Registration Period Nov. 19-22: meet with adviser and register during your assigned time, beginning on TUESDAY 11/19/2024 for juniors

As a reminder, you are encouraged to meet with your adviser sometime before your first assigned registration time Nov 19.  You will soon be able to plan courses, but you will not be able to register until the Nov 19-22 registration week. 

Haven't met with your adviser yet?  Contact them to set up an appointment.

To register for spring courses starting Nov. 19:

• Be sure you have met with your adviser, and that you know what to register for so you're on track to graduate!

• Be sure you have planned (yellow) your preferred Spring courses in Student Planning so they'll be ready to go when your registration time begins.

• Log into the Barnard Portal and find your registration times and check for holds (Academics tab --> Planning Your Courses --> Registration Appointments & Holds).  
  

• Resolve any holds before registration week, so nothing gets in your way!
  

• Log into Student Planning as soon as your first registration time begins on Monday 11/18, and no later than the end of your last registration time on Friday 11/22, and click the blue "REGISTER" button on the upper right.  

• Unless a course has note informing you of special registration procedures (application, writing sample, audition, must attend first class to confirm, etc.), you will be registered for any course that shows up in green on your schedule.

• Many courses will initially waitlist all students (e.g. Organic Chemistry I, Bio 1502). If you aren't able to add a class, add yourself to the waiting list and/or select a "plan B" option.

• NOTE: You must be fully registered (green) for at least 12 credits by the end of this week, or you may be charged late fees.  There will be additional add/drop times in the coming weeks and months, along with the customary final "shopping" period at the beginning of the spring semester.
  

• Also note: you can register for no more than 19 credits at this stage; permission for over 19 credits is not possible until the start of the new semester.
  

Questions?  Meet with your adviser or a dean.  

Columbia University Projected Final Exam Schedule for fall 2024 available online --use this to make winter break travel plans

 

Source: Mortarboard 1943, Barnard Digital Collections

Planning ahead for winter break 2024-2025?  The Columbia University Projected Final Exam Schedule is here to help. Days and times are accurate; the only difference between the "projected" exam schedule and the full schedule is that the latter will also show exam locations.

The detailed, class-by-class list for both Columbia and Barnard classes should become available online after midterms

Note the following instructions regarding exam conflicts or exam hardship for Barnard students:

Students will occasionally have two exams scheduled for the same time. If you have exam conflict (two exams at the same time) or exam hardship (defined as three exams within a 24-hour period or four exams within a 48-hour period), please fill out this form.

Examinations are not rescheduled to accommodate travel plans.

Black @ Barnard Focus Groups

 

2025 celebrates 100 years of Black students at Barnard with the matriculation of Zora Neale Hurston in 1925. The Office of DEI is organizing focus groups to hear from you on exactly what it means to be a Black student at Barnard. Our intention is to gain understanding of existing avenues of support, how they can be improved, and what needs you may have that are not being met. We would like to learn what you are hoping to experience during the ZNH centennial celebrations from 2025-2028, and what you want to take away from them. Finally, we would love your insight into what you believe is the future of the Black student experience at Barnard. 

If you are interested in being a part of this process, please register here. Additionally, we ask that you complete this When2Meet to assist us with scheduling focus groups in September and October. Participants will receive a $15 gift card from a local Black-owned business. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please email dei@barnard.edu

Global Reproductive Rights & Resistance

 

Global Reproductive Rights & Resistance:

A Community Conversation & Workshop with Elizabeth Ananat, Kadambari Baxi, Cecelia Lie-Spahn, and Wendy Schor-Haim | RSVP Here

Thursday, October 17, 5:15 - 7:00 pm | In-person, James Room

The 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling overturned nearly 50 years of legal protections established by Roe v. Wade (1973), ending the constitutional right to an abortion in the United States. Currently, each state decides whether abortion is legal and under what conditions, and the impact of this ruling is felt unevenly and unequally by pregnant people. This community event brings together the diverse expertise of our faculty, Barnard’s international student body, and the College’s history and archives surrounding reproductive justice and freedom to situate this landmark decision in a broader historical and global context. This event is the first in the Provost’s Year of Elections around the World series.

To develop shared language for discussion, Barnard faculty will provide short presentations on the following concepts and terms:

• the framework of reproductive justice for analyzing unequal access to reproductive care,

• the history of fetal viability and its reverberations into the present,

• the practice of self-managed abortions in the U.S., and

• The impact of trigger laws and reimagining spaces and networks of reproductive care. 

Following these short presentations, participants will be invited to articulate questions together and draw connections and comparisons between these themes and the legality of reproductive healthcare in other countries and political contexts. This event will also showcase the Trigger Planting 2.0 and Abortion in Context exhibition in Milstein, and participants are encouraged to engage with the exhibition in the weeks leading up to the event. RSVP at bit.ly/rightsandresist.

