Community Impact

Senior profile: Vincent Nguyen, GS

After being homeless and living with a friend’s family for several months in order to finish high school, Nguyen won a scholarship to the Collin College, where he earned an associate degree before coming to Columbia.

By Emily Neil | May 15 03:03 pm ET

Councils, governing boards reach funding decisions after restructured F@CU

Governing boards were allowed to have some veto power during this year's Funding at Columbia University process. Only the Activities Board at Columbia did not vote for the final allocations.

By Lillian Chen | May 11 05:42 pm ET

Governing board members to be more involved in F@CU

F@CU was the main topic of discussion at Sunday night’s Columbia College Student Council meeting, which was attended by many governing board members.

By Lillian Chen | Mar 26 04:25 am ET

Staffed by students, homeless shelters stay open

A Community Impact group sends Columbia students overnight to staff two Upper West Side homeless shelters weekly. The shelters need one volunteer every night to stay open.

By Michelle Inaba Mocarski | Mar 2 07:51 am ET

RAs at John Jay team up to collect supplies for local school

A group of do-gooder resident advisers in John Jay have rallied residents to collect supplies for a local public school that currently receives no arts funding.

By Casey Tolan | Nov 30 03:33 am ET

Students sub for arts teachers at underfunded MoHi school

Volunteers with a Community Impact program are now teaching all arts classes, from kindergarten to fifth grade, at PS 125, a Morningside Heights school with no arts funding.

By Casey Tolan | Oct 26 03:33 am ET

New CI group preaches money smarts

Many low-income students know all too well that money talks, but a new Community Impact program aims to teach students that money thinks too.

By Avantika Kumar | Oct 10 04:38 am ET