As the United States marks its 250th anniversary on Saturday, July 4, Columbia students facing rising costs and uncertain career paths are redefining what success looks like.
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The college currently has no plans to replace the staff who helped managed spaces such as the print center and photo studio.
The incident occurred on Monday, June 29 at the store on South Wabash, which sells Columbia College merchandise and student and alumni art work.
The college declined to discuss the circumstances surrounding Hilton’s departure. The move comes two weeks after longtime executive assistant Yvonne Sode was terminated after more than two decades at the college.
Columbia’s theater has announced its five mainstage productions for the fall season, with more student and faculty directed productions to follow.
Chronicle illustrator Lilly Sundsbak, a senior illustration major, paid tribute to the longtime part-time instructor with a cartoon.
Columbia has laid off 54 full-time faculty since January 2025, including the six whose positions were eliminated on Wednesday, May 27, as part of an effort to address declining enrollment and a budget deficit that has grown to more than $40 million.
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