Meet the Face of Columbia College Chicago's TikTok
Apr 17, 2023Junior Alexia Tamayo finds joy highlighting the Columbia College Chicago community on TikTok and ZeeMee.
Communication Stories
Columbia and DePaul Students Plan and Host Communications Career Conference
Mar 07, 2023Two chapters of the Public Relations Student Society of America come together to connect students with communications professionals.
Advertising Innovator Brings His Passion for Branded Entertainment to Columbia
Feb 13, 2023Assistant Professor Tom Eslinger pitches branded entertainment to Columbia students.
Chicago Reporter Names Hugo Balta Executive Editor
Feb 06, 2023Adjunct faculty member and Columbia parent Hugo Balta hopes new role at "The Chicago Reporter" brings opportunities to Columbia students.
Cultivating Creativity at Columbia: A Student Finds His Place
Nov 07, 2022Advertising major Christian Navas flexes his creativity in multiple mediums and finds like-minded creatives at Columbia College Chicago.
Melding Passions Leads to a Career in Music Journalism
Sep 02, 2022Alum Kendall Polidori ’21 reflects on discovering her career while at Columbia.
International Student Seizes Opportunities After Emerging From COVID-19 Isolation
May 16, 2022A native of Poland, Ksymena Pawlowicz leverages each and every opportunity at Columbia to realize her professional and personal ambitions.
Columbia Alum Finds Career Satisfaction as Chicago Mayor's Speechwriter
Mar 21, 2022With a degree from Columbia in public relations, Alyssa Cinatl enjoys her role writing behind the scenes for Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
Adjunct Instructor Demetrio Maguigad on Solving Problems with Social Media
Mar 18, 2021Communication Instructor Demetrio Maguigad on the promise and potential of social media.
A One-of-a-Kind Ride: Associate Professor Peg Murphy on Communication at Columbia College Chicago
Feb 18, 2021For Associate Chair and Associate Professor Peg Murphy, applied creativity has always been at the heart of her interests.
“It Will Give You a Sense of Purpose in Life:” Sam Roe on the Burden and Brilliance of Investigative Reporting
Feb 01, 2021Sam Roe is best known as a pathbreaking and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist who has decades of experience in his field. He is also an adjunct instructor in Communication at Columbia College Chicago.
Alive and Kicking: Journalism, Storytelling, and the Fight for a Better World
Jan 29, 2021Associate Professor Curtis Lawrence, watching the events unfolding at the Capitol on January 6th, 2021, felt a familiar grim disappointment in the threads of racism and ignorance woven through the storming of a prominent symbol of the democracy.
Digital Careers in the New Normal
Oct 16, 2020At Columbia College Chicago, experts in social media and digital strategy come together to offer an opportunity for students to learn how to marshal emerging technology for multi-faceted careers in the field of communication.
Christian Cook ’19 Publishes First Novel, “I Hate Gray”
Sep 25, 2020Christian Cook's ’19 first novel has been published by Leeds Press Corp.
Alexandra Yetter Pivots to Find Her Beat
Apr 13, 2020Journalism student Alexandra Yetter on The Columbia Chronicle, landing internships, and finding editorial success
New Faculty Bring Dynamic Intersectional Work to School of Media Arts
Jan 23, 2018Columbia welcomes three new assistant professors to the School of Media Arts who are "pushing their fields forward."
What We Can Still Learn from Harold Washington
Dec 11, 2017Associate Professor Alton Miller imparts lessons from the charismatic and revered mayor to his "Big Chicago" students.
Remembering Harold Washington
Nov 27, 2017Alton Miller, Prexy Nesbitt, and the Columbia community had strong ties to 1983 Honorary Degree Recipient and Chicago’s first African-American mayor Harold Washington.
The New Faculty Showcase
Mar 14, 2017Andrew Causey and Anne Marie Mitchell will present their recent scholarship at the first of many cross-departmental showcases.
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