Columbia Admission Newsletter - November 11THE COLUMBIA STUDENT EXPERIENCEPeniley ('22 M.A. Business) Talks About Her Columbia Student Experience What is it like to be a member of the Columbia student community? Please click HERE to read an in-depth Q&A with recent Master of Arts Program Business and Economics Concentration graduate Peniley Ramirez about her experiences at Columbia and her advice for future applicants.FACULTY AND CLASSESProfessor David Hajdu Appointed to the National Council on the Humanities Professor David Hajdu, an acclaimed cultural critic and historian, was appointed by President Biden this year to serve on the U.S. National Council on the Humanities. Professor Hajdu teaches in the Master of Arts Program's Arts and Culture Concentration and also teaches the Master of Science Program's popular "Arts Criticism" seminar. Learn more about him HERE.ALUMNI SPOTLIGHTWendy Lu ('16 M.S.) Included in Forbes' "30 Under 30 in Media" ListWendy Lu ('16 M.S.) was selected by Forbes Magazine for its 2022 "30 Under 30 in Media" List. Currently the Senior Staff Editor at the Flexible Editing Desk at The New York Times, she was recognized for her disability reporting and efforts to expand and improve disability coverage in newsrooms across the country. Read more about her work HERE. ADMISSION AND FINANCIAL AID TIPSAdmission Tips: M.S., M.S. Data, and Ph.D. Application Deadlines Approaching on December 15 Curious about the deadlines to apply for the 2023-24 academic year? Please remember that the deadline for the M.S., M.S in Data Journalism, and the Ph.D. in Communications programs is December 15, 2022. LIFE AT COLUMBIAAt Columbia, students begin their journalism education by gaining strong audio and visual storytelling skills. M.S. students went out on Columbia's campus with professional audio recording equipment to learn how to record high-quality radio interviews.