General Meeting Notes:
- Trying to figure out the role of SPJ as an SPJ chapter and student government hybrid
Academic Affairs Chair:
The academic affairs committee is run by Megha Gupta. Megha can be reached at mg4771@columbia.edu.
- Coffee and Conversation list of professors and calendar will be sent out November 12
- Google Drive of academic resources will be published to the website soon
- Upcoming panel event either on 11/25 or 12/5
- Digital noon block workshop in the works
- How to get leads from social media
- How to promote our work on social media
Student Life Chair:
The student life committee is run by Laïny Jernidier. Laïny can be reached at lainy.jernidier@columbia.edu.
- Mental health programming is main priority now
- Programming ready from Ask Alice, just trying to gain interest
- Massages and dog visits coming in November and December
- Trying to coordinate a free yoga session for students
Speaker’s Director:
The speaker’s committee is run by Reeno Hashimoto. Reeno can be reached at rh2984@columbia.edu.
- Reaching out to Wall Street Journal Sports for a potential sports panel in February
- Fashion panel being coordinated for some time in December
- Eva Chen from Instagram, Lane Florsheim from the WSJ, Vanessa Freidman from the NYT, and Katy from FT
Film/Documentary Chair:
The film/documentary committee is run by Mason Leath. Mason can be reached at mpl2159@columbia.edu.
- Coordinating film screening with Women in Media
- Two upcoming screenings:
- November 21: TBD
- December 12: Stripped for Parts
- In the process of creating posters for these events to send to students
Community Service Chair:
The community service committee is run by Augostina Mallous. Augostina can be reached at am6521@columbia.edu.
- Community service event will take place next Thursday, November 14
- Morning session from 11:30 to 3:30
- Afternoon session from 3:00 to 6:30
- In the process of getting in contact with schools about student newspaper support in local high schools