Columbia College Chicago Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago Alumni Newsletters Alumni Summer 1996 re: Columbia Columbia College Chicago Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.colum.edu/alumnae_news This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. Recommended Citation re: Columbia College Chicago (Summer 1996), Alumni Magazine, College Archives & Special Collections, Columbia College Chicago. http://digitalcommons.colum.edu/alumnae_news/53 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. Now We're Cookin'!! No sooner hacil the request gone The recipe roundup was created kick-off benefit event this Fall. If out for submissions for the "Taste to give Columbia students living you can help, call Rose Gordon, " ._of Col11mbia" cookbook, when a in the Residence Center easy and 312/663-1600, ext. 5662. steady fl ow of recipes for culinary nutritious meal ideas. Proceeds 1I', b . Be sure to pick up a copy of the tr~a ts e~ streammg mto our from the cookbook will benefit a "Taste of Columbia" cookbook in mailroom. lumni, faculty, staff, Residence Center student scholar­ .. the Fall. Where else are you going ~~~:;.~~~~~~i students, trustees and friends ship fund. The Taste of Columbia . to find appetizing delicacies Cookbook Committee is looking ranging from smoked salmon for sponsors for the book and the to ... spam jello??? GIFT re: columbia ~NG AND JOAN HARRIS no. 16/summer 1996 consultation, after gradua­ tri-annual publication sent free Irving and Joan Harris have of charge to alumni and friends tion ," she said. "That's what this been friends and donors to of columbia college chicago new program offers. It will help Columbia College for over teachers develop the strengths twenty years, contributing in they need to teach yo ung support of its Dance Center and children what th ey must a variety of scholarship fu nds know--rega rdless of the chal­ including the Trustees lenges each child brings to Scholarship Fund, the Career oted Chicago the classroom." Beginnings program for low­ income high school students philanthropists Students will earn approximate­ and the Edward L. and Marsha ly two-thirds of their credits at have made a $1 Morris Scholarship Fund for Columbia College and one-third gifted, financially pressed tele­ mbiall~olllee:~e. the largest gift at Erikson Institute. vision students. from a private donor in the institution's history. The new program will mark the Irving Harris is nationally The grant will fund an innova­ The Columbia-Erikson joint first venture for both Columbia renowned for his concern for tive undergraduate early child­ undergraduate program will and Erikson into educational child welfare and his funding hood teacher education program prepare students for teaching studies at the undergraduate of organizations dedicated to which will be conducted jointly kindergarten through third level. Columbia has a graduate this mission. He founded the by Co lumbia and Erikson grade and in Head Start and program in educational studies Erikson Institute in 1966, Institute for Advanced Study in day care in urban settings. A which offers master's degrees in ~l.:!rv!.:!d "~ i ts c h <~irrn<~n until Child Development, a leader in focus on the arts in education, several concentrations including 1983, and is presently its chair­ educating child development an innovative two years of prac­ elementary education, interdis­ man emeritus. He was a co­ specialists and early childhood tice teaching, and a fifth year of ciplinary arts, urban teaching founder of The Ounce of educators at the graduate level. professional consultation and and multicultural education. Prevention Fund and has been The program wi ll begin in mentoring will establish the Erikson Institute, in affiliation chairman since 1982. He is also fall1996. program as a model for under­ with Loyola University Chicago, chairman emeritus of Family graduate teacher education, offers master's and doctoral Focus, In c. , having served "Irving and Joan Harris have said Rosenblum. Columbia degrees in child development as chairman of its board from been among Columbia College's College expects 20 to 25 stu­ and a post-baccalaureate train­ 1979 to 1985. major benefactors for over dents to enroll per year. ing program in infant studies. twenty years," said president Joan Harris, a member of Dr. John B. Duff. "This extraordi­ Because of rising expectations "Columbia College's expertise in Columbia College's board of narily generous and important in America's urban schools, it is educating urban students in the trustees, is former Commissioner grant will enable Columbia important that highly quali­ visual and performing arts, for Cultural Affairs for the City College and Erikson Institute fied candidates enter the teach­ together with Erikson Institute's of Chicago. A leading advocate together to do what neither ing profession, said Barbara