Connections Schedule
Connections Schedule
Connections are programs sponsored by the individual academic departments. These MANDATORY events are your chance to meet members of your faculty and get connected with other students in your field of study. So the first thing you should do is find your department’s Connections session below, and mark it on your calendar. After doing so, plan the rest of the Weeks of Welcome sessions you want to attend, around it. Remember, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO GO TO YOUR DEPARTMENT CONNECTIONS PROGRAM.
School of Fine & Performing Arts Connections Schedule
Art & Design
CONNECTIONS DATE: Tuesday, August 26
CONNECTIONS TIME: 10:30am - Noon
CONNECTIONS LOCATIONS (by concentration):
Graphic Art, Advertising Art, and Illustration: 623 S. Wabash, Hokin Annex
Fashion Design: 600 S. Michigan, Ferguson Hall
Fine Art & Art History: 623 S. Wabash, Hokin Hall
Interior Architecture & Product Design: 623 S. Wabash, Room 203
Welcome freshmen and transfer students to the Art + Design Department. The faculty and staff hope you are as excited about attending Columbia College Chicago, as we are to have you here. We look forward to meeting you at this mandatory Connections session. We hope to help make your transition to the college and department as smooth as possible. Until then, have a wonderful summer. Please visit www.colum.edu/Academics/Art_and_Design/ for more information.
Arts, Entertainment & Media Management
CONNECTIONS DATE: Wednesday, August 27th
CONNECTIONS TIME(S): 10:00am - 1:00pm (freshmen); 2:00pm - 5:00pm (Transfer)
CONNECTIONS LOCATION: 1104 S. Wabash, Film Row Cinema
Welcome to Arts, Entertainment & Media Management at Columbia College Chicago. This mandatory Connections session will be your chance to connect with fellow students and faculty in your major. Getting to know your peers and members of the faculty is a great way to begin a successful college experience. For more information on Arts, Entertainment & Media Management please visit our website at www.colum.edu/Academics/AEMM.
Dance
CONNECTIONS DATE: Wednesday, August 27
CONNECTIONS TIME: 1:00pm - 2:30pm
CONNECTIONS LOCATION: 1306 S. Michigan, Dance Center Theater & Studios
This Connections session is a mandatory session. This session will be your chance to connect with fellow students and faculty in the Dance department. Getting to know your peers and members of the faculty is a great way to begin a successful college experience.
Fiction Writing
CONNECTIONS DATE: Wednesday, August 27
CONNECTIONS TIME: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
CONNECTIONS LOCATION: 623 S. Wabash, Hokin Annex
Welcome to the Fiction Writing Department at Columbia College, home to the Story Workshop approach and one of the largest, most successful creative writing programs in the country. Before you come to campus, please review our website at www.fiction.colum.edu. Click on “services” to find out more about our tutoring and mentoring programs.
Photography
CONNECTIONS DATE: Wednesday, August 27 (transfers)
CONNECTIONS TIME: 10:00am - Noon (freshmen); 1:00pm -3:00pm (transfers)
CONNECTIONS LOCATION: 72 E. 11th, The Getz Theater
This Connections session is a mandatory session. This session will be your chance to connect with fellow students and faculty in the Photography department. Getting to know your peers and members of the faculty is a great way to begin a successful college experience.
Music
CONNECTIONS DATE: Tuesday, August 26
CONNECTIONS TIME: 9:30am-11:30am
CONNECTIONS LOCATION: 1014 S. Michigan, Concert Hall
Welcome to the Music Department of Columbia College Chicago, where the city is our campus and you’ll have the opportunity to become a skilled artist in a musical community that prepares you for real work in the real world. Our "hands-on, minds-on" approach combines a solid liberal arts education with programs that emphasize musicianship, professionalism, self-expression and originality, taught by an award-winning faculty of professional working musicians. For more information, visit www.music.colum.edu/.
Theater
CONNECTIONS DATE: Tuesday, August 26th
CONNECTIONS TIME: 10am-Noon
CONNECTIONS LOCATION: 72 E. 11th Street, The Getz Theater
This Connections session is a mandatory session. This session will be your chance to connect with fellow students and faculty in the Theater department. Getting to know your peers and members of the faculty is a great way to begin a successful college experience.
