Columbia University
PAE-22: Community Service Participation

Community Impact consists of a dedicated corps of about 950 CU student volunteers participating in 25 community service programs, which serve more than 8,000 people each year. An estimated 6,262 CU students participate in service learning courses per academic year. Columbia Urban Experience (CUE) is a week-long service focused pre-orientation program, held August 19th- 26th, that introduces incoming first-year Columbia College, Columbia Engineering, Barnard College, and GS/JTS Joint Program students to community service opportunities throughout New York City, coupled with a critical exploration of service. Connect with your community. VOLUNTEER during the week with one of ten sites, such as the Harlem YMCA, Project ACHIEVE, and Gods Love We Deliver. Each site is chosen to familiarize and expose CUE-ers with the social needs of New York City and its inhabitants. CUE-ers volunteer with 3-5 other first-years and one leader each day. CUE also emphasizes “service learning” through nightly dinner discussions and a panel of prominent New York City service leaders and activists. Each year, members of the Columbia Business School community volunteer thousands of hours to tutor and read to children, coach welfare-to-work recipients on interviewing skills, and assist in refurbishment projects at schools and parks. The University also hosts many service oriented clubs: Advocacy Coalition Afterhours Tutoring Alternative Break Program America Reads Artists Reaching Out (ARO) Asian Youth Program (AYP) Big Sibs Bikkur Cholim Blue Key Society Circle K Columbia Adaptive Sports Organization Columbia Community Outreach Columbia Engineers Without Borders Columbia Rotaract Columbia University Dance Marathon Columbia Urban Experience Community Lunch Community Youth CU Public Service Initiative CU Smile Emergency Food Pantry/The Clothes Closet Food Stamps Awareness Project Golden Key Society Habitat for Humanity Harlem Restoration Project (HRP) Health Education Awareness League (HEAL) Health LEADS Heights to Heights Mentoring Hispanic Scholarship Fund J.E.E.P. Citizenship Classes J.E.E.P. College Road J.E.E.P. Computer Training J.E.E.P. ESL Classes J.E.E.P. GED/AED Classes J.E.E.P. Job Road Kenneth Cole Community Engagement Program Kraft Food Pantry Let's Get Ready! Mentoring Youth in New York City (MyNYC) One to One Tutoring Peace by PEACE Peer Health Exchange Project for the Homeless Project Sunshine Book Buddies Project Sunshine Harlem Hospital Project Tutors Relay for Life Rotaract Club Student Help for the Aging Toddler Learning Center (TLC) Unite for Sight Youth For Debate The total full time degree seeking student population is 6917. Additional URLs: http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/students/mba/beyond/service http://hr.columbia.edu/wac/university-life/volunteer-opps https://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/sda/programs/CUE http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/learn/studentlife/activities