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This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Alumni at Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. It has been accepted for inclusion in Alumni Newsletters by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. Duff's Legacy: Columbia poised for... When Columbia presidentJohn Black Music Research, the upgrade and expand equipment Columbia's mission, and to the Duff retires this September after Columbia College Chicago Center and improve internal technology to best interest of our students," said eight years, he will have left an for Book and Paper Arts and the enable the entire college Duff. "Columbia's gTeatest strengtl1 enviable legacy. Under his Museum of Contemporary community to be connected. is its nlission, to help our students leadership Columbia College Photography are recognized as Academically, Columbia has 'author tl1e culture of their times.' Chicago has emerged as the largest highlights of our city's cultural life expanded its options and degree Our market niche and noble sense and most comprehensive arts, A positive temperament and programs and lau nched its division of purpose are our greatest assets. media and communications college relish for challenges have of continuing education (Columbia We must never lose sight of tl1ese in the country. characterized Dr. Duff's career at 2), which recently partnered with pillars that provide the foundation Today, Columbia boasts a Columbia. In addressing the the department of Alumni for our proud history." campus serving 9,000 students and Columbia family, Duff said he was Relations to create the Congntulations and best a physical presence of 650,000 most proud of the growth in size, Alumni College. wishes, Dr. Duff! square feet. A residence hall, new distinction and role of faculty. Given all of its activities, film stage facilities, new homes for "Our growing reputation allows us Columbia remains financially the Music, English and Radio to continually attract faculty with stable and its future is linlltless. Departments and the Dance nati onal reputations and widely Enrolhnent has increased steadily-­ Center are milestones that mark recognized skills and talents," said thirty-six percent over the last ten Duff's tenure. In addition, Duff. .. "Working artists and years. And all of this -importantly Chicago's historic Ludington communicators, whose passion for - in the context of an open Building on South Wabash was their professions is matched only admissions college, a rare Re: Columbia acquired and now houses a gallery, by their passion for teaching." tiling indeed. No. 26/Spring-Summer 2000 the Center for Book and Paper Along with its increased Columbia's list of Biannual publication sent free of charge to alumni and friends Arts and in short time will house facilities, unprecedented student accomplishments under John Duff of Columbia College Chicago the Film/Video Department. enrollment and an increased staff-to­ goes on and on. With characteristic A The College continues to student ratio, Columbia under generosity Duff credits the support critically acclaimed John Duff's leadership signilicantly collective Columbia conununity for John B. Duff activities: DanceA.frica, the Chicago upgraded its infrastructure. The the college's success. "It is the A COL~ Jazz Ensemble, the Center for college invested $15 million to abiding commitment we all share to The Future

Columbia's visibility on the visibility. This is true for older and networking so important? national and world stage. We have recent graduates. At Berklee, Networking is perhaps the most a great product and we need to alumni played a large role in crucial component of professional celebrate that. keeping enrollment healthy and in success and you 've got to work at T he second is increasing raising the stature of the institu tion. it. You don't walk out of school and Columbia's endowment so that we When you were on campus for step into a job, especially in the have the funds to do the things we your interviews and arts. You are your own cottage want to do. presentations, you spoken industry. All along the way, Third, we want to enhance often about the role of artists com1ections matter. At Columbia, communications across a!! !111 th~ f!lo!Jal ~mmmm!ty. Can 'IS ntn· a h1 mni duTJb t·he ladder, departments, so that we're all you elaborate? tl1ey are taking other alums with working toward the same goal and People dunk of Hollywood as the them. On some movie sets, it's not the right hand knows what the left epicenter of the entertainment uncommon to see five or ten

