2011-2012 Bulletin – PDF - SEAS Bulletin - Columbia University

Upperclass and Graduate Students
Many upperclass and graduate students
who dine on campus open a Dining
Dollars account; however, some choose
to enroll in an upperclass/graduate
student dining plan.
Dining Services offers four plans—all
are accessed by the Columbia Card
and can be used for meals in John Jay
Dining Hall, Ferris Booth Commons, or
JJ’s Place.The hours of operations for
these locations offers dining options for
breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late-night,
with continuous dining from 7:30 a.m.
to midnight.
Upperclass, GS, and Graduate Dining
Plans
A. 14 meals per week and 200 Dining
Dollars per term, plus 15 floating
meals and 6 faculty meals
B. 175 meals and 200 Dining Dollars per
term, plus 6 guest meals
C. 100 meals and 125 Dining Dollars per
term, plus 4 guest meals
D. 75 meals and 75 Dining Dollars per
term, plus 2 guest meals
Kosher Dining Plan
All students who participate in a dining
plan, including first-year, upperclass,
General Studies, or graduate students,
are eligible for the Columbia Kosher
Dining Plan. Signing up for this dining
plan allows access to a restricted
kosher area within John Jay Dining
Hall as well as Express Meals to go.
CU kosher meals can also, for an
additional charge, be exchanged for
a kosher meal at Barnard’s Hewitt
Hall (kosher to kosher only). To sign
up, the student selects a plan from
either the First Year Dining Plan or
the Upperclass Dining Plan options,
according to the student’s status, then
elects to enroll in the Kosher Dining
Plan. The addition of the Kosher
Dining Plan adds 10 percent to the
cost of the selected plan. Visit the
H&D Customer Service Center in 118
Hartley Hall (enrollment allowed at any
point throughout the term) to sign up.
Locations/Menus/Hours
Locations, menus, and hours of all
campus dining facilities can be found at
www.columbia.edu/cu/dining.
Columbia health
Phone: 212-854-2284
After-hours Urgent Health
Concerns: 212-854-9797
www.health.columbia.edu
Columbia Health is an integrated
program providing extensive on- and offcampus
health care and services for you
while you are enrolled at the University.
The Columbia Health Program and an
accepted medical insurance plan work
together to meet your health care needs.
Columbia requires all full-time students
to enroll in both. To meet the insurance
requirement, you must either confirm
your enrollment in the Columbia Student
Medical Insurance Plan (Columbia Plan)
or provide proof of alternate coverage
that meets the established criteria listed
on the Columbia Health website. Parttime
students may also enroll in the
Columbia Health Program and Columbia
Plan.
Benefits and Services of the
Columbia Health Program
The Columbia Health Program
compromises five departments and
more than 120 individuals to meet your
health needs on campus.
Medical Services
John Jay Hall, 3rd and 4th Floors
Phone: 212-854-7426
www.health.columbia.edu/pcms
Medical Services provides routine and
urgent medical care, as well as sexual
health, reproductive and gynecological
services, travel medicine, LGBTQ health
care, confidential HIV testing, and
immunizations.
Counseling and Psychological Services
Lerner Hall, 8th Floor
Phone: 212-854-2878
www.health.columbia.edu/cps
Counseling and Psychological Services
offers short-term individual counseling,
couples counseling, student life support
groups, and medication consultation.
Disability Services
Lerner Hall, 7th Floor
Phone: 212-854-2388
www.health.columbia.edu/ods
Disability Services coordinates
reasonable accommodations and
support services including assistive
technology, networking groups,
academic skills workshops, and learning
specialists.
Alice! Health Promotion
Wien Hall, 1st Floor
Phone: 212-854-5453
www.health.columbia.edu/alice
Alice! Health Promotion connects
students with information and resources,
and supports healthy attitudes and
behaviors within the campus community.
Sexual Violence Response
Lerner Hall, 3rd Floor
Phone: 212-854-3500
www.health.columbia.edu/svprp
Sexual Violence Response supports
students in healing from sexual and
relationship violence, as well as
educates students about consent and
coercion to promote a respectful and
safe campus.
Student Health Insurance
Wien Hall, 1st Floor
Phone: 212-854-3286
All full-time students are automatically
enrolled in the Basic level of the
Columbia Plan. To request a waiver
from automatic enrollment, you must
submit a request at www.health.
columbia.edu before September 30
(February 1 for new spring enrollment,
or June 14 for newly arrived full-time
trimester students). All waiver requests
are considered but approval is not
guaranteed.
Optional coverage for early arrival,
eligible dependents of insured students,
and a separate dental plan is available
through Aetna Student Health.
For more information, go to www.
aetnastudenthealth.com/columbiadirect.
html.
Immunization Compliance
Wien Hall, 1st Floor
Phone: 212-854-7210
There are two immunization
requirements that all new students must
meet before arrival on campus:
Meningococcal Meningitis Vaccination
New York State public health law
requires that students receive
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