Articles filed under Elgin Community College

Show Articles : next 20

ECC grad embraces life’s ups and downs May 18, 2013 12:00 AM
Karen Sarai Gonzalez came to the United States from Mexico when she was 16 years old knowing little English. Since then she has learned a new language, made new friends, become part of a second family, and earned a degree. Gonzalez was one of about 400 graduates honored at Elgin Community College Saturday, earning an associate of applied science degree in nursing.
ECC Kids College offers summer enrichment May 17, 2013 12:00 AM
Elgin Community College will host students 6 to 16 this summer in week-long day camps offering enrichment opportunities while school is out. Budding lawyers, astronauts, filmmakers, writers, interior designers, artists, chefs, video game makers, actors and musicians will have the chance to hone their skills during the fifth year of ECC's Kids College.
District 300 first to offer fourth-year math course May 15, 2013 12:00 AM
Seniors at Jacobs, Hampshire and Dundee-Crown high schools will have the opportunity to take a new math class next year with a textbook designed especially for them. The course was developed by the Alliance for College Readiness which includes Elgin Community College and all of its feeder high school districts — Elgin Area School District U-46, St. Charles Community Unit District 303, Burlington-based Central Unit District 301, and Carpentersville-based Community Unit District 300, the only district to offer the course next year.
District 300 first to offer fourth-year math course May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
Seniors at Jacobs, Hampshire and Dundee-Crown high schools will have the opportunity to take a new math class next year with a textbook designed especially for them. The course was developed by the Alliance for College Readiness which includes Elgin Community College and all of its feeder high school districts — Elgin Area School District U-46, St. Charles Community Unit District 303, Burlington-based Central Unit District 301, and Carpentersville-based Community Unit District 300, the only district to offer the course next year.
Hampshire HS senior hopes to make a career out of film May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
When Danny Heck was in eighth grade, he and his friends made an Indiana Jones movie with a camcorder. He had such a good time it prompted some research into the film industry and how one could go about breaking into it. Heck, now a senior at Hampshire High School, has worked with Nicole Thompson, the high school librarian, and the District 300 Foundation over the last year on videos for school and district events. "That's when I really knew that this is what I wanted to do with the rest of my life," Heck said.
ECC to hold two commencement ceremonies May 18 May 10, 2013 12:00 AM
Elgin Community College will hold two commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 18 for spring 2013 candidates for graduation. Both ceremonies will be held in the Building J Spartan Events Center at the ECC Spartan Drive Campus at 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin.
David Lindley brings the world to the ECC Arts Center May 10 May 7, 2013 12:00 AM
Multi-instrumentalist David Lindley will perform his unique brand of world music during a performance at the Elgin Community College Arts Center on Friday, May 10. The performance will begin at 8 p.m. at the Blizzard Theater in Building H, the ECC Arts Center, on the Spartan Drive Campus, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin.
The SoapboxMay 4, 2013 12:00 AM
Read our editors' opinions about gender diversity in Arlington Heights, an outstanding library in Waukegan and a former House speaker's Olympic push, among other topics.
Education summit brings together Elgin community May 3, 2013 12:00 AM
Elgin's first Education Summit brought together about 180 people on Friday for what Elgin Mayor David Kaptain called "the largest community conversation" he's ever hosted. Educators, nonprofit agencies, business owners and other community members participated in the event spearheaded by Kaptain in partnership with Elgin Area School District U-46, Community Unit School District 301 and Elgin Community College.
ECC to hold two commencement ceremonies May 18 May 2, 2013 12:00 AM
Elgin Community College will hold two commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 18, for spring 2013 candidates for graduation. Both ceremonies will be held in the Building J Spartan Events Center at the ECC Spartan Drive Campus, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin.
Elgin event aims to break stereotypes about Islam Apr 30, 2013 12:00 AM
An event designed to increase knowledge of Islam and the Muslim community has been in the works for months in Elgin, but is particularly timely in the wake of the Boston bombings, organizers said. "Who Is My Islamic Neighbor?" takes place Sunday, May 19 at Elgin Community College.
EYSO concerts to explore revolutionary ideasApr 26, 2013 12:00 AM
On Sunday, May 5, the Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra under artistic director Randal Swiggum will perform its "Critical Mass(es)" concerts at Elgin Community College's Blizzard Theatre, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin. The concerts, featuring students from fourth grade through college, will be at 2, 4:30 and 7:30 p.m.
ECC art students are finalists in collegiate contest Apr 25, 2013 12:00 AM
Four Elgin Community College students are part of the final exhibit for the 2013 Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference Juried Art Competition.
Elgin CC splits with Waubonsee Apr 20, 2013 12:00 AM
Films from Mexico, Guatemala, Argentina and more come to Elgin Apr 18, 2013 12:00 AM
Thanks to a grant from the city of Elgin's Cultural Arts Commission, suburban audiences will get a family-oriented view of some of the films featured in this year's Chicago Latino Film Festival starting today through Sunday at Elgin Community College. “The grant we have received from the city of Elgin's Cultural Arts Commission shows their commitment and interest in supporting the arts and cultural events,” said Margarita Mendoza, who coordinated the festival.
ECC production explores issues of faith, desire Apr 15, 2013 12:00 AM
The same week Rome announced a new pope in 2005, a woman driving home from work spotted an image of the Virgin Mary on a discolored wall of Chicago's Fullerton Avenue underpass. Inspired by real- life interviews, playwright Tanya Saracho renders the voices of those who were drawn to that wall in "Our Lady of the Underpass."
Relay for Life at ECC hosts kickoff eventApr 13, 2013 12:00 AM
Walking around a track all night long might sound grueling, but those who have participated in an annual cancer fundraiser at Elgin Community College say it's not only worth it — it's also fun. The American Cancer Society Relay For Life at ECC takes place June 14-15. A kickoff event was held Saturday.
ECC and MCC to hold job fairs April 19 Apr 12, 2013 12:00 AM
Looking for a job? Find out what companies are hiring in the Fox Valley at these upcoming job fairs, both Friday, April 19. Elgin Community College's fair is set for 1 to 4 p.m.; at McHenry County College, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
ECC kicks off Chicago Latino Film Festival April 18 Apr 11, 2013 12:00 AM
Elgin Community College will host the opening of the Chicago Latino Film Festival on Thursday, April 18. The festival begins with a gala reception at 5 p.m., followed by the showing of the Mexican film "In the Belly of the Sky/En el Ombligo del Cielo" at 7 p.m.
ECC students, high schoolers, others entertain crowd Apr 11, 2013 12:00 AM
Some spoke softly and deliberately, while others used nearly the entire stage with arms waving and voices filling the room without a mic. And that's the beauty of the annual Poetry Slam at Elgin Community College — anything goes. Students from the college, as well as area high school seniors, took the stage one by one and performed their own poems .