Career Support

Date: 5/15/2008 to 6/4/2008 If you're like me, you spent the whole year building up your portfolio, making connections with professors and their friends, and doing dozens of projects.  Although some take summer as a chance to relax from their intense arts and media training to enjoy the breeze blowing off Lake Michigan, others are taking all the work and experience they’ve built up and turning it into concrete jobs and travel experiences.
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Date: 5/14/2008 2:28 PM to 6/13/2008 SAVE THE DATES FOR PORTFOLIO BOOT CAMP!  Shape up your body of work during this week long program especially for recent grads. You’ll have the opportunity to receive feedback on how to present your work and tighten up your portfolio presentation through production services. ... read the complete entry

Date: 4/29/2008 4:02 PM to 5/19/2008 We realize that you may not know exactly where to begin when it comes time to build your portfolio. Quick word of advice: Start with your content. Does any of your work need to be documented? If so, there are several services that the Portfolio Center offers to help seniors and grad students capture their work. ... read the complete entry

Date: 5/21/2008 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM You wrote the book—now what? To help in your quest to get published, Chicago native Iris Waichler, a freelance writer and one of the authors of the highly acclaimed book A Book is Born: 24 Authors Tell All, will offer advice on how to assemble a publishing team and attract a publisher. ... read the complete entry

Date: 5/22/2008 5:00 PM Financial planner, Suji Park Martens will guide us to the foundation of a secure and confident financial future. ... read the complete entry

Date: 10/22/2008 Columbia's annual Graduating Student Block Party will offer all students preparing to graduate a one-stop shop opportunity to begin the graduation application process, make commencement ceremony arrangements and begin planning their life after Columbia. ... read the complete entry