News

It was good to see you all during the Activities Day last Friday! ABC is very happy to see all of our groups full of energy during the start of the year. I am pleased to announce the opening of our 2024-2025 ABC co-sponsorship application. We will prioritize programming that focuses on student life on campus, ensuring that these funds are being used efficiently to foster campus culture. In an effort to help students manage costs for activities held in Lerner Hall, Event Management has set up a fund that will support AV technician expenses. The first ABC Town Hall will be tentatively occurring on Wednesday, September 25, 9-10:30pm EST in Roone Auditorium (not 8-10pm, as said before). Your group is required to send at least 1 representative. Failure to attend town hall will result in penalties, and attendance will be taken.

We are excited to begin working with you in the upcoming semester and beyond. We are providing you with some important updates for this semester. This newsletter is quite extensive, but it contains crucial advice and information to successfully run your student groups next semester. 

We hope that you’re enjoying this beautiful spring weather!​ This newsletter contains important information, the topics summarized below. We appreciate it if you can read this thoroughly

We are very pleased to announce that we have transitioned to the newly elected ABC 2024-2025 Board! We deeply appreciate the hard work that the previous board has done, with special thanks to Theodore M. Nelson, FY23-24 President. The newly elected 2024-2025 ABC Board is below. ...

It is my pleasure to announce additional financial support available to student groups via the Undergraduate Community Initiative: https://uci.columbia.edu/community-engagement-mini-grants. Up to $1500 can be received to fund either existing or new events on campus, open to all CUID holders. These funds are considered additional student group revenue! To be eligible for the Spring 2024 semester, your event must take place on or before April 29, 2024. ...

Please fill out the following survey regarding ABC Student Group Faculty Advisors: https://forms.gle/wmwkNBFLKfQG9FMQ9 

I will be presenting the results of this survey to the Columbia College Student Advisory Group on March 1st, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. EDT. ...

I am happy to announce that the Vice Presidents of Finance of the four Student Councils have decided to award the ABC Governing Board an additional $20,000 for the co-sponsorship fund. ...

During the town hall, I described a vote I took 2.5 years ago to establish the Columbia University Science Olympiad - and the joy I experienced volunteering for the first time 2.5 weeks ago during the annual Columbia University Science Olympiad competition. ...

Thank you for your attendance and participation in last night’s town hall. I hope that you found the experience helpful and informative. The ABC Town Hall slides can be found at this address.

Welcome back! I hope that your return to campus has been enjoyable and smooth. I certainly am excited for the Spring, 2024 semester! This message contains many announcements which were a part of my Jan. 2nd email. Most pressing is the Jan. 22nd deadline to complete Barnard space training in case your student group wishes to book space at Barnard College. ...

Happy new year! I hope that the past week has been pleasant and restful. In this newsletter, the most pressing item is the deadline to vote on our Constitutional Revisions, which is Jan. 20th, 2024. ...

Dear ABC Student Group Leaders, We have confirmed a meet & greet event with the Columbia Undergraduate Student Life Administration and Planning team (USL A&P), to be hosted on Friday, October 27th at 9:00 a.m. EDT in Lerner 569. Student group presidents and treasurers are highly encouraged to attend; please RSVP with the following form...

Dear ABC Student Group Leaders, It was a pleasure to present to you during our semesterly town hall. Last year, I was pleasantly surprised by the vibrant collages you submitted for your groups - and I look forward to this semester’s submissions in our town hall slides. ...

Dear ABC Student Group Leaders, We have taken recent steps to further support student group event space booking at Barnard and Columbia. I write to share two announcements in this regard. ...

The Activities Board at Columbia, the University’s largest governing board representing 185 student groups, last week released its allocations for the 2023-24 academic year, distributing more than $350,000 to over a hundred student organizations. ...