Warrick L. Carter is doing. industry. But in reality, tenfold Columbia graduates employed by a Finally, we have to more movies are produced in Columbia alumnus who's "made On September 1, 2000, Warrick L. aggressively reach out to the arts Bombay, India, than in H ollywood. it." The fact that so many of our Carter will become president of and communications industries to There is a 40-billion industry there. faculty are working professionals Columbia College Chicago. Carter continue to broadcast our successes So, as an institu tion that creates with in-depth knowledge of tl1eir and develop partnerships that serve and nurtu res artists, we are not respective fields can also mean that was the former director of the needs of our students, faculty talking to ourselves, we're our students have a head start entertainment arts for Walt Disney and alumni. communicating with the world. when seeking employment. Entertainment, where he headed a Everything you mentioned There are vast opportunities What do you want to see department that recruits and tTains goes hand in hand. What role internationally for our students and happen in the area of alumni a corps of 20,000 performers and do alumni play in your vision? we need to more fu lly develop relations at Columbia? technicians. Carter was Alumni are critical factors in our those global relationships through I'd like to see alumni actively unanimously elected president by success. One of my primary goals exchange programs for faculty involved all stages of a student's Columbia College's board of will be to develop ways in which and students. experience at Columbia, from tl1e trustees and will serve a four- alumni are always reconnecting Columbia alumni are recruitment of new students to the year term. with Columbia. This means increasingly located not just mentoring of recent graduates. Carter has a rich history in increasing our communication with on the West Coast in large Second, we need to really academia, serving fo r 12 years as them using all available tools, be it numbers, but also in the East work at expanding opportunities through events and special projects, and Southeast. How do we for alumni to tell their own stories, Dean of Faculty and later as electronically through our Web site stay connected with them? be it in small hamlets or on the Provost/Vice President of or through our alumni newsletter. We need to develop alumni national or global stage. Alumni are Academic Affairs at Berklee Alumni need to be kept apprised of chapters in cities wherever our best advertising. College of Music, the world's noteworthy developments Columbia alumni live and work. Third, we need to expand largest independent school of concerning Columbia on a regu lar T hese chapters could serve as relationships with the businesses music. At Berklee, Carter basis. And conversely, we need to welcoming agents for new that employ Columbia almruli; administered the largest portion of know about them so that we can Columbia grads and as they can be a source of financial the college's $70 million annual continuously celebrate ambassadors for the institution and and in-kind support for the budget and served as a member of their successes. its faculty, recruiting students and institution and the college's the President's Cabinet Berklee uses its alumni in developing a donor base beyond endeavors in the community and Council. creative ways. How did alumni our immediate backyard . Alumni at large. Carter is also a composer, jazz remain connected to Berklee? are without doubt the best word-of­ Last, we want to let alumni At Berklee, alumni relations was a mouth for what we do, by virtue of know how important they are to percussionist and director of two top priority. We worked hand-in­ tl1eir own successes. us. This means consistently Internet startup companies. glove with alumni and faculty. We Columbia recently started an communicating with alumni and Carter talks withJeryl Levin, brought in 100 alumni "Alumni Network" that providing opportunities to involve Director of Alumni Relations, representatives annually for provides services to alumni, alumni at all levels in the college's about his vision for the college and training sessions to bring them up that plugs them into relevant growth. the integral role alumni play in to date on developments in the programming at the college moving forward the premier arts, school. They in turn had the and aims to keep everyone media and communication college knowledge base to act as connected through the in the United States. ambassadors for the school in their Internet, continuing What do you hope to respective communities. education, and people-to­ accomplish at Columbia? Alumni can tell their own stories in people projects and As I see it, there are four their own voice, and I see them as activities. In your own challenges. T he first is to increase the catalyst to increase the college's experiences, why is Around Columbia People, Places Be Events

