Latest Impact Stories

Alumni

Benjamin Moore: Adding Strategy to an Accelerating Career of Service with the United Nations Studies CPA

Benjamin Moore is a UN Peacebuilding Coordination Specialist in South Sudan and pursued a United Nations Studies CPA.

Student

‘Serving Isn’t Only Going to War:’ U.S. Air Force Contracting Officer and SPS Student Joins National COVID-19 Task Force

Second Lieutenant Adam C. Grant, '22SPS, was selected to join the United States Air Force COVID-19 RAPiDx Task Force.

Student

How This SPS Student (and CEO) Puts His International Relations CPA to Work

Dr. Wayne R. Wesley oversees educational examinations across the Caribbean and came to SPS for a CPA in International Relations.

Student

With Downtime During the Coronavirus Pandemic, SPS Strategic Communication Student Learns Coding to Pursue Venture Idea that Helps Others in the Job Search

Given extra downtime in the transition to learning from home, Julia Zhang decided to do something she'd always wanted to try.

Student

A Navy Vet Finds Purpose and Passion in Nonprofit Management

Paul Martin, '21 SPS in Nonprofit Management, applies what he learns in real-time to his work on behalf of veterans.

Student

Huixian Zhu: Finding A ‘True Passion’ on the Path to a Master’s in Strategic Communication

"The Strategic Communication program helped me find the value proposition and passion for myself."

Alumni

How Askar Baikov, ’19SPS, Technology Management, Pivoted from Cybersecurity to Tech Growth

Read how a Technology Management alumnus found a new opportunity through the Columbia Graduate Consulting Club.

Student

Tips for Working (and Learning) From Home from a Strategic Communications Student Who Excels At It

Anastasi Sharp ('21SPS, M.S. in Strategic Communication) shares his tips and tricks for effective distance learning.

Alumni

Deana Paradis: Using a Master’s Degree in Nonprofit Management to Improve the Educational Services Sector

Deana Paradis (’20SPS, Nonprofit Management) is an Alumni of the M.S. in Nonprofit Management program.

Office of the Dean

Microsoft’s Melinda Anderson Reflects on Five Years of the Columbia Girls in STEM Initiative in San Francisco

Every year, Melinda Anderson shepherds the Columbia Girls in STEM program in San Francisco. Here's what she has learned.

Alumni

Josefine Carlsson: Combining a Career in Social Work with Study in Human Rights

"The Human Rights program changed the way I look at my future and what I want to do moving forward."

Alumni

Lisa Ehn: Business Certificate Helped Student Snag a Spot on Set at BBC Studios’ ‘Life Below Zero’ in Alaska

"I enjoyed everything about Columbia: the classes I took, the classmates I studied with, and the professors who taught me."