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Columbia College Chicago is a private, nonprofit institution established in 1890, originally as the Columbia School of Oratory. Located in Chicago’s South Loop, the college serves nearly 6,700 students and offers over 60 undergraduate and graduate programs. It focuses on a curriculum that integrates creative and media arts, liberal arts, and business, aiming to foster academic excellence and career adaptability. The college provides a range of academic offerings, including degrees in film, music, journalism, design, and emerging fields like video game design. Students benefit from experiential learning opportunities through initiatives such as Manifest, an annual showcase of student work, and Shop Columbia, a retail space for student-made products. Faculty members are industry-active professionals, ensuring students receive relevant insights into their fields. Columbia College Chicago boasts a strong career preparation track record, with nearly 90% of graduates finding employment within a year, and many alumni achieving notable success in various creative industries.
Named a Top 20 Leadership Training Company, VitalSmarts combines three decades of original research with 50 years of the best social science thinking to help leaders and organizations achieve new levels of performance. Specifically, we focus on human behavior—the underlying written and unwritten rules that shape employee behavior and the organizational culture. VitalSmarts` work within the halls of some of the world`s top organizations has led us to identify four skill sets present in successful companies. When used in combination, these high-leverage skills create healthy corporate cultures that spur flawless execution and consistent innovation. These skill sets are taught in the New York Times bestselling books and award-winning training programs of the same titles: Crucial Conversations®, Crucial Accountability®, Getting Things Done®, and Influencer Training®. VitalSmarts has trained two million people worldwide and helped more than 300 of the Fortune 500 realize significant results using this proven method for driving rapid, sustainable and measurable change in behaviors. VitalSmarts has been ranked by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest-growing companies in America for ten consecutive years.
The College Democrats of Connecticut is an organization that advocates for the rights and freedoms of all Americans, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, or economic circumstances.
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