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Re: Columbia Alum Charles Rudnick, John Schultz and Linda Allen Turner, Donna LaP ietra and Peter Hanig at No. 26/ Spring-Summer 2000 Rudnic k at t he Fict ion Writ ing Department's t he Paul Berger Arts Entrepreneurship Awards "City of Story, City of Jazz" benefit at t he Mid· luncheon at the Moulin Rouge in the Fairmont Day Cl ub. Hot el. M anaging Editor Jeryl Levin, director, Alumni Relations Cont ributing Editors Carol Bryant Will iam (Bi ll ) Cellini, Jr. Mary Claire Mathews Kathy Millard Gillian Moore Kathrene Wales Contributi ng Writ ers Norman Alexandroff Patty Mackenzie Shin Yu Pai Aaron Vanek Michael Wojcik Contributing Ph otographers AOL's Steve Case (left), was the man of the hour Buddy DeFran o ( and Bill Russo at the Former Chicago meteorologist Jim Ti lmon and the Thurston Coleman and keynote speaker at the 1999 Chicago Chicago Jazz En semble Benefit Brunch at t he TV department's Ed Morris at t he March Tribute William Frederking Communications 25th Ann iversary benefit Green Dolphin St. Jazz Cafe honoring Ed's contributions to t he fields of Bob Kusel luncheon.Case is pictured with trustee Trust ees t elevision and educat ion, at the Chicago Alton B. Harris, Chair Tony Weisman. Hist orical Society. Fay Hartog Levin, Vice Chair William L. Hood , Treasurer Lerone Bennett Jr., Secretary Dr. John B. Duff, President El len Stone Be lie William (Bi ll) Cellini, Jr. Madeleine K.B. Condit Karen Lee Copeland All an R. Drebin J.S. Fuerst Ru ss Gibb Tiffani Kim Griffith Mary Louise Haddad Pame la J. Hami lton Joan W. Harris Ron na Hertfield Frank J. Heffron Don Jackson Tom Kallen Or. Katherine E. Keough Ka ren F. Ki zer Bill Ku rtis Focus On: Nancy Tom, Founder, Gloria Lehr Averi ll Leviton Ambassador Thom as P. Melady Howard Mendelsohn Center for Asian Arts and Media Sa muel E. Pfeffer Kay L. Pick Shore of Chicago. Back then, we were but also on the work of Asi

    activdies at the center} Islander populations in the U.S., the Woodie T. White and I wanted to encourage more to showcase Asians performing at We're also pl

    Tom Schnecke Manager, Technical Operations and Production Services, NBC 5 Chicago Whether it's making sure he's got that extra spotlight operator for Jenny Jones or cleaning up the cameras from a Jeny Spnnger Show food fight, it's all in a day's work for 1om Sclmecke. As manager ofTeclmical Operations and Production Services for NBC 5 Chicago, 1om makes sure you see and hear the news. His morning starts with a check of the previous night and a recap of the entire broadcast day. Then, depending on what shows are taping, Tom irons out last minute Burt Levy production needs and the scheduling of Author, Race Car Driver, more than 50 engineers and tech staff Entrepreneur that keeps NBC Channel 5 on the air Burt Levy had two romantic dreams: to in Chicago. drive great racing cars and to Wl-ite Sclmecke, 40, has been at NBC 5 great novels. The witmer of more than Chicago for 26 years, though he hardly 70 races and eight championships, Burt looks 30 himself. From 1985-1988, he also Wlites regular colunU1S for two was d1e engineer and producer of national racing magazines. But when he Chicago Bulls Radio, then owned by went to publish Ius first novel, The Last NBC. Though Tom had been honing Open Road, tl1e story of young New his radio skills since high school, when Jersey mecl1rulic Buddy Palumbo who the network sold its radio stations in finds love both on and off the o·a.ck, 1988, Sclmecke decided lo 'just about every major Liction attend CoiLUnbia. publisher in Manhattan" turned him "ChannelS would have trained down. So Burt started Ius own me to operate any piece of equipment, compru1y, Think Fast Ink, which but I wanted an edge, so I chose published 1ne Last OjJt'll Road in 1999; Columbia;' he says. And Schnecke it's now u1 its fourtl1 hardcover printing. liked the flexibility he had as a student As his own publisher, Burt was at Co!LUTibia, which allowed 11in1 to able to give his product the attention no work willie attending college. He went ma.insu·erun publisher affords a fu·st on to get his mas ters in radio, television novel about racu1g. Burt took to tl1e and Lilm Ji·om Northwestern. Mar,; Cole Founder, Dance COLEective road, so to speak, engaging in some olJ Tllis summer 1om's overseeing tl1e wall advertising and promotional the building and installation of an entire "Lovely and expressive." That's how campaigns like hanging posters for i.he new scl for the Jeny Springer Show, Sun-Times dance ctitic, Hcdy Weiss, book above uru1als in racetracks. That which involves meeting with the described Margi's work in a recent was one way to ensure a captive producer and designer, scheduling the performance of "Through Night as audience, Burt says, and it must have stage hands and overseeing the full on­ Long as Rain" atlhc Athenaeum worked. The Last Open Road was picked site c.:rrpenter shop. He's also prepping Theatre. up by St. Mru·tin's press and is now a for NBC Olympic coverage dlls fall . Cole manages and petfom1S in the genuine cult classic on d1e motorsports Sclmecke hails from Hoffman Dance COLEctivc, a company she ru1d classic car racing scene. Estates and attended Hoffm

