Dundee-Crown High School to host college and career fair
Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville will host a College and Career Fair from 9:10 to 11:45 a.m. Friday, Feb. 12.
The fair is open to the public.
Attendees will have the opportunity to meet with representatives from more than 90 colleges and universities and career programs, including Ball State, Columbia College Chicago, DePaul, DeVry, Eastern Illinois, Elgin Community College, Indiana State, Indiana University, Iowa State, ITT Technical Institute, Northern Illinois, Penn State, Purdue, Southern Illinois, Tribeca Flashpoint College, University of Illinois-Chicago, University of Illinois-Springfield, and Notre Dame.
Students interested in the United States military also will be able to speak with representatives from the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy.
"The College and Career Fair provides students and parents with an opportunity to conduct in-person research and gather a variety of college and career information in a short period of time," Dundee-Crown High School counselor Kim Huber said.
Last year's fair drew more than 2,500 District 300 students.
U-46 elementary students learn to program, broadcast shows:
Students at several Elgin Area School District U-46 elementary schools are developing multimedia skills through producing news packages for their classmates.
The students create videos of daily announcements, weather and upcoming events happening at their schools.
Eight student reporters at Parkwood Elementary put out the Panther Press. The school's fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders meet twice weekly to write scripts, practice lines and tape video sessions in their converted studio - an unused planning room in the Hanover Park school. Completed videos are shared each morning with staff and broadcast within each classroom.
"We are so proud of the hard work and dedication these students are showing for Parkwood," instructional coach Michelle Sheeks said.
Bartlett's Liberty Elementary School students write, direct and broadcast news shows telecast live each morning to the classrooms. Occasionally, teachers are invited to share their favorite books with the school. The broadcast begins with the Pledge of Allegiance and continues with the Liberty pledge, birthday and special announcements and weather report.
Meanwhile, the Code Studio curriculum is used in after-school programs at Lincoln Elementary School in Hoffman Estates. The curriculum exposes students to the basics of computer science and programming. Students cultivate computer science skills, such as creativity, collaboration, persistence and problem-solving.
Musician Steve Taylor returns to Judson for lecture series:
Screenwriter, director and producer Steve Taylor will visit Judson University's Elgin campus to host two events on Feb. 19.
He will lead a lyric-writing workshop, sponsored by the Demoss Center for Worship in the Performing Arts, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Room 112 of the Thompson Center, 1151 N. State St., Elgin. Later that day, he will deliver a lecture on filmmaking and production as part of the School of Art, Design and Architecture's spring Lecture and Exhibition Series at 4:30 p.m. in Herrick Chapel.
The events are free and open to the public.
This will be Taylor's second visit to Judson's campus. He also was a featured guest during the 2012 Imago Film Festival as the writer, director and producer of "Blue Like Jazz," a film adaptation of Donald Miller's best-selling memoir by the same title.
"Steve has demonstrated amazing talent and hard work in his success as a filmmaker, producer and musician," said Terry Wandtke, Judson's film and media program director. "With his faith informing what he does, he's a great example to students aspiring to work in those fields."
Taylor studied music, filmmaking and acting at Colorado University in Boulder, Colorado. He was a recording artist for 12 years and won two Grammy nominations for "Meltdown" (1984) and "Squint" (1993). Among his many credits as a music video director, his best-known is the Francois Truffaut homage he shot in Paris for Sixpence None The Richer's "Kiss Me." The film that followed, "The Second Chance," marked Taylor's debut as director/co-screenwriter. The movie was subsequently picked up for a 2006 theatrical release by Sony Pictures.
Recently, he has returned to music and music videos with "Goliath" (2014), assisted by Christian music stars Peter Furier (Newsboys) and Jimmy A (Vector).