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Alumni News & Notes

Over the years, support from alumni, faculty, staff, parents and friends has propelled Columbia to the forefront of arts and media education. Here are just some of the major donors

DEMO A–M

DEMO A–M


In this special anniversary issue, you’ll revisit former DEMO subjects, meet new ones and trace Columbia’s exciting last decade of history—all alphabetically, of course. Check ou

DEMO N–Z

DEMO N–Z

For the second half of our anniversary issue, catch up with alumni who are hosting game shows, saving animals, snapping photos around the world and more. Read up on grads old and n

Alumni News & Notes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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