Columbia recently finalized plans to build a huge student housing complex that will accommodate more than 700 students from Columbia along with another 1,000 students from Roosevelt and DePaul Universities. Continued


College offices to merge into new Student Financial Services branch
Bursar, Financial Aid and Cashier Offices combine efforts to reduce travel for students

Come November, students will no longer have to run from floor to floor when it comes to paying their tuition.

Columbia's plan to take the existing Bursar and Financial Aid and Cashier offices and combine them into a single unit called the Office of Student Financial Services is an effort to better serve the increasing student population's financial needs. Continued

Mordine cuts ties to college
After 32 years dance company relocates from Columbia

With the commencement of this academic year, the college has completely implemented the new structure approved last semester by Columbia administrators.

Set to give the college a more organized format, the restructuring process took little more than a year for approval and caused some controversy last spring when the final agreement came from the College Council. Continued

Chiaravalle named to new administrative positions
New V. P. sets sites on fund-raising for college’s expansion

Paul Chiaravalle made the decision to come to Columbia after receiving a phone call from his longtime friend, Columbia President Warrick L. Carter, asking him to become the associate vice president and chief of staff at the college. Continued

Columbia creates scholarship named in Kup’s honor
After an extensive search, Kapelke named for college provost
Irv Kupcinet, known affectionately as Kup, a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, celebrated his 89th birthday last July, but Columbia students will be the ones receiving his birthday present.

An announcement was recently made that a scholarship for Columbia students would be named in Kupcinet's honor. It will be called the Irv Kupcinet Scholarship Fund. Continued


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