T. strong working ties with the for the arts, she is president of could achieve alone." Bowman, president of Erikson Chicago public schools, will the Chicago Music and Dance Institute. provide an ideal climate fo r Theater board, immediate past The new Joan and Irving Harris mentoring the next generation chairperson of the Illinois Arts Center for Early Childhood "Teacher education must pro­ of public school teachers needed Alliance and a director of the Education at Columbia College vide broad-based knowledge in Chicago and other large American Council for the Arts, will fund student scholarships and real life practice, combined urban areas," said Bowman. the National Cultural Alliance, and stipends and faculty with continual mentoring and and National Public Radio. salaries for the program, said Dr. Lya Dym Rosenblum, the college's vice president and grad­ uate school dean. Columbia, which has one of the highest percentages of minority stu­ dents of any private institution in Illinois, will make a concerted effort to recruit students for the program in minority communi­ ties, she said. From left: Irving B. and Joan W. Harris, John B. Duff and wife Estelle M. Shanley and Alton B. Harris, Chair of Columbia's Board of Trustees. :z: I tUMBIAr .. My Fellow Alums: In March, the complete tuition. Cutbacks over the Margi Cole is currently working first mailing went out inviting you last decade now mean that a student with Keith Lusson in the Career for the corporate to obtain a Columbia Co llege is fortunate to have less than fifty Planning and Placement Office to community Alumni Association (CCAA) credit percent of tuitiou paid with the bal­ create a so1trce book of alumni busi- columbia2 card. I should underline the fact that ance to be made up from private 17esses, free/a ncers and services. It The Division of Continuing for every purchase made using these sources. The CCAA credit card is should prove to be another great net­ Education at Columbia College cards, the college receives a small a pa inless way for many of us to working opportunity. Offers Courses in: percentage which we will apply to keep on contributing to a most wor­ Call Keith at (312) 663-1600, ext. • Business and Professional the Alumni Scholarship Fund. So thy cause. 5283 with inquiries. Communication confident is MBNA, the issuing Please consider the credit card as a • Graphic Design company, in the success of this means to give others the chance to • Multi111 edia CCAA card, that in anticipation of fu lfill their educational goals. Your • Public Relations the initial usage of the card, they Michael E. Jackson,'83 contributious are goiug to a very • MarketingAdvertis ing have already contributed $10,000 President worthy ca use; namely the opportu­ • Language Skills for into the scholarship fund. Corporations Doing Business Abroad Columbia College nity of a lifetime for students of lim­ Alumni Association It is d!ffiwlt to emphasize enough ited resources. On Site or on Campus! the need for the rapid growth of this For more information and to receive On another note ...watch 111 your and other scholarship funds at the a Fall catalog Call 312/ 663-1600, mail for a submission form to the college. Not so long ago, government ext. 5259 upcoming Alumni Creative funding for needy students covered Directory. Alumni board member lZIDS ON CAMPUS Since its inception in 1982, when In 1995 Lennon stepped up her there were 11 classes offered and an unending search for scholarship enrollment of 50 students, the sponsors by starting the Be A Institute has grown phenomenally. Hero fund drive. As a result, a new Last year the program registered scholarship was named in honor of 488 students in 40 classes; the 1996 the first "hero," Beatrice M. Lites. program will offer 47 classes and is Heroes can sponsor individual stu­ looking forward to another year of dents or contribute to the general enrollment growth. Students earn scholarship fund . "In many cases two college credits for most courses; $200 can turn a life around," says Student Brooke cost is $200 per two-credit course. Lennon. "It can at the very least Wilson develops Hernandez (left) and Jonah Kadish use laser give a student some support and her own photog­ But while the number of students in beams to create holograms. encouragement to continue his or the Summer Institute has grown, raphy. her education." scholarship funding has not kept high schools, offering stud ents pace. Each year Columbia awards Summer Institute includes courses new opportunities for exploration." approximately 30 Summer Institute in art, academic computing, dance, scholarships, or two per depart­ English, fiction writing, film / In the program, students are able ment. In recent years, and as is the video, journalism, management, to experience a slice of college life case with the college's traditional marketing communication, music, and accnte college credits.