Tag Archives: chicago

Honoring Leonard Nimoy

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Calley Nelson

To honor the passing of Leonard Nimoy, the actor famous for his role as Mr. Spock on Star Trek, the Archives searched for the footage of his visit to Columbia College Chicago in 1980.  Some of the video skips in parts, but most … Continue reading →

Posted in Columbia College | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Columbia College Chicago may inundate paper scheduling for winter semester

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Calley Nelson

Scheduling classes is a less tedious process today than it was in the 70s, but it’s about to get harder. Imagine you are in your senior year at Columbia College, only it’s not 2014: it’s 1974. You’ve been through the … Continue reading →

Posted in Columbia College | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Student Perspective: On Social Media

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Calley Nelson

How do you convince the internet to read what you have to say? Do you need a witty, attention grabbing title? Do you intersperse your posts with gifs to keep the interest of your audience, but wonder if your audience … Continue reading →

Posted in Columbia College, student perspective | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

New Expression

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Columbia College Archives

A study done in 1974 showed that urban minority students were underrepresented and lacked a place to express themselves. This led a woman named Sister Ann Heintz, a Chicago teacher, to found Youth Communication, a non-profit organization, in 1976. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Columbia College | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Creative Writing Department: 1998

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Calley Nelson

The archives has a collection of Oral Histories from 1998 featuring the Creative Writing Department and faculty. Here are some notable excerpts from the interviews. You can read more of each Oral History by clicking on the name of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Columbia College | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Student Perspective: Chicago Winter

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Calley Nelson

I bet you my job that you cannot go one day on campus without talking to at least one person about the weather. Given that this winter has been one of the worst in Chicago in over a century, I … Continue reading →

Posted in College Life, Columbia College, student perspective | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Student Perspective: My Crazy Finals Week

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Calley Nelson

Somewhere in the making of modern academia it became common for every assignment, every test and every speech to be due on the same week. This pressure seems to accumulate during the days leading up to finals where you find … Continue reading →

Posted in College Life, Columbia College, student perspective | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Oldest Item in the Archives: The Voice of Phi Sigma

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Columbia College Archives

The oldest item we have here in the College Archives is an issue of “The Voice of Phi Sigma” from 1879. Although Phi Sigma wasn’t directly involved with Columbia College, they are dedicated to public speaking and is the oldest … Continue reading →

Posted in Manuscript Collections | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Columbia College Memory Project

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Columbia College Archives

Memory: 1. the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information. 2. something remembered from the past; a recollection. 3. the part of a computer in which data or program instructions can be stored for retrieval. Share your favorite Columbia related moments … Continue reading →

Posted in College Life, Columbia College | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Columbia’s True School Colors

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Columbia College Archives

School colors have been a topic of discussion among new students these past few weeks.  A group of friends in the Plymouth common area were discussing this topic on over sized beanbags one rainy afternoon. “I swear it’s periwinkle and gray.” “Actually, a professor told … Continue reading →

Posted in College Life, Columbia College | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment