Columbia College confirmed on Thursday that it is permanently increasing its first year class size by 50, and administrators said they are working now to address the needs of a larger student body.
After a security breach on campus compromised the personal information of 1,400 University affiliates, students and identity theft experts are questioning the administration’s handling of the break-in.
Shortly after moving in from Ithaca, philosophy professor and new Columbia College Dean Michele Moody-Adams sat down with Spectator’s Alexa Davis for an exclusive interview on her transition to Columbia from Cornell, love of spicy food, and her thoughts on being the first African American and woman to hold her post.
With the start of the new academic year comes the introduction of fresh faces to the administration, including the deans of Columbia College, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the School of Continuing Education, financial aid, and student advising, as well as a new provost.
Columbia University is definitely not evicting nuns because that is like the least cool thing to do ever and we would definitely never even think about doing it. Okay?
Michele Moody-Adams, vice provost for undergraduate education and professor of philosophy at Cornell University, will become Columbia College’s next dean, assuming the mantle from Austin Quigley and becoming the first woman and first African American to hold the post. She will begin her tenure on July 1, 2009.
