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Constitution Day 2019 Program – Census 2020: Why It Matters
Join us for our Constitution Day program, “Census 2020: Why it Matters” on Tuesday, September 17th from 1:30-3:00pm in the Third Floor North Reading Room. Columbia Central is co-sponsor of this event. Since 1790, the U.S. Constitution has required that electoral districts be periodically adjusted or redrawn to account for population shifts. Every ten years,…
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THERAPY DOGS are coming to the Library! Wednesday, May 1, 2019 | 2-4pm
De-stress Fest for Spring 2019 begins on Wednesday, May 1st with the arrival of the Canine Therapy Corps! The dogs and their trainers will be here to help Columbia students to have an afternoon of fun and get ready for finals! There will be other activities going on in the library through Monday, May 6th…
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NEA Big Read Events on campus this week – Edwidge Danticat visits Columbia College Chicago April 25 and 26, 2019
The NEA Big Read at Columbia College Chicago hosts four programs this week around our featured reading selection, Brother, I’m Dying by Edwidge Danticat, including two presentations by the author. Students, faculty and their classes are encouraged to attend, and all programs are FREE. For more information about Columbia College Chicago’s NEA Big Read, click…
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Celebrate National Library Week | April 7-13, 2019
National Library Week is an annual celebration by the American Library Association highlighting the valuable role libraries, librarians, and library staff play in transforming lives and strengthening our communities. This year’s theme, Libraries = Strong Communities, illustrates how today’s libraries are at the heart of our cities, towns, schools and campuses, providing critical resources, programs…
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Meet our Fall 2018 Library Artist in Residence, Alexa Rixon
Alexa Rixon is the Fall 2018 Artist in Residence at Columbia College Chicago Library. She will share her experience as an interdisciplinary artist working in book, paper and print forms with image and text and how the residency benefitted her current exhibit at the C33 Gallery, “Expanding Creative Connection“. Her exhibit runs from February 21…
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Black History Month 2019
February 1st marks the beginning of Black History/African-American History Month, honoring the contributions and sacrifices African-Americans have made throughout history toward the achievement of equal rights in America. The following is an excerpt from an essay written by Dr. Daryl Michael Scott (Howard University) on the origins of “Black History Month”. Source: African-American History Month.…
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Dr. Carmelo Esterrich on his new book, Concrete and Countryside
Puerto Rico in the 1950s was a land of paradoxes. The traditional rural agricultural society was rapidly being transformed by industrialization.New American factories were being built, as was infrastructure for transportation and communications. Migration into the cities was causing enormous social disruption and housing shortages. Tourism campaigns promoted the island’s hotels, beaches,and natural landscape. Puerto…
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FABIO RODRIGUEZ: EXPLORING AFRODOMINICAN TRADITIONS – WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2018 | 7-9PM COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO LIBRARY
If you don’t know history, it would be hard to see the connection between the racial tensions that exist between Haitians and Dominicans, and the “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” uprising in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014. Ferguson, Missouri has been burned into our national consciousness as the place where Michael Brown was gunned down by a…
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In Honor of Veteran’s Day 2018
Today is Veteran’s Day, a national holiday honoring all who have served our country and made great sacrifices in the name of freedom. Thank you for your service.
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Grad Expo 2018: Thursday, November 8 | 10am – 3pm
Although graduation seems like it is a long time from now, it’s not too early to start planning! Graduating students are invited to attend the Fall 2018 Grad Expo, taking place at the Haus on Thursday, November 8th from 10am-3pm. The Haus is located on the first floor of 623 S. Wabash Ave. During the Expo,…