The Joy and Science of Effective Note-Taking Workshop

 

The Joy and Science of Effective Note-Taking Workshop | RSVP Here

Wednesday, October 16, 4:15 - 5:30 pm | In-person, Helene L. Kaplan Tower Suite North Tower (Sulzberger Hall)

Have you ever wondered if your style of note-taking is effective?    Have you ever thought about whether there might be a better—and more joyous—way to take notes?  

Join the Center for Engaged Pedagogy for a note-taking workshop on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, from 4:15-5:30PM. Come to discuss and learn about note-taking habits, techniques, and practices for readings, lectures, and discussion-based courses. We’ll also save time for showcasing generative AI-assisted note-taking tools and learning from you about tools you have found helpful to your studies. You'll leave with note-taking templates and supplies! RSVP at https://bit.ly/fall24notes. Contact us at pedagogy@barnard.edu. 

Argh I dropped a class but now it is mysteriously back on my transcript please help!

If you successfully dropped a class with adviser permission on or before the October 8 drop deadline, the class should no longer be on your schedule or transcript in Student Planning (Courseworks/Canvas and SSOL may take a little longer to catch up). 

HOWEVER, there is a known technical issue that sometimes causes a previously-dropped course to mysteriously reappear on your schedule and transcript.  The Registrar is aware of this and can help!  

We encourage you to check your transcript in Student Planning periodically to make sure your current-semester courses remain just the courses you are currently registered for.  

If you notice your dropped class coming back again, please email registrar@barnard.edu and they will re-drop the course for you.

How do I withdraw from a class (now that the drop deadline has passed)?

The deadline to withdraw from a fall 2024 class is November 14. Withdrawn classes will not affect your GPA and you will not earn credit for them, but they will remain on your transcript, and a W will be entered place of the final grade. 

Note: You may not withdraw from a class if doing so would leave you with fewer than 12 credits.

 

To withdraw from a class, use this online form, following these steps:


1. Consult with your adviser.

2. Get an email from your adviser confirming they approve you to withdraw from this specific class.

3. Download that email as a PDF or save a screenshot of it.

4. Complete and submit the online W form, uploading your adviser’s confirmation email when prompted to do so.

5. You will receive an email confirmation once your W request is processed, ordinarily within two business days. 

Note that the W will not appear on your record until the end of the semester when final grades are entered.

Non-Residential Student Support Event - 10/15 Breakfast Social!

Hello students!

Want to grab a quick bite, mix and mingle with other commuter/non-residential students? Stop by the first monthly Breakfast Social next Tuesday, October 15th from 9:30AM-11:30AM in the North Tower - Helene L. Kaplan Suite in Sulzberger Hall, Floor 17!

If you have any questions, feel free to be in touch with the Community Director for Non-Residential Support (NRSS), Guneet Moihdeen, whose contact information is down below!

Landing Spaces!

 

Funding Opportunity for Juniors for Travel or Research in Jewish Studies

 The Ingeborg, Tamara, and Yonina Rennert Research Fund in Jewish Studies

This fund supports travel or other research expenses related to Barnard College senior thesis work in Jewish Studies. Candidates are encouraged to apply in either the fall or spring of junior year. Awards range from $2,500–$7,500. To apply, submit a proposal of approximately 500 words to Professor Beth Berkowitz at bberkowi@barnard.edu that describes the research project, the purpose to which you plan to put the fund, and an anticipated itemized budget of expenses. The recipient(s) will be selected by Beth Berkowitz and the Rennert Faculty Advisory Board. The recipient(s) will be required to submit a brief report after using the fund that describes the research benefit it provided.

Fall Deadline: November 15, 2024

Spring Deadline: April 1, 2025

The English Department is Sponsoring a Book Club! With the author (and treats)!

 

This just in from the Chair of the English Department at Barnard, Ross Hamilton:

The English Department is introducing a book club, with two readings, both led by students, the second with the author present.

Isabella Hammad has written a terrific novel,  Enter Ghost.   The English Department is sponsoring two discussions of her novel  

The first meeting is next Wednesday, October 9th, from 7-9 in the Held Auditorium, Barnard Hall 3rd Floor.     

The second meeting, Wednesday November 13th from 7-9 in Sulzberger Parlor,  Barnard Hall 3rd Floor, will be with Isabella herself.   

Isabella's an incredible (young) author:  you will really enjoy reading her novel and talking with her.    

Please come!  You can pick up a free copy of Exit Ghost in the English Department (417 Barnard Hall) during regular hours.   

We will provide home-baked cookies and hot chocolate.

We'd love to have you participate in this amazing opportunity!    

NOTE*** In the Spring we plan to read Shalom Auslander's Mother for Dinner.