    Coast-to-Coast cum laude from William Mitchell '87 College of Law in 1998, after he Alumni Roundup Mike Galiatsatos is account completed his undergrad work in manager at Grey Direct, a journalism at Columbia. '46 subsidiary of Grey Advertising in New York. J.C. Wolfenberger is corporate '94 secretary-treasurer at Masonic Frank Hanes is founder and Blake Coglianese is art Temple Foundation Inc., a president of Big Shoulders Digital director at Epic Interactive. Knoxville-based fraternal Video Productions. charitable organization that helps Patricia Lee is a media buyer at the disabled lead full, active lives. John litis Associates, a Chicago '88 public relations and Arnie Bernstein guest starred marketing firm. '77 at Columbia's Alumni Network Bill Dahl was awarded the 1999 dinner, where he entertained Keeping The Blues Alive Award '95 guests with a video presentation of Chester Greg·ory recently for Journalism from the Hollywood on Lalw Michigan: 100 Chris McCauley exhibited her work at the First Annual Alumn i Invitational, June 12, portrayed singerJackie Wilson, in Memphis-based Blues yean qf'Chicago and the Movies. at the Ludington Building's Glass Cu rtain Gallery. Foundation. A freelance music My Hearl is Crying, Crying, the Based on Arnie's book of the same Jackie Wilmn Story, produced by writer, focusing on blues and roots name, the video and Arnie's music, his work is routinely The Black Ensemble commentary revealed Theatre Company. published in the Chicago Reader Hollywood's fickle, yet enduring, and Living Blues magazine. love affair with Chicago. Richard Izui was profiled in the Jay Robinson is director of photography journal A SMP 's Richard Bental is financial operations at Buffalo Grove-based Lupe. lzui, whose clients include advisor at the Naperville office of Corvision Media Inc., which Ford Motor Company, GM and Waddell & Reed. produces and distributes Mobil, recently built a two-wall cyclorama in his Evanston studio corporate training videos for Mary Janninick is currently business and government clients. that can accommodate cars and director of product development other large-scale objects. at Itasca-based Enesco '78 Corporation, a worldwide Donna Jagielski is a dance Shirley Madlock was elected to giftware wholesaler. specialist for the Andrew Cooke the board of the Maywood Fine Magnet School in Waukegan. She Arts Association. She also teaches '89 is also founder of the dance a gospel aerobics course at the William A.J. Golonski company, 98.6 Fahrenheit. Author Arnie Bernstein (Hollywood on Lake Michigan) wrote the book on "Our Rock of Ages Baptist Church and received the Fran/1 and Lillian Town's" claim to fame. He was guest speaker at the April Alumni Network dinner. works full-time in corporate sales Gilbreth Industrial Engineering '96 at Cellular One. Award, sponsored by the Institute Gary Guzman (Columbia class of Industrial Engineering. The valedictorian) recently won the '79 award recognizes individuals who London International Advertising Greg Legan is executive director have distinguished themselves by Award for composing the music of the Carterville-basedJohn A. contributing to hu.mankind entitled "Midnight Thunder," for Logan College Foundation, through the usc of Gatorade. Guzman is staff - loeatea in Camerville-llliaois,---:- ....• ln9J.\~lria\ cngi»e!;ring. _,.._- , c _ pro.ducer . and· composer. at ·.spaiik~·­ Music and Sound Design. Clients Bill Rodman earned his second include Coca-Cola, McDonald's, '81 Suncoast Emmy award for Quaker and Firestone Barbara Martin is a color writing a documentary entitled supervisor at Perfect Image Inc, a lberville, After the Red Stick. The Michael Wojcik is grants custom photo lab. documentary recounts the manager at Near North Health modem-day commemoration of a Services Corporation, a '85 canoe trip that French explorer community health center lbcrvillc took from Baton Rouge in Chicago. Ray Ives is president oflncite to the Golf of Mexico, 300 years Creative, an award-winning Alums Kathy Millard (bottom second left) and Robert Kusel (top center left) on a ago. Rodman currently works as a Internet development company, photo shoot for the "Fashion Columbia 2000" scholarship benefit feature/ special projects reporter, '97 whose clients include Motorola, producer, photographer and Matt Lo Cascio is broadcast Great Lakes Credit Union, editor at WAPB Television in producer at WTIW-Channcl11. Stadteck and Spcedscan, among Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His