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1968

1968 The first scholarships to international students are offered through President Hill’s connections to the Experiment in International Living.

1969

1969 Kirk Williams is the first and only male resident student to enroll for the fall semester.

1970

Originally founded as Christian Female College, the college changed its name to Columbia College in 1970 when it changed from a two-year women's college to a four-year coeducational college.

1971

1971 Baseball records the school’s first modern athletic victory, over Central Methodist College.

1972

He won the bronze again in 1972.

1973

1973 The college begins to offer four-year degree programs and founds the Extended Studies Division during this academic year.

CC LocationsSince 1973, Columbia College has been expanding its offerings nationwide.

1975

1975 The Evening Campus is founded and the college’s first computer arrives on campus.

1980

1980 With the largest gift in school history at the time, Virginia Southwell Singletary encouraged the generosity of others.

1989

1989 Softball achieves the first NAIA No.

1992

Doctor John B. Duff was named president in 1992, and during his tenure, the school changed its name to Columbia College Chicago, and expanded its educational programs, adding coursework emphasizing digital, media, design skills, and interdisciplinary studies.

1996

1996 The first graduate degree program, Master of Arts in Teaching, is offered.

1999

1999 The women's volleyball team wins its second NAIA national championship.

2001

2001 The women's volleyball team wins its third NAIA national championship.

2008

2008 Proud of being a military-friendly institution, the first annual Military Recognition Day is held on the main campus.

2013

In July 2013, Doctor Kwang-Wu Kim became Columbia College Chicago’s tenth president.

2013 American Midwest Conference champions for the second year in a row, the men’s basketball team wins a school-record 35 games and earns its first No.

2016

2016 The college transitions into a three-school structure with three founding deans: The School of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences, the School of Business Administration and the School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics.

2017

In 2017, the university opened the first two buildings on the new Manhattanville campus, the Jerome L. Greene Science Center and the Lenfest Center for the Arts.

2019

2019 New Hall opens on main campus; updated Columbia College lettering added to Rogers Gate.

2021

The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory was established in 1949 in Palisades, New York, and is a leading research institution focusing on global climate change, earthquakes, volcanoes, nonrenewable resources, and environmental hazards. It examines the planet from its core to its atmosphere, across every continent and every ocean, and has become the backbone of the Columbia Climate School, which opened its first class of students in 2021.

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