PDF Deadline Has Been EXTENDED to 5/5/2025 at 9:30pm

 

Dear Students,    We write today to inform you that, as a one-time adjustment, the deadline for the Pass/D/Fail option has been extended to Monday, May 5, 2025 at 9:30 p.m. All of the normal guidelines for Pass/D/Fail are still in effect. Please note the following:    1.   You may access the Pass/D/Fail option through SSOL (Go to vergil.columbia.edu and look for the SSOL tile on the right-hand side of the page). 2.   Full information on the Pass/D/Fail option and process is available on the Registrar website under Grades/Exams. 3.   Students are allowed one Pass/D/Fail course per semester.  4.   Courses for the major or minor are not eligible for Pass/D/Fail.  5.   The deadline extension does not apply to Withdraw. That deadline was March 27.  6.   Final semester seniors may not uncover a Pass/D/Fail election.   Please feel free to contact your adviser and/or your class dean if you have questions about Pass/D/Fail.    Sincerely,   Leslie Grinage Dean of the College Vice President for Campus Life and Student Experience   Rebecca Walkowitz Provost and Dean of the Faculty Claire Tow Professor of English

Spring 2025 Final Exam Schedule

We are getting to the home stretch of junior year -- please check the Columbia University Final Exam Schedule before you schedule your departure from campus!    

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. 

Special SIPA Course: Inside the Situation Room

Dear Students,

I am delighted to announce that Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton and I will once again be offering our course, Inside the Situation Room, this fall 2025, and I write now to invite undergraduates to apply.

The course is designed to teach students to understand why and how foreign policy decisions are made, drawing insights from political psychology, domestic politics, and international relations. The lessons learned from this inter-disciplinary analysis are applicable to leadership roles and decision making in government, business and other fields. You can read the course description below.

Additional details: This course includes a large lecture and weekly discussion sections. The lecture, led by me and Secretary Clinton, will include a Q&A for the last 20 minutes or so focused on the topic of the given week. Admitted undergraduate students will also register for a required discussion section with various instructors. Course grades will be assigned by discussion section instructors.

Application Process: Please apply through the application form no later than 11:59 pm on Thursday, April 24th. Students will be notified a few weeks later. Please note that once selected, students will be vetted by US Secret Service.

We look forward to reviewing your applications and to teaching many of you next term.

Kind regards,

Dean Yarhi-Milo

Course Description: Inside the Situation Room

The lecture is scheduled on Wednesdays from 1:10-2:50 pm. Admitted undergraduate students will also register for a required discussion section at a later date.

In an era increasingly defined by geopolitical competition, it is more important than ever for future policymakers to understand why and how foreign policy decisions are made. Inside the Situation Room, co-taught by Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton and Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo, employs insights from diverse academic fields—including political psychology, domestic politics, and international relations—and the direct experience of high-level principals in the room to understand the key factors which underpin a nation’s most crucial decisions. This course allows students to engage with a range of case studies and examine decision-making in a variety of historical and contemporary contexts, from the search for Osama bin Laden, to the 'red line' in Syria, to negotiating with Iran.

Students will be taught how to analyze and understand the complex interplay between individual psychology, domestic politics, public opinion, bureaucracy, the international environment, and other factors which feed into decisions about foreign policy—from crisis diplomacy to the use of force, signaling and perception, Women Peace and Security, intelligence and its analysis, the deployment of other instruments of statecraft, and more. Through this course, students will think carefully and analytically about how leaders and other actors view the world, how they arrive at their decisions, and how various social, political, and psychological factors shape the policies they devise to promote their interests abroad.

Academic Coaching Finals Prep Sessions

 

If you're feeling stressed for finals, needing help organizing your study plan, or wanting to learn some new study strategies, then academic coaching is the right resource for you! The Deans' Office for Advising and Support will be providing academic coaching drop-in sessions at various times April 28th-May 2nd. Use this link to RSVP for a day and time to receive a google calendar invite.

Barnard SGA Earth Day Fair

Join us for the Earth Day Festival 2022 event on April 22nd from 2-6 pm in Futter Field. 

Barnard Student Government Association will host the Earth Day Festival, an interactive event for students to engage sustainability clubs and events. This event will feature speeches and performances, a book swap, a clothing swap, raffles, food, and DIY activities. There will be picnic blankets for fun in the sun! All Barnard faculty, staff, and students are welcomed! Join us for some sustainable goodies, plants, and food!

Nominate Juniors for the Class of 2025 Yearbook Team!

Nominate Juniors for the Class of 2025 Yearbook Team! 

Do you know a junior who’s creative, reliable, and excited to help capture the spirit of the Class of 2025? We’re assembling a dynamic team to help bring this year’s senior yearbook to life!

We’re looking for students who are:  

1. Organized and detail-oriented
2. Team players with a collaborative spirit
3. Passionate about storytelling, design, or photography
4. Committed to making the yearbook something special

Please send your nominations to Simone Medley at smedley@barnard.edu by Wednesday, April 16.

Let’s make this yearbook unforgettable!

Program planning with the Education Program

The Education Program invites you to program planning sessions for the Fall semester. Meet with faculty one-to-one, this week or next.  

See the flyer for the schedule - then please use the QR code to sign up, or use the link here: 

Program Planning sign-up Sp '25

Another update on Fall 2025 Registration in the new Vergil

 

Dear Students,   We are one week away from the start of fall registration. As I communicated in my previous emails, you will be registering for classes in the new Vergil registration system (instead of Student Planning).   Here are the to-do items from past emails if you missed them: •    Explore the Vergil Course Search and Student Planner.   •    View your registration appointment times in Vergil. Be sure the term in the upper-right is set to Fall 2025. Contact registrar@barnard.edu immediately with any questions. •    Complete the Financial Responsibility Statement in Vergil.   This week, to prepare yourself for registration, you can do the following things: •    Log into Vergil •    Complete the College’s Title VI training. This is a pre-registration requirement and must be completed by this Thursday, April 10 to avoid a registration hold in Vergil. To complete the training, watch the video here and do the quiz here. Please see Dean Grinage’s email here for further information. •    Check for Holds that will prevent registration. If you have a hold, you will see a message at the top of the Vergil pages that says “There is a Hold on your record that is blocking registration.” Click on the “Holds” link to view the specific hold and how to resolve it. For students who have not completed the Title VI training, holds will be displayed in Vergil later this week. •    Add classes to your Planner that you want to register for. Be sure the term in the upper-right is set to Fall 2025. •    Watch videos here on how to register in Vergil   The steps of registering in Vergil are easy – and very similar to our previous Student Planning (Self-service) registration system: 1.   Use the Course Search to find classes 2.   Click “Add to Plan” 3.   When your registration window is open, you can register for all classes in your Plan at once – or register for individual classes from your Plan.   4.   During your registration window, you can also search for additional classes and just click the “Register” button to register for them. (Unlike Student Planning, you don’t have to put them on your Plan first.)   You can find more information about how to register in Vergil here.   If you have questions about Vergil or registration more generally, please contact the Registrar’s office at registrar@barnard.edu so that we can assist you.   Best wishes,   Jennifer Simmons Registrar

Know Your Rights Workshop | April 11, 12:30pm

In response to student interest, Barnard College has organized a Know Your Rights workshop. This workshop, led by representatives from Columbia Law School’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, will provide information and guidance for potential interactions with immigration enforcement. The session will be held on Friday, April 11 from 12:30-2:00pm in Milstein LL001. Please RSVP here. While non-RSVPs may join the session, participation is subject to room capacity. Light refreshments will be served. If you have any questions, please email deanofthecollege@barnard.edu.