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• Oakton students raise awareness about violence against women Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  Oakton Community College students will join in the "One Billion Rising" global campaign to raise awareness about violence against women and girls this Valentine's Day. The college's Women's and Gender Studies Program is joining organizations from more than 160 countries worldwide to participate in the campaign calling for one billion men and women to raise awareness about violence against women.
  

   
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  Allstate’s Gregoire works to help others Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  Kukec's People features Buffalo Grove's Maryse Gregoire, who has worked for Allstate for 39 years and recently won the Outstanding Employee Volunteer of the Year award with her community work.
  

   

• Book notes: Dave Barry reads ‘Insane City’ in Naperville Feb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  New York Times best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winner Dave Barry reads from and signs copies of his new novel "Insanse City" at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, at Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville.
  

   
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  Suburbs rise, join billion dancing women to change world Feb 5, 2013 12:00 AM
  On the most romantic day of the year, groups around the suburbs will rise up, speak out and dance as part of a worldwide effort to end violence against women. Says 71-year-old Mary Shesgreen, one of the organizers and a longtime member of Fox Valley Citizens for Peace and Justice: "Dancing feels wonderful. It feels liberating. It feels empowering. It's aesthetically expressive. Dance is a very strong and liberating force."
  

   

• Exhibition showcases works by Oakton art faculty Feb 5, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Koehnline Museum is holding a free gala reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, for a new exhibition by two of Oakton Community College's senior faculty members who will be retiring after long careers with the art department.
  

   

• Celebrate Greek Culture at Oakton Community College Jan 30, 2013 12:00 AM
  It will all be "Greek to you" when Oakton Community College hosts a month of events as a part of "Coming Together in Skokie." This year, it will be a celebration of ancient and Greek contemporary culture.
  

   
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  Oakton soccer player named to Junior College Scholar All-America Team Jan 29, 2013 12:00 AM
  The National Soccer Coaches Association of America recently named Oakton Community College men's soccer player Bobak Khalili of Schaumburg to its 2012 Junior College Men Scholar All-America Team. This is the first year that NSCAA has had such a team.
  

   
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  Oakton College appoints new diversity leader Jan 23, 2013 12:00 AM
  Oakton Community College in Des Plaines recently appointed Michael Anthony as its new assistant vice president for access, equity, and diversity.
  

   

• Book notes: Kadir Nelson reads ‘I Have a Dream’ Tuesday Jan 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  Children's book author Kadir Nelson reads from and signs copies of his new pictue book, "I Have a Dream," based upon the famous speech made by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., at 7 p.m. Tuesday Jan. 22, at Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville.
  

   

• Elgin CC to host ISCC Tip-Off Classic Jan 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference men’s and women’s basketball season will kick off this weekend when the conference’s eight schools converge on the Elgin Community College Events Center for the league’s second annual Tip-Off Classic.
  

   

• Enroll in Oakton’s Basic Nurse Assistant Training program Jan 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  As baby boomers age and health care needs increase, health career professionals will be in high demand. Begin your health career journey by enrolling in Oakton Community College's Basic Nurse Assistant Training program.
  

   

• Landscape exhibition continues at Oakton Jan 6, 2013 12:00 AM
  Nuances of Landscape: Paintings by Mary Porterfield and Nina Weiss, an exhibition featuring two local painters with very differing styles of capturing scenery on canvas, continues through Friday, Jan. 25, at Oakton's Koehnline Museum of Art, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des Plaines.
  

   

• Book notes: Pulitzer winner Diamond speaks in Oak Park Jan 4, 2013 12:00 AM
  Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond discusses his new book, "The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn From Traditional Societies," at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, at Oak Park's Unity Temple. A reception and book-signing follow at the Oak Park Public Library.
  

   

• Book notesDec 14, 2012 12:00 AM
  Author Randy L. Schmidt reads from and discusses his new book, "Yesterday Once More: The Carpenters Reader,"a book looking at 1970s recording artists Karen and Richard Carpenter, at 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, at the Metropolis Performing Arts Center in Arlington Heights.
  

   

• The Soapbox Dec 1, 2012 12:00 AM
  School partnerships, service awards, a coat collection -- good. Gambling expansion, strike threats -- not so good. See what Daily Herald editors have to say.
  

   

• Oakton hires new head of finance Nov 30, 2012 12:00 AM
  Oakton Community College has selected Bob Nowak as its vice president of business and finance, managing Oakton's business and finance functions, including accounting, business services, facilities, public safety, risk management, and budgeting.
  

   

• Oakton’s Empty Bowls fundraiser Saturday Nov 29, 2012 12:00 AM
  Oakton Community College will conduct its ninth annual Empty Bowls fundraiser Saturday, Dec. 1, benefiting area food pantries and soup kitchens. The event will run from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the college's Des Plaines campus, 1600 E. Golf Road.
  

   

• Empty Bowl fundraiser at Oakton Saturday Nov 27, 2012 12:00 AM
  Oakton Community College’s Ninth Annual Empty Bowls fundraiser from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at the Des Plaines campus, 1600 East Golf Road, features hundreds of unique ceramic bowls donated by professional and student potters from throughout the Chicago area.
  

   
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  Oakton students brave cold to experience homelessness Nov 27, 2012 12:00 AM
  With the sun rising behind them, a handful of Oakton Community College students huddled around a fire Wednesday morning to keep warm after spending a night out in the cold to experience firsthand what it would be like to be homeless. "The biggest problem for me was the ground was so hard. I had a rough night of sleep last night," said Ryan Alm, 20, of Des Plaines, a junior majoring in sports management.
  

   

• Speech by survivor of Nazi doctor canceled Nov 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  Nazi physician Josef Mengele was infamous for torturing and killing Jewish prisoners during the 1940s in the name of “science.” Hear a firsthand account from one survivor of “The Angel of Death” 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 29 in Room P103 at the Oakton Community College Skokie campus, 7701 North Lincoln Ave.