Columbia Universityin the City of New York
THE UNIVERSITY SEMINARS / 2nd Floor, Faculty House, 64 Morningside Drive
MC 2302, New York, NY 10027
Phone: 212.854.2389| Fax: 212.854.8248
Email:

Seminar Announcement Template

Regardless of how you send theinitial announcement (email, Evite, or other paper or electronic format, you must include The University Seminars office as an invitee. Send all announcements to .

Subject Line: / (For all correspondence please include the seminar # on the subject line)
Seminar Number & Name: / (The University Seminars website includes a sortable listing of current seminars numbers under “Seminars.” If possible, add a hyperlink to your seminar’s webpage.)
(Example:) 403, The Problem of Peace
Meeting Date and Time: / (Day of the week, month, date, year. Include cocktail and dinner time if applicable)
Location: / (Links to maps and directions to Faculty House and other campus venues can be found on our website under Resources)
Speaker(s): / (speaker’s full name, title and affiliation)
Topic: / (Title of presentation as it will appear in the seminar minutes)
Remarks: / (If dinner is included, make sure invitees are aware that it is a CATERED affair and that a final headcount must be finalized a week in advance. University Seminars only accepts personal checks for dinner payment. Checks should be made payable to Columbia University. Indicate seminar number and “dinner” on the memo line. Please refer to Rapporteurs page under Resources, Forms & Policies on our website.For more information regarding seminar dinners. Price of dinners is $25/per person.)
Reply To: / (Name of Rapporteur, chair and other contact information)
Accessibility Statement: / Columbia University encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. The University Seminar participants with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations or who have questions about physical access may contact the Office of Disability Services at 212-854-2388 or . Disability accommodations, including sign-language interpreters, are available on request. Requests for accommodations must be made two weeks in advance. On campus, Seminar participants with disabilities should alert a Public Safety Officer that they need assistance accessing campus.

Special Note:

A finalcopy of the announcementmust be saved in the seminar announcement folder on NewCourseWorks.Instructions on naming conventions and how to upload can be found on the Rapporteurs page under Resources, Forms & Policies on our website.)

Rev. 9/3/2013