F.Y.Exploration- Cozie's Cage
This Blog is for all of You, First Year Commuters. As Exploration Leaders, its our job to make sure you get the full Columbia College Chicago Experience that we are all entitled to. Every week I'll be updating you with events and important information about the happenings in Chicago and Columbia. So check in right here a few times a month so you can make sure you are up-to-date!
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Date: Apr 4, 2012 Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: Film Row Cinema, 1104 S. Wabash, 8th Floor
The Film & Video Department presents a juried festival showcasing the best of beginning film classes. Reception, screening and awards presentation follows. Finalists for Moving Image Production I: “Lily” by Absolute Zero, “Apart” by Zandeep Productions, “What Happens When It Stops” by JAXE Productions, “Tough Love” by Brad Poglitsch, “Rejected Love” by Dalton Garrett, and, Moving Image Production II: “Diner Goats” by Taylor White and Morgan Bass, “Pinky Promise” by Al Benoit, “Foundations Of A Man” by Shiri Burson and Brittany Adams, “People Over Profit” by Jessica Mattison, “From One Extreme” by Mike McCaughn, “Genesis” by Jonathan Sherman.
Are you looking for a perfect way to show off how talented of a musician you are? Looking to get $3,000 if you win 1st place? Don’t forget to audition for SPB’S Biggest Mouth! Auditions are taking place THIS WEEK for the music competition that is held at the METRO in Chicago! For more information go to the facebook event page to find out the specifics!
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Summer and Fall 2012 Registration begins on Monday, March 19th
It’s that time of year again… Registration begins on March 19th for continuing degree-seeking students for both summer and fall registration. In the past, summer and fall registration were two separate dates, but this year students can register for both concurrently. Fancy!
students.colum.edu/news/2012/03/summer-and-fall-2012-registration/
Tunnel of Oppression
Date: Mar 15, 2012 Time: 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM
location: Multicultural Affairs | 618 S. Michigan Ave., 4th floor
One Tribe, Multicultural Affairs’ social justice student collective, presents the Tunnel of Oppression, an interactive campus diversity initiative. As Tunnel participants move through a series of rooms, they are presented with interactive skits, videos, sounds, images, and role-playing designed to raise awareness of acts of oppression that exist globally and in our U.S. society.
Tours begin at 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8pm on both March 14 and 15. To sign up for a tour time for groups, classes, or individuals, visit http://colum.edu/tunnel or email OneTribe@colum.edu.
Semester in LA Information Sessions
http://www.colum.edu/semesterinla
Date: Mar 14, 2012 Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
location: Film Row Cinema, 1104 S. Wabash, Rm 801A
Come learn more about Semester in LA!
This Friday, February 24th we will be going to Buddy Guys blues bar and restaurant for a FREE all-ages afternoon show of Guy King. We will be meeting in the lobby of 731 S. Plymouth Court building at 11:15 am and heading to Buddy Guys. (700 South Wabash Ave. Chicago, IL 60605) If you have class just meet us at Buddys the show goes until 2:00pm.
Biggest Mouth Auditions: Day 1
Date: Mar 7, 2012 Time: 2:00 PM
First audition day for SPB’s annual music contest Biggest Mouth!
Study Abroad Fair http://colum.edu/studyabroad
Mar 6, 2012 Time: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Come meet and talk with study abroad program providers, Columbia program representatives, international organizations and past study abroad students to learn about the various options around the world that are available to you!
WHEN: Tuesday, March 6 from 11am-3pm
WHERE: Stage Two, 618 S. Michigan, 2nd floor
Study abroad is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel, learn and live in a foreign country. You can earn college credit and use your Title IV (FAFSA) awards to help pay for approved study abroad programs.
BigArt Spring Break Informational Meeting colum.edu/bigart
Date: Mar 2, 2012 Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Help make art with Chicago Public School students & other community members and see how you can contribute to something BIG. You will have the opportunity to spend a week doing service and making art, while working with Chicago Public School students at Sabin Magnet School in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago. You can work on forming your creative posse and giving back, and discovering who you are as an artist too. We’ll even throw in lunch each day. Stop by this informational meeting to find out more and get your questions answered.
Visit colum.edu/bigart to sign up. BigArt is open to first-year undergraduate students only.
