The Communications Committee is the primary hub for all of CCSC’s internal and external communication. In addition to ensuring that the CCSC website is an effective resource for students, the committee plans various events and townhalls to solicit feedback from students and communicate student opinions to the administration. If you want to be a part of re-branding CCSC and re-asserting its presence as an effective and useful resouce for students on campus, come and join us on Sunday nights at 7pm in the SGO Office (Lerner 5th floor). Whether your into blogging or editorials, videos or flyers, marketing or design… we would love to have you! Email me at vkg2107@columbia.edu
Communications
CTV’s Maria Diez reports on the Columbia College Student Council’s canvassing efforts toward the end of January
On Sunday night, CCSC members took to Columbia’s residence halls to knock on some doors and solicit student opinions on campus issues. The effort, which stemmed from the executive board’s meeting structure change, proved to be very successful. Student council leaders from all classes visited first years and sophomores in Carman, John Jay, and McBain. Overall, the response was positive. There were, however, a lot of student concerns on issues
Join Ryan Mandelbaum (CC 2013) and Sarita Patankar (CC 2014) as they meet some of Columbia’s advisers and learn what the Center for Student Advising (CSA) has to offer!
We, the CCSC Executive Board, have decided to make some changes to the council meetings on Sunday nights. In the interest of telling students exactly what we are planning and where it all originated from, we published the following editorial in the spectator on Friday. You can view the article here, or simply read on below. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————- Let’s rewind back to December of last year. It was a warm Sunday
This evening, the Columbia College Student Council hosted its first official Town Hall meeting in the Satow room of Lerner hall. The event was organized to solicit feedback from the Columbia College community about any issues that students face on a daily basis. We as a council want to ensure that we address issues that actually affect students, and we began that process today by inviting members of the student
Do you care about how your student life fees are spent? Do you care about how many meals you have to buy for a dining plan? Do you care about your housing situation? Do you want to tell someone about these things who can actually do something about it? Come to Lerner Satow Room at 8pm on Sunday January 23rd and complain your heart out! There’s a lot that can
In this second episode of yourCCSC TV, the Communications committee catches up with University Senator Kenny Durell to talk about his investigation into the debt incurred by Bacchanal after last year’s spring concert. Kenny explains the complex issue in a few short minutes, so hopefully you walk away with a real idea of what’s going on. Just incase, though, here’s a short recap of Bacchanal’s situation and how the councils
CCSC is hosting its first WTF- What to Fix event tonight between 6-8 pm in John Jay. WTF is a new initiative launched by the Communications Committee to reach out to different parts of the student population on campus and get a feel for the kinds of issues they want their student government to address. We will have a table inside John Jay Dining Hall, and hope that you can
The CCSC executive board has decided to expand its office hours in order to accomodate students and student groups who have ideas or concerns to address. We will now have at least one member of the executive board present on the Lerner Ramps at 8 pm everyday from Monday through Thursday. Please do come by and talk to us about anything student government related. Funding for your cultural group, new
Presenting: the first episode of our new feature, yourCCSC TV. In this short clip, VP Communications Virat Gupta interviews random people on campus.. and then drops some knowledge. Video filmed and produced by Rohit Iragavarapu