first others. Ray's company created Michael Madina is engineer at Suncoast Emmy was for his doc pro-bono the site for OC Midwest Visual Communications, "China: In Search of a Cure." Awarc.com, which works to which sells and services increase funding for ovarian audio-visual equipment. cancer research. '90 Ray Torres is Web designer at John Detwiler is Web DDB Digital. Vincent Verdooren is group technology coordinator at lTD creative director at Burrell Commodities Inc. Bernadette Shanahan is Communications Group. promotions and advet1ising '91 coordinator at WCIU, Chicago's '86 Carol Lee Lott coordinates Channcl26. Joan Hammel is president of rehearsal and performance for the Paxton Productions, a firm that Chicago Symphony Orchestra. '98 Weisman scholarship winner Josh Rubenstein took this photo of Geoffrey Watts, a markets promotional products. monumental figure in the CTA performance community. Rubinstein parlayed his Sarah Garcia is benefits sc holarship winnings to create Gaia, a photomagazine featuring his work. Lucho Castilla is president and '92 consultant at the Elmwood Park leader of Island Dreams, a Brett Liljegren is account office of AFLAC Insurance. multiethnic ensemble of Chicago­ executive at Meyer & Wallis, a Carla Mutone is automotive based musicians specializing in communications firm advertising representative at the Latin, Caribbean andJazz music. headquartered in Milwaukee, WI. Chicago Ti-ibune. Group members have performed and recorded with such legends as Carol Havlik is box-office Linda Solotaire is executive Frank Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie, manager with the Naples Players director of the Village Loom, an , and in Florida. Evanston nonprofit that collects . true stories from Evanston residents, which arc adapted into John Watanabe is the on­ '93 plays using local talent. camera co-host and play-by-play Steven Tipler joined announcer for the English Fredrickson & Byron, a language Frontier Martial Arts Minneapolis law firm. Tipler is a '99 fVreslling, Japanese pro wrestling member of the firm's Mergers & Anastasia Athen-Stothoff is home video series and pay-per­ Acquisitions, Coq>oratc & art director at the Sherwood view events. Commercial, Business & Tax Law Group. a association management and Securities groups. He company. in Northbrook. Donald Weiss is director of previously served as the judicial community relations fot· the clerk for Minnesota Supreme Village of Addison. Court Justice Russell A. Anderson. He graduated magna of Your Times

    52 Millimeter, a design studio that through his own Nitestar Home '00 creates Web sites and paint and Video (www. Nitestar.com). The Josh Rubinstein was profiled motion graphics for clients cast also includes Colum Alums on 's Artbeat Chicago. He including the National Hockey Kevin Leadingham, Lisa earned a $3,000 Albert Weisman League and MTV Online. Nowicki and Sam Schorr. Scholarship from Columbia, which he parlayed to create the '95 '93 '94 photo magazine, Gaia. Dan Strickland was panelist Kenny Young' ('93) and Carl for "Thinking of Making the Seaton, Jr. ('94) shot their first more... Switch? Negotiating the New feature film, which took the top Joseph Drosset is vice Media Employment Market," two awards at the Acapulco Film president of Business held at NBC's Rockefeller Plaza. festival. One week, chronicles the Development at SEI New week prior to the marriage of a Ventures Group in Oak Brook. '96 man who discovers he might have Tom Popps short story, contracted HIV. Produced by their Devin McKenna is account "Terracotta," was published in the company, Griot Filmworks, One executive at Middleberg & Assoc., March 2000 issue of Velocity week won Best U.S. Film and the a NYC-based pr firm. She works "New Media" guru Dan Strickland at Columbia's East Coast alumni dinner, held in Magazine. Joe Meno's story Lincoln Filmmakers Trophy. exclusively with dot.com clients NYC at the Williams College Club, in December 1999. "Bustle in the Window" was Young and Seton plan to premier including Delias.com and accepted by Tn"-O!,wrterly and his their film at the Chicago sesamestreet.com. online serial fiction, "The Secret International Film Festival Hand," is currently running on in October. Playboy.com. Deborah Grant, '98 Chris McCauley, Timothy Nicole Emmons is assistant '96 Ripley and John Lustig animator at Nickelodeon Kevin Leadingham treated exhibited their fine works at the Animation Studios New York. She Columbia to the Chicago premier First Annual Alumni Invitational, works on the children's show of his doc A Refugee and Me. June 12, at the Ludington "Little Hill," a digital cartoon. Building' s Glass Refugee recounts the experience of Curtain Gallery. Elaine Equi Kathleen Saalfeld is a Burmese-Karen refugee Tway was awarded the Poetry