Marginalia | The Graduate Blog, Columbia College Chicago

Part of my responsibility as the Graduate Nonfiction Ambassador here at Columbia College Chicago is to respond to emails from potential st..

Let me introduce myself!

Hello, reader!

I know that things can seem a bit confusing as you navigate the archives and backmost reces..

Easier said than done. (Image via University of Chicago)

With a little less than a month into my final semester, I’ve officially trans..

Ahh, that sweet sweet “Screenplay by” credit

In the Cinema Directing program, we almost always write our own scripts. But not every di..

My stylish crutches resting in front of 623 S Wabash Ave

Murphy’s law says Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. I’m a first year..

Going into my second and final year at Columbia College Chicago is a surreal moment. The first year truly passes you by in the blink of an..

Half of my cohort meeting for the first time at a GSO-hosted event.

So you made it! You’re in a new MFA program, you’re meeting new pe..

Dear Incoming Columbia Music for the Screen Composers,

The above photo is of the building you will be basically living in for the n..

A perfect example of not stressing about your graduate program over the summer.

Sometimes you just have to “not,” and things fall into..

It is hard to believe just how fast the summer flew by, a flurry of activity. I had a wedding, taught two Creative Writing classes fil..