Alumni News & Notes Letter from the Executive Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving Dear Alumni, I am happy and delighted to serve as your executive director of Alumni Relations and A
WIRE, News from the Columbia Community Miriam Smith is Executive Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving Miriam Smith. In August 2015, Miriam Smith joined Columbia College Chicago as executive director of
Questions for President Kwang-Wu Kim DEMO: What most impresses you about Columbia alumni? PRESIDENT KIM: There’s a consistency to our alumni across the generations, grittiness—in the best sense of the word—to them.
Forever Young Fiction writers find major success with the minor demographic By Kristi Turnbaugh Photography by Jacob Boll (BA ’12) Think back on the first book you ever really loved—maybe
Big Audio Dynamite By Audrey Michelle Mast (BA ’00) Photography by Julia Stotz (BFA ’08) and Maia Harms (BFA ’09) Imagine your favorite television or movie scene—then hit mute. No dialogue, no mu
WIRE, News from the Columbia Community Hundreds of people gathered to celebrate the life of Chicago theatre giant Sheldon Patinkin on Jan. 26, packing the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, Ill. Chair
Dedicated and Decorated Countless people fantasize about becoming Olympic athletes, but few make it to the gold; even more dream of success in Hollywood but get no further than waiting tables in LA. But H
Running with the Devil Bill Hillmann (MFA ’13) ran with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, more than 87 times—and then he got gored. In July 2014, Bill Hillmann (MFA ’13) joined the throngs of people strea
Frank Waln, Revolutionary Rapper By reconnecting to his indigenous culture, rapper and activist Frank Waln (BA ’14) found a sense of purpose. Now, he hopes to help other Native youth do the same. Waln grew up o
Questions For President Kwang-Wu Kim DEMO: You’ve been meeting with alumni frequently since becoming president two years ago. What are you learning? PRESIDENT KIM: One of the primary things I hear when I talk t
