Majors
- Advertising BA
- Communication BA
- Journalism BA
- Photojournalism BA
- Public Relations BA
- Radio BA
- Social Media and Digital Strategy BA
Top Minors
- Social Media and Digital Strategy
- Music Business
- Creative Writing
Unforgettable Guests
Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior (as part of Journalism and Women Symposium)
Renee Edelman, Senior Vice President, and John Edelman, Managing Director, Global Engagement and Corporate Responsibility, Edelman (PR agency)
Dane Gaydos, Senior Vice President, Growth Marketing and Performance Media, Axial1 (Marketing agency)
Marc Landsberg, Founder/CEO, Social Deviant (Creative agency)
Joe Scartz, Chief Commerce Officer, Omnicom Commerce
Stephen Vallera, Senior Manager, North America, Reddit
Richard Laurent, a former cartoonist at the "Chicago Sun-Times" and long-time adjunct professor of instruction at Columbia College
Memorable Moments
50th anniversary of “The Columbia Chronicle” (December 2023)
J-Term course on “War Reporting” visit to the Museum of National Veteran Art (January 2023)
Agency visits to Havas, Ogilvy, OKRP, and Abelson/Taylor (Academic Year 23/24)
National Retail Federation Team placing in the top 10 nationally as a semi-finalist team (Fall 2023)
NBCU Academy Panel Discussion on Latinx Voting and the Primary, featuring NBC5 political reporter Mary Ann Ahern and Telemundo Chicago reporter Iris Barrios, with moderator Hugo Balta of the Latino News Network (March 2024)
Advertising Senior Dana Campos winning Best Presenter in the National Student Advertising Competition for the American Advertising Federation and client, Tide from Procter & Gamble (Spring 2024)
Awards for "The Columbia Chronicle," including Best Newspaper award at the National College Media Association conference in New York City and first place for crisis coverage. Also, the "Chronicle" won first place awards in General Excellence for both print and web divisions for mid-sized schools from the Illinois College Press Association and awards in 17 other categories, earning eight first-place awards (Spring 2024)
Best Specialty Show award for WCRX's "She Her Hers," Best Station or Event Promo for the Improv Club Promo, and Best Public Service Announcement for The Rack (Spring 2024)
Graduate Employers
- Univision Chicago
- Publicis Media
- NBC
- IHeart Radio
- Live Nation