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Fall 2013 Orientation

RSVP for your date


All incoming students need to RSVP for orientation--a great opportunity to make new friends, get acquainted with campus, and start living what you love.

Fall 2013 Orientation

Phillip Cooley

BA '00


Columbia College Chicago alum Phillip Cooley is working to revitalize Detroit, one building at a time.

Phillip Cooley

Don't Worry Baby

Fashion studies exhibition window


Installation artist Hope Esser explores the experiences contradictions of modern women through her fashion studies exhibition window.

Don't Worry Baby

Marcos Balter

Music professor receives Guggenheim Fellowship


When Marcos Balter, director of composition studies in the Music Department, isn't teaching classes at Columbia College Chicago, he's traveling and composing 10 to 15 pieces a year. Now, his composition work has earned him a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship.

Marcos Balter

Justin Howard

BA '07


When Columbia alum Justin Howard won the 2012 Air Guitar World Championship, he proved you don't actually need a guitar to totally rock out.

Justin Howard
Columbia College theatre alumni shine in Chicago at the non-equity 2013 Jefferson Awards.
Alums Score at Jeff Awards
Columbia College theatre alumni shine in Chicago at the non-equity 2013 Jefferson Awards.
Film & Video senior named the 2013 Michael Collyer Fellow in Screenwriting.
From Columbia College to Hollywood
Film & Video senior named the 2013 Michael Collyer Fellow in Screenwriting.
President Warrick L. Carter, PhD, is center of attention at farewell receptions with faculty, staff and trustees.
Carter Honored At Farewell Events
President Warrick L. Carter, PhD, is center of attention at farewell receptions with faculty, staff and trustees.
The Columbia College Chronicle wins big at the Mark of Excellence Awards.
An Award-Winning Paper
The Columbia College Chronicle wins big at the Mark of Excellence Awards.
Outgoing President Warrick L. Carter and immediate past Trustee Chairman Allen M. Turner receive honorary doctorates.
Honoring Our Own
Outgoing President Warrick L. Carter and immediate past Trustee Chairman Allen M. Turner receive honorary doctorates.
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Events at Columbia
June 18, 2013
Featuring work by Superflex, Laura Kina, Chris Dorland, Mark Dean Veca, Joel Ross (with Jason Creps), Jason Thomas Pallas, Jaclyn Jacunski, Peter Liversidge, Jeffrey T. ...
June 20, 2013
Madison-based papermaker and artist Mary Hark will discuss her practice in relation to her community workshop Garden Papers. ...
June 25, 2013
Career and portfolio strategies to ignite your career. 1 pm Improving Your Web PresenceYour web presence often makes an impression before you do. Join ...
Please join the MoCP Museum Council, Museum staff, and past and present participants of the Fine Print Program for food and drinks at Untitled to ...
June 29, 2013
The 2013 Eye on India Festival comes to Columbia College Chicago's Dance Center with performances and masterclasses by Preeti Vasudevan and a literary panel. ...