Event Management Newsletter: Summer 2023

Summer means it's time to

PLAN YOUR FALL EVENT

And as you're planning, consider the Blue Menu for your catering needs. By choosing the Blue Menu, featuring a curated selection of local and sustainable dishes, a portion of the bill will be donated to Columbia Community Service with an additional match from Event Management.

Contact our team to learn more about the Blue Menu, as well as other catering and venue options for your fall events!

SPRING HIGHLIGHTS

For 100 years, Faculty House has provided an elegant space for academic and philosophical discourse, meetings, seminars, conferences, banquets, and social events of all scales. Learn more about the history of Faculty House on our website.

Event Management hosted the Senior Dinner for Columbia College and SEAS on South Lawn East and and Ancell Plaza. We provided a three course plated dinner for 950 guests on South Lawn and 450 guests on Ancell Plaza. Visit our Facebook page for more photos from the event!

As it does every May, Columbia's Morningside campus transformed to welcome guests and grads for Commencement. Event Management hosted a whopping 529 events this Commencement season. Congratulations to all the 2023 graduates! Visit our website for more photos from the various events.

Event Management hosted the School of General Studies' annual Reunion Dinner in Roone Aldridge Auditorium. 200 alumni attended, making the event the largest-scale alumni event of the year for GS. Dean Rosen-Metsch was the Master of Ceremonies and presented the Owl Award - an annual award given in recognition of outstanding service, voted on by the GS Alumni Association - to Allison Fillmore ‘97GS. Visit our website for more photos from the event!

STAFF SPOTLIGHT

Say hello again to Steve Francis, the Director of Technical Services for Event Management. Steve joined the team in 2017 and is responsible for all of the audio-visual (AV) services at campus events. Before coming to Columbia, Steve owned and operated a recording studio as a music producer and sound engineer, working with some famous (and many not-so-famous) artists. This experience taught him to treat every client as if they were a VIP, because even though their needs were different, their project was the most important thing to them in the moment. Steve is from the UK and is very proud of his Jamaican heritage.