conferred at the University Commencement ceremony while each school honors its graduates with a separate and unique event. The University Commencement ceremony of the 257th Academic Year will take place on Wednesday, May 18, 2011. The School of International and Public Affairs Graduation ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 2 P.M.

We are pleased to announce that former U.N. Secretary-General and SIPA Global Fellow Kofi A. Annan will be SIPA’s 2011 Graduation speaker. Mr. Annan was the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations, serving two terms from January 1, 1997 to December 31, 2006, and was the first to emerge from the ranks of United Nations staff.

In 2001, Kofi Annan and the United Nations were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace with the citation praising his leadership for “bringing new life to the organization.”

We are also pleased to announce the new tradition of holding SIPA’s Graduation ceremony on Columbia’s South Lawn. Planned in consultation with the SIPA Student Association Board, this year’s ceremony will provide for more than twice as much guest seating as last year. A reception will immediately follow the ceremony.

More information will be coming as the events approach. We look forward to congratulating you this May.

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