Center graduate student at the New York Thongdee's futile quest for an Book Award of San Francisco School of Visual Arts, majoring in identity card to allow him to work State University for her seventh sculpture. fm· a living wage in Thailand. poetry collection VOICE-0 VER, Leadingham's film is a published by Coffee House Hooks Diana Sanchez lives in provocative exploration of of Minneapolis. Brooklyn, NY, where she identity, nationalism and the promotes Spanish rock and wm·ks friendship that develops between as a graphic designer. the filmmaker - a native of the East Coast North Shore - and the '58 West Coast rootless 1bongdee. Fraser Head is president of '78 more... Arena Television Management Charlie Carner wrote and Andy Hill was music supervisor on Disney's Annie, which aired on Services Inc., a Connecticut-based directed Who Killed Atlanta\ company that designs and installs Children?, a Showtime feature ABC. He also supervised and video and-broadcast facilities ~tarring]amcs Bclu;hi and • producl.'d the origirtal songs for Sony's The Advmtun'.\ Elmo in Gumbo-Irons) in arenas and Gregory Hines. Fellow alums r!f stadiums across the U.S. Michael Goi (director of Grouchland. which was among the Grammy nominees tor nest photography), Mark Leif Musical Album for Children. '83 (editor) and Al Magliochetti Husband and wife team of Jeff JoAnn Della-Giustina, who (main titles and visual effects) also Roberts and Katherine helped to coordinate Columbia's worked on the project. Mueller headed to LA after NYC alumni event in December, wrapping lnterlight Pictures' '99, is pursuing a Ph.D. in '80 Chicago production of Drivm. criminal justice. In .July she will Michael Goi traveled eight starring Keanu Reeves and James Kevin Leadingham (left) with friend Tway Thongdee. Kevin's film, A Refugee and Me, present a paper entitled countries on four continents in two Spader. Jeff was camet"a operator documents the Burmese-Karen monk 's elusive searc h for a Thai identity card. "Domestic Violence; Comparisons months to complete a four-minute and Katherine camera assistant. of Russia and Nicorogwa," in promotional film tor Nortel Steve Pink and D.V. Bologna, Italy. Communications, which was DeVincentis co-wrote the shown at the Telecom '99 screenplay for High Resolution, '84 convention in Geneva, starringJohn Cusak. Uoth Tia Tibbitts-Levinson is Switzerland. marked their feature film writing currently managing director of debut with Grosse Pointe Blank Susan Marshal & Company, a '87 which they co-wrote with Cusak NYC-based dance company. and TomJankiewicz. Cynthia Pusheck was featured in Variety:~ "50 to Watch." She also '89 won an Artistic Achievement In Memoriam She1·elle Harris heads the Award from the International Columbia alumna Hillary children's library at the South Photographers Guild for the short Kalish died onJune 7. An Norwalk Connecticut film, One Hand Ltji. extraordinary women, Hillary Public Library. lived to accomplish her dream of '88 graduating with honors in 1995. The late Hillary Kallish (right) with Hillary R. Kall ish Scholarship coordinator, Pattie She went on to fulfill her next Mackenzie. Hillary founded the sc holarship to benefit medically and financially Cary Noren is manager of '91 goal, which was to help select challe students. marketing and advertising at Kevin Mann is senior art Columbia College students to Warner Brothers. director at Comgroup, a Syracuse receive a unique scholarship. based advertising agency that The Hillary R. Kalish serves communication and '90, 91 Scholarship has been awarded technology firms. Bob Teitel ('90) and George each year since 1996 to help Blair Rainey is collection Tillman. ('91) creators of the medically and financially assistant at the Uuhl Foundation. movie Soul Food, have adapted challenged students complete their The foundation collects and their screenplay into a television undergraduate degrees. After she preserves photographs of human series for Showtime. The duo's graduated, Hillary helped to select hands, among other things. Every new movie, Nm:ry Diver, staring up to three award recipients each year who demonstrate courage year Rainy helps select photos to Robert D eNiro and Cuba be included in its annual calendar. GoodingJr., is scheduled for and determination to fulfill August release. their dreams. Hillary is survived by her '93 Jerry Vasilatos. president of parents, Nedra and Ron, her Travis Roozee works for an Columbia's West Coast Alumni brother, Geoff, his wife, Michele, independent photographer on Association, released the video, and her nephews, Hen and Eli. assignments for Vanity Fai1; People The Blair Witch Reject.~. a parody For more information on how and GQ.magazines. on the hit independent film. you can help, please call Pattie at