Musical Theater Students: Bring dance attire, shoes and a song
Design/Technical Students: Bring evidence of work
Acting Students: Dress comfortably to move freely
Playwright Students: Bring a writing sample that can be left with faculty.
School of Media Arts Connections Schedule
Audio Arts and Acoustics
SESSION I CONNECTIONS DATE: Wednesday, August 27th
CONNECTIONS TIME: 10:00am-11:30am
(SESSION ONE IS FOR STUDENTS WITH BIRTHDAYS BETWEEN JANUARY 1ST AND JUNE 30TH)
SESSION II CONNECTIONS DATE: Wednesday, August 27th
CONNECTIONS TIME: 12:30pm - 2:00pm
(SESSION TWO IS FOR STUDENTS WITH BIRTHDAYS BETWEEN JULY 1ST AND DECEMBER 31ST)
CONNECTIONS LOCATION: 600 S. Michigan, Ferguson Hall
DESCRIPTION: This Connections session is a mandatory session for all new Audio and Acoustics students. This session is your chance to connect with fellow students and faculty in the Audio Arts and Acoustics Department. Getting to know your peers and members of the faculty is a great way to begin a successful college experience.
Film
SESSION I CONNECTIONS DATE: Tuesday, August, 26th
CONNECTIONS TIME: 10:00am-12:00pm
(SESSION ONE IS FOR STUDENTS WITH BIRTHDAYS BETWEEN JANUARY 1ST AND APRIL 30TH)
SESSION II CONNECTIONS DATE: Tuesday, August, 26th
CONNECTIONS TIME: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
(SESSION TWO IS FOR STUDENTS WITH BIRTHDAYS BETWEEN MAY 1ST AND AUGUST 31ST)
SESSION III CONNECTIONS DATE: Tuesday, August, 26th
CONNECTIONS TIME: 3:00pm - 5:00pm
(SESSION THREE IS FOR STUDENTS WITH BIRTHDAYS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1ST AND DECEMBER 31ST)
LOCATION FOR ALL CONNECTIONS SESSIONS: Film Row Cinema, 8th Floor, 1104 S. Wabash
DESCRIPTION: This Connections session is a mandatory session for all new and transfer students. It will be your chance to connect with fellow students and faculty in the Film& Video Department. The Film & Video Department will show examples of student work from the latest “Big Screen” and selections from Manifest, Columbia College’s urban arts festival. For more information, go to www.filmatcolumbia.com.
Interactive Arts and Media
CONNECTIONS DATE: Tuesday, August, 26th
CONNECTIONS TIME: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
CONNECTIONS LOCATION: Collins Hall, 624 S. Michigan, 602
DESCRIPTION: This Connections session is a mandatory session for all new IAM students. This session is your chance to connect with fellow students and faculty in the IAM Department. Getting to know your peers and members of the faculty is a great way to begin a successful college experience.
Journalism
SESSION I CONNECTIONS DATE: Wednesday, August, 27th
CONNECTIONS TIME: 9:30am-11:30am
(SESSION ONE IS FOR STUDENTS WITH BIRTHDAYS BETWEEN JANUARY 1ST AND JUNE 30TH)
SESSION II CONNECTIONS DATE: Wednesday, August, 27th
CONNECTIONS TIME: 1:30pm-3:30pm
(SESSION TWO IS FOR STUDENTS WITH BIRTHDAYS BETWEEN JULY 1ST AND DECEMBER 31ST)
CONNECTIONS LOCATION: 210, 215, and 219, 33 E. Congress building
DESCRIPTION: This Connections session is a mandatory session for all new Journalism students. This session is your chance to connect with fellow students and faculty in the Journalism Department. Getting to know your peers and members of the faculty is a great way to begin a successful college experience.
