of service in April 2011, only to be reinstated just months later after a student uproar over the firing), the college's recycling program, which employed student workers to collect refuse, and the top-10 ranked Cultural Studies program, one of the few standalone undergraduate programs of its kind in the nation. On May 9, 2012, President Warrick Carter announced he would retire a year earlier than expected, stepping down at the end of the 2012–13 academic year. On July 1, 2013, Dr. Kwang-Wu Kim became Columbia College's 10th president. Dr. Kim holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts and an Artist Diploma from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, where he studied with the legendary pianist and conductor Leon Fleisher and served as Fleisher's teaching associate. In 2013, Columbia College Chicago was ranked 13th best Film School in the country by The Hollywood Reporter. Columbia College Chicago is consistently ranked in The Hollywood Reporter's top 25 schools for music composition. In 2018, Hollywood reporter ranked Columbia College Chicago at number 13. Presidents Mary A. Blood, 1890–1927 Ida Morey Riley, 1890–1901 Rev. Dr. George L. Scherger, 1927–1929 Bertha Hofer Hegner, 1929–1936 Herman Hofer Hegner, 1936–1944 Norman Alexandroff, 1944–1960 Mirron (Mike) Alexandroff, 1961–1992 Dr. John B. Duff, 1992–2000 Dr. Warrick L. Carter, 2000–2013 Dr. Kwang-Wu Kim, 2013–present Academics The School of Fine and Performing Arts is composed of nine departments: Art & Design; Arts, Entertainment & Media Management; Dance; Dance Movement Therapy & Counseling; Music; Photography; Sherwood Conservatory; and Theater. The School of Liberal Arts and Sciences is composed of six departments: ASL-English Interpretation; Creative Writing; Education; English; Humanities, History, and Social Sciences; and Science and Mathematics. It is also home to the First-Year Seminar, the LAS Core Curriculum, the college's Honors Program, the Center for Community Arts Partnerships, and the Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media. The School of Media Arts is composed of eight departments: Audio Arts & Acoustics; Cinema Arts & Sciences; Interactive Arts & Media; Interdisciplinary Arts; Journalism; Marketing Communication; Radio; and Television. Campuses Columbia has a nontraditional campus located in the South Loop and Near South Side of Chicago. The college owns sixteen academic, gallery/performance, administrative, and student residential buildings, and leases additional office and student residential space in four buildings. Most of the campus is contained in an area bounded by Ida B. Wells Drive, State Street,