Photo Credit: Take Takehiro: Aiko Suzuki, Japan stands against the the blues of Chicago. Aiko works at the Office of International Student Affairs this fall.

The reception will feature Rui Kaneya (Japan - Class of 1998) is the managing editor at The Chicago Reporter;

Kariya Moritsugu (Class of 2001), graphic designer with Gravity Tank, a Chicago-based graphic design company;

Davesa Fernandez (India - Class of 1997), Chicago-based self-employed special Events Planner;

Vidal L. Williams (Liberia - Class of 2002), Assistant Audio Visual Director at Swank Audio Visuals, an Ohio-based company;

Anni V. Holm (Class of 2004), Director at Orleans Street Gallery, St. Charles, Illinois.

These Columbia College international alumni, who work and live in Chicago, will share their experiences and firsthand knowledge on what students can expect once they graduate. This will be an excellent networking opportunity for all enrolled students, alumni and guests. FREE and open to all students.

Note: This event is part of the 2005 International Education Week (2005 IEW) celebrations scheduled between Nov 14 -18).

In Medical Spaces I represent medicines as buildings to comment on pharmaceutical products as mediators exercising power and control over the human body.

Also, my digital video Voice mail 2001-04 will be screened at the International Video Art Screening, “Urban flesh and blood”, at The Kaliningrad Branch of the National Centre for Contemporary Arts in Russia on September 30, 2005.

Voice mail 2001-04 is a parade of fragmented stories, incidents, continuities and interruptions of communication created and produced exclusively by the
answering machine.

Maria Paschalidou, Columbia Alumna '2004
paschalmari@yahoo.com
maripaschal@hotmail.com