DEMO Magazine | The Alumni Magazine of Columbia College Chicago

For the second half of our anniversary issue, catch up with alumni who are hosting game shows, saving animals, snapping photos around the ..

Letter from the Executive Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving

Dear Alumni,

I am happy and delighted to serve as your ex..

Miriam Smith is Executive Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving

Miriam Smith.

In August 2015, Miriam Smith joined Columbia..

DEMO: What most impresses you about Columbia alumni?

PRESIDENT KIM: There’s a consistency to our alumni across the generations, grittin..

Fiction writers find major success with the minor demographic

By Kristi Turnbaugh
Photography by Jacob Boll (BA ’12)

Think back on ..

By Audrey Michelle Mast (BA ’00)
Photography by Julia Stotz (BFA ’08) and Maia Harms (BFA ’09)

Imagine your favorite television or mov..

Hundreds of people gathered to celebrate the life of Chicago theatre giant Sheldon Patinkin on Jan. 26, packing the North Shore Center for..

Countless people fantasize about becoming Olympic athletes, but few make it to the gold; even more dream of success in Hollywood but get n..

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 (M..

By reconnecting to his indigenous culture, rapper and activist Frank Waln (BA ’14) found a sense of purpose. Now, he hopes to help other N..