Date: 5/13/2008 to 5/16/2008 Due to popular demand we are increasing the number of student OK Go tickets to four per student. Tickets are going fast so be sure to get yours today! Don't miss your chance to see OK Go LIVE and FREE at Manifest 2008 on Friday, May 16 at 8 p.m. in Grant Park at Upper Hutchinson Field, located on the corner of Columbus and Balbo Avenues! ... read the complete entry

Date: 5/13/2008 to 5/25/2008 At Columbia College Chicago, we're serious about our "hands-on, minds-on" approach to higher education. We like to say the city is our classroom, and our students learn from the creative professionals producing the culture of our time. This May, 13 Columbia College Chicago students majoring in Critical Studies, Screenwriting, or Filmmaking take that idea to the extreme: for two weeks, their “classroom” will be the Cannes Film Festival (May 14 – 25), and their teachers will be the movers and shakers of the film industry. ... read the complete entry

Date: 5/7/2008 1:12 PM to 5/16/2008 Columbia College Chicago has fully converted to the Online Student Evaluation of Courses and Teaching tool. The online evaluation tool has eliminated the need to disrupt valuable class time administering the hardcopy form. This semester, all courses will be included in the online evaluation process except for internships, independent studies and other one-on-one courses.  ... read the complete entry

Date: 5/2/2008 to 6/12/2008 A new age in student communications has begun! Columbia just launched a collection of new online features that will help students communicate with the Columbia community in a more entertaining, interactive, and efficient way. It’s called theLoop, and you’re in it now. ... read the complete entry

Date: 5/1/2008 12:22 PM to 5/15/2008 For graduating students, the real world is only weeks away. To help with networking, Columbia is offering another opportunity for graduating and graduate students to show off their work to professionals. The Portfolio Center will be hosting its first Industry Night through five campuswide receptions on May 15 as a means of networking students into their professions.  ... read the complete entry

Date: 5/1/2008 to 5/16/2008 Your summer tuition bill will arrive before you know it and if your federal funding is exhausted for the school year, you might have to look into a private loan to cover summer tuition or book and living expenses.  But before you sign on the dotted line of a private loan application, the SFS office is here to decode the language of private lending institutions, educational loans, cosigners, and interest rates. ... read the complete entry

Date: 5/13/2008 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM As a thank you to all the great interns Columbia supplies, Harpo is going to offer free pizza to the first 250 students who show up at the Conaway Center on May 13 during finals week.
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Date: 5/16/2008 9:00 AM to 11:59 PM Thirty thousand people.  Fifty showcases. Fourteen galleries. Four stages. One parade. Manifest is Columbia’s urban arts festival that celebrates the work of seniors and graduate students from every department on campus. ... read the complete entry

Date: 8/28/2008 12:00 PM to 3:30 PM The ninth annual New Student Convocation is how Columbia welcomes new undergraduate students to the college's unique creative community. ... read the complete entry

Date: 8/29/2008 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM The U-Pass is a deeply discounted transit farecard that offers all full-time students unlimited rides aboard all Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) buses and trains during the fall and spring semesters. The U-Pass is your connection not only to campus, but to arts and entertainment venues, galleries, shopping, and sporting events in Chicago. ... read the complete entry

Date: 9/2/2008 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM The U-Pass is a deeply discounted transit farecard that offers all full-time students unlimited rides aboard all Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) buses and trains during the fall and spring semesters. The U-Pass is your connection not only to campus, but to arts and entertainment venues, galleries, shopping, and sporting events in Chicago. ... read the complete entry