School of Media Arts
School of Media Arts
| WCRX-FM Wins National Radio Awards and Radio Students Win Best New Ad Competition
Congratulations to Students Matt Brousseau, Amber Calderon, Dan Pasquerelli, Amanda Wheaton and students from the WCRX Practicum. |
Radio Major James Moody Turns Internship Into a Job
After having completed a successful internship during the summer semester, Radio Major James Moody knew the drill for being a successful intern: Be on time, work hard, and be willing to do whatever it takes to make a solid impression. |
Grads Getting Great Jobs -- in Journalism and Beyond
Employers say Columbia's hands-on training and the variety of internships available in this news-rich city combine to produce graduates ready to be productive employees. Among recent hires are Columbia alums Lisa Chavarria as a reporter for WFLD-Channel 32 Chicago, Diane Pathieu at ABC7 in Chicago, Steven Yaccino at The New York Times and Fall 2011 graduate Mary Jo Ola as a reporter/photographer for WTVO/WQRF in Rockford. |
| School of Media Arts Seeking Applications for Position of Associate Dean
The Office of the Dean, School of Media Arts is seeking applications for an Associate Dean. |
Eight 2011 Radio Graduates Hired by Merlin Media LLC in Chicago
2011 Radio graduates Megan Buckley, Michael Cronin, Danielle Ezell, Christine Fiedler, John Gregory, Calie Lyons, Chris Mezyk, and Eric Pribramsky were all hired as full-time news writers/producers for Merlin Media LLC as heard on WWWN, 101.1 FM in Chicago. |
WCRX Recognized with 8 International Awards
WCRX-FM has been recognized with 8 Communicator Awards, including 3 top awards. |
Pedagogy and Applications Microsymposium
In March 2012, the Dean of the School of Media Arts hosted two, 2-day Microsymposiums entitled Creative Technologies and Media Applications and Emerging Media and Disciplinary Practice.
Guest speakers included established innovators in creative technologies, emerging media and interdisciplinary practice, who shared their unique experiences and perspectives in these areas. Emerging media forms are impacting our students’ future careers, and transforming the foundations of creative media practice. The Microsymposiums' goal served to expand awareness and foster conversations across the college.
Videos of each presentation may be viewed here.
March 1 & 2 | 916 S. Wabash, Room 150CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA APPLICATIONS Thursday, March 1, 1–4 pm Pedagogy Friday, March 2, 1–4 pmApplications Research GUESTSAngelica Mader & Dennis Reidsma, CreaTe and Human Media Interaction, University of Twente, The Netherlands Carrie Beck, Sundance Institute,Los Angeles, California |
March 8 & 9 | 916 S. Wabash, Room 150EMERGING MEDIA AND INTERDISCIPLINARY PRACTICE Thursday, March 8, 1–4 pm Pedagogy & Curriculum Friday, March 9, 1–4 pm Applications, Research & Creative Projects GUESTSJörn Loviscach, University of Applied Sciences, Bielefeld, Germany Insook Choi, Emerging Media Technologies program, City University of New York Leigh Newsome, Kantar Video, New York |
IAM student wins Apps for Metro Chicago Contest
Mi Parque, a bi-lingual smartphone
app co-created by IAM’s Academic Manager, Mindy Faber was named one of Grand
Challenge Winners in the Apps for Metro Chicago Contest. The app was developed in a few short months by an all-women team led by
Faber and Pallavi Anderson
from Motorola Solutions. Students on the team included those from the
Interactive Arts & Media Department at Columbia College, IIT and UIC, and
were mentored by experienced software engineers from Motorola Solutions,
Orbitz, Pearson VUE, and Thomson Reuters/Hubbard One.
The app, Mi Parque, is a
bilingual participatory placemaking web and smartphone application that helps
residents of Little Village ensure that a new 23 acre new park being built on a
former Superfund clean-up site is maintained as a vibrant safe, open and
healthy green space for the community. Residents can submit, view and vote on
ideas for improving the community, receive health, safety and weather alerts
via text messages or through Facebook in Spanish or English.
During the October Community Round of the competition, Mi Parque received 2nd Place and was also given the IBM Placemaking Award administered by the Metropolitan Agency for Planning. In December, during the expanded field of Grand Challenge contenders, Mi Parque placed 5th overall bringing the app’s total prize winnings to $8,000. Award money will go towards app development and support of Mi Parque’s community partner, Little Village Environmental Justice Organization.
“This app is such a beautiful example of collaboration,”
Faber says. “It’s what happens when a college like Columbia comes together with
industry and community around a civic purpose. Making projects like this
possible is what make Columbia College and the IAM Department shine.”
The Apps for Metro Chicago competition launched June 24, 2011. In an era of open data, the contest recognized the need to guide and facilitate public access to local government data. The competition’s mission is to inspire the development of applications which improve the lives of Metro Chicagoans. Over 250 data sets were provided by the City of Chicago, Cook County, State of Illinois, and Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning.
Faber and other Grand Challenge winners of the contest will be recognized at a future ceremony currently being planned by the city and county which will feature Open Data and showcase the winning apps.
Faber and Anderson were recently the subject of a Chicago Works feature on Channel 23 which can be viewed here
Please see the following link for the complete press release:
For more info on the app please visit its website:
