Governing boards

This chart shows the flow of student life fees paid by undergraduates. The fees are collected by the University, then given in ratio to the student councils based on student body population. At F@CU, the councils divide the money between the governing boards.

The governing boards at Columbia are several bodies (normally cited as either 6 or 7) that govern specific student activities and organizations. Each governing boards each represents a different category of organization, and each governing board appeals at the end of every year to the four undergraduate student councils for funding for the upcoming year at an event known as 'F@CU' (pronounced 'fack-yoo').

List of governing boards

The six undergraduate governing boards are:

• Student Governing Board (SGB) - political, religious, and humanitarian groups
• Club Sports Governing Board (CSGB) - club sports teams
• Intergreek Council - fraternities and sororities
• Community Impact (CI) - community service groups
• Activities Board at Columbia (ABC) - all other groups that do not fall under the other four boards
• Governing Board at Barnard - Barnard groups

The seventh, slightly different, governing board is:

• Interschool Governing Board (IGB) - student groups that consist of both graduate and undergraduate students

See also

• Student groups
• Student organizations and governance