Student Organizations & Activities
There are more than 90 student-led clubs, organizations and interest groups at Columbia Business School, and the diversity of our club life is a great source of pride. Participating in the activities enhances your professional and personal network, and gives you a chance to contribute to the culture and spirit of our community.
Student clubs and organizations vary in focus and include student government and leadership groups, career and professional clubs, community service organizations and athletic/social clubs. You can visit the Student Guide for more information about student clubs.
Student Activities
With more than 100 events per week, Columbia Business School offers an array of programming to meet our students’ interests through involvement with centers, departments and student clubs. Events range from brown-bag lunches to large-scale conferences. Conferences tend to be educational and community building in focus, providing several themed panels, one or two keynote speakers and networking sessions.
To see sampling of the 2005-06 events and activities, please visit the Student Guide.
The 2007-08 academic year’s schedule represents our diversity of organizations and activities:
| 2007–2008 Schedule | |
| Organization |
Conference Date |
| Social Enterprise Club | October 26 |
| Marketing Association of Columbia | November 2 |
| Health Care Industry Association | November 9 |
| Black Business Student Association | November 16 |
| Columbia Investment Management Association | February 1 |
| Media Management Association | February 9 |
| Private Equity | TBD |
| Latin American Business Association | TBD |
| Columbia Women in Business | February 22 |
| Energy Club | TBD |
| Retail and Luxury Goods Club | TBD |
| South Asian Business Association | April 19 |
Silfen Leadership Series
Students work with the Office of Student Affairs, Dean’s Office and Office of External Relations to bring top-name speakers to campus through the Silfen Leadership Series. Past Silfen speakers include
Fall 2006
Bob Diamond, CEO of Barclays PLC
Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard
Ken Moelis, President of UBS Investment Bank
Lord John Browne, Group CEO of BP
Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Nissan Motor Co.
Richard Fuld, CEO of Lehman Brothers
Spring 2007
Stan O'Neal, CEO & Chairman of the Board of Merrill Lynch
Admiral Robert Harward, Navy Seal & Deputy Commanding General: U.S. Joint Special Operations Command
Sharon Allen, Chairman of the Board of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP
