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[[Image:AlumniCenter.jpg|thumb|240px|The Columbia Alumni Center (Courtesy of Spectator)]]

The '''Columbia Alumni Center''' is a welcome center and space on campus for Columbia alumni as well as the home of the [[Office of Alumni and Development]] and other school alumni offices, such as the [[Columbia College Alumni Association]]. It is located at 622 West 113th Street between [[Broadway (avenue)|Broadway]] and [[Riverside Drive]]. 

The welcome center occupies the first floor and features a library stocked with old yearbooks, a lounge, a seminar room, and a courtesy office. The remaining eight stories of the building house various alumni offices, including offices for [[Columbia (magazine)|''Columbia'' Magazine]] and ''[[Columbia College Today]]'', among others.

== History ==
[[Image:McVickarHall.jpg|thumb|240px|McVickar Hall]]
'''McVickar Hall''' was a building on 113th Street between [[Broadway (avenue)|Broadway]] and [[Riverside Drive]], named for [[James McVickar]], a member of Columbia's faculty in the mid-19th century. It was completed in [[1906]] to a design by Schwartz and Gross.  The building served as the home of the [[School of Social Work]] until August [[2004]] when the school's new building on 122nd and Broadway opened.

In [[2009]], the building was converted to a space for the Office of Alumni and Development, prompting their exodus from the [[Interchurch Center]] on [[Claremont Avenue]] as well as some space above the [[Columbia Daily Spectator|Spectator]] office.  Since the renovation, the building is now generally known only as the Alumni Center, though some older campus maps and phone directories still list it as McVickar.

=== Proposed University Infirmary ===
After [[School of Social Work|SSW's]] departure from the building, Columbia proposed converting McVickar into a full-fledged infirmary for the University, bringing [[Health Services]] and [[Counseling and Psychological Services]] under one roof and adding a radiology suite and pharmacy, eliminating the need for students to shuttle between [[John Jay Hall]] and [[St. Luke's Hospital]] for services. However, intense protests from the neighborhood, citing potential noise pollution and the threat of 'psychic emergencies', lead the university to abandon plans for the infirmary.

==External links==
*[http://alumni.columbia.edu/alumni-community/columbia-alumni-center Columbia Alumni Center page]
*[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2009/04/06/new-center-will-welcome-alums New center will welcome alums], Spectator, April 7, 2009

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