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Columbia News and Notes
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Columbia names Johnson as the Director of Creative and Print Services
Mary Johnson has been appointed the new Director of Creative and Print Services at Columbia.
Johnson is a repeated national award-winning graphic designer who will continue to produce award-winning designs as well as lead the department’s focus on customer service with the intent of strengthening departmental relationships.
Joining Johnson’s staff are Sarah Faust, a designer and photographer who previously worked for Steve Liska and Assoc. where she was involved in book, ad and print material designs; and Andrea Lather, a creative designer who comes from McConnell and Assoc., where she worked in marketing and advertising design.
In another departmental news, Carroll Kerr will take a more active role in the management of the Print Shop and a new production coordinator and an administrative assistant will be hired shortly to manage the process among creative designers, vendors, print shop personnel and the departments.
The former director for the creative and print services, Gordon Bieblerly, has become a member of the Management Information Systems team. He is currently contributing to the development of a new Intranet Web site to disseminate important college information.
Victor Skrebneski elected to Columbia’s board of trustees
Victor Skrebneski has been elected to Columbia’s Board of Trustees. Skrebneski is a world renowned fashion photographer who has been long involved with Columbia. A native Chicagoan, Skrebneski was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from Columbia at which time the Victor Skrebneski Fashion Scholarship was established.
Throughout his 40-year career, Skrebneski’s work has been published in major magazines throughout America and Europe.
His photography has been published in several books and exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the world. His innovative creativity has made him a leader in photographing images associated with all forms of fashion.
Job Opportunities on the horizon for minority journalists at Northwestern University
Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism is seeking applicants for its Academy for Alternative Journalism, a recently established program designed to recruit and train talented minority writers for work in the alternative press.
The academy wants to promote the weekly alternative press as a career option and to train young minority journalists in the skills they value, such as literary and narrative journalism, investigations, arts and culture writing, and personal expression.
Ten students will be chosen to participate in an eight-week course designed to qualify them for jobs or internships at more than 120 urban weeklies. The course will take place from June 19 to Aug. 11, 2000 and participants will be paid a stipend of $2,500.
Many famous writers will be teaching the course, including Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here; Clarence Page, syndicated columnist at the Chicago Tribune; and Mary Mitchell, a Sun-Times columnists.
Applicants must have taken at least the basic journalism courses and have completed their junior year of college by summer 2000.
To request an application, contact Stephan Garnett at 773-468-5711 or s-garnett@nwu.edu.
Survey: Most freshmen feel unprecedented stress adjusting to college life
College is proving to be a stressful endeavor for a record number of college freshman.
More than 30 percent of freshman polled during their first month on campuses across the country said they felt overwhelmed by what they had to do.
Many blame increased family and financial responsibilities for their high levels of stress. One out of four students is expecting to work full-time while attending college, which is a record number.
More women than men responded that they are feeling overwhelmed, perhaps because female students reportedly spend more time studying, participating in school clubs, and doing volunteer work.
Male freshman, on the other hand, log more hours exercising, watching television, partying and playing video games, all methods of easing stress. |
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