Marketing Communication
CONNECTIONS DATE: Tuesday, August, 26th
SESSION I CONNECTIONS TIME: 11:00am - 12:30pm
(SESSION ONE IS FOR STUDENTS WITH BIRTHDAYS BETWEEN JANUARY 1ST AND JUNE 30TH)
SESSIONiII CONNECTIONS TIME: 1:00pm to 2:30pm
(SESSION TWO IS FOR STUDENTS WITH BIRTHDAYS BETWEEN JULY 1ST AND DECEMBER 31ST)
CONNECTIONS LOCATION: Collins Hall, 624 S. Michigan, 602
DESCRIPTION: This Connections session is a mandatory session for all new Marketing students. Faculty and some current students will give new students a brief introduction to the Marketing Communication Department. Following that introduction, the new students will go into small-group breakout sessions to learn more about each concentration (i.e. marketing, sports marketing, advertising, public relations). Also, focus will be given to career overviews, professional clubs and other extracurricular activities.
Radio
CONNECTIONS DATE: Wednesday, August, 27th
CONNECTIONS TIME: 11:30am - 2:00pm
CONNECTIONS LOCATION: 33 East Congress, 705 DESCRIPTION: This Connections session will be your chance to connect with fellow students and faculty in the Radio Department. Getting to know your peers and members of the faculty is a great way to begin a successful college experience. The Radio Department has a full two hours of programming planned that will surely make your transition to Columbia College, specifically the Radio Department, much easier. For more information, go to www.colum.edu/undergraduate/radio.
Television
CONNECTIONS DATE: Tuesday, August, 26th
CONNECTIONS TIME: 11:00am - 1:00pm
CONNECTIONS LOCATION: 600 S. Michigan, 921 DESCRIPTION: This Connections session will be your chance to connect with fellow students and faculty in the Television Department. Getting to know your peers and members of the faculty is a great way to begin a successful college experience. The Television Department has a full two hours of programming planned that will surely make your transition to Columbia College and specifically the Television Department much better. For more information, go to www.columbiacollege.tv.
School of Liberal Arts Connections Schedule
ASL-English Interpretation
CONNECTIONS DATE: Wednesday, August 27th
CONNECTIONS TIME: 11:00am - 2:00pm
CONNECTIONS LOCATION: To Be Determined
DESCRIPTION: This Connections session is a mandatory session for all new ASL students. Welcome to Columbia College’s ASL-English Interpretation Department! Come meet our dynamic faculty and staff, make connections to other new students, and see examples of upper level students’ work. This fun lunch will be an informal way for you to get to know the department, and to start to feel part of the ASL-English Interpretation family.
Cultural Studies
CONNECTIONS DATE: Tuesday, August 26th
CONNECTIONS TIME: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
CONNECTIONS LOCATION: 623 S. Wabash, Room 1301
DESCRIPTION: This Connections session is a mandatory session. During the Connections session for Cultural Studies, students will gather information about scholarships, departmental and school wide. Students will also be introduced to International exchange program opportunities available to C.S. majors, such as the University of East London semester exchange and J-term in Shanghi. New and returning faculty members will be available to meet and greet students throughout the session, faculty members will also share in a presentation about the Cultural Studies major and the three minors, Black World Studies, Latino Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies.
Early Childhood Education
CONNECTIONS DATE: Tuesday, August 26
CONNECTIONS TIME: 10:00am-12:00pm
CONNECTIONS LOCATION: Tp Be Determined
DESCRIPTION: This Connections session is a mandatory session. All new students must choose from one of the two sessions listed above. This session is your chance to connect with fellow students and faculty in the Early Childhood Education Department. Getting to know your peers and members of the faculty is a great way to begin a successful college experience. Discover your artistic pathway. Explore your journey from your first brushstrokes, dance steps, or preschool performance.
Poetry
CONNECTIONS DATE: Wednesday, August 27
CONNECTIONS TIME: 1:00-2:30pm
CONNECTIONS LOCATION: TBD
DESCRIPTION This Connections session is a mandatory session. This session is your chance to connect with fellow students and faculty in the Poetry Department. Getting to know your peers and members of the faculty is a great way to begin a successful college experience. Meet your Poetry faculty! Listen to a selection of their poems! Learn secrets about the Poetry Program that they can’t tell you at Orientation!