From: Student Services
Date: July 30, 2024
Subject: To-Do Tuesday! July 30—Pre-Orientation Tutorials


To-Do Tuesday: Issue 13 July 30, 2024
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Happy To-Do Tuesday! Orientation is only three weeks away. Make sure to complete mandatory University Life tutorials.

Pre-Orientation Office of University Life Tutorials—Due August 9

 

Every student who is new to a degree program at Columbia must complete two required tutorials. These tutorials convey values that are foundational to being a member of the Columbia University community and introduce important University policies and valuable student resources that will help you excel during your time here.

  • Welcome to Columbia: This tutorial covers a range of resources available at Columbia, as well as policies on topics including community citizenship and health and wellness.
  • Sexual Assault Prevention: This tutorial focuses on sexual respect and shares essential information about Columbia’s gender-based misconduct policies.

The tutorials are available on CourseWorks and MUST be completed before your arrival on campus. Each tutorial takes approximately 40 minutes.

 

If you have any questions, please email preorientation@columbia.edu.

Academic Integrity Video and Quiz—Due August, 9, 2024


To help you complete some of your requirements before Orientation, please watch the academic integrity training and complete the academic integrity quiz. You must watch the video, featuring Michael Gerrard, Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice, and complete the quiz in order to complete this requirement. Access both here.

Connecting Columbia: A Friday for “Firsts”—Due August 1, 2024

 

Do you identify as someone who has traditionally been underrepresented in a community like Columbia Law? If so, Connecting Columbia is for you. Join us on Friday, August 16, for our pre-orientation program focused on “firsts,” and network with your peers, faculty, staff, and alumni in advance of the all-class orientation.

 

Please register HERE by Thursday, August 1. Space is limited, so register early. All 1Ls are welcome.

 

This program is being sponsored by a generous gift from Richard Barasch ’79.

 

Orientation Survey—Help Us Get to Know You 

Please fill out this quick, three question survey to help us get to know you and finalize orientation programming. Complete the survey by August 6.

Remarkable Spotlight

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Katima Brown recently joined the Registration Services team as manager of exams. In her role, Katima schedules more than 120 proctored and remote midterm and final exams for the J.D., LL.M., and E.LL.M. programs, and hires and manages dozens of exam proctors each exam period while working with her Registration Services colleagues to ensure a successful exam period. Katima also works closely with faculty and adjuncts and their support staff to effectively prepare for each exam period by ensuring that all exams are received on time and answering all exam-related questions.

 

Hobbies/Interest: Travel, shopping, trail walks, and an avid Dateline fan. Katima visits a new destination every year.

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Nam Jin Yoon is the head of public services at Columbia Law’s library, where he oversees the reference and circulation departments. He teaches introductory legal research as part of Legal Practice Workshop and LL.M. Legal Research and Writing in the fall, and advanced legal research as part of Advanced Legal Research Techniques in the spring.

 

Fun Fact: Nam Jin enjoys making puzzles, and his crosswords have appeared in The New York Times. The law library provides Columbia Law School students with access to The New York Times and its games subscriptions, which you can activate here.
Resources

You can access past To-Do Tuesdays in our archive. If you need assistance or have any questions, please reach out to the respective offices, below:
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This section will be updated with dates for deadlines that we share throughout the weeks in our newsletters. As new tasks are added, this section will expand. You can always use the checklist in CLS Connect to keep track of your requirements.

May 1 June 15
  • Dean's Certifications
  • Immunization Requirements
  • Dual Degree Forms email Jordan Carr
  • The Max Berger '71 Public Interest/Public Service Fellows application
July 18 July 22 July 25 August 1 August 19-21
  • Orientation