The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) has chosen two Columbia College Chicago publications for recognition.
Engaging, the college’s 2005 President’s Report, received the CASE gold medal in the Individual Institutional Relations Publications category. Engaging explores Columbia’s role as an innovator in arts and media education and practice through stories about the institution’s classroom and community engagement. Read it at www.colum.edu/presidentsreport.
Columbia’s flagship publication DEMO, which launched in 2005, received a CASE silver medal in the College and University General Interest Magazines category. DEMO features articles and art by and about Columbia faculty, alumni, students and staff. All four issues of DEMO can be viewed at www.colum.edu/DEMO.
Both DEMO and the President's Report were edited by Ann Wiens, director of institutional communications, and art directed by Guido Mendez, senior designer in the college's department of creative and print services. “These awards mean a lot to me, because I have so much respect and admiration for the publications we were competing with, and I’ve learned so much from them,” says Wiens. “But we really do have an unfair advantage here at Columbia, because our community is so creative, and our college culture is so welcoming and open to new ideas and artistic concepts. It’s a pleasure to create publications in this environment.”
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