Writing Student Groups Columbia Artist/Teachers (CA/T) A dual mission since 2002 to offer accessible teacher training to all Columbia MFA students and community enrichment through the arts. Columbia Journal Columbia Journal was founded in 1977 by students and has featured work from Nobel laureates and unknowns, National Book Award winners and newcomers Our Word Our Word is a student organization whose mission is to enrich the Columbia University School of the Arts, and the literary community in general, with outreach, advocacy, and inclusion of new and old literary voices.