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Campus News
Columbia President Emeritus Mirron "Mike" Alexandroff, 78, died Friday, April 20, at Northwestern Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Alexandroff lead the college from a small trade school with a bleak reputation to the nationally known liberal arts college of today. As president of the college from 1964 to 1992, Alexandroff was responsible for instituting the policies that now define the college. He promoted utilizing Chicago area media professionals as instructors, pushed for higher minority enrollments and made upper education accessible through policies such as open enrollment. Continued Tuition increase set for next fall For the second year in a row, returning Columbia students will face a yearly tuition hike of nearly $1,000. Continued Columbia teacher, students produce provcative film Television movie on UPN focuses on HIV positive African-American males The one-hour drama, “Kevin’s Room” produced by the Chicago Department of Public Health along with Black Cat Productions, premiered on Channel 50 (WPWR – TV) on Sunday, April 22 at 8:00 p.m. The drama is set in Chicago and focuses on preventing HIV/ AIDS transmission among African-American, gay men. This is the first film that brings attention to gay relationships in the African-American community. Continued Area college students unite for poetry In celebration of National Poetry Month, Jennifer Grutzmacher represented Columbia at the second annual Citywide Undergraduate Poetry Festival on April 12. The festival was held in Columbia’s music hall and included students from 11 Chicago-area schools including the School of the Art Institute and the University of Chicago. Over 100 people turned out to see what Chicago’s writing community had to offer. Continued Cuban officials visit Columbia In an effort to promote the upcoming International Youth Conference that will take place in Havana, Cuba this July, Yanelis Martinez and Professor Javier Duenas visited Columbia to discuss “Youth In Cuba Today.” The discussion was co-sponsored by Professor Carmelo Esterrich, who teaches in the Liberal Education department at Columbia. Continued More colleges requiring assesment for graduates Seniors at public colleges and universities throughout the state, will be picking up their pencils one last time before putting on caps and gowns because of an Illinois Board of Higher Education initiative (IBHE). By 2004, the IBHE is requiring state schools to have assessment plans to determine if seniors really know what their degrees say they do. Continued
The Columbia College Association of Black Journalists (CCABJ) held its annual Media Mixer in the Hokin last Tuesday. Continued Students create global campaign Columbia partakes in Midwest DaimlerChrysler assignment For the first time in it’s history, college students who participate in the American Advertising Federation’s (AAF) National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) are being asked to create a global campaign for DaimlerChrysler. Continued Also Inside This weeks's News & Notes Back to top | Home Web Team: Sal J. Barry & James Norman The Columbia Chronicle is a student produced publication of Columbia College Chicago and does not necessarily represent, in whole or in part, the views of Columbia College administrators, faculty or students. |
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