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COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO NEWSStudents Cover Iowa Caucuses (Click Here to View) Fifteen Columbia College students spent three days in Iowa interviewing analysts, voters and campaign staff for a J-term class titled “Covering the Iowa Caucus.”
OTHER COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO NEWSCurator Tours Guerrilla Girls Exhibition Neysa Page Lieberman, curator of the “Not Ready to Make Nice: Guerrilla Girls in the Artworld and Beyond” exhibit, discusses several of the installations in the Glass Curtain Gallery. Students Raise Funds for Dream Project Columbia students and alumni work together to fund their independent feature film, “It’s a Terrible Week for Singing.” Research Group Studies Human Mind The Research Group in Mind, Science and Culture, formed by the School of Liberal Arts & Sciences, will focus on understanding the human mind. Columbia Improv Team Wins Nationals Columbia College Chicago improv team, Droppin’ $cience, wins the National College Improv Tournament, beating 126 other college teams. Historian Discusses Presidential Courage NBC News/PBS commentator and presidential historian Michael Beschloss spoke about presidential courage at the final 2011/2012 Conversations in the Arts lecture. 'Scholarship Columbia' Record Columbia College Chicago raised more money in its fourth giving cycle than ever before for its Scholarship Columbia program. Presidential Historian Visits Campus Bestselling author and historian Michael Beschloss speaks at Columbia College Chicago’s 2011/2012 Conversations in the Arts series. Record Scholarship Amount Raised Columbia College Chicago raised more money in its fourth giving cycle than ever before for the Scholarship Columbia program. Columbia Welcomes Gloria Steinem Columbia College Chicago welcomed iconic activist Gloria Steinem to campus with a standing-room only crowd for the college's Conversations in the Arts series. Students Help with City Cultural Plan Columbia College hosts town hall meeting for Mayor Rahm Emanuel's 2012 Chicago Cultural Plan in collaboration with AEMM "Comparative Cultural Policy" class. Celebrating African Heritage Month Month-long program features cultural events, screenings and discussions celebrating diversity and identity. Cabaret event raises scholarship funds Chicago Cabaret performers and Musical Theatre students present a night of music to raise scholarship funds. CCC Press Receives Driehaus Grant Driehaus Foundation helps fund Columbia College Chicago Press publication, “Architecture of Segregation,” a volume of essays focused on the relationship between place and race. All That Jazz Musicians Meshell Ndegeocello and Christian McBride visit Columbia for student interactive discussion and performance with the Chicago Jazz Ensemble. Concert raises funds for MOVED Columbia College Dance/Movement Therapy students create concert to raise money for MOVED, the student organization promoting Dance/Movement Therapy as a healing technique. NEA Awards Grants to Columbia Funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble will support residencies and new works. Students Cover Iowa Caucuses Fifteen Columbia College students spent three days in Iowa interviewing analysts, voters and campaign staff for a J-term class titled “Covering the Iowa Caucus.” Students Design Games for Retailer Product design majors gain real-life experience creating games to be sold at Marbles: The Brain Store. Student Among AAF Awardees Marketing Communication senior Derrick Milton is chosen as one of 50 “Most Promising Minority Students” by the American Advertising Federation Lunch Unites Donors and Students Columbia College Chicago’s inaugural Students First Scholarship Luncheon brought together donors and scholarship recipients for the first time for an afternoon of recognition. Reitman hosts campus Q&A, screening Director Jason Reitman screens new film, “Young Adult,” and hosts Q&A session with students at Columbia’s Film Row Cinema. Open Doors Gala raises almost $700,000 Evening raises funds for Open Doors Scholarships to benefit CPS students; Presents Chicago Legacy Award to Linda Johnson Rice. A+D Major Designs Quit Week Billboard Art + Design major Elizabeth Salinas is the winner of the Chicago Tobacco Prevention Project’s “Quit to Win” design contest. Fashion major wins BET competition Fashion Studies major Caren Oliver captures BET’s Lens on Talent Fashion competition title, along with a $10,000 prize. Faculty Member’s Play Premieres World premiere of Celestial Bodies tells the fictionalized story of Marina Gamba’s journey to learn about the stars and her relationship with Galileo Galilei. |
