The Columbia College Chicago News Office reports that Paradigm Talent Agency has chosen Columbia College Chicago as the recipient of a $50,000 donation to create the Chip Hooper Scholarship, an endowed scholarship fund for the School of Fine and Performing Arts in memory of Chip Hooper, the agency’s longtime Head of Music who passed away in 2016.
The scholarship is open to students within Columbia’s School of Fine and Performing Arts, which includes the departments of Art and Art History, Business and Entrepreneurship, Dance, Design, Fashion Studies, Music, Photograpny, and Theatre.
The scholarship is open for immediate application with a deadline of July 1, 2019. To support the Chip Hooper Scholarship, and for more information on the award, please visit the Chip Hooper Scholarship website.