    Vasilatos wrote, produced, 312/344-81340 directed and edited the spoof. now '94 available on Amazon.com and Marilyn Devedjiev is owner of Dance Fiction Writing ___l !:.)_....., ... _p .r ( ,~ I ·1r 'l Jan Erkert has been invited to Hair Ti-iggeT 21 was awarded a choreograph a work for four Silver Crown from the Columbia r1 · 1 ., j ~I f)_.llJJl.()J~t Minneapolis artists inJ uly 2001. University Scholastic Press Shirley Mordine will conduct Association in March, and placed Academic Computing a series of workshops for in the top four of more tl1 an 200 Andrea Polli finished an artist's professional and pre-professional magazines entered. Carson Becker residency at the Center for dance sLUdents and is working has been commissioned by the Research in the Computing Arts at with Wade Roberts (Fiction Goodman Theater to write the U nivcrsity of California San Writingnelevision) on developin g "By the Music oftl1e Spheres"- a Diego. T his summer she will a course that melds dance, writing, project for hearing and deaf produce pause, a largc·scale public and tcclmology. Anna Paskevska actors-with Chicago playwright art project, as an artist-in-residence produced a CD for ballet class with David Barr. Phyllis Eisenstein's at the Chicago Cultural Center pianist Olga Meyer and a video for short story, "T he Island in the with grants from the Mid-Atlantic instruction en pointe for Princeton Lake," was nominated for the Arts Council and Ameritech. Books. Tlus summer she will Nebula Award given annually by Ronn Pitts, Columbia teacher, The Ronn Pitts Film/Video teach master classes for the the Science Fiction and Fantasy veteran filmmaker and civil rights Scholarship Fund will support Art & Design National Ballet of Uruguay and the Writers of America. Gary Johnson documentor, broke the all-white High School Summer Institute Ma.-io Castillo's study of naguals University ofTaipei-Taiwan. Kevin received a Silver Reel Award for his ftlm industry barrier more than 40 scholarships, full-time (s hamans) in 1J.exican folklore Rechner was the lighting director story, "Wrongful Convictions years ago. Today, he is giving undergraduate scholarships and (pictured) is included in the Davis for the world premiere of Akira & the Death Penalty," at the New others tl1e chance to shine wit.h a "Semester in LA" scholarships. publication :plon'ng Colored Penal. Kasai's Ti.nctum 2'at the Dance Orleans convention of the San scholarship fund established in Friends and alumni of the Kay Hartmann's logo for cee3, a Center. Deborah Siegel performed Francisco-based National his name. college are working witl1 Pitts to design group dedicated to serving her dance and text piece "Scraps & Federation of Community True to tl1e gentle and make the dream a reality. A kick­ not-for-profit arts groups, was Stitches/Scribbles & Dreams" as Broadcasters. Eric May and generous character of Ron Pitts off event to jump start the fund will recently chosen for design part of the Here & There Prqjecl at Patricia McNair Lewis have been (and Columbia College's mission) be held in Los Angeles this fall. excellence and inclusion in Amenean Link's Hall. Richard Woodbury named associate faculty at the the veteran filmmaker, mentor and For more information on tl1e Corporate Irkntity/16. The group is composed music for the Broadway Stonecoast Writers' Conference teacher has established a Ronn Pitts Scholarship Fund, led by Hartmarm and Rich Zeid production of O 'Neill's A Mo011joT this summer at the University of scholarsllip fund to aid those please call Kathrene Wales with three recent Columbia the Misbegotten. He is culTently Southern Maine. talented and motivated students at 312/344-7625. graduates as designers. Max King working on a new score for a dance who want an education in film Cap will take part in a gToup choreographed by Rebecca Lazier Film/Video and video. painting exhibition at the Barrister and a score/sound design for an Doreen Bartoni presented Gallery in New Orleans. Thomas Adler Planetarium sky show on "Looking at the Standard Plum received a Community Arts Pawnee Indian cosmology. lntl'Oductory Film Course from a Assistance Program Grant from the Production Angle," in March at the City of Chicago, to fund work in Dance Therapy Society for Cinema Studies 2000 sonic art and for studio time at the Susan Imus presented a survey of Conference in Chicago. Charlie Chicago-based Experimental the contemporary dance scene at Celander 's book Chicago's South Sound Studio. the Newberry Library as part of Shore, was published in December the program Chicago Dance: Past by Arcadia as part of the "Images Center for Black and Present. of America" series. It features Music Research photos taken or collected by his Johann Buis was a continuing Early Childhood late fad1er of the South Shore lecturer in the Chicago Symphony Education neighborhood between the late Orchestra's