Page 24 - Columbia College Chicago Student Handbook 2024-2025

22 presents museum-quality exhibitions, workshops, and visiting artist lectures, all of which help to create a dialogue essential to the development and growth of students within the arts. ShopColumbia at Averill and Bernard Leviton Gallery 619 S. Wabash Ave. | 1st Floor shop.colum.edu ShopColumbia is a boutique gallery and retail store featuring the work of Columbia College Chicago students, faculty, alumni, and staff. By fostering the representation and sale of professional work and talent from our many creative fields, ShopColumbia serves as an extension of the classroom by providing a professional environment to hone the process of presenting, marketing, and selling work to the public. Students earn 75% of sales, and artists have earned over $500,000 since the shop opened in Fall 2008. International Student and Scholar Services 618 S. Michigan Ave. | 4th Floor (312) 369-7246 www.colum.edu/isss International Student and Scholar Services’ (ISSS) mission is to provide a nurturing and supportive living and learning environment for Columbia College Chicago’s international student and scholar community through advocacy, services, programming, and advising. We achieve this by providing exemplary service, immigration support, and by promoting engagement and collaboration throughout the Columbia College Chicago community. Health Insurance for International Students and Scholars (312) 369-7246 www.colum.edu/isss Columbia College Chicago’s international student insurance plan is a no- waiver policy to provide quality health insurance at an affordable cost. All international students attending Columbia College Chicago on an F-1 or J-1 visa are automatically enrolled in the policy and their student account is billed at the beginning of the fall and spring semesters. DACA, undocumented students, dual citizens, and some other visa categories may qualify for the plan. Please direct any questions regarding enrollment, coverage, or eligibility to isss@colum.edu. Student Diversity and Inclusion 618 S. Michigan Ave. | 4th Floor (312) 369-7569 students.colum.edu/student-diversity-and-inclusion/ Student Diversity and Inclusion’s (SDI) mission is to expand visibility and explore diversity while bringing students together of all identities to serve Columbia’s incredibly talented student population. Serving students in a warm, welcoming, and authentic environment, SDI seeks to support students’ intellectual, social, and cultural development. Expanding across the 4th floor of 618 S. Michigan Avenue,