The Performance Series will open the new year with a performance by the award-winning Nashville Symphony on January 22 at 7 p.m. in the Hickman Building. The Nashville Symphony has received acclaim for its more than a dozen recordings on Naxos, the world’s leading classical label, and one on Decca, making the Nashville Symphony currently one of the most active recording orchestras in the country.

Columbia State's paramedic class is making an effort to give back to the community. The students participated in the National Kidney Foundation's annual Maury County KEEP Screenings and volunteered their time as the medical standby team for the Columbia State Alumni Association's 5K run. They also collected donations for the Bill Petty Memorial Scholarship fund and adopted an "Angel" from the Maury County Human Services Angel Tree.

Phi Theta Kappa and Student Government Association members collected 2,400 food items via a campus-wide food drive. The items were donated to the Family Center in Columbia. The student groups also partnered on the "Angel Tree" project, in which money was raised via collecting loose change in order to purchase, wrap and deliver gifts to the Salvation Army for children in need this holiday season