pre-concert lecture Carol Ann Stowe and Sujata 1800s and the 1960s. Dan series in March. Stop-Time, under Verma (Math Department) Dinello's story, "Global Multiplex: the direction ofT. S. Galloway, received a grant to work as an Next-Generation Entcrtaimn cnt presented free community-based interdisciplinary team and develop Web Sites Bring a New Wave of lecture demonstrations at a course, "Brain Basics: H ealtl1 and Short Films to Your Desktop," Providence-St. Mel High School, Development of Young Children," appeared in the Chicago Sidney Smith Gordon and Enid Long (top left) and Sam Pfeffer and Dr. David Solomon 'E·ibzme. (top right) were recently honored as Lifetime Trustees. They are pictured with the Field Museum, Malcolm X to be ofTcred next fal l. Ted Hardin has made two ftlms, college board chair Alton Harris and president John B. Duff. Dr. Zafra Lerman (bottom left) head of Columbia's Institute for Sc ience Education, received t he White College, and the DuSablc Museum Fire rfLjfl and Humanity. Michael House's Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering of Ali:ican American History. Rabiger gave workshops on Mentoring in Washington DC on December 6, 1999. Hubert Selby (right), author of Education Studies Last Exit to Brooklyn, The Room and Demon appeared at the Fiction Writing Dept.'s Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson 's Ava Belisle-Chatterjee co­ documentary ftlm production at "Story Week," April 10-15. President's Club Members (center) enjoy an evening at Columbia's Center for Book and Paper Arts. Statements: Sonata No.2 for Piano presented "Using Standards-Based the University of Buenos Aires and (1975) has been recorded by two Curricula With Second Language the j erusalem Film School. His new artists on CD: Dark Fires, VOlume 2, Learners: A Practical Model book, Developing Story Ideas, has Karen Walwyn, piano (Albany Linking Matl1ematics and ESL," at been published by Focal Press and In Memoriam Records U.S. Troy 384) and A Ia the National Council for is available on Amazon.com. Doris Fine, the wife of Columbia's Par: Music ifDavid Ba!U!r, Tcmia Leon, Matl1ematics and Science's ammal Fred Fine, died on May 13, 2000, e Wendell Logan, Coleridge-1aylor conference. Interdisciplinary Arts after a short illness. Perkinson, Michael Kim, piano Jeff Abel recently presented a Doris and Fred were married (Composers Recordings, Inc., CRI English paper on Arnold Schoenberg's 2nd for 35 years. Fused by common • 823). Sterling Stuckey, the 1999- Garnett Kilberg Cohen's String Qyartet at a musical valor, they fought and prevailed in 2000 CBMR Rocke[cllcr Resident "Passion Town" and "Proposal," conference in Vienna. Nana many social struggles of the • Fellow, presented a public lecture, were winners in Triton College's Shineflug's dance company, The last cenLury. "Paul Robeson, Richard Wright, national poetry contest and will Chicago M oving Company, During the Great Depression • and Black Intellectual History," in appear in the literary magazine performed its home season at the Doris worked on the assembly April at Chicago Park District's Ariel. Sharon Darrow's young H arold Washington Library and lines, in packing houses and in automobile and garment factories. Later, South Shore Cultural Center. adult novel, The Painters qfLexieville was in residence at Milliken she entered the health care field, working for t.hc Chicago Medical Marcos Sueiro engineered the live will be published in Fall, 2001 by University in April. Nancy Vachon Society, and for 17 years was t.he office manager for a heart and blood CD Yoko Meets John by Yo/w Noge & Candlewick Press. Paul Hoover's has been selected to receive a Year pressure research project at Northwestern U1uversity. The ]au Me Blues Band, featuring seventh poetry collection, "Totem 2000 Community Arts Assistance Doris was raised in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood. She John Watson, Sonny Seals, Clark & Shadow: New & Selected Program grant from the City of met Freel in their junior year together at Tuley High. Together they Dea n, Phil Thoma, and Tatsu Poems," was reviewed in the Clucago Department of Cultural celebrated the joys of their love and their mutua] pleasure of the arts Aoki. Sueiro's label, Tie Records, March/April issue of RJel!y Flash Affairs and the illinois and Lravel. released the Christmas CD and tl1e February Bloomsbury Review. Arts Council. Doris was known and admired for her commiunenl to progressive, compilation, Rei1uieer Swhi. Profits Tony Trigilio presented "Writing cultural and humane causes. Her life was filled with loving relationships. benefit the Community Outreach from the Peak: Body, Speech, and Doris is survived by Fred, theu· son Lawrence and his wifc,J amic. Interventions Project,

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