MA in Statistics Program Announcements – Week of December 13, 2015
“Win” a special luncheon with an alum or faculty member by filling out the Fall Events Feedback Survey.    

This week:

  1. Important Dates
  2. Graduating Students Survey **REQUIRED BEFORE YOU GRADUATE**
  3. Fall Events Feedback Survey  **FOR ALL CONTINUING STUDENTS**
  4. Spring Registration
  5. Email Set-up For Overseas Travel
  6. Career Workshops
  7. MA Statistics Career Management Officer
  8. Job Opportunities, Internships, and Bootcamp
 I. IMPORTANT DATES
II. SURVEY **REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION IN 2015 OR FEB 2016 ONLY**
  • PLEASE TAKE the time to complete this anonymous survey by December 15.   Thank you in advance for regularly checking your Columbia e-mail even when you are overseas
  • SURVEY
III. FALL EVENTS FEEDBACK SURVEY
For continuing students who graduate in May 2016 or Dec. 2016 or later.
  • FALL EVENTS SURVEY (5 minutes) – Please respond by Dec. 16. BONUS – If you answer this survey, you may be randomly selected to attend a special luncheon with an alum or a faculty member.  
  • ACTUARIAL SCIENCES CAREER SURVEY – Complete this survey to share with us your interest in Actuarial Sciences, and to be informed of events and career fairs organized by the Actuarial Sciences Department in the next two semesters.  
  • Please use ONLY your Columbia e-mail and “register” by Dec. 23.    
  • Questions? Contact Dr. Anusha Shrivastava at as1698@columbia.edu. 
IV.  SPRING REGISTRATION
There is no guarantee to get into any specific elective course, especially those outside our department.
**YOUR FACULTY ADVISER MUST APPROVE YOUR SPRING COURSES**
Newly Added Approved Electives:  Have been added to the MA Website.
Stochastic Processes (K4830.001) and
Quantitative Risk Management (ACTU K4846.001)
are NOW open for MA Statistics students. 
VI. EMAIL SET-UP WHILE OUTSIDE THE U.S.

We have created configuration instructions. You will need to create a separate device password to use both your mobile device and Outlook.  Another approach is to set up email forwarding from LionMail to a personal email.   

VI.  CAREER WORKSHOPS
CONVERSATION WITH ALUM – Greg Ryslik of Tesla Motors.  
Tuesday, Dec. 29, 3-4pm.  View his job opportunity on LinkedIn.
REGISTER with your Columbia e-mail or your registration will be deleted:
Questions? Contact Dr. Anusha Shrivastava at as1698@columbia.edu.
 

CAREER WORKSHOPS WITH DR. SHRIVASTAVA **PRE-RECORDED**

VII. MA STATISTICS CAREER MANAGEMENT OFFICER
Review your resume with Dr. Anusha Shrivastava. Sign-up outside 1017 SSW. 
Click on contact information.
VIII.  JOB OPPORTUNITIES, INTERNSHIPS, BOOTCAMP

For the latest job postings:  
Go to the LinkedIn page “Statistics@Columbia.”  Check this page regularly for information on jobs, events and networking with alums.  Dr. Anusha Shrivastava and graduates of this program are posting internships and job leads on this page.  
 
LinkedIn:  You may only join our group if you are a student in the Statistics department and this is clear from your profile. Potential employers and recruiters are reading your profile so it should be in English.  Remove all non-English characters or you may not be allowed to join the group.  Join here.